Show j litter letter a EDITOR Ur oMAN thinking a few items from this part of the vinyard wouldga would ba bo interesting to the many readers of your valuable paper I 1 take the liberty of writing these few lines I 1 lett left my home in the quiet little village of adamsville Adams ville to fill a maksian in the north western states in salt lake city I 1 was assigned to labor with john 31 murdock in the state of iowa arriving at council bluffs our destination we were strangers in a strange land but not strange to some of tho the lat ter day sainta Sain tB this is where they made madea a temporary stopping place when making their exodus from illinois and those that lost loat the spirit of the gospel of christ have made it their permanent home the old land mark s and names ot of places given by the saints to their temporary locations while en route westward have been changed or washed away by the missouri river at florence old winter quarters erection of new water works for the city of omaha several bodies were exhumed supposed to be mormons cormons Mor mons bro murdock bl and I 1 traveled together five weeks when we were each given new companions we be ing 9 considered experienced hands bands since then I 1 have been in the south western part of this state and have had eight different companion at the present time I 1 am with wm win H Kei baur of idaho false reports and apostates are not lot scarce in this state but with all this to battle with we occasionally find those who are arc seeking aft er taught by the humble elders from utah who are not educated for the ministry they see cee that there is with hern hem more than man ean can bostow bestow and are led to investigate but prejudice io is hard to remove I 1 was told by a local preacher in the baptist church that our doctrines would be received if we would only leave out the name mormon and joseph hand joir join some borne good christian church said you are arc too smart to bo be deceived by the mormons cormons Mor mons I 1 told him iwas I 1 was just jue t smart enough that I 1 would not be ill in a church that did not have apostles and prophets with the gifts and blessings as existed in the days olour of our savior this is a beautiful country with w ith elou enough gh rain to mature the corn w which 1 1 I ch is the main crop here and nothing but revelation from froin god would laye haye induced the saints to leave I 1 havo have been well treated removed a great amount of prejudice made some good friends and a added d d ed r some ome to the fold of christ have enjoyed good health and feel eel well in my labors the rax is read with much interest FRED T guex |