Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-05-07
FROM MISSIONARY FIELDS.

| not the case. They would all at once
become quiet and listen to passage OF
! Scripture read to them. Some would
smile approvingly, showing that they
| We're convinced, others would raise
| fresh objections, and so II would con-
( successful In Turkey must be gifted
with good conversational powers.
Three or four days after our arrival
seventeen presented themselves as
| candidates for baptism. A friend Of
| fered us the use of a courtyard in the
| rocks some twelve feet long filled with
| flowing water. The yard was enclosed
| by high wall so we We're entirely
secure from disturbers. Those who
were to be baptized oovenanted be-
fore the Lord to serve Him and
prayer had been offered, Brother
| Hintze stepped into the water and per-
formed the baptizing. 1t was a Joy
| inspiring scene to see so many men
and women sealing their covenants
with the Lord in the waters of bap-
tsm. knowing that they would re-
| ceive testimony that their sins were
forgiven them. The evening was Sc
rene. and all passed off peaceably.
Sunday morning little after sun
rise we met in the meeting house and
confirmed twenty two members,
dained the presiding Priest an Elder.
Then we partook of the sacrament of
the Lords supper.
Our adversary was not pleased with
the good work being done. A mob
collected on the outside, and hun
dreds OF people could be seen on the
roofs of houses trying to sec us. Even
on the roof of our own house were a
number of persons. and we were obliged
to close our meeting. President May
cock and Elder Andrew Larson had
come up from Aleppo the day before.
In leaving the meeting the latter was
hit with a couple OF ciods or stones,
crowded and We were followed to our
lodging by the mob.
The ministers in the different
churches had preached against us
ever since they heard of our coming.
and they had succeeded In exciting
the people. During the week following,
the first Of n series of papers written
against us was sown broadcast among
the people; four more followed while
we were at Aintab. The American
Mission Society have q college in
Aintab and one of the professors was
a series of articles against us while
Brother Hintze was here on his for
mer mission. He made extracts from
the books published against us in
America and England. and the charges
there made lost nothing In passing
through his fertile brain. Being
learned man the Armenians are proud
of him, and his writings had a great
influence upon them. These had the
effect to raise a bitter spirit against
us in many and In making many in
vestigate our principles.
Every night the brethren were in |
vlted out to meet with inquiring |
friends and opponents. Sometimes n |
hundred people were present at these |
gathrings. The subjects treated in the |
papers referred to would be brought |
forward. but the brethren soon dis |
posed of them and then had good |
opportunity to preach the Gospel. |
Some evenings we had to divide up In /
three parties In order to satisfy the |
people In different parts of the city.
The preachers continued to infiame
the people against us and in the papers
We were styled wolves in sleeps /
clothing" The third Sunday that we
were there our meeting was again dis
turbed. In going through the streets
large rock hit me on the leg, but It
had spent its force and did not hurt
me much. At noon we tried to organ
came so threatening and gathered in |
such large numbers that our people |
could not meet. They hurled large
stones at the gate. OF the place where
we were. and handled some of tho
Saints roughly.
The police were called on and sew
eral arrests were made. The ministers
began to realize what they had done.
and promised that they would leave
us alone. The Saints insisted on our
seeing the. Turkish commander OF the
troops and the city. We found him
very affable gentleman. and he prom
ised us that our people should be pro-
teCted. In our conversation he said. |
Those who have new message to
bring unto the world have always been
Our meeting-hnll was not large
enough to accommodate our people. SO
we tried TO get another. but those who
mad places to rent did not dare to let
the Mormons have them. gentleman
VINO had visited us several times.
when he heard we wanted a hail. said,
Come and see my place" We found
he had an excellent place for the pur-
pose and closed the bargain at once.