Show 1 i dive ne lie I 1 lar ale air kelegon rei Kel igon lgon ete etc q indiana juno 1674 editor mews lu in traveling travel lug about tile the country as a missionary one oue ean can more fully realize the true condition of ofaf lairs affairs in m this nation than in any other capacity tho the lights and shades of city anti anil country of rich and poor of intelligence and ignorance are all vividly portrayed upon the canvass of experience and the missionary has an abundant opportunity of studying their varied pe peculiarities ties ali all ald BLI informing worming his mind relative to the why wily and wherefore of the present condition of affairs jesus jesua when on oil the earth reproached those b by abom whom he edi ed saying sayin 0 1 re ye know by the tho getting of altho thos un iun i sun whether it will be a clear or ora a foul day on tile the morrow but 3 a cannot discern tb the tho signs of the times and so it is Is toda today to day y roena eyes are blinded to the truth and they in like manner cannot discern the signs of the times but go their way marrying and alving giving in marriage paying but little heed as a mass to tile the teachings of the servants er of god clod proclaiming the principles of the everlasting gospel while many gnash their teeth up on them and offer alt ait all nil manner of insult and mockery mackery u dow few of the honest in heart here one and there one take hold of the principles of truth and decent defend those whom god has called to the harvest while very few indeed are willing to step stop out aud aid obey the first principle principles still if this were not the ca ease case se the bluie bible would be false f for r few there be that enter them there hajj hall in were ivere the words of the nia Afa master masten of the vineyard and they are truly fulfilled in this generation ene ration tho the many warring jarring religious denominations in the land are day by day intensifying their Jea jealousy louy aid and ald hatred of or each other adiv ing closer and closer thir thin their thein lines of if distinction until as different elements of the body politic they aro are as closely defined as the four seasons of tiie the year standing separate and aloof in their rel tel religious bigous intercourse to an extent that ithai to bo b been to be appreciated al ail all the foregoing ideas present ibm ihm themselves very forcibly tt to th thi 1 travel ling elder f nd am ate food nor for reflection ingils in bis bin hour of meditation to illustrate the diversity of the gods that people worship today to tu day is aa they worshipped wor shipped a multitude of or gods of old I 1 found one loca loed locality lity where win wih reina relna ina lna small compass of country not so large largo as vahey the variegated styles styled of religious worship would rival josephr josephs coat of many colors first en cri the aa ii lit t tile thy methodist church was holding a at ing daily dails engaged iu ill IN he luxury of demonstrative e religion ju in the tho 1 shape of leaping and hand clapping near by a united brethren church were struggling to keep pace with their methodist as regards he the number converts of con eon verts counting noses with daily regularity and precision redoubling their efforts orts when u the they V found that the preponderance was on the methodist side of the ecle ccle sias skis tester board Ad janent adjacent to these was a dunkard church with Us its steady slow going style le of doing things its members full of charity and kindness to three tima times face first once for the father once for the son once for the holy ghost mixed in with thebe as neighbors and friends was quite p 1 large organization of second ad ven fiats flats who looked for the tho early coming of the messiah and kept saturday for sunday alongside of them a christian or Camp church met net in weekly ki ervice service baptizing by im lm emersion only nearby near by an dutch church was situated with its accommodations for man and beast during church service ot of long or short duration often continuing their meetings for fora forn a week cook ing eating antt anil sleeping at the church across tl tiie tire e way war a presbyterian bell rang out theall ra I 1 for the bui bul believers levere in tiao the theory that heil hell was especially intended for children not a span long while a new school SC hool hooi presbyterian minister in an adjoining chapel was wag liberal to allow that they must be two spans long to fit them for eternal perdition the cruss criss surmounting the dome of tho church at the tile edge of the little railroad town indicated that the followers of pope plus pius the in an apostolic