Show VISIT HOLY GROUND in a letter to elder elias morris bishop of the fifteenth ward elder D R gill sr who is laboring in Penns pennsylvania vi writes from scranton of a visit which he paid to the hill cumorah in company with elder S W richard president of the eastern states mission describing his visit elder gill says elder S W richards came up to scranton and paid me a visit he was on his way to cohocton Coh octon in the western part of the state of new york brother richards said he be would visit the hill cumorah during his journey and he desired me to accompany him the next morning at brother richards his bis wife and myself took the train and in the afternoon arrived at cohocton Coh octon where we were met by elder M R mcfarland while tit ht that place we held ten meetings baptized two blessed eleven chilgren chil children iren and ordained three to the priesthood on october we started brother richards his wife brother M H corley his wife and daughter and myself being in the party parly we arrived at cumorah about on october and took a good look at toe hill and went on to palmyra while there brother richards and myself went to the first national bank and interviewed its president mr pliny T sexton we had been told previously that mr sexton was in possession of a copy of the first edition ot of the book of mormon anat was ever turned out of the press after we had introduced ourselves as mormon elders from utah mr sexton received us very kindly and showed us the copy ot of the sacred work which he be carefully kept in a pasteboard box he prizes the work very much because he gave for it mr sexton does not know the contents ot of the book as the folded sheets are as they came from the binder bound that way as was the custom many years ago untrimmed our conversation was very pleasant and mr sexton purchased a voice of warning and a compendium upon leaving mr sexton he was very particular to ask us to call again at any time we might be in the neighborhood now we wended bended our way to the smith family farm where we had the honor ot of eating dinner in the room in which the sacred plates were kept personally I 1 was overjoyed at this privilege the hill cumorah is about two and a half miles south of the house and while standing in the holy spot a great boy filled our hearts in the thought that we were so highly blessed as to be privileged to stand in the spot where the angel moroni had in the flesh constructed ted the stone box and reverently laid away the plates the arim and and breastplate and the sword of laban and also where his father mormon stood and saw ibe be destruction of the Nep hites and Lama I 1 shall never forget the visit to this holy spot |