| Show CENTRAL STATES MISSION Independence e Mo Jo Jau holiday are put prat and our mission missionaries aries artea have t taken en up the regular work stain The They haw have not Hot been Idle dur during Ing the vacation for tor In their visits vilt with friends they find and mall many for tor teaching the gospel and Id are hAppily used to the Ule best ad advantage vantage President O G Eo cahoon ot of the Mia Mis Missouri ou conference gays that tut b he end lIll corn com comAN are AN holdIng mazy many oot cottage mt meet meetings ings nit and these theM are ant a great means the saints and snaking converts Elder Samuel Butterfield and nd companions send a similar report from Hannibal Mo and say they U are making many new friends and 1141 for tor holding meetings In other p Elder d rg J U and Themes L write that the they hAve held beld sever several al well attended tn meetings In Argo Mo Alo Some Som or of the acen agents ot of Lucifer op opposed them with Ith auch Ul unreasonable storm torl about th the Mormons Mormon that commonsense people could not believe them there therefore therefore fore their evil efforts only made our cause more sure BUR Eiders John II If Jonas JonH J T Brown Alma Williams and L I J Murdock of Independence conference are hold bold holding ing meetings In HI Mo Ma preach on th the street streel In the schoolhouses school houses hOUR in a Christian church hurh which wu wit kindly tendered them to hold a aeries lee of oC meeting All their meetings are well attended The people ot of Junction Utah have bv snit t to a heck for for 11 proceeds of a dramatic entertain entertainment ment to 10 be ba placed to tf the credit or of Elder William I L Johnson This money moner the I letter te say le III a NeW Sear present t to Elder John Johnson on This Thill little act is III different from the common comfort go AO your way be ye wanted and tilled which is 11 given to toN N the elder It t le vel very hard for tor some MIme of oC our to raise ralee the thi necessary ry means to till their missions so If toots of th thee who can would follow title example ex example ample they as well ell all as the klers the they aided would feel better President Joseph N Christensen ot of East Kansas KalWa conference hAIl hag tilled his mis On faithfully and nd on the Inet left independence for tor bl his home In Shel Shelley Shelley ley Id Ida beating as an honorable release Elder Peter tag hl been ap appointed appointed pointed President ot of Kansas con conference ference Elder der Alma Aim and three com coln writing from Isabella Mo Dec 26 say MY We V were asked to ad add address d dress a meeting here yes yesterday 88 and gladly told the people smite thing about We announced another meeting for tor the evening and were surprised atthe large They listened attentively for two hours hour and Ur after meeting we dl distributed many tract and books book and wore taken home by friends who treated us 1111 as I royally as only auch bighearted hospitable people ore can do Th This happl ne n we prise as the beet Christmas present Santa laue ha has brought to lie us for man many a year From Willow llo ro Ider Joseph R E loJean and G 0 IC write writ We e hv have held three me In t district and expect to hold two Iwo more Inore The people turn out and seem to feel teel well paid for tor com COIn P P Olson writing from Springfield Mo 0 Dee Dec 28 S says Bay We have Just returned from a visit to the Mint aims near Conway Conwy ro Ito where WI we found 30 II faithful members enjoying th the of the gospel A Sunday school b ham ben been organised and Is III n good condition a membership of oC II 31 Prospects are 1100 good 1 for tor a n now W two members f each Ch bay hav having bayIng Ing offeNd to donate an acre or of land to build It on and all are anxious to see the work begun A sad accident occurred the tho day ay We arrived there thre Emmit the son BOil of William Porter who was work workIng working Ing at a saw mill was jerked on to the saw and his hilt arm ann was Wall lacerated m bad badby Iy by It had to be amputated lie le Ie how however however ever Improving nicely Dec 26 President J 1 T Coleman write from Our has been well spent apont We are leaving several copies of th this nook Book of oC Mormon II a goodly number of doctrin doctrinal al took and many newly ma made e IR in this town J F m rays MY In hits hili tatter letter from I ton Houge La IA 1 lute 27 7 The II elders reached u us O 0 K Kand Kand and WIth them we feel that our eon on ferenee ill le strengthened greatly and we hall push pub the work as much u as possible visited the II little I lie bran branch h hof of saints nta at Gait Ascension nl on Parish All is II well there and the church build building ing Ine II b under way but the they lack funds to It IL Brother George Baker of St Ht John JohnJ J Kansas died at bl his hop hOIne Tuesday Per U It having lived a loag and we well spent lire life II Ile was tarn 1101 In vanla vania Jul July S 3 1811 1111 consequently wu was to In his hi tit year yar Brother Baker r lo 1118 a member her ot of the Church MardI March 30 1888 being belne baptised d 11 by Haber Bennion and lid ever sine nell has been WO On It a valiant of the All Ail good pie who knew Will hIm loved him U Iris life has hall been such uch a to entitle him to th the Joy of a President L I or of the Statute tM ul mission is III visiting at Independence fur for a few day Elder Oliver Orr who haa l Irmo a missionary In Oklahoma for tur than thana II a year rear w was to bun I Ion on Ou II I ot of ill III health Elder Eldr R s as a buln business of Is Ie happy over or the arrival of oC a new mis missionary atonal tan born r to hint him and hi his roOd good wits mc witson un on Sunday morning flea Dee IT 37 Under the tha skillful rare of JUoh mother all three are doing welL wIL |
