missionary INARY NEWS roanoke Roano kc va april 28 1908 editon shiulin Thi Thin ulin Ling afe the readers ol of your valuable boull bo be interested in crested in the iho and pro progress greas of the ho wort work of the tha lorl being mado made in this section of the maiber stati of the union wo we aro are located in the tha city of roanoke abich has a population of about inhabitants and is ono one or of the thriving ami metropolitan cities in ia the he southam st to I 1 hero here lias has been fr in tio tao to six ailers laboring here since hit september nov asing tho the city with literature slid holding meeting uge bince arising in the lie city wo we have made BOD jorj very kool fiends aud and in ves iha tors 1 3 ha hospitality hospitAl ltv of tile people has ben good the fathers of tile the city has treated us with respect joving mok us as permission to holl open air meetings on the be street and a number of invitations ions have bare been ito lidell to h 11 II 11 indoor meetings moc I 1 iwo wo va of tile iho I 1 will mention mcc tion one was last weck wad mr M r robert howell of one of the be leading hotels invited no u to at the parlor on april 12 and ha boull have ihu hu sul aulie lenco noo there to hear bear us elpi in alioa j of our doctrine we were some botoe what surprised to receive uch nuch ait invitation however we were than kaul for the ibo opi opportunity ort unity and filled the lie appointment the iho hulle was filled to its ts capacity with people eager to learn som something thing about our religion and to see if wo we were the lind of people that our oar opponents had represented us to bo be eller elder J D brown of grantsville Grants villa ville tool charro charge of the services and the following elders took part I 1 P M room HOB vernal utah J R ott samuel pol look tropic utah and adim E bramwell bram well of plano piano idaho the tha services were very attentively too and the meeting every one 1 in ia the tha room came up ana shook hands with us as many asking ask leg for literature liter aturo so diat they could lenra learn more of our people kad and r aya R another incident happened last wednesday at the church or the Ipos tolio kaith faith where we elders attended the ser sercios vios the minister reco lazed us as a soon as wo we ela entered terea the building and invited us to take part in the services which invitation was very willingly accepted after opening the meeting the announced that there vee some sam e visiting n g brothern I 1 in a tle house and thal tha lo le would turn the time over to them elder ross occupied most of the time after him bia remarks the tha pastor airoso and aind endorsed the remarks of tie the of si coker eaker stating staling that lie ha had been teaching in hillo bitle doctrine ani ani lie ho oho made the remark that as long as a p person birson bould come end and give them on the bible it m mitt littered cred vot pot who he bo be willing to come and liht light up the house every if necessary lor for sach a person after services lie he ft 1 feeling was manifested manil ested bv bp the number of people who camo came up and shook hands with t tie 0 elders and invited them to call d at their homes and more fully our doctrine the elders hall the pleasure of hear ing a speech by william J bryan at the city hill in alich lie ho pio lie annd future ot or tho the westan oo ml sl ahbol owel whit it a wonderful stride it bail made its bt and ol of rainy thi thousands acres of latil yet to ho be under JAS PhIll D BROWN of