| Show 1 1 9 0 ab northumberland CO I 1 pennsylvania january 13 1870 editor Deseret News my dear de arBro bro having received Instruct instruction lono iono from prest burton of new york to proceed to shenandoah city and fill a call cail call cail made for an elder at that point I 1 left philadelphia accompanied by elders J and H houtz on the ath dinst we met with elders eders H J rudy budy and geo at all j journeyed ou rn ey ad together to hold bold a meeting with the Saint saints silvin living in and adjacent to mahanoy maghanoy city we visited amongst them until the mor morning no of the ath just when we met together 0 and had bad a good gat which each of the elders eldera spoke giving evidence of the of god through them elder J houtz and myself walked to shenandoah city the same afternoon and were kindly received by elder jeider JE ellis jr at the house of his father we found the people of that district very ignorant of our principles and having procured the use of the schoolhouse school house bouse bills were circulated inform informing Dg the people that a meeting would be held and a discourse delivered upon the first principles of our faith on the evening of the loth dinst at the hour appointed for the meeting elders and joined us when your humble servant delivered a discourse upon the first principles of the gospel and was followed by elders rudy eudy and J houtz who bore testimony of the truth although there were but a limited number in attendance owing presume we had a good meeting and I 1 trust to hear of elders rudy and who are laboring in that part of the state doing a good work As these two elders can fill all the calls for preaching in that vicinity elders houtz and myself tock passage for this place on our arrival at sunbury we were kindly entertained at the junction house by elder jacob houtos sister and her husband hubband dr jos eyster sunbury is the county seat and numbers about inhabitants it is pleasantly situated on the eastern bank of thesus que hanny hanna hanna in sight eight of the town of Northumberland northum and just above and between the east and west forks of this beautiful river an unusual amount of trade is conducted in this place owing to the vast coal fields adjacent and four railroads forming a junction here I 1 was asked by dr eyster to deliver discourse upon the history of utah and the mormons cormons Mor mons yest yesterday erdity on condition that they could get the court house which I 1 promised toi tri do providing the people who were werd por be admitted free there is such a mania for moneymaking money making through lectures lecture sin m this re region gionI was afraid to engage without an understanding lest I 1 might be found making merchandise of the abs pel the thee next thing brought to my notice was wass wasa a bill floating around town headed A free lecture this evening at 7 in the he court house by a mormon elder of salt alake lake city utah territory I 1 learned that dr eyster had visited his honor judge alexander jordan and his associates who pro posed to call their urt at the appointed hour in the evenin evening gand and adjourn it for our accommodation pro riding the commissioners were willing the consent of the latter being given we found a full house welt well lighted the court assembled tile the bell ringing and the judge in positions position tionA ordering the crier to open and then to close the court I 1 almost wept to witness so much kindness shown us it rem reminded me of the manner in which str strangers augers angera are treated in in our own home and I 1 could not help contrasting it with the illiberal feeling manifested to us in other places I 1 have Ti visited sited I 1 occupied one hour and a half giving a sketch of the rise and progress progress of the work of god to tor the present time including our religion sufferings rings hopes country trade manufactures schools politics and our social institutions as part of our religion the court and members of the bar remained during the service and together with the congregation gre cration gation gave the greatest attention to uhe the close and I 1 will say that god was with usand us and anever I 1 never neven had a better flow of the spirit at the close of our meeting hon G P F miller spoke to elder J houtz and pud said he was the member elect from the district to the sath and co con n cressand gres ress sand and had taken an active part a 1 in defeating ef eating the achley biu bill E eader fd e r J houtz had a conversation with hon J B Parker member elect from the district to the congress who said gaid he had little doubt with regard to our admission as a state providing that polygamy polygamy is part of our rp religion ligion which he e mr arker parker was not prepared to dispute I 1 leave the brethren today to day and go to hyde H de park near scranton Bc ranton where I 1 wll will wil remain over sunday and then return to philadelphia this morning resembles an april morning more mone than january there is very little iee ice lathe ia the river and there has been but very little winter up to the present time give my kind regards to your family and to my associates and all friends frienda in which the bros houtz join L femal n your af affectionate ate bro ANGUS anau ar M C CANNON A 4 N ON |
