Show letter from indiana indhar a lincoln city spencer co ind march 1897 thinking a few feNt lines from me may be of interest to your many readers I 1 submit the t lie following follow irim leaving utah dec ath 1895 S J I 1 arrived at morion Alc rion williamson ill jec dec alth there I 1 met pres S samuel amuel G spencer of the indiana conference on the I 1 was appointed to labor at walpole hamilton co IU ill with el nephi N rogers of cache CO cb utah being deprived of houses to hold meetings in we canvassed from house to house and talked with the people on the gospel here wo we labor labored edwith energy during the winter and were treated very kindly by the people making many anany friends and acquaintances which we prized very highly information that our conference would be held at Af merion erion all march alarca 1896 1890 the weather being very stormy a gentleman by the name of IV G hanson kindly offered to take us to the depot a distance of twelve miles the roads being so ws reachel thero with much difficulty on arriving 0 at morion we had lathe the privilege of meeting without with our beloved president prisident joshua R dark clark of the northern states stales mission and thirty eight traveling 0 elders ciders we enjoyed a spirit u ual al feast at our conference as the gospel was explained very torero ly for five days at our priesthood ine meeting eting we received many valuable instructions from our 1 president 1 brit which we treasured treasure 6 york very hl highly aily on receiving our appointments of labor I 1 was appointed to laborwitt labor with E D of nephi utah at sulphur crar crawford ford co indiana wp we labored with and s f determination to do all that la in our power for the advancement of the kindom kingdom of god anc for the benefit of in mankind here herc our labors were weke crowned ditl success after laboring ashorn a time canvassing and holding C meeting we had the privilege of baptizing thirteen honest souls soule into the church of christ on sept 1896 1890 our dent samuel G spencer arrived in our our field of labor and we organized a branch of the church with eighteen members and a sunday scho school 61 which is a credit to the state of indiana the saints are doin doing g all that lay in their power to do for the building ur up of the kingdom of god on earth the sunday well attended b by y other denominations aud and will eventually crown their labors with success if properly carried out we bid the saints goodbye good C bod bye and started for tas taswell vell crawford co ind where our conference was going CP to be held here we h had aid the privilege of meeting the elders elder s we had not seen SOT for six feix months mont lis our conference was held sept and we enjoyed joyed ourselves together and received a feast of spiritual food the spirit of god being in our midst our president gave many valuable instructions instruction at the priesthood meeting ifie Otin 11 we were appointed jonew to new fields of labor a ill being sent intoner into new fields and cities we were sent into I 1 lincoln city spencer co ind jam james s C N as my companion together WO we sought the lord in humble prayer and dedicated the tao people and county into the hands of god and asked him for his spirit to accompany us in our new fields of labor bein being ed by the spirit of god to take a certain road we did distributing in tracts as wo we went on our way ad A gentleman passed ils us on our road and on arriving at his house lie said something told him that we were coming to his house to stay on arriving on we were invited in and treated very kindly by the family the gentleman of the house told us we could stay as long as wo wished and sent his team three miles for our lar large ge valises vali ses the gent lemans name isler is mr john ludwig m this was another strong testimony unto us that the lord will help those who diligently seek him feeling encouraged we we went to work with renewed energy canvassing from house bouse to house and talking e with the people on the gospel we were invited to hold bold meeting in a large schoolhouse on the fol following lowing saturday night on arriving there found the house packed to its utmost capacity with attentive atten listen rs were asked when we would hold more meetings 0 so we gave out meetings in ings s for the following saturday and sunday these meetings being well attended it encourage d us in working 0 to search out the honest in heart for I 1 know we have a 1 I great work to perform for the harvest is great and the tha laborers are few there are a number of good hoalst hearted people in this country who we believe will NU receive the gospel in due time wo have worked very diligently in spreading tn tiro the gospel and searching out the honest in heart I 1 have had joy aud and satisfaction in my labors as a servant of the lord knowing C that we willell will all receive a ju just S t bowart for our labors done here on earth ever praying for the blessings of heaven to attend you yours in the cause causa of truth elder mark alark |