Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-07-22
EAST KANSAS CONFERENCE.
A Thriving and Prosperous Mis-.
sion Field Truth Defended

Parsons Lubcllc CO., Kansas. JAY
C-Thore are az mcgouD 10 Elders.
/ luhorIng IN this conference, ana all as.
,opt four are luborlng In the cities OF
tarHons, Nrnld and Nroloum, IN tho
southeast corner ul the Riuton All arc
vel ard striving 10 do their run du,
~ IN advancing the truth of the No..
stored Gospel Their ubms arc
crowned Win great success, many PEG.
pie are becoming interested, and tho
prospects are worry bright for many nd.
dllionf TO the church
The Elders meet with considerable
opposltlon but iu an eases the Lord
" turning II for good, Culumny causes
the honest In heart Ia have strong
rcwing thopc who are oyorywhofo
spoken oyl of and when thoy meet
the Elders they learn !ho whole
truth.
Elder Alma Morrison ana hnyc
been travelling together for tho last
tiN weeks visiting among Elders, saints
ana friends walking over 500 miles.
During this time Wo have baptized
eight souls into the iold Of christ, Most
nll the Saints IN This conference arc
trying Ia Keep the commandments of
God although surrounded by pcrsccu.
tors There have been 20 buptlgm1
IN N ~ conference during the last four
month";.
There are three Elders now luborlng
IN the city of Parsons, l,abotto Goa
knNo aud four Of uR came IN 10 spend
the Fourth of luly with thcm, ana
we have certainly bad an enjoyable
time together ON the evening of tho
sra We held street meeting which Wup
attended by about 200 persons, all at.
tCntIVo listeners After We had
closed "a minister by the numo OF q,
W, Dunklo, who belongs 10 the body
If people calling lhomaolvoB tho
"Church Of uod' stepped out on tho
tlroot ana said In part "Frlcnds |
don't want ~ weary YOU, but | do
want 10 say n foW words. I want 10
tell YOU That oN ilg that these
young men have lWo. Tor they
have said n0ihl what can ho
clearly proven h, Holy Blblo, I
would advise you 1910 lu como out aud
glve them hearing, for you win hear
moro good, sound BIBLE doctrine from
them IN one evening thnn YOU VIII To
listen Ia 90 sermons preached by your
learned ministers, The idea of people
teaching that slgna and revelations are
40 longer upon the rNrlhi II ~ lhNp
hoclilne, And people who preach, ana
teach sucn, are not teaching the doe
irlno NJ christ" lie went ON ana
preached a good sermon following up
the subjects We had taken up during
our meoilng uRrcc.Uy with all we suid,
Ne repeated mu times, while tnlk-
Ing, "Como out nI fJun tu these dear
bro,hrcni they VIIl not hurt YOU #
your doctrine cannot stand mNcsllRa'
lion, II II very poor AZ the con"
rhlsion of his tax, We had "A long cone
vorsAtIon with him on the Gospel
The work IN the city of Parsons
looks very cncouraginB the officials
have given the Elders The privilege Of
holding meetings IN amy part Of the
city that they dositodi the Elders
have been here over two months but
ON account Of bad weather ana the
city officials not bolng friendly here
,oforo toward them they nave been
unable 10 hold many meetings hut the
Lord has sofloncd the hearts Of the
onlcals ana good work VIII be uooom'
ullshod here IN the future
JONATHAN A. HUNT,
ALMA MORRISON,