Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-07-23

81. must perish. And now man. re-
member and perish not
have been reading the words Of
King Bcniamin to tne peoP,e a tg,
soluh ia 'tbe Hook OF Mormon. and
dont know hut what they apply 90
- today, In many ways ~ COM
,ieteiv ~ they applied TO these unto
r'bsm they were spoken. Yet bencNe
1 can confidently say that the latter
day Saints, ~ rue, arc enl9nt We
bnsrted ptopie that can be found upon
,hc earth. Not long ago one OF our
tiderr returned from mifaion III me
a1nth There had been question
r9iard In his mind ~ TO whether me
f.attcr-day Saints In Zion woull o.
NJ opcn- hanfef ns hosnltaple' ~ hlhu
b,sri a and NJ willing 10 receive ana
",s',f,ir a stranger AZ were the PEG.
III III the South. and he determined
- ,,,tt an. matter TO the test The story
~ bis visits 10 some Of our people here
n n,ibiishcd In the Improvement Erl'
No 3. I canot give II TO you IN d.-
tail, hut viii only attempt hrlci out-
iire ururesonting himself NJ minis.
~ 81 Tho Ooapei from the state OF
'renncssce. travelling without purse or
serip. ~ the Elders of the Church OF
Irs,is christ OF Latter-day Saints were
Generally doing, he called upon Brother
IA Y. Hampton of the Hampton House
and asked for entertainment without
rhnrrr. Hrothor Hampton readily con-
s"yi'd 10 take care Of him iio next
called al the Temple Barber shop.
Win "A similar representation. ana
nsirl FOR "A shave and shinglc." on
IN uafne terms. which was readily
complied with. and he was asked TO
"cnfnc again" lie next called upon
Brother Henry Dinwoodey, and pre-.
aonting himself ~ before, asked
foT mems 10 pay his fare on the rail-
road. going north. whereupon brother
Dlnwoodoy handed him out the money.
Needing n Kidnapping IN hlr watch he
called upon Brother John Daynea and
Son, aud Introduced himself ~ before.
and they cheerfully repaired his
watch. lie then called upon Col.
Thomna q. Weber Of =. G. ~ T. and
In the Same Eulac asked FOR pair Of
shoes. which Col. Weber generously
Fave him. Having a tooth which needed
I nuing. he called nt the dental pnrlorH
of nr. Fred ClawHon. whom he COM
WINGED. after some dlnlrulty that he
was not an old friend aud school mate,
/ hut really minister Of the Gospel
| from Tennessee having n similar name.
the doctor readily consented 10 his
/ having his tooth nilcd without money
or price. Thus II was proven that the
/ t.ntter.day Saints were aA generous.
: na klnd-heartcd. aa ready 10 help the
stranger OF another religion. aH were
I the good people Of the Southern States.
\ and for that matter OF any other coun-
/ Try. Having put these people 90 the
| iept. In other words, having weighed
| ihdm IN the bainncciund found them not
| wanting IN each case he fully exc
plAlned his motive and who he was,
20 their mutual dellghi md
Gifts or declined 90 receive
the favora granted him without
! ] proper remuneration. IN each ease.
AZ / understand the brethren Insisted
4. that what they had done was In good
4 faith on thelr part. aud he was well
:. come 10 the same. believing that an
q, Elder who had spent two years and up
!. wards on a mission. lahorlnF without
purse nr scrip. would be likely 90
9 stand almost as much In need Of such
= help na would the strange minister
> whom h. had personitod.
Now some OF M are little more
! fortunate than others. For instance.
have several doors. and boggarA
come 10 an u them. and II ever a
hcggar was turned away from one of
ms doors l never knew Il. I have al
ways, and 40 have my family. contrib
utrd food ana such clothing aa we
could spare 20 every ono who came
asking for u. Last summer n poor
boy came 20 my house. ! hnppcned %
b. out Of dooui. around the corner OF tho
house; ! head the voice OF a man,
looked ana he Was sitting ON "A box
l heard that he was mufmufinH ANA
cursIng and HwcarinT, I stepped out
and I said. MY friend. what n the
matter with your" lie pointed 60 his
feet and said. Took nt my feet" The
remnants of ahocH which he had on
them were too small for him. lie had
worn thcm through the noloH aud
through the sides. and his feet were
out upon the ground. They wer,
blstorrd ana innamed and painfully
sore. 10 said he had been driven out
u Davis county by the officers OF tho
law and was told that II he did not
get out OF tho county he would be put
IN Jail for vagrancy. and he had cont
here and asked for food, and the peo'