Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-03-19


| Mnrysville, Union county. Ohio.
| Edward r. Turley and Thomas r.
Cottle. GAINESVILLE. Musilngum county
| Ohio
II. earn Clark and William T. Bur
| ton, Cincinnati Hamilton county. Ohio
Anders X. Hansen and Frederick J.
| Wadsworth, Cleveland, Cuyahoga
! county, Ohio.
George j. shurtliff md Joseph r.
| Wilson Jr.. Si5 south Sth street. Hamil-
| ton. Butler county. Ohio.
Persons having relatives or friends
| In this state will do the Elders favor
| to send their addresses. MISC n letter of
| Introduction. The News" Ia nm eyer
welcome visitor No It's contents ar.
| read with interest.
| DAVID !. DAVIS. President.
| EDWARD +. TURKEY, Sccy.
| Indian Territory Mission.
Indian Territory Mission.
Cherokee Conference.
To the Editor:
Those Interested in the spread Of the
| Gospel may be pleased with brief aC-
| count of the labors OF the Elders In
| this part OF the Lords vineyard and to
| know how they have, through their
union and faithfulness, seen the fruits
| of their labors ripen into maturity
| We have truly been blessed OF our
! Heavenly Father and our hearts have
|
the many manifestations we have had
of His supreme power in our behalf.
| Perhaps there Is In no conference n
| more united band of laborers than the
| Elders of Cherokee. Their only de-
sire seems to be the preaching and
| publishing OF the Gospel. The Chero-
| kee conference embraces the Creek,
! Cherokee and Choctaw nations but
| our work during the winter has been
| confined solely to the latter in the
| hope that every family might see the
| Elders and hear for themselves of our
| doctrine before summer comes and we
| are moved to the colder climate OF the
north.
The nine Elders laborlng in this field
! have enjoyed the best of health dur
! ing the winter ana have put their
! whole souls into their work of spread
ing Gods word. our labors have been
] crowned with success for we have had
the privilege of leading nineteen hon
est souls down into the waters of bap-
tsm since the New Year was ushered
| IN, and there are many warm friends
! and earnest investigators who are on
the verge of taking upon themselves
the name of our beloved Lord and
| savior. Several applications for bap-
tlsm are in which viii be attended to
as soon as we can get around to the
applicant.
In our travels and mlnistrations we
see the power of our Heavenly Father
made manifest in many ways. Often
times we would be confused or con-
founded were 1t not Tor the help we
receive from Him through the dictates
OF His Holy Spirit.
The following Incident will be of In
terest to the Latter-day Saints for IL
shows that the authority of God Is I'm
| the Priesthood which we hold and
That the devil himself is subject to our
| command.
Elder Byron II. Alfred Jr., Samuel
ilnton Jr. and your correspondent
nave been laboring here at Coalgate.
Choctaw Nation, l. r., for some time
past ana have made n few converts
we found one man named David Lewis
who had been baptized In Wales years
nso, put dld not Know whether he be-
! longed to our faith or the Reorganized
church. So said he. "to settle the
! question In my mind l will be baptized
again. Through our teaching we had
converted his wife and three children,
but they Were reluctant about receiving
baptism. our conference president
Elder Joseph J. Richardson. and his
| travelling companion, Elder James w.
Anderson, carle to visit us February
25th. The five Of us tasted the Mon
day and TUESDAY following and prayed
that the Lord might move upon them to
receive the ordinance OF baptism and
that the power Of the Lord might be
| made manifest on that occasion Tues
day noon we went to Brother Lewis's
home and TO our delight found them
all ready for the water. After the
| baptism we returned to the house to
hold n confirmation meeting. While
we were singing the second hymn
Brother Lewis was seized by some un-
seen power that shook him violently
and pulled his face into all sorts OF
the presence OF an evil spirit. so anoint-
ed him with oil and rebuked the de-
stroyer. commanding It to depart. 1t
left but came back in moment Then
we knelt down in prayer around the
room after which II was reDuked once
more and departed only to come back
again and seize him with even more
violence than before. After the third
rebuke we confirmed him, that he
might have the Spirit of the Lord TO
assist him In throwing of the evil one
We had scarcely taken our hands OF !
him when It returned and tossed his
fhnd around on the pillow, stretched his
mouth into all shapes, wringing from
him the most agonizing groans. This
time we were prompted to command
Il In the name OF Jesus Christ to de-
part and return no more. As II left
the room II seemed as II n heavy cloud
We're passing away. for we could all
feel Its dark influence most plainly
After this the Spirit OF the Lord was
with us, and although Brother Lewis
was very weak HllfI ms ordeal, we nHu |
an enjoyable time together and all felt
to thank the Lord for His mercIes.
Notwithstanding the fact that n
great deal of prejudice IL held toward
us. we find very hospitabe class OF
people. many OF whom are anxiously
seeking for the Gospel light.
The names of the Elders laboring In |
this conference dt present are ms fol-
lows: Joseph j. Richardson. James w.
Anderson. Daniel T. Hawkley Edmund |
Lowell. Richard N. Lund, Charles An
derson, Byron II. Alfred Jr., Samuel
Linton Jr. and your correspondent,
WILLIAM II. PALMER.
Conlgnte. Indian Territory March |