| Show IN Mlllllll < < II I IKOI1 I I rrbl a lb I I hills lillom Olt hph1 III b V lb IIn or by ill 111off con 9 Illinois r or 11100 1 ANNA Union Co Ills August 34lb l8j 10 the Ldlte Your welcome paper has been reach ing ui regularly and I we assure you that 11 ll very hignlv appreciated If we IJ inTis r Testae r mrJII = should miss one Issue of that comforting paper It 1 would grieve us more than the lulslni of two meal unless we were very very hungr i We rl laboring In Ihe Southwestern part 01 the Mate ol Illinois In Ihe little county of Union The county Is very unlevcl I and quite thickly wooded IS The Irects of tile towns are narrow crooked and dusty We ravel as the apostles ot old or ai the sa > lng nowadays IIIV lie IX umbrelfamnal I gripvalley I railroad Asa As-a genetal thing lie are treated very friendly by the people with whom I we Irnb creo r come In contact Of course we encounter en-counter tome that are very Indignant and bitter towards ui ails 1 who OJ loon as they see ui say iVo luvs heard ol you and He uant none ol your Iracli and ollllmes they slam Hie door and l ad rc eo rd enn leave ui II Is seldom that we are tendered ten-dered such a reception as title but a large number refuse our tracts and Ihe most of them do It In a courteous way We have missed some few nteaN but wa have always been blessed by finding somo generous hearted person tu give I us a bed on which to rest our weary bodies We have held many Gospel conversations and quite a lumber of meetings but our geneal work has been that ol trading up the county On tile loth inn wo held a meeting at the home ol a family f of Saints anj alter the meeting was over the most ol tile congregation remained We had some friendly conversations with talent then we began shining some ol our 11 Mormon hymns I which 1 delighted il them ery much Wo do not wish your read era to think that It was the music Hut delighted them It 1 was the words After u e had been singing for some time one ol our good alitera entered and dUI d-UI It wo would go lo her brothers house which was but a fear rods distant and administer to his babe Her brother Is I not n member of the Church and at different limes has acted a little tin friendly towards us Hut this made no diflercuce lo us We went to his home and nearly all the congregation tot 413 0 L luwi oil arrv il 1 In re i hUwi 11 Vl r < m their ey a r i a i m m lei to their I I all f etoldllHiiM w Mill pr v lutf they believed in the tiiiugem I nl I hands for the h aging ol I ine MI k rnev oniwcteil Hint Ihet old and prnmUeil to exercise their I forth In a fod who hJ bOdy Putu andpawlems We then addressed the congregation for r a few minutes tod them that Mr and Mr desired ate administer lo their sick babe4arl111 none ol them had lallh Inlhjs we Hlihe1 1 t ifin to lea ve the losing They all remained re-mained We then koejl down In prat rr and alter mkliijt lor Gods bleolnt < e administered lo the little I one 1 rom I that moment the babe bewail lo ret m i breathe with much more case tin u lit i fore 1 lie next martial we cal l i see it before He went trading a d 11 I Improtement Astonishing Imftr waa a Monday evening Ibat n V A I ministered to It and on the 1c1I I I K Thursday we again called 1011 I d 1 the barn was laughing and platn 11 I I mothers I lip III parents < u u pk show us enough I Ibankt ADd mil 111 e for the saving of their babes Hi In 1 y then laid us that the doctor l < 1 IIMI up all hopetol In recotery ami a MI I mat 11 coudl not live longer Ihn 9 oc lICk that evening and It wasal l mimiul alter that lime when we adinilS erul to It We told Mr and Mr 1111 1 we were not the ones to thank or the sol cover ot Iheir babe but It I w Cold our Heavenly lather We exiliintd tu Ihem tnal we had the mithoiliy lo ad mlniter to Ihe I tick but our F41 th I r hud the potter tu heal I them Tony then asked u4 In hold oracular in I icir IIOUC ollde liave done so arid they paid IIM very closest attention Since then they have litMled ui ttllh great leapeet 1 The nevsa of Ihe hosllUK ul l Ihis babe has spread like wild flr > and it 1 la talked of lar and near Slur t icn web we-b been culled tu udmlniMei lo tin to more ttlio do not belong tu our Church Wa have not been Iliem tin e w r performed IIh formed our duty but we micnd I calling upon them al our oiilMt 1 convcni nee We ihlnk this will let mnilv t < > leadIng lead-Ing our tracts and investigating our doc fnr net In p Ul after minds f1ld Income In-come enlightened that they may par lakeof the hipplneM and truth ale da Gstokuk A lllli Huttm S NiiiM |
