Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-15

New York Conference.
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fuyCtte. Seneca Cos y y

Fuyotte, Seneca Cos y. y
July ith, 1893.
Elder Duworth woolloy and I will
celebrate the gl0uAw Fourth by
writing 20 that dear faithful friend ot
an miHHipnuriuH. the prHorut News
How otFcrly % b. pUruH.l. aud how We
do oniuy The valuable aud reliable Inc
formation 10 couulnsi 10 Do q mosaon-
ger Ut truth and salvation.
Elder Woollcy BE- from GrautHvillc.
Utah. lie lH % young man, hum
Bile. willing ana 1bclieai. Hl 90 from
good stock" ana has been brought up
IN the fear AMI love of God. Although
this Dr. hla irHt experience in 'lu mine
istry, ho goes at lt like un old hand.
Am happy 90 rIy WU arc one Ga tho
work of God. How / wish that 40 who
are called % preach the Gospel were as
wen prepared az be-. How nice II is 60
learn OF the returned Elders holding
missionary meetings lu the different
stakes uf Zion, setting forth the ear
dual principles ut the Gospel lu pluiu-
ness. ana " we would "prVlch tho Goa-
rel nt home as $50 do abroad proving
what We say. more good Wuill De ag-
compllshod.
After iaborlng IN Tompuns county
Tor nearly "a year, with headquarters
iu Ithaca. ! was changed % this field,
Seneca county. Sacred ground Co the
llttpr-dny Saluts' 10 o. thr birthplace
of the Church. 10 Or "a place where the
and where he received many manifesto
tons ~ Gods power. Truly, IL is
favored spot OF mother vhrtu. 4 nice
open, rolling country with excellent
soil and climate and fno variety OF
ffult The narrow strip " land sloplng
gently Go tho beautiful Cuyurn and
Seneca lakes. The roads are the best
/ have seen IN the state. We uru locut-
Cd here In the very heart OF the Coun-
~, fayottc township. 80 familiar to
many OF the veterans and pioneers;
whore. during the past five weeks We
have held twenty-threg meetings hay-
Ing had the use of the Jerusalem alurch
Ga lurge brick butdiugj and three
school houses, with very fair nttodnnce,
especially at the church. We came
here perfect strangers but now have
many Kind and warm hearted friends
The Lord has certainly blessed our
humble efforts, although our first In
PRODUCTION was little hard. Two
nights on the soft side" OF school
benches. and one meal In f0rty-elfht
hours. but tho Lord Comforted aud
blessed Us. and, like Paul and SiaH. We
reiolced and sang praises TO His name.
We do considerable travelling and tract
lnr In an directions The weather D.
quite dry and the crops are suffering.
We travel without money and have
no headquarters
Under the management OF Elder VIM
II Smart this Eastern States mission
VIII soon b. ON u footing with other
missions. Elder VIM l.. Rich. our Cou-
ference president, ls a faithful nd en-
ergotic luhorcr The untimely death.
by drowning, Of our dear brother and
co-laborcr. Elder II. II. Hanson "
oxford. Idaho, In kcuku lake. Yates
Co, n. y, June goth, has cast "a gloom
OF sadness ana sorrow over the whole
mission.
Elder Hanson spent the holidays with
us at 81 Eddy ST., Ithaca, where we had
an excellent time and were royolly In
tcrtaiued By our dear Utah students
and Saints, Elders Jos. l.. Horne aud
Thos. j. Yates and their esteemed COM
panlona. lie also visited Ithaca again
In April IN company with Elder Rich
We held an open-uir meeting at En-
field Falls, near Ithaca. ut which he
and President Rich spoke.
DlLWORTH WOOLLEY,
DAVID SPiLsBURY.