Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-05
HISTORY OF EASTERN
STATES MISSION

Brooklyn Conference.-The elders of
the Brooklyn conference in the priest
hood meeting held Jan IS. report u
great deal of success In their work.
stating that they are Invited In to Il
great number of homes and are max
ing a many good friends who are COM
ing out to the Sunday meetings. Elder
NJ. y. Hogan met a lady, In tracing,
who had been in Salt Lake City She
was very pleased TO meet him and in
vited him into the house, stating il
was her opinion that thousands of peo-
pie would join the Church IL they were
not afraid they would be dcspised by
their friends. She insisted that he
take dollar bill to assist In spread
ing MormonIsm. Elder n Ross
Beatle is In receipt of a letter from a
gentleman that he met last summer
while working without purse OF SCRIP
In the country. asking him to come
and see them as soon as possible as
he and his wife were ready Tor bap-
tism, Hans Peter Freeze is
again going over his old supply OF
stories in Newark, but instead of hav.
ing we'll filled houses and selling
many books, as heretofore, his audi
enceS are indeed very small and gen
orally go away dIsgusted with him and
his filmsy, hypocrItical way of gain
ing a livelihood.
East Pcnnsylvania-As a good ex-
ample of the condition OF many thou
sands of people in the eastern states,
we quote from a letter from Prest
VIM. X. Dredge of the East Pennsyl-
vania conference:
While tracing some two weeks
ago, l met man who had been I'm
the employ of the city police force for
~ years, and a staunch member Of
the Methodist church. He was much
interested in my message and accepted
tracts and n Book of Mormon lecture
or late ] met the gentleman on the
street and was recognized by him.
and an interesting conversation was
again had | offered to loan him a
Book of Mormon II he did not wish to
buy one. and In reply he said. he
would not read any more as lie had
almost been convinced by what he
had read and heard already that IL
was the truth and 1t might make him
dissatisfied with his church and he
had raised n large family TO believe
that the Methodist church was tho
only true church. and he was afraid
they would lose confidence in him II
he changed II / were younger
man. he said. I would by all means
buy all your books and accept your
doctrine If I thought 1t was true
My reasoning with him how that he
his children the way to partake OF
the tree OF life. only brought from the
good man a hearty hand shake and
wish OF God speed.
Mainc-A great Chapman Alcxan-
der revival is In progress In Portland
and the elders laboring in that city
are taking advantage of the existing
religious fervor and are working with
renewed energy on the principle that
1t pays to strike when the iron is
hot" While tracing In Augusta
Elders Archie +. Soutlwick and
Dimon L. Layton met a gentleman who
was on the same business. but repre-
senting the Baptist church. The elders
explained their mission and after a
short talk were invited by the gentle
man to attend evangelical mission
meeting that night. Elder Southwlck
accepted and had the privilege OF talk
Ing to the people and bearing his tes-
timony to those present. After the
meeting he had pleasant discussion
with some two or three ministers who
were in attendance and upon leaving
received n hearty invitation to return.
All Of the elders OF the confer
ence write encouragingly in regard to
their work. Elder Chester Johnson
who was transferred from West Nir-
2lnia has arrived and has been as
signed to labor In Waterville with Ed
er Henry NJ Beckstcad. Elders A. c.
Jewkes and Arthur C. Wilson have
been sent to Rockland to open up the
work In that city
New England-Since the conference
the elders have been assigned to their
new fields of labor and n good work
Is being accomplished in all the fields
OF labor Elder James b. Mcqueen
who has laborcd In Lynn for II months
was assigned to labor in a new field