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Show and shortly retired for the night in a comfortable bed. The Crocker Springs are charged with sulphur, and Mr. H. kept a boarding house for the benefit of invalids visiting the springs. Next morning'.being Sunday, we told Mr. H. we would not take any breakfast, as we fasted on Sunday mornings. He, thinking our refusal re-fusal was for other motives, pressed us to have breakfast with him saying say-ing it would not cost us anything, but we again declined. A little later he returned to us. Said he was going go-ing with his daughters to church, but would be back about i p. m. and invited us to remain until his return and take dinner with him. To this we consented, and during the morning had an interesting talk . assume all responsibility, and bo wo were obliged to go on. I had been ailing for several days, and toward nightfall we called call-ed at the house of a poor man who had treated Elder Christenson and companion. well on a pr vious visit and who invited him to call again. We hoped to be able to 6tay ever night with him, but he said they hnd a very sick child and could not take care of us. We went on, and about dark came to a fence. While climbing over it, I felt so faint and weak I sat on a rail a short time to rest. While doing so I breathed a silent prayer to God asking him not to forget me in my weak condition, and he whs not slow to hear, for continuing a short distance (my companion carrying both grips), we came to an open door with a light within. Approaching up, the man of the house, in a friendly tone, snid "IFalk in gentlemen," nnd we did not hesitate in doing so. The family had been to supper, but the lady of the house soon prepared, pre-pared, us some, after eating of which we felt much refreshed. Having walked some . distance without dinner, I felt weary and drowsy, and the family prevailed upon me to lie down and rest while Elder 0; and the gentleman of the house (a Mr. Blackburn) conversed upon the principles of the Gospel. We soon afterward retired in a comfortable bed, and, when called to arise and prepare for breakfast quite early the following morning, I was feeling very much improved. It was Sunday, and having no ap-' pointment, we decided to remain with Mr. Blackburn until after dinner, din-ner, by his requsst. The time was spent in conversing on varions subjects. sub-jects. Toward evening we bade our kind friends good bye, and continued contin-ued on our way, stopping in the woods to eat wild straw-berries. We had a conversation with a meth-1 meth-1 odist who seemed very much pre-i pre-i judiced toward our people, and were entertained by a well to do widow and her son by the name of Stark . 1 continued to improve from day to day, and soon the dizzy sensation, I which I had experienced from the time I left the mountains, passed J away and I had a good appetite-for my food, which, contrary to my expectation, ex-pectation, was, as a rule, of an excellent ex-cellent qtality. rVarm buscuit and butter, fried ham, chicken, and eggs, with fruit and plenty of milk constituted our almost daily rations. I had heard .6 much about the corn bread and bacon, that I was agreeably agreea-bly surprised to find that the people peo-ple of Tennessee are fond of some- thing good to eat, and as a general rule have it. We were very desirous of holding a meeting in the neighborhood, and so we called on a minister of the Missionary Baptist Church, As we approached his house, we found him book in hand taking his ease in in a hammock.. We soon found ourselves engaged in conversation with the divine. We asked him to I allow us to preach in his church, but he refused. We endeavored to preach the Gospel to him, but he would, answer all our arguments by saying MI can't see it that way." Finally I told him that the word of God declared that there were none . so blind as those who would not see. He did not like the allusion, but was compelled to take his medicine. In speaking of authority, he claimed that the Baptist Church traced its line of authority back to John the Baptist. I asked him where his church was during the supremacy of the Catholic Church, and he replied re-plied that it had not existed as an organic body. We were left to draw our own conclusions as to his meaning; mean-ing; mine were that it had existed like the mythological Greek and Ro-. man Goris in imagination only. He requsted us not to visit a couple of families living on the hillside above him. He gave as his reason that they were his children, and he did not want' them to imbibe our doctrine. Bnt we chose .. rather to obey the srevants of God than this wolf in sheep's clothing, and so continued con-tinued on our way. At the first house we found the lady old enough apparently, to be the Minister's grandmother, and at the other evidences evi-dences sufficient to convience us that they were not his children in 1 the flesh, and we felt that we, through 1 the grace of God, had as good a right to be their spiritual advisers as he. Having failed to obtain either a church