Show rafey elder U men characteristics of the southern people remarks by eider keeler the in the provo tabernacle bunday were not very wel attended after the J addressed the about a year ago be had left hoial boim goim to the southern states on a mission and had supposed aup posed that he would be about two years but a time be receive ed a letter from the faaet presidency honorably releasing him from hia laborers he was enjoying aig mis ion very well and it took considerable to get him to return home but he finally consented as he had much important buin aaa to attend here speaker spoke of the unity that exist ed between the eldera on missions ana belie red that it was ahe spirit of god that BO closely bound them ti gether As a rule thay travel without puree or script they ara humble and prayerful probably proba oly more so than when tasy are at home amona thu ir friends enjoying the comforts com lorts of life that they do not enjoy on their tie said that in the southard Sout harn states there ia much aih way robbery diug on it is not safe for a man to travel with anything in hia posada aion but aa yet speaker had never heard of A mormon missionary being robbed elder maiben believed that the southern people were about as sene roua as any other people in the world an a rule they feed and provide for the elders very well it hafl hard to get public to hold meetings but when the eldera did get one they generally had a good attendance there are many people in the south who look upon the mormon elders with contempt cont emot and acorn but the speaker thought such people to be pit tied most of them have been taught from the cradle up inac iua wu ara not worthy of their notice and it reon irea anch talk and persuasion to get them to accept the principles of he gospel the speaker related hia experience in arguing with some of the ministers ot different sects they will not go into the details of the authority necessary to officiate in the ordinances of the cos pel and will stop halkine if you bring such questions ques tiong up for consideration the speaker here a strong testimony to the truth of the gospel and asid that h fait happy when laboring in ita be half SOS B was pleased to hear bro maiben bear such a faithful testimony he bid also traveled in the southern state and bf that the people were bood and hospitable he alao believed that V they were put in circumstances many of them would accept the KOS pel more readily the whites in the sauth he said are nearly in as mash slavery as were the blacks in the slavery daye and borne of them dare not nv their is their own tha elders have worked bard andly persevering severine per to bring these people to a knowledge of the gospel but to some it seems almost ts try some 0 the elders have felt like gh ing up in dispain di bat the boeitker said that if these people did not accent the dospel in this life they would have the opportunity to do BO in the life to acme the principle of baptism for the dead was dwelt on at bengta by the ep saber and he eaid thet through the love of she future generations lor their alcea tors those who have died without em the gospel will yet hava an opportunity port unity to be saved in the kingdom of god alder keelar referred to the calama ties of various forms that are coming the inhabitant of the earth at the present time and said that he believed they were in fulfillment of the many prophesies mide concerning the deaf eruct ion of the wicked in the last days |