| Show IFR01Vf MISSIONARY FIELDS Joy I lb 11 A yung Sister from i North Carolina write wrl Ilennja N C Moth 10 MM Tn the 1 lltor Nearlj two t < YEars ago was r limited limit-ed ty Ilders J 1 MIUM and C S Jlet Cntllon Thy hold InIolaral meetings In our mlot And xh rted Us to In I e rsllgitte the dosptl and com w for our Miemi whether or nol I n true I I did 0 wHh op 01 hcal I Whh ulputo T I tl n true I 11Id nnd prayed 10 law tl Orion Iu up the ANY flits I mlohl o 01 n foar < y An is U i I doing a 0 for nine dop Pilot nights Ih IA d ondndd to rvnl II unto me toy n vista land 0 0 14 that I I 1 told obedience n lo th noipel and prove faithful until the end I should h e exalted In unll foliall dom and I I rejected It I could I damned In sp its of my popularity Rood name and IP I Anne 01 the world I Celled obeli ncc to It I nnd was baptized Oi AUI MilT nn V < ly rider J I KIrk 1 am now Ixln it et 01 age and cn trot > nay that I have enjoed tin miles n appr I tttlon of our Jleav nly little more than I dhl I the ap lame tl of the morldyem ten thousand 1m W e have n S nd I Hun Id school and church 1 a 11 ScoloiiyanitY Th church use completed th Gill find sea dedicate the fallowing Sabbath 113 I Elders I O W Bryan and Andrew do Rroul who Visited us for twenty Your sister In the Gort61 MltOIMV IimNN Hennjn N C urre < tful tm n Lillerv Jackson Mls l lppt 1alosloolp li March 21 198 To he 1 dltor When gilder I > osi > an1 I myself left ron Ore nee held In Jnckion In lanuan Jacysionlln 11 II omiany w ill riOerii 1 olllns 1 nn d Coon be we went thiuufth tin historic ly of Vicksburg and saw the eights t here One of them was the Nnlonl gone tr which la I said to lie he largest In 1 the United states I Is I n beautiful place built on the Ide hills and li coteiel with Hone bI 1lwn find elgrelos BAt the entrance there Is I n arch 10 lo 10 the arch 01 Titus at Hmo 01 though nt qUln n arge I In ohOl1 thirty feet llBh cal twenty feet wide hull fllltlO nndon and al top 01 the orch Is I hincribed the following Here lies In rest 1080 1 men whl light for their country In the years ISGI511 Prom there we vitnt 10 our men five counties and labored as we wer connected Ave were consigned 10 labor In Shaky ounlyhlch Is I In 1 the 111111 dIl and we Ihord them hit Iwo monlh as the oounly wn very mail and II did not take us long to I finish our work worke W e held meeting In the court hound hou-nd In eve ry other county except one Doom iKith public and private wee thrl n opn I 10 UP n the Ioplc reated us loyally we having had large cOnltlon In 01 lown than hall been know for years nnd some people attended every one of our meeting Alto nr sited other chui ches W e hale had hut ier > little oppoul Bon In our travels and that wn only hy a nw local preacher We have Ien tll1 nItlnlnmnt tI and our testimony wd ale P rjced Th post VIA ate noble Intelligent well rod very generous and freehearted Thy list e given up money on several tie Mlons I We always had Invitationt I heir homes and on several Instances nr they have sent for us 10 c1 on them The ministers have treated Us r mnrknhly nell ond one of the lit has a ham ha a latch on the outside for us In selling beaks we have been very successful a will le seen from face act that wo have told seventy eight looks of Mormon an I the rest Voice 01 A nrnlnir and ther publications AVe hope to hale the prlMlege of re = ng 10 Ihnt count In protracted neetlnK1 time and reap the fruits 01 our labors 1 Idel Pomo Cox Duhnnnn Taddlei and Wooly will be release on i IU 17 t hOur h-Our new roldnl Ide Thom n Condle U I will qualified fur the work nn Ill on ry It I on successful like the former President I AUMOND T nOR IXON B IIAMPTON IION IAMITOI The News Is I appreciate hy I llh riders kindly 0 end papers to the above add tv it let All nt I 1 > ride lf 11non voriting to the N lrm Wdrlburg lotlda ets close an article front one 01 the Ia Ing papers 01 that Plate The Banner plblhd n Ocala 11 and adds The evil to r also md us elom 10 his hIIlII le gave ua fite sub scriptlin to his Paper nhlle In town and told us to I love ou addirtmei and t he joui To I would follow us Banding u the key to his tat he told u 10 ISO It t-at our I leisure This to I minat w