| Show 43 r FROM VARIOUS MISSIONARY FIELDSiiolle I IOvrllEIIN I III01402 OILA119 I Slope f It it Irepotto I at I he 1110 I time I r lation IO CHATTANOOGA Tennessee it August undo 1896 0 4 The ldtor I 4 Vhat man among US Can reflect upon 1 Ihe ark of God thai II being accents BtUhed In the mteloninr field I today anil arll 11r 0 hot shout hoMnnal I la Him who prom q hcd With you ultli Hie I Lord Al li p eiUhty t wl l I I I Ungdoaa I will not only he Ihe I ciilli but theM I the-M hcateni shall tremble II I r rhll P A lew Ide01yWolial Is I bcll > 9 < done In the 1 South by way ol Dreading I iholiuipcl xlll not It unlnleiesllne to lour readers 1 Recently Ihe writer In company fill Motor UHMJ Kimball rretlderil of the million visited the Latl Tenneiiee innle ence which cn vcncd at the haie 1 oielthin > l Illue Kklsa mounUlnf In Cherokee county North A Carolina The Iwenlv is Uderi ol tint I onfttence presided lel over by Elder 6 1 limes K Mart had met to enjoy a rItual 4 r-itual feast anti a more tplenmd repast 81 from the cunboirdi ol heaven could 1It cuptloards r hardly bo dnlrcil i As lie Llders met one a anotlicr a I graA ray hand shaking occurred and many teir forced I in way Into daylight li nreisions ol Joy lighted their counts rmen Truly the spirit ol lote and inldirclincd I supreme In their heart i nl In a rr retired ipot I In the socialist shelter shel-ter d by a beautiful clicunut tree and I bidden Irom the view I ol pedestrians oA by I I nilurea curtains a retreat loss elected I r the holding ol council meetings It 1 ou on that dedicated pot lint liter I Kimball taught the Meters what would be expected of them In the future Hereafter explained lie Elders will confine tliclr pretcnlni to the fin Into tip n of Iho Gospel leaching all people th mCACY in prayer and urging them to observe Ihe word of wisdom Every tlder should be ciuililitl to preacli I three or lour Rood sermons In one neighborhood on each of those ptincl logo Elders are restrained altogether Irom Jeballne with men The Gospel must not be tiled as an Incubator of bad feelings feel-ings and strife Instead we should meet the people with charity and never lire in eiplamlng to them Iho Gopel truths Ordinary condition prevailing l each pair of 11 Jen hold hold among the people train seven to twenty meetings tach Weak diitrll I ulng till tracts and six l copifi of the ostIcng I ol Warning and hold no less thin forty Goipel I convcr tationi If I I Filters would be successful they must be prayerful praying oil I In lecrel lflelar bira f inatilr1c m well a > in public never ceasing to c ill upon the Lou In their hearts nelr every action should be characterized by the spirit ol lava palicnrc charity humility hu-mility devotion and firmness They must neter speak disrespectfully of the rrleilhood ol God but with the star of in Apostle seek to buildup I and sustain wb those I chosen men whcm Ire I Ilia selected toJiresiUo over us i lea too g Elder I Is I 10 take the wk Hut both may Income strong IIke the I Apoillea 1 ol 1 old they are to take those holding the tester 1riesthood I and send Hum out to I make appointments and I prepare the way lor the prcachlrg ol the Gospel 1 Uderial 111 aihave been advised not to citablish headquarters In their fields ol labora rendezvous lor steitmy days I athe should they launch out Into greener pastures where true Integrity i 1rJ m i F lily will nol to stilled Iretly generally this counsel has been heeded Now each Llder In the minion Is urged to hf III mcd lend his large valise 1 home III ereby saving sav-ing much unnecessary expense m4 trtublo occasioned by Its being I moed 10 often I besides rimming I from aim the last temptation to return to what might be termed heal quarters Hence lards we will pitch our tents where night overtake us and pull stakes on the morrow There have been appointed In each conference several pa Sit or meteoric Elders whose duty ll I Is I to travel from settlement to settlement front village to village and from city toclty I In all closed counties continuing the cry of repentance I repent-ance hCyOI tn nuke Irlcnds f on the right hand and 01 the left An gilder Is I no longer considered a successful Hider In this million unless he can make Irlends I ol enemies In this lies the key of success Hereafter I no Killer will Justified In traveling with money In his pocket lor Ihe Lord says Let no man among ou Irom tlis I hour lake Purse or scrip that rot h fcrlli to proclaim 1 this Gospel I 1 ol I the kingdom loc this commandment Is I unto all 1 I the faithful Tlio Lord also ia > s Whoso Irecciveth You rccelveih me and the same will feed you and clotha you and give you money In pursuance ol thai promise I nn army ol Ilders have gone forth to reprove the world I ol all their unrighteous deeds clII olfuhJ and to teach Ihcm of a judgment which Is to come I For many months past it has been considered easy to canvass country dill trlcta without the use ol money but large cities seemed 1 lo present m front ol aristocratic coolness and Indifference Impenetrable It I was not until Lldera laylor and Ronmey thoroughly and iiiccenfully worked the I city I I of Lynchburg nr burg Virginia containing about Jooo people without purse and scrip that 1 all G firJeI I the lluers J could I reconcile themselves to Die wisdom of such a coune Now cities are being captured on sides