Show SOUTHERN STATES MISSION HISTORY HIS rOilY Raise Han Ha C PC i i ident dent 70 lIi ii MoniCo 1 t seaton on of Ut our oar v ik I seven baptisms b h I II n nI I II I n formed la lat last t i e ji i t March 3 2 Eider Eldr E M t 1 Initiated to t hottest honest ul at us Ity It slid and tI a tek later latr three I IIII III at by KI ICId Eld 1 1 I M i 8 app The same name III day two t oi i incised il t t I l by Elder to I II I e Peterson hn hut h ti plated pt d tin thir air armeal for Cur tn th tiun lIun of two t church house hou during th 11 coming summer A at tit II Ie who ho entertaIn il M NelMin and ad Robinson asked it A a n ri nard r rard ward ard that the th refrain from tron di dis distributing their literature In his hi town ton ln t Albert president prent Hox n Iti Lexington Ky Elders KMer R E i Bunker un r and U 0 P Es Eger r hove Just Jut closed lOlled a series rt of meeting tJ at t prue and report port large lar crowds of at tenth e listeners at al I theIr heir services A number of tul meetings have ha Just Juet been held at lit a Union church chunh churchIn In Hoyd Hod county by b Elders Elder J M It t Ward Want and aman While cast can van from frum rum to Paris Pari and Knight met a aman man mn who h was n In Nauvoo at the Ibe time of the th ts martyrdom lii I t M leo Coo W president Box Rog A Ill 11 Tenn lenn Rider Elder Henry Erickson Erle n and Wm P 1 Fuller have hv been 11 successful In holding meetings meeting at al wn Okra and with wit 1111 good attendance and nd treatment They Th obtained permission to 10 hohl H R serf series rl en of meetings at Jones Jone chapel and anti left Ift for three meetings The Th first nt night nip being moon muon moonlight moonlight light there th were rO n no lights brought brot and nt the people living In the th vicinity of sit the th school house hou refused to aid In the Ih emergency thinking In this way to stop top the meeting The next nut two to nights al found large Ia crowds rd assembled but this time the doors d and windows window were locked and netted nAUd This difficulty was overcome by b removing one of the win window window dow down and unfastening the th doors duo from the inside end and n the meetings meeting were r held as all ap appointed This Thin opposition had bait the th opposite effect rrt from the one OM Intended and nd served to I mUM arouse Interest In III the th meetings and nd sympathy for the Ule elders Ide IdeA A quartet front from mOl the Sunday school 1101 as oa assisted alte 1 In the singing which added add ma materially terla II to the th success of nf the meetings At their clove close I several reveral Invitations were lere received to preach at lit other places pt The Tho same elders Id held five Ih w meet Inns inti In the court house hou at t Byrdstown and a like number num In n a Christian church three the miles from town Robert Hobert Andru Andrus president 11 II 1121 III Highway avenue anu 4 Jacksonville Pla FlaThe The two branch conferences conference recently 11 held at Baggy Creek and were wr well attended and sue suc ur In ever tol respect Bounteous repeats were nerved on the ground during the th meetIngs meeting and much credit Is Ia I due du the Saints Saint and ami an friend who thus thOu contributed to the th success u of the occasions On the a II hall hail meeting was w held at Tart Taft which was w attended by a good sprinkling of the townspeople Included two ministers the latter laUr with imper and andell pencil ell After Myers M finished speaking one of the preachers arose aros ar arII arid II asked k a question answering It himself After the meeting a discus io lon on was wu entered Into which resulted In I It the making of ut f many man friends friend for fur forthe forthe the elders Id Having taken a room at al a hotel while they thy canvassed the th town of or Deland Heland Elders Elde nr P PHI RIggs HI and n George B Carr earr err were r visited by a II minister who had never before beto met a Mormon elder and nd t thom to whom hom they thy loaned a Hook Rook of Mormon The Th next nt evening after I having read r It considerably he re me returned turned to 10 their room and stated slated that If it the th Hook of Mormon ormon was waa what whit It to be te he considered lie Its coming forth the greatest event since In Christ Baptismal services were held Id on irn n the th by b J K I Argyle and lx torin Merkley On Saturday the President L I I l Myers y baptised four persons rJ In the Kt El I Johns John river In I Jacksonville Th The I simile same e date dais Elders Wilds Ih and Winters held a baptismal bJ al service rl at lt which three were Initiated Elders and nd also III baptism three making makl a total of or ten In for the week President Myers er and anil hi him successor Robert Andrus while waiting for traIts train con ittu connections un at t litton decided to h hll UI a meeting mUnK After tr ding a corner they thy stepped out on tin list 11 and began singing A t nice nl rowl r row and the elders the gospel to I them with wih power lw mul on closing doln disposed of all al the tl IHk and Ind other literature that thai the thy lul lut 1 with lh theta them and by making malina a I quick run rout to the th depot were w enabled to 10 ial alit U their train Iraln Slater SIster Blaer Low bits burn born brn on the th Bahama