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Show ROM LOUISIANA. ELDER 3IOES I'. GTITOKD OF Sl'JilNGDALE, WHITES ir.OM THE MISSION1" ITEiLIl. Ed., Washington County News. Dear Brother: Your most valuable paper of January 27th came to hand some time ago, and I assure you it was highly appreciated;, it is almost like meeting a friend from home to receive it and learn all the home news as it transpires among friends and acquaintances, acquaint-ances, and to one who is traveling as a stranger in a strange land it certainly is a welcome visitor. I left my home in Springdaie, Oct. 12, 1899, to fulfill a mission to the Southern South-ern States. On my arrival at Chattanooga Chatta-nooga I was assigned to the Mississippi conference, and in company with Elder M. N. Fisher arrived iu my field of labor on the first day of November. We immediately went to canvassing in the St. James parish, La. From there we continued for two months thru St. John the Baptist, St. Charles, and Jefferson parishes. We labored almost exclusively among Catholics, and be-ino- the first elders ever in there we ... appeared to be quite a curiosity to some of them. We made a few good friends in these places and was treated fairly well, tho, of course, we had our tips and downs; and had it not been for our persistency in asking for entertainment, entertain-ment, we might at various times have lodged with Uncle Sam; but, owing to our animosity towards the mosquitoes and other evil spirits with which these places abound, we asked .and asked, and according to scriptural promise were finally admitted on all occasions, tho the accomodation was at times hard and solid. Our conference convened at New Orleans on January 20th. There were ' twenty-four elders present from the Mississippi and Louisiana conference, besides Pres. Rich and counselors, and we spent a most enjoyable time together, to-gether, such a time as only those who have had similar experiences can fully realize. At this conference,'! was appointed ap-pointed to labor in Washington parish, Un., in' company wur. jmuui- iv. j-h"-sen, and we arrived in our field of labor a few days later and commenced out-house-to-house canvas. This field is quite a contrast to my former field, situated as it is among pine woods and being a timber, and farming community, and in religious matters Baptists and Methodists. Wo have been royally treated here and have met many friends. We have held a few meetings and have some investigators of the truth. Elder MOSES E. GiFFOED, Box 523, Baton Rouge, La. |