| Show FROM MISSIONARY FIELDS I A Sign FoUowhlK Ibo UdIII To the Editor I thought I would write n short account ac-count of my eonveislon to the everlasting ever-lasting I Gospel 1 was born In Overton counts Tennessee March 6th ISJ9 My I patents were membcis or the VutnbEr and Presbyterian church but being a BIble render I cnily became dlsnatlsiled with their ralth I and teachings teach-ings The only other elemunlnatlnns near my homo were the Camptiellltes and Missionary llaptlsts and not beIng be-Ing able 10 nc < eit the teachings of tile torn er oil account ot little deny IIIg the direct operation ot tile 1I0ly Hlrlt 1 flnnlly unlt1 wUh the latter MIlonary Baptist In the rail of 1890 Elders C A Hlck nlooper and I Lttt Ctphus of tha Church ot Jrsus Christ of Latterday Halnts preached In my nelghboihoud I attended ttulr meeting and mtlted them home with me The next day me had a lively discussion but the Elders overthrow my argument nnd eon founded me which resulted In my In OUgtlng the Gospel I read the Voice ot Warning and Book or Mor mon and was soon eOl1lned l that ror bZnlprcothJa even sears I had been preaching without authority rrom God anti fur liter that these despised and ere cutd Mormon alone In the world were Invested ill divine authority The Elderia ealll on me regularly and held meetings at my home finally I came to the conclusion that the Gospel was true and It I rejected the light God had given me I would he damned So tho 10th or June 1897 wn i the diy set Tor my wife nnd I to be baptized She had been confined to her hd Oe weeks but land taltll thai she would bo mado whole When the morning came the evil Power h1 such a strong hold upon me that I weakened anti our baptism was put oft until the followInir Sumlav That day hating arrived my ralth had become stronger My wire wn taken tom her bed and we mers braptized She never took her Nick hOlt ago In and walked from the gate to the house As a member ot the IJorUt church Y was nlwajs In good standing with nj brethren and great was their dim may over my being led nsttay fas the > termed It by the Mormons They at t cmpted to reclaim me and vthen they quoted Scripture to condemn me I Used their own weapons to accomplish heir defeat whereupon they became angry and called me an Infidel An It was In olden data the Way of life Is I till thorny and the Saints have to ndllo the hatred ot the world ot which I have received my Portion but 1 thank my Heavenly rather that I have been counted worthy to suffer for Chrlt Vai and that t was able to receive the light ot God when It came unto me Your brother In the 0001 LlI C PHILLIPS ohwtem Hte MIlo Bradford Ark April 13 1808 To the Editor The Elders of the Hast Arkansas conference are making rapid progreo In nearly every respect The lost I month report shows 327 meetings held 61 children blessed and rabre Gospel coerUon than families Visited Seldom 10 n house left without tile family having the privilege at hearing the principles of the Gospel explained Should we happen to be locked out of a school houe one or mr prlllte house iIII be thrown open tous 10rlnds are provided for us on eVeC land Since our let conference one ot the largest counties i In the state has beer cunved excepting a tew district that on too low to wok Just not Two other counties NAM soon he dbd In looking bd a few month on our record we can see such marked Improvement both In our own ability and also tho results achieved that we are by to means satUned with what we have already attained Ve win see soy so-y Held yet to glean so much more klll for uo to acquire Elder Sidney C Itut and melt have Jut returned from n Visit among the Elders at the cOlllerence We left nil I I the Elders tllll at falth nlll ontblll am 10 do n reat work unit we cx Poet good results to follow We learn to do by doing The more we preach the more lie wnnt 10 Th mar Ave converge un the prlnellle at at the Goopel the more Interested Ile become Our ifille community at Saints In Jackson count Is I lol1g well We he coming onced building a meeti tic house which Ie expect to hv completed hy conreren May Ith 19th and Olh This uIll be the Ort ebureh house lullt In Arkansas by the Church ot Jesus Christ or Latterda Saints One of our members Slater Lucy Ann Pcndlton died nuildmly on the sth lust nnd was burled the following do V Since Joining the Church last Oct she has been a faithful Latterday Hulnt 1 hve recently hn Informed that our force Shlrlten rldcrarn Is I to bo Increased by the Arrival in a tow dot d-ot four neW companions Ever raYing for the success of our Emit mliMcmary work Your Brother in the cause JOHN H JTTnU ON President of Conference Opponllluu In Tctn Lane HunOCo Tex April 14 1808 To the Editor We do feel to rejoice In the precious Gospel that has been restored In these last days We like many others have often read of the glorious blessings nnd privileges I cnjojed bj others both In nnclent and modern times but It only Increased our desire to taste the Fame anti we can truly say that the Lord his tot the tact three months nnd C8icclilly within the last month blessed us oil with an outpouring ot the Holy Spirit to for