Show teas texas I starch 7 1856 E EDITOR I 1 i c rt DEST D F s r it ret BET F T NE WS D diar dar ar S sr sir r I 1 have hive deemed hat hat hit it might be of intel pst for me to lot jot down the tile particulars of an event which recently transpired in in a town nam camil d ahorn sifi situated on tha coast of the C lif lir of ft vice oi oa saturday th inot in it elder J ustler and myself traveled from clin 04 to meet elder preston thomas and the saints from st louis with their v wagons ac preparatory to our lourney journey to the peaceful valleys of the mounta mountains I 1 i 5 i A merchant ha having v in offered us lis his room to preach in in a series serles of leet lectures vires were delivered hv bv elder on the faith doctrines and practices of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints the ile lord was with him and gave him words of burning truth which fell feil with the tha demonstration of the S spirit and ind with power upon the peo pen people pie but san thit that old serpent kno knowd ing that many honest in heart wre v re seeking for light and fearing lest iso some ime mi malhi rachi lit burst hurst asunder the fetters of sectarianism tarlan ism igni and escape from babylon stirred up one of his to strive to stay the progress of tl the great work we were engaged in on the bab about 8 p ro rogust just as elder commenced one of bf Luci ferys gentlemen named henry ones jones came up to the stand and ordered br 0 to stop preaching and having anno meed his determination to tar and feather a lie hs ile L elten elter aed hed d cl T v one an who should 1 oppose him lie ile stated thit hut he be md hid p pud iid ild for I 1 thel the barrel larrel of or tar and swore thit into the tar b U i 1 tel rel icv hp r at at sf sr er TT 4 11 s g tish 11 I 1 ll 11 d i dv inn v i it h a asins sho rho at it cn ili wa ii i r bihr I 1 b r wil jil ill iii 1 L isis ti til th the aldip audic CP s atnip to fp fe I 1 tit til it h mould monid ruid do as he lie had bad s lid nd at th tars is juncture another man nian came fori forward ard and I 1 declared himself a representative of the citizens of indianola a town 3 miles distant ant and i i ill ih 11 nip imp 1 nt ok i ati I 1 it people ortle orile pi red ed us iii tu to q nt lit tid tip cointa bv b 8 9 i m w ailt on the n nt at dav day ifo iio ve we realized re it IP force for p of hp flip paire ii in thit flip vord nord ye shall shail have tribulation if ve were of the tile world the world would loe love ioe its I 1 own dut out because ye vp are not of the world but I 1 have chosen you out of the world therefore lir N ald w wiil will iii ili alit li IP P vo V 0 i 1 lilor 0 pave brave me his books ac ii li IT 11 1 1 w N alk like I 1 to tile the place with the enpek in pek ss oi 01 1 lamb firmly relying upon the tile stron strong igini it ni of f him who ew said call upon me in the dav of t trouble and I 1 will deliver yon yoli 1 I what was in i reserve for me I 1 knew not hut but expect expected ld also als to stiffer suffer bioni the hands of those thone who thirsted thirst fd for the blood of the I 1 pr prayed ayed mentally that th it J vig ii would lb as ar a wall of fire round abolt aholt us ils cind aid deliver u q f for r false witnesses had lisen ilsen up against us aid a ani ald id those who breathed out cruh crUe cruelty ltv blessed be hib hie holy name lie heard us and not a hair bair of our beads heads vas was yas tou tod touched ched in the midst of the confusion while one vea waa a knocking in the head of the tile tar barrel br Os tier ivas not there ile lie could bear hear their sava re yells yelle but he was waa praising alsing god on his knes in in ilie hie prairie rairie afar ore off U As V he arose the house of a widow stood before him he at til the P door she open opened ed it and invited him in like rahab who concealed I 1 thi spies that were sent out bv joshua when I 1 called on her to say farewell sh expressed a strong desire to go up tip to zion with us may he who owns the silver and the ffoyd oid old with the cattle cattie upon a thou thousand sand hills WIN grant her ter the desires of her heart may ae she ba saved by her worIc salvation come to her i bliwise may god biebe blese bleb blee all the faitha ill saints paints who volo with the whole armor of god are doing battle against net the tiie powers of darkness the lord being my helper I 1 hope to be in in the valleys by september next as T purpose sarti ing this month mouth with the saints from texas yours in the kingdom of patience dati nati price L PHILIP W HOSKING |