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Show SulTt vimiwa.' taK- d Pennsylvania ,r c0nlcrence M I i belU on Sep'"'" . , "' -ourcd oul upon us, rtlb.LordwM Pu' pfe,id.nl 5 1 ssr-rert.bT-. ' h ticrptuill Wearmed at our field of labor on . a, tilth of September, and vldted tome rfrjrtr,end..ndonel.rnll ol Saint., and held lorn.elmt. in hl m"h-...ed m"h-...ed .o Ubor ta ilVJ; 1 , "my, oU.pt,nc,p.l field of labor. We commenced a house to home canva... 1 .ivine tracts .nd convening with the f i Lple on the principle, ol the Gospel restored throimh the Prophet JoKpr, f "Swed..., .ml preachine, wherever 1 UloM.malioi,se. Ve cn My I have been very succeslul. having I ad tome ol the best chuich house. nediomw.ichi.11 very rare lltlni intiii. iwr ol Hie counlry. We have traveled seven hundred and .eventyone miln vtpitrd lour humlrrd nd seventy t,,w'limiliM.nddiiriliiiied tour hun-I hun-I 1 dr-d .nd i "art., held thirty-nine I mwlinin .nd had one hundred and i ihirly-t'irre Gospel conversation.; were rdud houses lo pre.rh In twenty-three I times, relu.ed enlerl.inmenl. seventeen . I ,,m., onlv on. niiht without I j abe.l'. 'ehaehadlheloriou privi-I privi-I ! le,.ol baptu ne; -even honest suul. into i the Charrli ul cnrl.t, with mny more itnt.tn.tinf. We feel to thank our r.lntr in tieaveo lor Hi. ble.siniis upon tut Ulwrs in flvine u. health and I aireiir,ih .nd 11 11 .Spirit to lead u. to the honest in he.n, I We luurneyed on our way a. the I Stunt !-d trie-tine, a. only humble Kulent cm who are MM out In preach I ihe Gotel without purse or scrip. We obtained . l.ouse in a town cited Salem, I uul held two rneeli' KS. The house era. I croeded both nis.li... The second niiiht we spoke on Church org.niiation, ' mill its lilts .nd blt-sainics. The con iteration listened very attentively. At i l-r meetine. . young lawyer rame up and I Introduced h'Mtell lou. He Mid there iu . blind mitn over the hill and added: ; "It )ou .re the true servants of God a. . )o. tune claimed to be, you will come . over and h..l him, and I will five vou ' fj'.k" We told him that Kill, of God tend not be pun hated with money, ! Ueaiked him if he wanted it for a in. 4 muiuyu. ioiu nim mat jeaos j mdit ui a wicked and adulterous J (mention Hut seekelh alter a aign. 1 Alter we were nut of the house a youiik-I youiik-I mimhonted, "My wile ha. a felon on J her tinier, come and heal her." Others J md' W'e will rock them preacher, or j He. Those who were determined to j "rock" ui jumped over the fence and j ran around us. Uhilewe in company I lnU it . Williams (now Ilrolher Wil-j Wil-j lamii who h.d kindly invited Ul home j lii him, were joinu along tin roai , liny begin by ihrowin burial us. Our ! j mend, warned them to Uit or they . I would lelintotrouble Thiaooly seemed to .n.er them the more and they commenced com-menced to throw none.. Itieemed lo rain atonea lor a little while. We feel lo.clno.l,d)!e the hind of God in hi, dm, a. II,. .ttvani, l,om hsrrn. and proceeded on our journey ne.l day, hJ. ' " "l,rn"d to each other. I i7fc'"c""'iiie..ood to be done We received, letter from a friend in 3"!5'dk'18""" comedown W l and held two meeting 1M1 Pern,e1"" klth'' (pridB herted rIV0"1 cu"'"ce) that w. 'er.i itentlenun AO 'UU" '"o.c-';-wouhoo t-uppoii bv ,hi'i 1 wl,,dl could fa I-'WI t'u. there "IClrT- "keJ !?. J ihi . ""o' n?" i"hn'e J1""!!! lllelioioel Ut """"'d come r t'uu Ihink ,,,,. Mul "' .up-'""inlu .up-'""inlu t lalola,Joe Smith wis Wei to' w delivered Uul ;Uluthe,rf;,V" '."V ' "nder. "wyeirj. u ,," "reachinir fur ,!i the Spirit Ird us to Salem, where we had been stored as mentioned before There we lound out the rea.100 why we had bean thus led. There were si. anaioutt Inililiriiit: souls wbo h.d been dreaming ol us. We led them into the water ol bapliam and confirmed them members ol the Church ol Jesus Chnsl ol latter-day latter-day Saints. We went from there to villi llrother Radabauxh, who tin. Iieen baptized in the Southern Stalea Mission, and lound one more aoul awaitinjc baptism, which ordinance we attended tn and confirmed him a meltiljer of the Church ol jesus Chri.l ol juter-day Saint.. We leel to acknowledge the hand of God in thut (Hiding, u. 10 the honest in heart. The l-.ldera are all enjoying good hrallh so lar a. we have heard in this mission. Jamk. C. Ai.l.n. John Y ilAKLow, |