succession foa ioa counted their leads headland and made their confes coates lonc low there the simple announcement ment iii in tho little weekly loper roper of ofa ora a spiritual told thu tho story of the of man to learn the hidden mysteries rles ries of the 1 future by the elie self amo way that saul of old sought to unveil his hla destiny and the sorcerers or cerera and as of pharoah turned the staff into a syr pent A soul sleeper or believer bellev br in tho the of the soul poul sleeping in the he g gravo grave ravo until the day of resurrection advanced his theories to an in a district r schoolhouse ho use ube an advocate of the doctrine of tom paine i a that his mind was his god attend ed no church but quietly sat gat under his hia own vine vino and read to himself the sophle tries of infidelity contained in jn a copy 0 of f of reason A lutheran from Denni dennl denmark ark bewailed his hia situation bri on the ground that ther there ewas was not enough of his brethren in that locality to organize a church nw now subdivide all the various foregoing organizations into as many different beliefs as there are communicants and you can cau form some faint conception of tho then nature liture of tho religious babel that an au elder baslo has to wade through one tc to ease eise his hia conscience and make all ends meet when lie he joined church churm was led kd fo f 0 t the a waters edge ty it a batise baptise minal minister ren aen baptized i led ed by a cum and confirmed lato into tife the church churchly by a methodist method ish minister mInIs teja a kind of ora ofa a triangular tri angular plan or aai va tion that I 1 think neither tiie tile ar nor hor gnostics agnostics of old with their inconsistent the theories could have equal equalled led ed now I 1 imagine one half oft of tho the Q population 0 9 foregoing d py I 1 elent styles stylea nf of religion the theo o other th er half not believing any aby anything thing think but simply jetting letting the world joc jog along ASIC as it will without any ned fixed purpose or intention and you have a correct idea of the christianity of to all these are individual Individually while each vach tells his neighbor thad that all aro pro pr wrong but limed me som some cp concep neep need tio tion n can be formed formo b by Y ahn above a description of the tho sItu situation ateon atron but that it can be ia imps sible I 1 am still prea preaching ching through fountain vy arren two meetings each vach sunday to crowded h houses duse is who appear tp to he p r much au I 1 eh interested te la in whai I 1 b have t to sy Respectfully i J MORGAN mee nee meetings tings aa a a kanan KANAB r sopt V ubah utah tah tab 1 h 1870 editor deveret newn hewn T since leaving baft balt L lae like ae on the of april we have held heid mee met meetings t in to each of the th a following rol I 1 owl b 9 places millard county scipio seipio I 1 holden 1 Fl llnore 2 mead nead bleadow w I 1 kanosh 1 beaver beaven county wavea waver beaver braver 2 0 greenville 1 1 ville 2 iron county para glonah 1 pau par wali 1 summit 1 cedar ir city 1 rano kano county a 1 harmony I 1 1 virgin 1 rockville 3 burk 2 mound mount carmel carml el I 1 f Gler idale 1 or derville dervillo 3 katigb I 1 johbson I 1 4 washington county Tinto vinto li 1 hamlin 1 hebron 1 pint valley 1 st george 2 santa clara ciara IJ 1 wa washington 11 I 1 Har I 1 leeds leeda 1 I I 1 we have havel attended Sunda yand day schools na as belott alo Also visited the and spring vales vale vaie K ane ano t other places young mens mena mutual improvement associations are now organ saed ili in each of i the ha places named except tho the last two chich aro akil small smal liand and aud one in coulty aweard we are now the kind nuttall courtesies f bl chip L joh john nuttall are abdat three a half miles by rod road frota tild toe aniz Ariz brna bria line abour about eighty tbt 0 from st george and I 1 nake lake 4 coming via bov Sov sevier sevien ler ien words chadab is to situate steeg sturn 15 sec bee north lati latitude tudo and 33 wa a 3 sec west est of bas baso 0 o line alti altitude fude tude feet there bre ave aio alo 90 families here soil rich loam water god not very abundant i 13 inC Teasing constant coustant constantly lY byc Bic excellent ellent eilent quality bin zin tin and plenty of timber thirty five avo nailes miles distant dista nr considerable sid bid ider lder erabio erable ablo wind vind pra vall vail a ei portion of tho boason t we ave go to oa on to li joeph woody anabella gunnison taylorsville Taylors ville and aba ahwee to salt lak lake ze I 1 t ewa J 1 i a i very truly your bre hiaam v aa miltos MILTON H giai 1 B MORRIS |