Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-07-09
4 Young conyert's contro,cr.y.

catteitsburg, Ky, June q. 1905
To tho Editor;
Some tlme ago, Eid5r 81. n. Ship
prophcsicd that thriving branch
would be established here Ia the near
future. This prophecy, which was re-
itcrnted recently hy Elder Newton
Woodruff, seems 90 ho on the verge OF
fuinlmcnt Many are seriously invcHtl-
eating MOrmoniHm and n now requires
un prophet 60 zee the near fulnlment %
the glorious promises uttered by the
Elders.
A. the work advances. we shall cx-
poet a storm % fury, ~ an instance.
I will relate. In 90 Kindness. nm incl
dent In my own experience, The OBJ
iect 81 the narration n thrcp-fold
hold up tho reverend participant IN hls
proper light; tn show the mllncluus
basis u opposition t0 Momentum. even
IN the fertile brain uf a b, D.. and %
point out an evidence 81 the divinity
Of our church, which IN, doubtless,
now Ca many.
Tho writer graduated from the IIirh
school IT this place on the 9Th ~ last
May. Previous o. tho commencement
exercise. the learned Wev. b. g. Meek.
-. D., editor NJ the Central Methodist.
president ~ the narbnurHvillc wv. Vn.)
college. kindly volunteered 20 present
me with u scholarship 10 that honorcd
institution. Moreover, he used hlu In
fucncc 90 secure for mo position TINT
would enable me 20 earn my board ana
incidental EXPENSES iiut. having re-
Gently determined a. act upon my long
standing convictions, I embraced the
Gospel NJ preached by lions "huntora
and nshors" and wus baptized By Elder
Newton Woodruff and confirmed By
Elder q, 8. walsh.
A few days after tho baptism, In nc.
cord with previous Instructions, I called
upon Rev Meek NJ his once, for the
catalogue iust Issued by his school ana
was not much surprised nc tho rather
warm reception accorded me. The gem
tlemnn not very pnlltely Informed me
that n Mormon could pollute the
threshold NJ uarh1urHylilo college un-
der no circumstances, Ito broke forth
IN tlrnde against the pronhet Joseph
and the early Apostles To wished 10
have nothing % 10 with the people who
ropudlnted his mothers holy nlhlo"
by Offering the Book Of Mormon, n
novel written hy cracked Drained
school teacher as a substitute for H.
Ito then began 10 ridlculo the Nor
mons for believing In new revelation
when John himself plainly SAYS. That
COD shall ada unto him the plaguen
that nre written IN this book otc."
Tho writer venturcd 10 Inquire meekiy
n this passage referred 20 the Bible.
Tho book complied nH we now have Il,
several hundred years after the death
OF Tint Apostle: and h. WINS rrnvely
assured that such wns the fact.
Seeing that nothing could be gained
bv pru'nurlng the Interview further. I
BROUGHT n 20 close by tbnultlnr tho
-ortam1n fOr the kind efforts which
he md previously put forth IN my he
b1If an1 expressing deep regret f6r the
radical change In his sentiments 10.
y,,r1 mo We. IN turn. sOberly recount
"A ,bs kind things which no Ind told
mo Uarnauray.llT school board concern
ipg me and assured me he would he
psrf1rmIur ur unpleasant task when
,.t,Ips th,m UhH hind thinrs) an hack
and Informing th.m that I had proved
inw6riby. hatmyHd hIs confidence, etc.
ending vim tha following rather per-
snroi thrust. whom we see n young
,,ap frg8u.ntInr the saloon, we know
vbot that Tuuur man VIII come To:
ma An tho ws way, when young
NAN i.Irs uba Mormon church. we can
eos,ly sss whrt win b. MS end. Thank
inc him Cor hIr olmplments, the writer
took ne ir1yc. rejoicing that he was
counted worthy U, making sncrlfcca
npd undergoing persecution for His |
Names sake, 80. a.. ,.-,
That tho only argumenlH or logic az
which this learned diNln' ,ps.u produce |
w "' cnnvince a poor. benighted youth |