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Show I MOBOCIUTIC DOINGS. I .Missionaries Persecuted 1'j Ilrulal VnnatirA LurropmdcnceoriheVscnETns ; President IU B. Parrish, Elders Hyrum S. Anderson, 8. Thompson aud myself have been laboring for some time hereabout, two 'of u' holding msetiufes In the Oak Grove CliUrcl), and apparently with success, suc-cess, while our brethren were working in the adjoining counties, meeting, however, with much opposition. oppo-sition. We have beon conducting meetings in this locality for fifteen montus? amltJiavD t'eld some sixty 'SaiL, Wo had a baptism service appointed ap-pointed for the 23th of June; In the meantime a Methodist preacher, who was also holding meetings In the same church, fixed Sunday, the 22nd, Tor a rel'gioils election, to dccld5 by vote whither or not we should use the church. The vote was unanimous against us, having been earned by members cf various denominations from far and near. On Friday, June 2ith, a mob of about forty men, well armed I with shotguns and clubs, made a raid on the home of our friend, II. Giger.but on their arrival the "birds had flown," taking refuge In the woous. Thus the would-be moMi-rs were foiled in their designs. The day folIcH-lns they marched up and down the creek, with guns on their shoulders, with the avowed intention inten-tion of shooting the first one tfao went into the water to bautizeanv or Uie people of that county. They alro threatened to take our lives if we did not iminwllaiely have. Ou the evening of the 2Stli we found this notice stuck up on the roadside: "Fair warning, fair warning: We bojie all 'Mormon' harborers will understand what we mean. The 'Mormons shall go away at once. We have given warning enough, and liave now given the lost. Any man caught harboring such ani-mabi' ani-mabi' shall have tn ice tho desethe 'Mormons' do. We do net wish to hurt or injure any one. If you will hold your peace now,tb 'Mormons' shall go out.' Havlnghid ourlives thus threatened threat-ened and ato those of our lrlends. having beeu hunted fromplace to place as though we had committed murder, we now deem it prudent to leave our enemies to the mercy of Him who overrules everything for tho accomplishment of His will and purposes, following the sacred instruction, in-struction, "When they persecute you in one place flee ye into another." an-other." The health of the Elders is quite asgckSJ as can be expected in this malarial country. The crops as a rule look well. David Foli.ix-k. Ia"sk. Choctaw Co., Alaliama, July 3, ISM. |