re had petitioned our i lleaenly Father for and we gave Itim he honor praise and glory for thl boon too bh article referred to Is as 101 I For he tint time In her Moiety Ocala la visited by missionaries 01 the Moron Church The nom I 01 the Iwo young evangelists are I ASteven soil and W F Tanner The 1 the lrt tuo mllonala 10 Mslt his sec ton of Florida Their purpose Is 10 ilatllsh Sunday schools and church Mr Stevenson Is I a upsrhatendent 01 Hlndny school worx In I Florl la and Mr Tell nor his asslslant W 0 letn 1 renon front theme young men that the Morol Church ho boll five hlodl mllon arho II the Southern i stales It has rnttylulr In Florida Last Year they bpUt tui hundred anti aenly Ihe rra and cbcolitm eight Suunvhr bt nI sir 1 hurh Th baptize bl Immersion and ordain the ministers by the laying I on of ham They except tile Old and New lent talent verIntures but only as part 01 restated religion Theli 1 llee to the propliecleo are nol 31 et fullllled nnt until Chrlt K b11 came again and IIn I In Ills uun tonI lie will hn vII v-II 111 < Prophets t perform thin wmdrl 10rk These young mn besides orlnlln Sunday 101 In various sections 01 the state save canvassed and dl 1 trlbuti eiature In Talhus Thomas tile i 111 Jacksonville while In Tabs The I laid they called onOove nor llloxham and are loud In their Irl = 0 of the very gracious nnd kindlY trealm tit l111sed at lila hands and kill In tit is connection tile Ray that Only In one or two Inoln hv their nlasl narles hen treated unkind In Any of the Kouthei States I Among the converta In Florida is Mr Prln 1 Concave 01 MClenny and In I southern Georgia a Air Fley a wealthy nd prorallne citizen but usually their convert come from the ran Ion of what are knol n rum the plaill I He Just now lh Isforialon conierts are more lumeou In Baker county and that vicinity Is I l > elntr I bi led by tulo AIoU s vis 1 M Lost yinan n M P Com Iy The mlsulonarles from this Church go about jnachlnir as dll Ill I f Ih early I AiKwtlea and disciples will bout money or scrip and although only tile unfavorable part of their religion ito m i-to be understood they lepcn upon the voluntary offerings of the people l among whom they visit One of theiu young men Mr Tanner has traveled more than ten thousand miles afoot over the sands of Florida and aaa he lack a gloved deal let of starving anything Ilk an long ics him lllufitrlous narnestake arvlfit I Ire eety ay wn a4 We the orly y1tjcuy T u H seems that II ever there was A mlrdn etromlln dr thn Ind In 1 might 01 ul I lh earth the I hlht 01 this Churh furnish es Ih Proof 01 II In tile full all lin lit 01 the nlnlnth IUrY ul Ill the an los late of I Is Unlons ing teo it fnI In I viery rJ teoIj I I ng I a leno under the Irrn r undue 11 churches and schools And Hhln the hori thestoom PlesRof thedial ty nwpe nn ohut and Ignorant mn nnd golden 1lnle lenrill hrn Peculiar 1 vv Option hlh n man caula le 1010 brief hllorlo1 ketch ol the His nn loore 8 of tile Church a Tit Unn e t 11 on A rnt 1 I Odvnnc 01 the Iron I Iii Bills p ulnr people le were led across the animists I I and plains far beyond the WI nJ ntlnel ofn clxliliallon by Hrlnham You whi sueceedeil Jotih Smith n4 I roi I hel < omln to the beautiful bRehl near halt Lake the Prophet stuck his start In the ground and IJ Upon this spol wi olviiIII build our loan pie lean 1nrl I II 1olhnl Hilt In digging down tool lay Its full Ial lon the point of the tuff of Ihe Prophot was found In the center of the plot They not only fun lei n city hul I Hmplod to organ I ze t state which was called Deserel The land 01 honeybee honey-bee Hut Con gmiOa refused to recognize It nol conflicts with the federal author Itles tnsuel w tilth lasted until 1 ver recent icrlol and unlll Polygamy wn denojnce The lands where they pitched 1 their tents wool considered so lurid 14 10 lie almost tolnl npnluc live lint I under the direction of the Irhl Ine svstcm of Irrigation Area hC uii I hy Ihe frugal nnd In luslrlou be lv and In a little while the annual tells Idem mere converted In 10 fruit flells nnl wardens The city they bull lei Is I lescrlbcl ly visitor ns 0 < or the mol lenutlful I In the United States and I I arrlnn pilygomy I unlll rise uptel