Show muAT 111311TAIN A l6oureg t11W t 1 o 11th a Triof Ilttl Oppecut The following am extracts float n letter In Pimlilont Joseph T Smith from hli son lldir llyrum M Mnllli dated South Shields August 22ad 1817My Dear Father For some time I ha J 001 lIulto busy and have not written to any or you hut I think or You all just the Prime 1 hd n two flights debate with II negro minister unit Iwo white preachers In the Ia 1 < 01 IUnre nn llInnIm Jh y failed to Ir e the Hook I of 1rnUln unit Mormonism damnable as they thought they could so they pouted rOIlh characteristic nluMo upon OUl 10110 The people 111 not take kind I to such nohod and 1 Plainly told I thom so The old Jnnn and f4lon house stories have got Pretty btale I compared rr I hh the testimony let many mlnon mn which I lead 10 them IS nntaRonlMi tried haul to persuade I no to lonlliiu the llsellouslon lout I t efuidl They had Proven themselves I link enenifes to file and my 1lIulm finn fin-n ell ns hnnlnjr Ihemss veto 10 lie tile I honorllhll men tint I tuod to stntal Upon tile same platform with uch way entire They JIfd lost 1 the sympa I tit I t nil iempectof tile towel anti they knew II and tile that learners they were I anxious ill t continue tile discussion that they IIIKhl leme a chance 10 win It lack again They hall tile ro1 with 1Im the Brief night and let reading In them all tile sentiltilial and bloodthIrsty lies hy could think 01 the rul1 the Indmntlon ur till people who lint nPI Iwad IIwm Ie fore IIgoln us The followers of my opponents bp UI1Il h a JIOLltlllg that I Could lilt make myseir Iad I told seem thaI I wuh Ip there aKllln 01 calli home It the nit pointed limo I was there and on wine inn lllllen und the rowd fly I a fiw rhnnen wordi In relation to ciiitltsy and uMun I sot tin attention of the rtond and for an Ionic still a halt I held It Wo Peeled earnestly to the Lord for uld and support that ve nilBht 11 nun all hatred und malIce mal-Ice and 100 111 I tho t nlh I if 11I < lori I n Ioer 1 and Itlllne11 It He nnOo1 our provers and bletsell Im indeed arid I were successful In Mopletely turning tile lot les if our I ndoersaiio s After hr finisheilbellig the first speaker our opponents tried In valit it lln blllk tile people hut lite moro they trlo1 tile deeper In ho neud they gt nn1 tile Inale dleguoApol ho nm tile cl1d They never m 1llo1 to tho Bible once their lhole start he trade IM nhno anti falke hou Tile lolole shooed their dl is nplonl 111 their deprecatory remarks and fhoUtS J I tnM I tile 11111 that I hall inmen that mMMOTlt Avers In rrr ntlll flow said I Ir thev tile littlest men and 0nrllll1ou follow i rK 1C Christ let them rom like men arid arknoulMgp that hey he hon I bernselves Icod arid milk roMlI fallen rr thr folly And the Injur the may haioe < Ino nllI then I I111 foIY forgive them anoJ oclend ihoo b1all ul 101l0MhI to them Tell they refused tit 14 hupon 1 told tho clowd that I considered tile manor man-or met or mn ulio exerted nil their efforts tl1 lrpPlul and oonllrll1 a lie anti n frawl < I lie 100 not nne AIilt better than the mail who orlKlulltd that lie Illey nognn again to mponk lu turn title tile IIPI 11lrlhnt1 about rot IIn eta ninting the Iwld WP then CUll10 hmo find the people at nllCO 1Ipond leaving our linters mith their mll1edl nto Pollemers We first trave thanks to out hemenly Iohr for his Pop select volion 110 gut Inane We tell love the f A to halO dono a great deal 01 nod In our area ar meetings NVQ In a great nearly friends still hatr1 nil prejudice < anti 110 in t feeling gradually removed from the II1lnd 01 tile people Very IW 0111 10 deMIl hapllMII1 low ever 0111 air l1ok haM been almost unkn ree if hero fur many earn and I know vie lilivo done u vnst amount fit goted by our Wants In this 110rl |