Say Elders Dailey and Miner who are now canvassing Austin ieal This eA ll morning we were walking down Main Street wonderful bre ou stamps were comlllg front this week w hn 10 our astonishment a negro came out ol a 31 II store and said Come here 4 want to do something and In going m he handed us the amount of money to a cent that we needed We are lion ored guests at the hotels of this country coun-try writes littler Sloan and an E liter I rih1 If1 of the Louisiana ronlerenca stales that It Is I difficult for him 10 travel without having money with him an he no sooner tpcnds It than friends Insist upon giving him more I refer only to a few ol the hundreds of such testimonies In my possession lo how the spirit In which our Riders have taken hold of this work and the determination deter-mination which characterizes their el torts A while back ue thought that we mull lean depend upon money for amps and washing but our eyes are last opening to the tact mat our Fattier In heaven knowclh that we have need ol all these things Retrospectively viewing the minion ary work In the South one Is I well nigh overcome with admiration and delight lit the progress lint Is now being made While two years ago our laborers from bered about 135 now have over 360 Oar success has Increased even mole I rapidly lull think of It last month our I Elders need 13000 twenty four page tracts and I arW 1900 Voices of gg 101 I livery family In the South gets a ICI and a visit thousands ol them alu reading the Voice of Warning Our primers demand ol us nearly i oo per month while Uncle Sims charge for I stain s alone amounts to < s saying nothing toL75kyI1agno thing ol MircM bills books of r Mormon I Mor-mon are distributed and sotJ by nun died and Ihe U O S hymn look It a boon companion of the Southerner thousands 1 are In ue to Jay The people love lo lead the I tones nl I Zion Our Elder are the uclplents ol many compliments becauie ot their 1 gentle nunlir I deportment I Iheir rare conversa lIonar r adlttporlur tional glit their devotion to God and their man y appearance It may be said that In all tiara there Is nothing unleM peoplr are being convened con-vened to the truth We answer that In such works Hi the nediol 1 conversion While many tracts are being distributed many mcetlnis are being held The L liter now who alls I to i hold at II lea t five meeilnes each week cell rebuked some Elders 1 twice double that number One pair In southern Alabama hold 31 meetings one week A conference re poilei 07 meetings and this wa Immediately Im-mediately I followed I ty a report Irom a sitter conference having only aj IIJer a to do the work the enormous number id meetings lor the Heck one Ilder alone holding It meetings Series of Irom 10 to > o meetings are being held In uHiJtboriioods strictly upon the first princl les ol me Gospel Apostacy Is i no longer preached Such diligence on the part ol the Kl dcrsls not without good results In the ait I seen months Florida I has furnished over 106 baptisms Kentucky lately reported re-ported over 60 newly baptized members I attending one Ian meeting with several more applicants lor baptism In that locality lo-cality Other conferences are working air zealously hough I the Llders are busily biptli Ing converts the work ul urganiinlon Is not being neglected Our Sunday schools becoming common In the South Branches ol the Church are being oritanltcd In all sections The Saints are energetic They already have erected and properly secured In the name ol the Cnuicli several creditable credit-able meeting houses The future outlook out-look In this I I Tine li exceedingly plomli InzIn hi all this we feel to rejoice Uodls aliening the hearts of tne people as resident Woodiufl said he would do II we cannot convert evey personHO can at least talk lo them and allay the ungodly prejudice so long I a persecutor ol our people and make them our friend Some of our Llders luc been offered a salary lo act as regular preachers for the people 1 Two Kentucky Llders i Here a short time since urged lo accept wages and hold a series ol protracted meetings meet-ings lor the ample Though so much l favor Is being holln us we do not Illegal that Satan ll not dead nor Is I he skepfni I Ltery power t J possible Is being exerted lo weaken and finally overcome the Llders Same arc tempted In one way and others In another Only by their united prayers old lasting their determined < efforts and the blculngs of God are they able lo t 5r eG hold up under the pressure While the people Ate serving sin Ihe Judgments ol God pour don upon them We hear the voice ot thunder ings and the voice ol liclitnlnts and the voice ol tempciM and the voice of tile waves of tne sea heaving themselves beyond their bounds We hear ol wars and tumors of Ants while pestilences and famines lie drinking Ihe lite blood ol nations all things are In JII commotion and surely men a hearts I arc lalllag them for tear Out front the dm and clamor of all these things comes the cam voice of Icirlcsi determined and humble Ltders crying Repent lor the kingdom of God is among > ou to and there echoes t n8 W forth this pAra U ouS fig tree When her bmnchts I jet Inder And puitctli forth leai es e know that summer U nlgbso I ye In like manner H hen ye snail see these thing I come lo pass know 11 IIlhl Is I nigh even at lle 1 ISo 1 JOSOTII W Muntu |
