Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-10-27
MISSIONARY EXPERIENCE.
Many blessings Enjoyed by the FL
ders Who Preach the Gospel.



To the Editor
left my mountain home In the beau
tiful valley OF Cache, Jan. 10, 1893. 20
labor In the defense OF truth I was
sent 10 the Iowa conference. During
my time here ! have labored IN various
parts OF the State and / have met a
very intelligent class Of people. ! have
tasted a little bitter that / might APP
preciate the sweet.
shortly after l came out. my COM
paniOn and I were obliged one evening.
20 sleep on a school house bench The
next morning my companion arose and
began singing, "Why should we mourn
or think our lot IS hard? It's not so.
etc. ] told him. / did not know that /
could say amen 20 his song as the
bench seemed much different from the
feather bed az home. But | can now
look back with Joy and happiness even
upon that experience. l know that one
night drew me nearer the Lord than /
ever had been before
also laborcd in the city OF Ottumwa
for a few months. We held street meet
ings and met with fair success. We
were molested on two occasions but
the disturbers were silenced by discus
sion.
We were called out on various occa-
sions TO administer 10 the sick. One
was a lady who had been confined 10
her bed for two or three weeks. We
administered 90 her one evening and
she arose the next morning and pre-
pared breakfast for her husband and
family. Since that time the family
has Joined the Church and are now In
Utah
About the latter part Of last April,
Elder James Blaln Of Sanpete county,
was assigned 20 be my companion, and
we We're asked 10 60 20 Webster City
and assist two Elders there. We had
not been o. work long when we found
the adversary was also at work. The
people were warned OF the "Mormons"
and of their soul destroying doctrine.
We We're refused the churches and Il
seemed as n u0 opening could be made.
We continued our work. fasting and
praying and finally we made enough
friends 20 organize a Sunday school.
No sooner had the school been started
than a cry of smallpox rang out from
the neighborIng dOOor so We were COM
PEELED t0 st0n our school for q short
time We were called ont iu that city
also % administer % q sick lady whom
the people and friends had given up.
We administered 20 her and she was
almost instantly healed and on the sth
day Of July she was baptized. a week
or 80 later her husband and grandson
followed They had 70 be baptized IN
secret owing 90 the malice OF the peo-
pie but it gave us renewed detcrmiu-
alton 90 press onward. We tracted the
city and began retractng, one day
while retraCiing 7 was lea DO a house
and was met nc me door boy q young
woman. In the course Of our c0nversa-
ton she kindly asked me Go come some
afternoon when her husband would be
home. as he worked during the fore
noon and could not be there. / had a
peculiar feeling 7 felt like I was not
wanted and ] often spoke Of It 10 my
companion. We went down according
To promise and the young gentleman
began arguing ON baptism IL seemed
queer. because NE was @ firm believer in
BAPTISM by immersion He said after
wards he could not tell why he took up
that WbjaCt). This same feeling con-
tlnued with me AZ well az my cOmpan-
i0n We ana not 60 h,ok again for n
few days. although 'htF .indly asked us
90 come back one Gay Ne went there
again and they said: IF you only
knew how we have been praying for
you 10 return. YOU would have come
back hafo.rs We talked 10 them on
the Gospel ana iu O short time they
set the day for baptism Just before
evening on the appointed day % heavy
thunder shower came mp and n looked
very much 8s we would Doe obliged 10
postpone the baptism. ] asked the
Lord Do ~ was Ills win that the Or
dinauces Doe performed 90 have us an
meet az the river at the SET hour When
the time came my companion ana
went 90 the river and 'hcrc wo met ,ho
candidates ready Gov the water had
the pleasure of banUzng both the hus-
band and wife and today they are faith
ful Latter-dav Saints.
Since the last conference ! have been
l7horins in Council Bluffs with Elder
Fred crook 0s my companion also
Elder D. . Wadman ana Die wife are
here. We find many who had not the
faith 90 go across the plains with our
parents. and they have a0ogatIzed
from the Church We are holding quite
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