Show inn KIINII it irriiin llporl r Trdliunl Arrtriled rates 1 PutcXNsm Terry County ilL August 1711189 To the Editor On lune first 189 Ilcll I my home Idaho T illt Idaho 10 fill a mission to the Northern Sates We arrived safe at Iulleys Mills Williamson Counly llllnon the headquarters of the Indian Conlcrence 1 was assigned to labor at Taswell o CrawfordCountylndlaiu I My Tellord ro Cache County Uiah We started on our labors holding meetings I anti convening with the people on the principles of the dapel I We nude rl Odltnd dai r lots ol good friends and succeeded In alia Ing a great deal of prejudice We also were J blest In many ways and had the prlvledio I of baptising two honest souls Into the church llrolher Ullord S Cragun of View I Weber Country Utah Was duly I appointed ap-pointed my companion We entered our labors by fatting and praying lo our Iolhr In Heaven that Hi Mould open Iho way for us to get the Gospel before the people We began distributing tracts going lo every house we could foil and leaving two tracts which we urged the people lo read and Ie compare with their lllbles I We were ereatly blest and had lots ol Invitations to the homes of the people more than we could fill llrolher Cragun wal next called lo go f q NI af3 to Sulphur Wells to labor there and Ilrothtr William I fI I Policy ess appoint < d to hahme wit I me In Orange County VArcoriimtm l ittrlbuting tract nod I ol ling mIne Illigs where we frost OP porlimity Wo were greatly bleised and Iho Lord raised up friends to its U e held three meetings French Uchs Orange County commenced by speak hug on Ihe IM principle of the GOIIrrl and after ilv meetings we had four ap 1 plicillons for Iljptlsm and In a hew slays wo led them Into the water A great many are Investigating Ihe copeland copel-and we hope lbs seeds will lake root and grow and some day bilng fotth Irnll I was called lo hlior with Drother Getmon Iliirhanin of Johnson Kane County Liah with headquarters at Hrxkneyville Perry < ounly Illinois I Uc began our labors by t rJlnI meeting meet-ing and leaving tmrls Inviting the people to re id Ificm We soon found the people were A little priludlced A gain t us and bIte principles the Gospel Gos-pel In thIs f art We me thankful Ihd Lord has been with us and we think we hove allayed A great deal ofprijudlce Theie are some balnts here I and they are very kind to us and are J gth all they can for lIne furtherame of the gospel gos-pel Most of Ihe school houses are closed against but we hold meetings at private houses and have a good time Last week we had the privilege baplli Inllou more honest souls Into ihe church and there Is a good protpect far others to soon follow their steps We think a good work will be done here In the near t luturr While we have been laboring In leery County Illinois we have made lots of SII ISio el food friends borne ol them are leading lead-Ing men of this county and when we go to leave them our t bill n come agaIn And tiring us more reading matter > We ate endeavoring to give as many of llle Voice of Warnings as we can allord and ilto as many IVatt works as we can and our experience ls that when the people Hill read Orson rails works II Ihey are honest and seeking lor truth they will I say they think wo ore right I anil they want to Investigate further We think that now Is the time to preach the Gospel here The peope begin to r know us as wo are and we think the lime Is near when they will begin to look opts the Ijtterdjy balnts as being be-ing superior to any other we often bear our testimony to Ihe people and tell them that the stone cutout cut-out ol Ihe mountains without hsndsand that It will roll forth till It fills the whole earth anil we tell them that the kingdom ol God which the Latterday Saints are prcnchlnj Is that stone and it has began lo roll and will continue till It fills the earth We are well and feel to press I forward and do our duly We are united In our labors JOSKFII EMA |