ly I the Intllit of Jew and Oen tile In point of moral the mot clean IT j l It le one there wen n Other form 01 10cnUoun 10 dM Mis no nmhln decipt n smilded cuh no brothel Tim great Temple I hlh we tav nlrndy Iken hoUI 1 Are hul ty Ion tar Y nrrnl nM I estimated to have cost in000on The corner alone we Inl1 by Jrhlm Young April fnt nnl complete April 8 IiI03 In Point of education Utah stands about second In the list The Iotmon Church I ndlno its 11 alone ties 10 the remotest elide 01 Ih earth w hl 1 seem to be full fill a goal 1 nlltOnhlo that of lh nly nor trs aid am mkln ar covvf torte In ni the leads 111 continues 11 the Name rton ulten II chcx the ng that MoMmmIm lot I now Its 101101yore I he mat nlmru I extraordinary extra-ordinary birth Us griwlh under the joemecation I hn mounlor1 I nn1 n dnrcd Pilot Us girdling the earth vo Ih 1 Its I inlstonarles who go out Ilhoul money tnkli g no thought of Ihe morrow mor-row reside like a fable 1 It he nol a mlrncl mhat IN It h1I I Tno I McMlnmllle Tenn March 20 m8 T o lh rdltor No doubt jour table Is I continually covered with correspondence from the raveling Elders who are scattered throughout the different conferences 01 I tile world and with this In view 1 j N till not take much of tour time by I rcing I IOU to read a length lettih front un of the hum lll tvnl of tile Lord Ever Inc tile visit ul Ilh AI Ua Ima nnd Comity lit I December last there has Ion I norl nualson Ing mono tile 1lde of fill can 1ncUddl Teioitxsvs atad their I abors have been more effectual thin Inter than In any of the stormy month of proceeding > ear Cities and tUn once known as extremely blUe owaids us have Opened their public buildings and churches 10 the mba ondor ol the nospel I hr they eould pound In peace the principle 01 our mot > holy faith Time was In theose places when n i tormon Tldei could noL even get an entertainment for one night and to ask for the privilege privi-lege of otcupylng their pulpits was conslderel I as the greatest foil I Y This was foretold toy I I Ider D R Kimbell In a genera I conference held at Hlikman county renn about eighteen months ago nt which time h le prophesied that In leas I than three yen a branch 01 the Church mould lie Ihlod IP rI county nt Can reek Ill te I Iders nbbs and Berry erekllled This prophecy M as cloejd Iy watched ly all who heard It nd Alien the people least expected I In mediately after our last conference Elders went Into that lorkn neighborhood neigh-borhood and baptized a number of people peo-ple mIth the result that we hv n branch of the Church there con Istlngof fifteen ralicalborsthus strength living t he testimony if the I Iden md giving a new ultneloo to this pe > ple that 1 the gift hlh occur parded the Spirit In former days must and do follow tie same Spirit In these latter days Our conference Is I considerably bndl capped by the release of moven rider and the removal 01 tile OOOgl Ii jf rence 01 three mom Tldern C O Chrllnn Joe Hugh and Alex C Pyper Title Is I nw territory for ou Uders find we hOI e that the Lord will gnnl I once No T Nw 1 lm I apvays cagorly re a and Is I one 01 tile mot uelcome A is Itors me have Ir II I Im one Ihnl L 10r irt Imbo both n fajnlllar x plrl I hrlnlng 1 gen rl new front is r away Utah Your brother brotherALEX c prprn Unit Teooeiee Conference Sails ur > N C March 20 189S To tho rdllor Hut little has apt eared In the NO irocevatl regarding the Irg recenly room nnd develujull It of the work of Ih 1 Lrl In 1 at Tnlco lnlr > nce Our silence my Indicate that ve have learned and adoi ted the I old rule oi that example U I better the pro cept I have been In th mission Held just lwnIYI months During that time inuch of the experience which la I In arlully associated wIll 11lonny work hen evictor my way We am at Present mUn more OIpollon than far 01 rr tm aVLdJt I 01 a kind howr which dd double dln I to our clorl and n Increase to our sue Our Elders were 1 moved two hundred hun-dred < nt after our conlen held three anent as In Johnson City Tnn This 10 10 1 plaved forty humble evnnl If Ih Lord filled nw vital the pltlt of dterllnln n1 love In half as Inny T 1 I 1 II fill part 01 North Carln ltom on 10 lour prs were p cost In act Ioe