excel tiny prevl cup exrlellco Not long since the raster of the M 13 thurch nt Lane publicly announced his Intention I of delivering a series of lectures cxoIIIg Iormonlm begin sting on Sunday rUlTothInit 5ms that th Lord ban been preparing us for I this for the Elders have been successful ful In tho meetings held with us for I I the purpose ot glMng the counsel ill a t we needed and especially on one occasion oc-casion was the Holy Spirit poured out upon us all and I am pleased to nay that there has been a great reform I t oil among us all if nil w are trlv Ing to keell III the commandments at I toll Our last fast meeting held on the Sunday Previous to the opening ot the lecture ahove referred to deco de-co special mention early nn the Saints were VTHOM besides Elder J W Hess and several friend out hearts anti l Fouls more overulaeltrated with Joy throughout the meeting and every one present had his testimony strengthened and our joy was great At List our funeral das arrived 00 we held our Sunday school at 9 Ian m strict then went to hear the sermon preached It Is I useless to mention that the minister scarcely uttered n sentence of truth durlrg the talk He abused the Elders and accused them ot I misrepresenting themselves In order to get entertainment lie found fault with the way the Elders travel still said that the difference between himself him-self and thom was that he received hi money bought lite own groex I tea anti olIt with its own wife lIJ whole rou at lectures wa a rehearsal at Ih often repeated false accusations against the Iormon When he had dismissed the congregation con-gregation Sunday Elders Items Lea and Contain and Pence of the brethren sought an i Introduction to him but hi poBltlvels refused to allow them < to reply re-ply to him In the church ro they vi Fat and cot Into n wn began sing Ing The Cause ot Truth Elder Con lam spoke a short whil also Iliber Hess but some of the crowd left at once The people were considerably llvldl and many prominent citizens were bOldly defending the MorOon while others were bitter There are 0er1 honethearled people Iho are sedritacly IIIvUgotlnl the 00101 which probably account for SfttRl beIng be-Ing up nnd In arms it seemed bs accident ac-cident that u largo crowd of different clarms gathered nt the hours at one of the Saints who lives near thAr0 E church anti the Elders were Invited to speak They laid the plnclI at the Gospel before them very Ialnhore their tUrnonl and offered to rom pare their records with Mr Smiths the pastors name nnd referred them to Forth Worth especially the hotel and reBlnurant to see It I they sale represented themselves there I LlNNm GREGORY u1 Leonnrd Texas Sowing aid limping Jeddo Texas April 12 18S8 I To the ndltor I hate long been i thinking of Joining myself with the missionary correspond Foam ot the Nettg Thinking as I did before I came out that Texas was the home chiefly of the cowboy I was hap Ill dlsat pointed In finding conditions much to the reverse of what I expected I left my home In lono Ida for a ml Ion to the Indian Territory on November Novem-ber 1 1897 Coming to Utah to visit friends nnd relatives nnd starting from Salt Lake city for St John Kansas the headquarters of the mission NOVember Nov-ember Hth Elder Chas W Hansen come from the Paine tov nand wo traveled trav-eled together havIng hen assigned 10 the same mission Arrhing In Karam Not ember 13 1897 In company with nine others We were met by Elder Militant T Jack and Elder John M Knight and were conducted by the htethrn 10 the ot e We received our appointment on Monday ISlh to come to Texas There were twelve In our corn pans two Edera hating arrived on Sunday the ISth Elder John A Workman Work-man and m3 self were appointed to corne to Lockhart Texas 10 meet Elders Jardin and lIurrl the others ranking transfer at Tort Worth Tex Six Elders were aIno < 1 each conference W arrived In Lockhnrt on Thursday the 1 18 1837 Since that time Elder Harris and I hate been laboring ns teachers among the Saint In tlvo counties Went spent a vary enjoyable Christmas in Oougiles county and December 27th had the happy prlvllcdse of baptizing ROme Illleor We have been Pawing the word of God wherever we Into had opppor families and the Lord has so blessed us that we hate made very staunch I friends where live months ago they would not allow n Mormon to cora Into In-to their yard The people as a rule are cry hospitable hospita-ble but or course some are opposed to us Little boys sometimes take delight In casting a few stones nt us Wo are i enjoying the work of the ministry however how-ever to feei and rejoice In all our trials for the Prophets hate told us All that thoLord loves he n > buke and chastens and Christ given us a beautiful ono lallon In the following words lllessed are ve when men shall perecut you for fur My name sake I for so persecuted they the propheta which were before You Thsi Newo Is I 0 welcome visitor We remaIn as ambassadors of Christ AIHEHT HARRIS THOS II LEE Luxuriant hair at uniform color h a beulllul headcovering for either sex and may be secured by using 11 I 1111 newer Vegetable Sicilian Hair lie I |
