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Show ELDERS IN WEST VIRGINIA. Experiences ot Tboss who Teach Gospel Truths. An Dnrnllllle.l Willie a Tlirl -j Inclilruta or Mlxlonarr I Labors ' CemtponJintl lUitnt Atut. CiiAiu&viLLL,;luholia county, Wc.t i Virginia, May S, lbOX Kor aome ilmu lal wo have been In Nlcliolaa nud Webattr cuutlc. romulgallni, Uaijul trutha, and, aa In all other placet we find but lew who will take pain, to In-Tntlgale In-Tntlgale our uicttii,''- With fewtx-uptlono fewtx-uptlono wo obtain the u.o if llio icliool hou.c, hut vhuicbe. are almo.t invariably inva-riably denied tu. Wo nro aoiuit inia accuitd of not p'eachlug cur docttlnr, when they hoar ua teach faith In Ji.ua Chrlat, repentance from tin, bapllam for ttieromlulon of alna, and laying en of band, for tho gilt of the Holy CI but, became, Iauppo.e, people ato It la lu accordance with holy writ, nud tiny hid concluded that our doctrlno vu antagonlttlo to tbo Illbk. Whllo Uiey bi throe are thu "fundamenttl prlnol-Ilea prlnol-Ilea of tho doctrlno cf Ohrl.l," tiny lire of the opinion that tluy cau leave oil onu or two of thtm uui ttllltnUr ut the "alralt gato." Aa a rule xo are treated well whore. ever wo aio taken In, but on account of prejudice wo are aouotlmoj ruIu.uJ adinlttauco. It la wonderful, to tho human eye, how, after entiling n neighborhood and glvloi; rut an appointment, ap-pointment, thu uvll one will do hi. work, uix.mplu that uimu under my own obuurvatlou will lllu.truli. AVoeuteied u uitalu village, obtalnid tliu unanimous loniout of thu llu tru.teiafur the uiucf thochunli, ,ave iutauaolnlmen( fjr mligluua ui. viii., ami rtlurnuj lo htudiiuartcr. vury much elutuj Ij lurnurtex. We thought tbu mil emu wouli ml do much until wo had huid dm mcullug, at liuat, Hut this waa the human ici.cvtlou of It Wonturned at tho appoint! d tlmo to fulfil our ftppjliilmuni, but luuiluu cur eur; rl. when we found Urn chutcli locked ucaln.t u. 1 he people wretenllly aglUttd. Homo eaij we believed lu onu ihlng, olhira In fciuo. thing i lit; mill In tills waj thuy male n. out unlit loutu thochunli, ut on thing el.e, lu (net. Allhuugh thu buliuiug was lockrd, I'rovlUtino hud tilled that the I eu luehcillil bkvu the I rlvllego of hearing Ihu (Juapel. rheiu waa a icuool liouiu near by, which woo opened t) our u.e, and wu went lu KUd bud ii very goo J mcotlur, all pay. lug tlrlct attrulIoD. lly reiiuuit we l,nveoutanaolntmeiit for thu (or. riniiondlug Sunday of the Lext month Utfore leaving wu vl.llud eeveral lamlllea, all o( whom raid tae doitrlue waaicrlptural We alto called on a lial pu.ob.r, who had not uttenled nrmertlnf, und oinvened with him a large pottlon of tho day. lf read one of our tr.clJ, aall a. far aa he could tee, tbo Uoctllio harmonize I wllh tbo lllb'e; expremd his delldbt Incur having met; gave u. h hearty luvllatlon lo call on hlui ajolu; ofliircd an excuto for not atlcni!-log atlcni!-log our nrvlcee, and an apology for his I robnbla lion attendance at our next he had an appointment for thu earuohour. He appeared very liontu; In whtt ho eil I, lair In hi. view., mid alnctrelnlil.convlillona. On our return to film the i point-moot point-moot w oalled nt tbo readier', placo lint. No ouo waa at iioinf,liut.on our lutnlni nround, wu raw aomo bij comlnr. Wo converud with them n fi w mlnuli r, when the in achei'j wlfu came home, an 1 aalut "What are yi u felluwa doltitf hor.f" We told her Wu had rtlurned to hold aervlci, accord-In accord-In lo our word an I In reepoii.n loan Invitation Irum her huilmnd, and ha I calloil here with tbo expntatlon of finding hlmU home. Unu told u. her huib.ud had Mid ho wouldn't keep ui If wo returned; that we hal put tlm while nelUitiorhood In an uproar, etc. We tjld her If they didn't want to entertain en-tertain u. we would go eliewhete, and withdrew. We were taken In by ouo nlio had read the Hook of Mormon aome, nndon the following morului! (riundaj) a bundlo ol withe, wai louud nl the dour, beating a notice of which tbe following I. a ..opy t 11 Wo an organltol land of while capa do nollfl yo mormon, by theiu buudleot with, you IniU betti-r gltout from here and not comu back or Ihieo wltb. will bu wore out on)iUL.oat once llem.mber 1'. S. Ulvour no nai-berlin,." nai-berlin,." (llvuurwat Ibe man with whom wo a'otped. Wo cou.ldered there wero loo many goodcltlx.il. lu theuelgh-boihood theuelgh-boihood to allow anything of tlm kind thrtateutd, and ai held our meeting undlaturtMl. Mauy whu had Iicam ua and ha I bucomu uniualnted with ua were our frlundf, lut iho reproach It brought Uii tlitni from tbu other, wna tuoro than aomu ol them could wi 11 bear. Ihoeo who "lovu Iho t ralcu uf iii.u mure than Ibe pr.l.e of Uod" ecliloni rovlde for our want. We lilt tho village etceably, and lioru li)t hod occaiton lo return altice. Wolnelwelllnour labor, and to lay Willi 1'aul, we are "not aibauud of the Uoapel ot Chrl.t." Wo ttrlvo to llvu a. l'eleraildi "Having u giol con-.clence, con-.clence, that, whiriaalney epeak evil ot jou, as ol evil doire tney mar be atharutd that falaely accu.o iour good converotlon lu Chilli. Yet If any man ruir.r a. a Clirl.tl.ii, let hlui not bea.bauied, liut let him glorify Uod on llitlr behalf." i our. lu Ibu cau.o of truth, 1). A. Knixitic. |