Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-06-17

Ing Elders at present. Elder Ashted
Taylor ia now ln charge OF our Sunday
school and Saints ut bradford. white
county. ana Elder charles ~ Mnlln d.
IN charge likewise ut Pollard. Clay
county The other Elders are assigned
as follows. HoHWor NJ. Markham and
John Morrow 90 Marion county. George
y. wilkins and Don CunoyCr 60 UnE-
ter county, i.onndDr l.. Clnuri and
George T. Smith TO Fulton county.
james W. Welsh and MDndlH D. Cooper.
Draytun johnson and iinlgar J. Packer
10 Randolph county our conference
Headquarters viii be- at this place this
summer We arc now working dili-
gently here with investigators with
bright hopes uf soon having members
enough go We can organize n Sunday
school here We have had the pleas.
urc Of huptIzing thirteen ponltcnt be-
lleVCrH In the unlrhhurhoud since con.
ference. In many Instances husbands
or wives are converted and wish 10 be-
baptized, but the other objects Ho to
Keep peace In the frmily they remain
In The world. praying for the day 10
speedily come, when they may be- mum.
borcd with the people ~ God. Some
are holding back 90 SEQ what effect an
Organization VIII have with Church
members saying N 10 ls not productive
Of morn good than the other churches
here. they prefer 90 remain sinners;
thinking II better 60 be good moral
citizens than aanctimouioua hypocritoH.
The majority Of the people IN this
locality are friendly toward az. while
some are very hostile and arc continue
ally seeking 10 stir up strife ana do AN
the harm possible Co our cause.
some N our Elders thoroughly can
vasscd this county last summer. and
the testimonies they bore and the good
lmrrcsglons they lot have had the de-
sired effect
About sixty years ago four humbl,
Mormon Elders came Into this sec.
ton ana proclaimed the GOSPEL OF
christ 20 the people. Quite "a number
accepted the truth and n small rather.
ing Of Saints uH formed here. Per-
necution came and most OF them emf.
grated 90 Zion. \ few remained In this
locality the remainder OF their days. hut
nave long since been called 20 the
great beyond 90 enjoy peace with the
faithful Saints of God. They re-
mpined true 90 their religion 90 tho Last
1--WE grassy mounds hero In tho Union
church yard now mark the spot where
their bodies were laid to rest There
are but fcw lot 10 tell OF those days
Of sixty years nro.
Most u this Information IA obtatp,t
from Sister Matilda Holder who vaH
"a little girl NJ thlt time but she well
remember the Elders and lnclIgntH Of
those days. Her mother was ono Oh
those faithful Saints. We Ind tho
pleasure ~ baptlzlng Sister Holder
last Sunday, and she now rcjolcer thnt
ghc ~ numbered with the people Of
God.
Those Elders who iaborcd here s,
long ago, us near aa we can determine.
were John steward. John Macklntogh.
Eldcrn Barnett and Butler. The testl.
lhohles OF those men have siill re-
maincd with some on tho poopls ma
we must attribute part ~ our success
mere now 20 the influence they len
here. ''
The health of tho Elders In general is
good, fow chillH occasionally are
ABOUT the only ailments that ovortukp
US The harvest H. great. the lnborers
arc few We ur earnestly laborlnr
FOR the salvation OF the souls of mon
ana praying Tor success
am, your brother In the Gospel.
SIDNEY q. RUST
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