Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-12

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large crowd attended and listened at
tentively We left four Books OF Nor
mon. all we had on hand, and had
calls for as many more" Mormon eld-
ers had never held a street meeting be-
fore in Coleman. Ga, and when Elders
w. NJ. Jones and NJ. H. Tracy went
there last week for that purpose there
were some threats OF disturbance. but
the marshal came to their assistance
and n good meeting was held A few
days previous to this these same elders
were hailed By man who had visited
Utah and had become interested In
Mormonsm through the Bureau of In
formation. He bought a Rook OF Nor
mon, and expressed himself as feeling
sure that Brigham Young was inspired
in leading the Mormon people to the
Rocky mountains and In building that
great temple and tabernacle also that
the Lord sent the sea gulls to destroy
the cricket as recorded in early Utah
history. At Springvale Methodist
minister said ne admired very much
the zeal and courage of the Mormon
elders and invited Elder Jones to come
and preach In the church of which he
was pastor, that he might learn
more OF their claims. Respond
Ing to an invitation to speak at
a BAPTIST meeting on the 10th, brought
to Elders Dyal and Call request
service that night. They accepted
and a large crowd came out to hear
their message,
Kentucky. A Theo. Thorup, presi-
dent. box 657. Paducah. Ky.-On Jan.
IL. Elders r. l.. McEntire and Jesse
L. Molen accepted the invitation of a
young man in Louisville 10 come out
and hear him expose MormonlsnL
After trying in vain to prove II wrong.
he gave up. this gave the elders a
splendid chance to refute his nrgu-
meHts and bear testimony to the truth
fulness of the gospel. They also report
the following case OF healing: a Mrs
Marks, while leaning over gas heater
was badly burned. The elders were
called and a few hours after the ad-
ministration the Inflammation had al
most disappeared. People In
Madisonvllle who had heard the Nor
mon elders preach years ago are glad
to see Elders ]. f, Charlesworth and
John f. Mcintosh there now. One man
said the Book OF Mormon was the best
book he ever read. Another was de-
lighted In being able to secure another
copy having loaned the first one some
years ago to a friend who never re-
turned II
Georgia. VIM. l.. Francom. presi-
dent, ooI Plum street. Macon. Ga
The mayor of Amerlcus invited Elder
w. *. Granger and L. a. Chatelain to
make his Office their headquarters
while canvassing that town, and again
on leaving the city invited them back
saying he would like to meet more
such people. Later, while canvassing
for entertainment these same Elders
were turned away by a man who imme-
diately after sent his son to call them
N.@l3 10. i1,., t,1 Ill ..I,,t,l
In and 4 very good meeting was held.
Sunday school was organized
at SkipCerton, Jan. lG. with l6 members
and many visitors. While
canvaSslng among the well 20 do class
OF Macon President Francom met u
man who. having read Mr.. Durant,"
purchased Il Book of Mormon saying.
Il cannot conceive Joseph Smith of
any other man as composing such Ii
book without the aid OF inspiration"
company A. had the pleasure of meet
ins Baptist minister who was glad
to learn of their doctrines, saying
that he accepted them as true and
| would preach them to the people In
spite OF mems opinions There seems
| to be general awakening among the
| people and the opportunities for
| preaching and explaining the gospel
are greater than ever before.
| Middle Tennessee, Thos. Jones pres
| idcnt. box 269 Memphis. renn.-In
| Weekly county. Elders S. l.. Smith and
| a. G.. Peterson were refused the use
| OF n Christian church by the doctor In
charge. and went on in their work of
canvassing. When the doctor saw them
| stop at the next house he came over to
ask for information on the apostasy.
After II lengthy talk ho arose to go.
! giving the elders one-haif dollar 10
/ AN.1 1.k II.
| fuSlng to accept any change In four
days these elders cunvassed the resi-
I dents oil Dresden. leaving two Books OF