Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-21

Elders in \ the Eastern States Mis-
| sion :e deayoring to travel ~ NJ th nov
purse or scrip are me TIN TN con-
siderable success. The foIlowiilg 4ex-
tracts from letters even frorns Canada s41
show this, and that they are ot,daIlt-
az blessed in the bors. At fis inter r
estinE 10 hear the testi tnoilies OF these
Elders as & to their experience In the
Held. Many more extracts could be
given, but these how the general tenor n
.,,f I'LL the reports.
we have had "a very pleasant week 81
Work., have had our reg, lla meals and
II good bed to sleep In cry nj light. q
have found some very nice people and
we believe "a great york vii ttbeH ac-3l
fcomplished and we desire to press on
and do more in the future tilailassWe
have done in the past Y
a33..I feel there is much good being
done and the people of u Maine have
treated us fine, Since CONNIE ncing our
alabors without purse or Bscri we have
had plenty to eat and "a good n lace to
sleep. We have certainly four, q on {
that he Lord will provide Il we We do tlt
our part. '' ISL III ".
we enjoy travelling without purse
Of scrip. and believe ,5itls to be- the best
way to preach the gospel The Lord
is blessing us and raising u lends
to miristetSto our needs, ann soft enir1g.
the hearts of the pc ople ia We are
able abs to present gu mes sst sa sc
u '.on arriving In Alstead, M 4 ii /, Sat-
surday evening, we called upon the;
proprietor of the hotel explaining TO
him Who we were. IA n d low we travel
5ed;; he readil consented to take care
of us until Monday. We are enjoying
our labors in every way and we know
the Lord is blessing our every effort
i&s !. We recently met q. minister who re-,
fused to have anything to 10 with JUS,
and he said he intended to INFORM his
members not to entertain us. This he
did on the following sunday; however
we have continued our labors among
tile people. meeting with good s,iccess,
hnyinE had d place to stop every night
and have presented the Gospel to
silltiiiy people 3s5s s5353
he Lord has provided for our every
heed since We commenced the prosecu-5
ton OF HI our work ithout nurse y
scrip. We have left good friends every
5WheFei we nave peeT.f ss
without purse or scrip
gives strength and growth to one and
If faith is exercised we will, have no
trouble in delivering our message, Have
been entertained, and abundant oppor-
tunities presented for preaching the
gospel. We see the need of more els
ders.
in our la bors We have been invited
into the peoples homes and given food
and shelter; we have stayed In a mum
Der Of hotels recently as guests Of the
proprietor. We have sold six books
of Mormon and % small books this
week"
we recently had the pleasure Of
Methodist minister who at
our message he changed his attitude
and purchased a Book Of Mormon. We;
approached the hotel in Blanston, where
we stayed over Sunday, costing us Moth
ing for our rooms and board Y
Money couldn't have purchased bet
ter Recommendations than we have had
since travelling without purse or scrip.
We recently held meeting in a Bap-f
fist church, had good attendance and at
the close O. the service sold two Books
of Mormon and t2 small books. The
Lord certainly helped us
tsyYe left Albany short time ago and
began travelling without purse or SCRIP,
and find 1t is Just as easy. to go with A
out money as when we have the money
to pay for the things we receive. We
meet with very little prejudice and we
have been successful in holding meet
ngs in school houses and In churches.
THE Bord has blessed US with food
and a place to sleep: we find the good
people of Maine very hospitable
1.-The Lord has surely fulfilled his
promises to the very letter. even more
than our faith has callad for.
Just as easy to travel without
money and we can dos better work Z 3{5s
Three baptisms in this conference
(South West Virginia) this year Our
elders are all travelling absolutely with
out purse or scrip, and each of them
remark that they never enjoyed their
labors better
We called on the mayor upon reach
ing the city of Hawley, who, upon
learning our mission, took ms to thu
hotel. where he told the proprietor to
give US the best he had and send him
the bill"
1.-THE presentation of our certificates