Show AN UNWILLING WORLD whether or not the abe experience of elder waltera Walt williams william now laboring in the durham and newcastle conference of the british mission minton may be quoted an that of the elders goner gener ally it is IB worthy of note as showing the indifference of the people on matters religious in that particular region at least on the occasion of a conference which was to be hold held on september himself and associates caused two thousand hand bills to be printed giving the place and hour of the meetings stating that all seats would be free and that there would be no collection and cordially inviting all lovers of truth to attend 01 0 1 these they judiciously distributed some seme being enclosed in tracts left at residences and others being placed in the bands or houses bouses of people of the be vicinity the appointed time for the meetings came and as a result of their advertising they report the attendance of one stranger elder williams could not refrain from contrasting this showing with the condition as he remembered it in the name locality about a quarter of a century ago there was no difficulty then in obtaining an audience nor in finding at every meeli meeting Dg some in quiring minds whose abose search for truth led them to a further investigation of the principles the elders presented speaking generally a similar comparison might be maue made with reference io to every part of the british minion and indeed to every other locality where the dospel was preached years ago aid has been preached ever since it is in natural that during such a length of time the field should have been pretty thorough ly gleaned it is also true that theten the tendency of the present generation is not towards but away from the principles of religion it would be idle to expect therefore the same results that followed the first Ifa introduction of the gospel among these corn com at least until by superior faith on the part of the elders and the abo operation oper atlo i of the spirit of the loid upon the people there shall be an all awakening from the apathy and unconcern in which the world is plunged yet vet who to is there with sufficient in i or sufficient boldness to declare that the work is in all done the blood of israel all gathered out while even one stranger can be in deuced to attend the meetings and listen to the testimony is there not enciu encouragement ra gement to continued exer exertion tiou we think so aud and so think all the elders who with patient zeal and un complaining fortitude leave home and friends to bear the nie message spage of i salvation it is over the one sinner the one oot lout sheep found fold that were there Is M and brought into the rejoicing among the saints on earth earan and the angels in heaven the elders elder throughout all the missions of tile th church in this country and in foreign lands need never be without the oon that the blessing comes to those who perform their duty faithfully and well to a higher power may be left the matter of increase in the flock of carist |