or a school house in which to hold meeting, we determined to try an open air meeting in a grove near a sawmill at Lickton, Tenn. So having obtained permission of the owner of the premises, we gave out an appointment for the following Sunday afternoon at 3 p. m . On the Saturday evening before our meeting was to come off, we decided de-cided to try and find entertainment as near as possible to our place of meeting, but at dark we still found ourselves unhoused for the night. We had thought of asking a well to , do gentleman by the name of Jas. I M. Hunter living at Crocker Springs for entertainment, but we got on the wrong road and missed his place; Coming to a darkey cabin on a clearing, they directed us to the home of a Mr. Lenier, who lived about a quarter of a mile further on. When we got there Mr. Lenier was as cold as Greenland toward us, and when asked by Elder C. if he could entertain us for the nigtyt, made all manner of excuses. My companion, thinking it our only chance of a roosting place, did some tall coaxing, coax-ing, telling Mr. Lenier that his companion com-panion was not strong and was weary from a long walk, but he was still un-inclined un-inclined to take us in. Getting out of patience, I said came Elder, I am able to walk; let us be going. Elder El-der Christenson very reluctantly followed me in silence for some distance. dis-tance. Perceiving that something was wrong, I spoke to him and found that he was angry at me for not sticking to Mr. L. until he took us in. He told me if we had to lay out I could not blame myself for it, said he did not know where to go as it was several miles through a broken timbered country to the next house, and darkness upon us. I replied that the Lord had a place for us, and that we would turn back and try Mr. Hunter, Elder C. said he did nofhave any faith in it, but we went on. Arriving at the house, I knocked, and Mr. Hunter came to the door: I told him we were two Elders, representing the Church of Jesus Christ. of Latter-day Saints, that we were traveling without purse and scrip and would like entertainment enter-tainment for the night. "Walk in gentlemen," said Mr. Hunter, and and we very willingly complied. We soon sat down to a nice supper CORRESPONDED CE. Greenfield's Bend, Maury Co., Tenn: Sept, 26th. 1806. ' To the Editor of the Union. The city of Nashville has been canvassed by our Elders, as have most of the Counties of middle Tennessee, also. About 11 o'clock, an the 23rd of Jfay, Elder Christenson and I started out to distribute tracts in the county north of Nashville. We took the electric car to the suburbs of the city, and then," with grips in hand, we started out along the Galatin turnpike. I was without with-out purse 'or scrip, and my companion com-panion had 15 cents in his pocket. Calling at the Masonic Widows and orphan's house, a fine institution insti-tution sheltering over one hundred inmates, we were shown through the house by the matron, a pleasant pleas-ant lady who gave us a description of each room and by whom it was furnished. Continuing , on our way, we called at the country residence of a wealthy lady, who refused our tracts and forbad us to distribute them to the tenants on her estate. We tried (to reason with her, nnd show her the responsibility jshe assumed in refusing us a hearing, but she said she was willing to r- r ef . . . .. with some aristocratic lady boarders on Utah its climate, productions, and soil, its people their history, religion, and social condition, and seemingly allayed considerable prejudice pre-judice in their minds, toward our people. Soon after Mr. Hunter returned it began to rain hard and continued most of the morning. After our conversation, . we read and wrote some letters, and about one o'clock sat down to an excellent dinner. Among other things roast lamb, green peas, cabbage, potatoes, warm biscuit and fresh butter, some of which were delicacies of the season sea-son being early for f.uch vegeatables. For dessert; we had ice cream und beautiful chocolate cake. &(ttr rMirninri to nilf TOOm I fc 4 I V V w - " ' asked my companion if he. was still arigry because we did not remain with Mr. L. against his will and If . found that Elder C. had' come to the conclusion that we had found the right place. There was an abundance of rain during June and until Jnly 24th, in this state. Since then it has been' very dry which has damaged the late crops, especially the corn and Irish potatoes. It has now set in to rain again in earnest, to alU appearances. appear-ances. Maury county is building a suspension bridge over Duck River, between Greenfield's Bend, and Shady Grove. The bridge will cost $8000.00 when completed, and it is now iust at a stage when a heavy v rise in the river might wash the temporary supports away and destroy the unfinished bridge. The con-' con-' tractors are therefore anxious about ' it, and the workmen were at work on it ail day yesterday, (Sunday,) but have abandoned work tb-day on account of the rain. My address Is Columbia. Maury Co.,Tenn. Nephi M. Savage. |