Show LETTER FROM LITLE JOE has labored in greene county since december accused of being a talking a machine editor it is 13 with pleasure that I 1 embrace this opportunity of dropping you a few lines to let you know now how we ine are arc gelling along and how the prospects are in this part of the lords vineyard we came in here and held our first 0 on the third of december last and have continued to hot leold meetings pretty regularly every sunday since we bield a meeting there last sunday and about fifty grown persons who seemed to be quite interested in the gospel turned out to hear us we have another appointment here for tile alie third of june tile intervening time being 0 all occupied A fast meeting was held here by us and we succeeded in getting the ball started to rolling by baptizing the heads of three families six members in all the first to join the church in this county but there is a fair prospect for a good many more ill in the near future it if we are permitted to stay once we had the privilege of meeting ing all the ministers in the county and having a short talk with them but that was all they wanted they would not give us a second chance to talk with them they get out of our way and to their hocks they shout false prophets dont hear them dont let them talk to you they have smooth tongues and they will beguile you you know k now tile the good old bible says that false prophets shall arise and deceive many but I 1 say to them that the same book says you shall know them by their fruits for ft a good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit neither can call a corrupt tree bring 1 foith good fruit therefore by their fruits ye shall know hilow them P if we are wrong show us our error and convert us I 1 would accept it ii tho the quickest of any one in the world for I 1 claim to he be a man of reason find and if you ale aie I 1 light ight I 1 want avant to know knols it it is your duty to let your light so shine that others can call see it dont keep keel it concealed under a bushel for you will be under con coil demun tion it if you do not impart unto your fellow man who lias has not got gol the light that you yon lave have received this is what we ic cormons mormons Alor mons tire are doing we know clial we are arc rig right litand and we want to imal impart art tile gospel unto to you this is 19 the reason that we are here the people think I 1 hat we have been educated on oil purpose for the ministry niini alry but I 1 tell them that I 1 was called right from my f fishing ashing 0 net just the same ai 13 peter was and that when 1 I am released I 1 expect to return to my fishery people say that they cannot stop me from talking tal luing but I 1 tell them that when I 1 was home I 1 never used to say anything atlY til in c I 1 being of such a very retiring disposition and that I 1 did not think that I 1 would run rim down 1111 until til i had again 1 reached the rocky mountains there are some here who are arc trying to get up tip a club to run us out of here and it is ia to be head headed ed or led by a M E minister well the lords will be done I 1 thank you for the CLI I 1 am all I 1 it very much and it if the city lias has made as much improvement in ill the last year as the CLIPPER I 1 shall hardly know the place of 0 my illy birth I 1 hope you yon will continue to improve iu in tile the future as you have in ili the past and that thai the people wilt will patronize you as you deserved it is tile hie wishes of your friend in the sweet sunny south give my illy love to all cf my friends in ill my native n land I 1 rell remain aill your brother in the gospel of chilst JOS J 1101 BROOK E miss bliss may eth V 1893 |