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Show FROM XEW YORK. ELDER TTIL.1.IAM J. SXOW Ol- I'liS E -WRITES OF 311-iSIOX PUOGKP.S?. Ed. Washington County Xevts: Having again changed quarters, it becomes be-comes necessary for me to advise you to change the address of my paper. In doing so will submit a few additional items which may prove interesting to some of your readers. I will not preface this article by any-long any-long eulogy of your valuable little paper, but will simply say that I yield to no one in my appreciation of it, and hope to show a practical demonstration of this feeling when I get home, by preaching its loyal support' and- giving it substantial encouragement. Those who are not earnest advocates of a home paper are not awake to the best interests of the county. As regards work in the Brooklyn conference, will say that while results are not nattering much good is undoubtedly un-doubtedly being done. The public mind is not so inflamed now as it was durinar the Robert's agitation. A spirit of tolerence towards our people is now manifested among the high classes. Misinformation and misapprehension are gradually vanishing before the light of truths. Many are awakening to the fact that they have been misled mis-led unon the vexed "Mormon" problem; and, while they have no particular sympathy for our cause and very little interest in religion in general, (and here let me state that I think there never was a time when there was so much religious indifference, so much skepticism and unbelief as at present) they are willing to accord to the Mormon Mor-mon people honesty of purpose and extend to them the liberty of conscience. The season has opened auspiciously for summer work in Greater New York, Mayor Van Wyck and his staff received the elders with due courtesy and readily granted them permits for street preaching. Ample police protection is promised and it is hoped and expected expect-ed that jnuph good will result from the efforts put forth during the next few month. Elder J. Z. Stewart who has served faithfully as president of the Brooklyn conference the past five months was released on the 15th of March. His first counselor J. H. Garrett from Salt Lake City was chosen to succeed him. He is an active young man, full of vim and ambition, and is doing. all he can to influence new life and spirit into the work. Within the conference are three auxiliary aux-iliary organizations. A flourishing Sunday Sun-day school in Ocean Side, officered and supported by local Saints, is shedding an influence for good in that part of Long Island: while in Brooklyn another school has been organised with the elders in control. In Newark, N. J., a mutual is in good running order. Elder Joe D. Cox is the president and has for his aids some intelligent young ladies who are investigating in-vestigating the gospel. These associations are important factors in disseminating the principles of life and salvation. We hope to make them more effective in the future by earnestly soliciting, when trading, their support. President Wm. II. Smart has gone home and counselor E. H. Snow, representing repre-senting the mission Presidency, is now making a tour of all the conferences in the Eastern Statos Mission. lie will be back to headquarters about the first of May at which time arrangements will be made for holding the Brooklyn conference, which probably will not be held before the last of the month. Praying the Lord to promote the interests in-terests of Ziou, and again extending best wishes for the success of the Washington County Xe-.ys, I remain, Yours in the cause of truth, V:.r. J. Snow. Box 5!. Station W., Brooklyn, '. Y. |
