| Show A Letter From Rrode Island 13 River St Providence It I Dec 10 1837 To the Editor I left my home at IJIuff Dale Salt Lako county Utah July 15 USG and after a journey oC nenrly twntyscn hundred miles I arrived here where I have labored most of the time Wo found many of the people fenced In by a wall of prejudice which thanks to our rather Is gradually giving way before Iho lays or troll Wo have been able to reach one oC the honest In lieart and load Jlvo repentant bo 1I0vers lobe Ihe waters oC baptism null several olhs Say they will folio soon Last Juno whllo Elder O O Crockett and 1 moor traveling without purse or scrip through central Massachusetts wa had the pleasure of meeting a Mrs Mary II Thompson who said she had I heard so much evil spoken of the Mormons Mor-mons that she had been led to think there must bo some good In them I Our conversation lasted for about twentyfive minutes lieforo leaving I we gave her a Voice of Warning and I It Is the fruit of this little messngu that I wish particularly to call to Oho attention of your readers About six months after our meeting Idle Thomon we clved a < letter and a poem from her which was on racer dingly agreeable surprlBe to ue Since then I have received two letters from hr In hlch she recognlzs our relation to the rest of the Christian world and Is I patiently awaiting an opportunity to bo burled In the watery grave by one of the servants of God This Is the Ictcr referred tot East llrookfleld Oct 29 1897 Sir Dunjon Providence It II Dear Sir Lust Juno two Mormon Elders visited this place and from them I first learned the doctrines of the Mormon Church nnd was struck bv their panty They were so different from nnythlns I had heard of tho Slay mon hCore Oar of them also gave me a llttlo book called The Volco of Warning which I prize rely much It was bj reading It that I caught the Inspira tlon to a poem which I send to you In the hope that you coon make sumo use of It In youi publications and tIt It may do some good You mo welcome wel-come to It and can keep It whether you publish It or not ns I havo another COPActer otter reading the book I had a great desire to lead the Uook of Mormon Mor-mon and an you told me to write to you for other publications I would like to know If you can furnish tho book nnd what Is the price of It Respectfully MRS MARY H THOMPSON Hast Erookfleld Mass I have sent Mrs Thompson a nook of lornlOn ot her rocest and trI it will be no less CrulUul than waR tr-I tho Volco of Warning UurlnK tho lost Iwo months we have heen holding meellnga In a small hall here the rent or which Is paid by bloc Saints and friends + The Elders nC this conference ore nil well and since our conference which wan held In Cambridge Nov 20th and tat have been aBlgncd and gone to their various fields of labor Cur the winter I hnye been aBlgned to labor with n torso companion Older Samuel Knight of Warren Weber county Utah and our Held of labor Is I Lynn Mass Should any of your readers having friends In this vicinity desire us to call upon them we will gladly do soon so-on receipt of their nnini no address Ever laboring mod praying for tho spra1 or truth and the welfare of tho human family we remain your broth eon In the Gospel or Christ J W D1INYON SAMUEL KNIGHT 1 No 8 Stickler st Inn MOB 1 |