ami Ino or orlIve r lIve Ih years ye a faithful r or it f t I It In Church lied died ted at Key Ke West Wet April 14 1 The services were wore conducted l b Nelson and Joseph Wm m I J lent dent SOT 07 Plum Ilum St at Macon In 1 Elders of the Georgia conference have Just Jut finished the th ett I of Savannah with wih fairly good mi eule 0 e eOne One nn baptism hUm hess ban ha been performed In h hIler Iler f I Walker Kentucky A Theo Then Thorun i ro l T tnt dent Rug Box c 87 S Paducah Ky Maln day ilay and nd April Apri 2 ant and 1 i a I branch conference wn was held at Iron Ironton II ton tOi Sill Trl county countr eight elders elder r pi On account of o threats threat mi mito to in hum burn rn the Ih hol ho hn house e the Ih con conference on n ference wu 1 held In cottage ol At H lt close 10 three thre were wr added aled to 10 the th fold fo ami amia A Aa iii a association organised The Th officers of the association are 11 beth Nichols president and Ada A 1 counselor A in Me teacher and nd Maggie Maal Nichols The Th elders Id of 01 rom om patty A are r meeting with lh great 1 site nc r res cea 1 In tl the Ih western Irn part rt of I the state While hll hIie at I they Ih were chal hal challenged for a debate debat which they Ihy at II first rII to accept but rather than have hR the people popl think they th were afraid Elder EIer Decker accepted the challenge The sublet was wu Resolve that thuit the Church hurch of nf Jesus JIO Christ of Saints kin Is I true Irue and nd teaches teh Bible doe doc doctrine dO trine EMu Elder Decker the affirmative and nd Rev R Mr lr hobbs ob of ef the Apostolic church negative The Te was wa held on the Ih street str Iret et three nights They The report that large lafe crowds were In attendance every en night and nd that At nt the Ih Ihn end cOil n of itt n the third meeting the Ih elder II had hI won the ansi and confidence of nt the Ih people anti the th door Ioor of or nv home hOI were thrown open to them Ih and RIH IlI n a number lumb of people are A Invest Investigating gating the th ml One On baptism hIm was w performed at 1 Fenton Fenlon b by Elders J S JE Sl E l and ami Jo JO II n Cler the former officiating President Thorup has h Just Jul returned from visit visiting vIsiting ing In the th Sunday Bunda schools In the western part of 01 the tb conference All are tn itt good condition and ald prospects for the future are exceptionally bright Ml tl il Luman P Green Oren dent l Mis After Arr laboring Irl St 2 months month In tM the th missIon Held deW eight lt of which he h Ably presided over or as con conference n ference nt laure J dray Iray Ury hue hiss honorably ret and ad Is I Ihy succeeded hv hy Litter Elder Lun P Green On Brother Edgar ar H It Ball B a local elder Ir died Feb Peb re 11 II I Services r were ware wr held d over the remains n at Ut t Dotty Betty Diy a f belay tn la attendance Five Jve baptisms were we performed ro d April 4 by b b OI Jerman and C H R the th latter hatter officiating wo Thou Tho Th Jones JonN pros pres president pr ident flax BOK t 14 Memphis Tenn To the tho branch In Memphis was wU added by hy hap bap ba batI baptism tI April 7 three th honest souls al Elder Eldr ElderS EldrI S I A Worthen Wor pi th th the ordinance nance naT Th Christian Crt tan church hh k HI gave Jve the lbs t use Ul nt of their tir font for the th purpose pr I Lost t week wM while ll av near foam n Widen SOlders le and d felt impressed Imp t to go I to M 10 1 miles mi away y On O reaching there them Ih they learned Ift that a letter had been sent nt re requesting 1 questing that the elders alder come cm and hip bap baptise b tise t Mr r I Lo se who was wa idling aUn They Tey did dl an April 2 I and md on the te he h p sway away Had the t skiers elder k tint not nt been en Im Impressed impressed pressed to l go to tn Brother Love IVA would 0 have hav gone tr to 1 the great grest t be beyond b beyond yond before the elders dr could hive have hV been notified and this sacred cred ordinance oln per performed performed r formed South Orlando Barrios Brn president IO Mum Main Ht St Columbia Colum 8 N C e COn en On OtI n April I 3 four baptisms wore were we per performed p performed formed lorme one hy by Rider EIdem re A Bailey y ya at and n throe three Ih by b Eu Ku Eun Eugene a gene n K H I and aid Coleman Colf The Theome Te same ome mf day ky Elder Elde 0 united In marriage Brother William lla Johnston Johnton and mo Fannie U April 14 1 President tent Barrus al met Elders Elder Eld Bagley le leand and Barnes D In branch bh conference at Pireway PAy Six Ix spirited meetings were r held old with wih more than th 10 people In at attendance pf Many any homes home ho were w thrown open to In t the brethren and several IvI applications al for baptism were er made mad at the thee close of the conference e Ohio Ohl Elder Eldr W A Walker proud Ing II elder Box Baa 41 n Station D Columbus O 5 Sunday April 1 a Elders Elder Walker War and I May Held of ot umu were W called on no onlo onto lo to bless bles bl six children five Ave lve of o whose parents parent worn were r nonmembers Elder Walker has h recently nty visited II the branches at Dayton Xenia and Cincin Cincinnati nati tiati U n r the th elders Iler and Saints and found condition to in pIo res r WALLACE 11 II 1 LARSON LAm ON Secretary |