| Show mon 0111l 111 1141191 frall1 to hu U 11001viod that Joel liagla Ad Peaks 61tatiablies To tin Ldllor I have bten in the Church now a little over a year I was baptized by A Y Duke and confirmed by the same and Llder 1cterson Since then I hate had torte an experience ilinds 1 forsook me and would point the finger ol scorn at me but thanks be It to one Giver of every good l and perfect gift the more I am persecuted the slroneirl I grow and 1 Jir am able I lo defend the Goupclat all times and under any circumstances I have yet been called I lo experience I know that ll Is Iho true anti everlaitlng gospel restored to earth and the Lord Is pruning Ills I vineyard for Hie lust lime I rejoice lo tell IOU that lam I lion In the harness tr > Ing lo advance the cause i 10f Sf It of my Mailer I I was ordained to tire I Idler Iricstliood Just after I was baptized I r 11ulne I ed and since I thai lime by the help of the Lord hae been trying to prepare myself for tliu work assigned me On August jrd I preached my tint sermon ser-mon My subject r was the first principles ollheGoipl I Ian I now sowing seed In good earnest for there Is yet good ground and believe Dial some of the seed sown has fallen therein and has begun In lake root and ere long will be oIUI II ready lo harvest there tuT exists IIIUCr mucli prejudice but not like It was The people are beginning to tee the beauties of the Gospel and some are lionet enough to acknowledge Hut we have ll 11 ilia say lu tire Elder who have sited roe IAr I thank lilY I leavenly Father jor sending me ilia Gospel I and I thank rnl rll hl you for bringing It to Inc for you e vailed with me and did every thing In our power to prove lo me that you were true messengers of God and had the I true and ever listing Gotpel bless Ihe day that 1 first saw Jou and I write this thai I ou may know that 1 Intend to keep on In l the good work I Here I In this life I wo have many things I hw dAg lo encounter with many times dark clouds ol disappointment oershadow our pathway Sumeol our homes have been visited liv death which has robbed us ol some one of our + l1ro this I has been the case with us The Lord gave us two sweet little babies one of them only lived fen days and was taken away A SHeet Hotter at It were plucked Iron earth and planted 1 In a W 11 Savlorlstocasonu tried hard to keep It 1 with us but when we saw that ll mutt goueboued In humble submission lo tile Hill of the Lord for we know thai He doelh all things well If we are faithful here what a grand and glorious scene will be on the morn of Ihe resurrection resur-rection When the Savior Bathers In his Jewel those sweet little children melnlnks will be the first to greet ui Then all sorrow and trouble will bo pan John tells us In Revelations list chapter that there will be no more sick areas nor death I neither sorrow nor crying cry-ing I neither snail I there be any more pain All write my heart Is made glad to feel tit a assurance that alter having I I I I vAi I I I k i Ali W UrUs I I four llfci I attic there IS i ai kt Hie people of dud Latin press on In the I gooil 1 work un > III the Lord I remove us from this Mel then we can ml peacefully and our bodies will be resurrected ami r we nil I 11 I be xathfrcd home And If I wo have Ih I aright a-right and bronchi up our children Ihe nurture and admonition of the lx > rd via will then gather around the throne of lad one u nbeok1n It never more lopalt I W IJ J KCXIHM |