Ie uhlhPI city old cal 1 suit Ioo I to say ro I garding our work An the l < pen b egan I e-gan 10 c1rou late from one city 10 nn other our nevompaper friends began tot express the lea that tile Mormon were bout 10 execute on 01 thlr I lamou mnuv with In 01 cap 1 Ilrlnlf = = 1 thousand lair Imnl The Iorlenlw the rdlclon of nn overworked I maglnatlon sre nw dying out IIder D W Jr n1 rantypelf nt mlmrjegihsa tnhl Itrlng nmon lh 1IIa 01 thl conference lit flair vatlou 0InU W dId om Irohlng her In Beer = an connly Iwo monlh a ago and upon our return recently found that the Need whith we had isawn hd already brought faith oo fruit Just as 11 athd the Iwo leading deacons of the IUI church we being Itld and nt out for what was r111 the infamous In-famous alit of having entertained Mrmon Elders Several others withdrew from their church and 1 01 these have nlfl their determine tlon to le laptlzed each mrolohg j lon and thunktrlllne that I tho I Lord had < revralel to his mini comerylng that straight and narrow flat Ill uhlch leadcth unto life eteinal I unl 110 M if VI LI ISO orlhen I He Conference IBS Dolvil HI Indianapolis Inl 68 lron Inh 10 18 To the Tdllor The Northern Indiana Conference is hold 1 here In the magnificent oUt h > use on the i I 13 a III 1 n JMlrV II Ialen labor I There I aie elkhteei 1 ennow Inlf In title cnfert localities theo about fifteen 1 lldsorm from Iho Southo Indlani Contemn Llders Lid A Nelson pn dent L-id Jos 1 I Card no Nevietary of mission usire In attend After On Thursday evening veylous 10 nut Ill fr rence me dlhl1 II Into Iwo cumpanion voent Union the PrIncipal uln effect oorneA sang morign ud mnd Innoun mnl 01 our mlng W and r11 hand hi otrInlotol 11 hlh more 10ltlhltd In Ib 4 resident part of the city Our meetings I being It I n I advertised quite n number of peoll I them turns out 10 heAr list a hM 10 tell A number 01 Elders mpoke Upon tile bautles An the 01 the ul nl nllenr noopel IA taught by I 11 lllery Rnlnl anl lure their testimonies 10 lh truthfulness of the same Mondny morning Ilhool meetIng meet-Ing I was held In the state building Here the 114lets I wer assigned then nld 01 labor for I he g onlln um mr Ich 1ldr gave n hot account ac-count of the uOrk don during the final lnlr Irnl the POt Ihn le nld or readY for Ih leapom hl there do nol how mlh tsigni for a crop 01 present HOme neve Fields nr now bIM dad d-ad the ouem Of Ih Oapl Accae Ints I gone forth Ih a rnwll Mmln Bon 10 ro their dUI trusting In the Lord that lie 1 will crovin their efforts with surces Although we have not bon privileged Q baptize many In this cnreenc Inr fair lh last white I have hn nhlo if mke many friends Rome 01 mhoorn are earnestly Investigating nd prove Poets r givool 1 Ir n number 01 hnl 1001 In I the nr future I have often board the TIdern remark re-mark that Il 1 Irlnd before AaInts This In I true and II I I for every 1ldt to tonduct himself 1 In a i 1h a wny thai he mny miss tit respect 01 all I those hi tnn come In onlnl ulth A few m eks ago tile Tllets ot thin conference r lookiAg Itlr 10 tile time volien they could ineet their 00 laborers nln In conference and Intel a time 01 rejoicing together That time ties nine and gone total I It will Ile I long remembered by the many Elders ho wr present for Indee 1 we hall n hapPY time mingling together talking over our mn nnd ntld xperlence In the mllonar nlr W vV trnl1 I wlh due respect hy the city county nnr state authorities Th use 01 the court hOIo and chargebull ling being grmntcd without charge ly Ihlr fruits e shall know thom These om fff clots hnv I e Iron thomrolveot Zro 01 all honor confored upon them low Th nllnmnl of I Ideisareas fol lowo John Fol and 00 A Welling Oen n Iron and Wm o I hell s Join Phillips and Nets C NIn Indiana 11 Inl Wm II Andrew land I Maughtn Andeon Inl 1rtr 1 Muhon and J To Oabbott llartford lllackford Co Ind J I lint and W W Wright rrnnkfort tir Clinton Co Trill A A I amwell land I n Brooks Ktkoi In1 J I Pnt1 and Y W Penney Tiptop Tip-top ToPtop Co 101 A J J Imrln nn1 n 1 Sprugue C mufordvIlle I not The health I of the rlde Is I good Parties having friends In these patl unit wish the 1ld8 10 call on Ihm address UDO 1 BARTON Clerk 01 Conference |
