Show correspondence and burlington july 1877 editors deseret news dear sir while at oskaloosa the place from which I 1 I 1 last wrote you we eider eiden elder ider lder hla ila madson son junr and myself kindly entertained by a wealthy free thinking quaker who desired to hear bear us preach in public as well as in private we accordingly visited their public meeting and by permission I 1 made a few remarks stating to the congregation that some two years ago professor J moor of collego college and of their society had visited our city while on his way as a missionary to the sandwich islands that through my interceding Inter ceding bishop woolley of the W ward waro aro ard granted him the privilege of addressing our people and that we should be creased pleased I 1 to have them open their church for us in return at the close of their meeting five of their ministers present held a consultation and replied that they were willing to take upon themselves the responsibility of closing their doors against us the only excuse they made for so doing was vaa that our church was not evau evangelical ge lical I 1 find that the worst enemies we have are apostates who seek to poison polson the minds of all with whom they come in contact next in order come the reverend divine divined sf of the day who with but very few exceptions are area a umit unit iri iii their sitton to the work of god on june while at we applied to church and city officers lor for a house to speak in but failing to obtain one we were about to leave the city when dr paul castor the magnetic healer accosted us and invited us to stop over at his hotel for foi the night and deliver an address to his patients and neighbors we consented io tb do BO so and an appointment was given iven out for a meeting at dt 7 aso soli lust just before meeting time it leading c j minister of the town called deoul upon mr hir C and advised him hini not ilot to allow us to speak in his house wilen when ho he became somewhat alarmed and calling me to one side whispered for this once lay jay your mormonism aside and give us a good gospel sermon from the bible at the hour appointed some sev enty five patients in including eluding their atten attendants cants from different states spates ates in the i union two thirds cf of whom were ladies crowded the large double parlor we sang sangi 0 my father and offered 4 up prayer I 1 then read a portion of Scrip scripture tur 1st CorL cor 12 c 2731 27 31 v and delivered an address of about fifty mir mit utes rutes with much freedom of speech to an attentive audience testifying to the restoration of the gospel to the organization of the church and kingdom of god on the earth to the divinity of the book of mormon on and to josephann joseph Josep hand and brigham being true prophets our ien ren remarks larks were well received arnd arid some fave even n bid us god speed dr castor himself treated us with marked kindness and respect and before leaving he showed us through his 30 establishment dr C ia Is quite a remarkable man in his way he has haa no knowl knowledge edgO edge of letters and has a stammering tongue he was at one time a poor boy he is now rich and making money fast he calls himself the oid old scold humbug ile he claims to cure forty per cent of his patients colne within ten minutes time others it takes weeks and months to effect a cure he uses no medicine but rubs his patients with his hands trusting to his animal magnetism for a cure he has been a healer since he was twelve years of age anci and has haa the name of performing some remarkable cures he said gaid to us he did not know where he got his power from whether from god or the devil Y our labors for some weeks past have been entirely among strangers and we have taught them gospel truths at their private homes and from their 1 sacred leska 1 where wherever vir and whenever opportunity has offered ed holding from two to four meetings per week which are generally well attended we find much infidelity and unbelief now and then a person or family who have a little faith in this e city it y and vicinity we found two families who bad once been to utah with some sparks of gospel fire remaining in them who I 1 am confident will yet renew their cove nants nanta aud and gather with the saints your brother brothen Brott ler xer in the gospel P P |