Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-10-27
MISSION IN KENTUCKY.
Vi5es Of the '2crmons' Not as Popular
as Formerly,
Remarkable Manifestations OF the Di-
vino Power Accompanying the
Testimony Of Elders,
TO The EDITOR,
BlrioursviIle. Knox Co., Ky,
A.a - f4Uu

Blll0uraNllle, Knox Co., Ky,
oct H. 1900.
To the Editor:
/ lett my home IN Pennington, Utah
on Feb 10 1899 for a mission TO the
South / was assigned to labor To- the
East Kentucky conference. I lab0ged
in Clay county for the FIRST year. Then
l was sent to Virginia. where / laborel
till June 3Oth, when ! was sent as a
travelling Elder with l.. H. Bastian.
We visited the Elders Of our part Of
Virginia.
While In Wise county, Virginia, we
held some good meetings, selling books
and making warm friends, and as
usually the preachers we're raging,
While We were holding meetings we
sold some books 10 u merchant and In
a few days after we called on him aud
talked TO him a while. We Left but
had occasion 20 call again. on drawing
near the store, ! saw a large crowd
gathered, and on my entering the mcr-
chant cried out Here a Mormon
20 defend himself" he then told me
what the preacher I'm the crowd had
said. The preacher began 10 beg to be
excused, but the merchant said, you
wait and let US hear from the Nor
mon, and the Mormon was heard
from. We then went on down 70 the
depot. While passing through the
crowd | saw a preacher to whom ! had
previously lent a Book Of Mormon
lie said he had Just been talking to
some Of our Elders. We had to bear
our testimony again. Finally two more
preachers came. There was a crowd OF
about one hundred people gathered.
Some were In favor Of running us out,
but others defended US. one man in
vited US TO his home and told the hotel
proprietor 10 take care OF any OF our
Elders and charge Il TO him
We then went on 20 Nh our appoint
ment In the next county Some preach
ers had made an appointment Tor the
purpose Of exposing "Mormonism." 4
number OF black falschoods were
heard that day. The preachers talked
from till after p. m, when the crowd
was disguised and wouldn't stand II
any longer. We asked for the privilege
OF speaking, but were ordered out. when
somebody grabbed one OF the preachers
and threw him out OF the window We
invited the crowd 20 come out in the
shade They all did so except the three
preachers and their wives. We sang
Utah and the Mormons" Then "a
lawyer asked to say word Tor the
flag He spoke very plain for about
fifteen minutes Said he. Even II the
'MormOns are wrong. Christ never did
kick a sinner out Of Gall.lee"
Then we gave them the Gospel for
while The crowd insisted on US
preaching IN their church that night,
which we did. We had a fun house.
Thus We see the work Of the Lord pro-
crossing We were then sent through
our conference 20 hold branch confer
ences. We have been blessed in our
labors. We have seen the power ot
God made manifest many times. We
have seen the lame leap FOR Joy, the
blind receive their sight. and can give
the names and addresses ot the ones
that were made glad by the signs and
blessings that We're promised by our
Savior 20 those that believe.
We are always glad 10 receive the
"News' and peruse It's pages, after
which we leave 1t with the people. We
can see plainly the good 10 does IN low
ering the walls Of prejudice.
Your brother 10 Christ,
A. l. GROVER