Show euans BURNS anoka co minu minn 52 X pA zdith edith 41 n dear brethren lu in the DESERET for last week in my correspondence if michigan 41 putiri utin place ot 61 sc minnesota 11 I 1 have been laboring in ill the state of minnesota all the time the tho saints here rejoice in the gospel of odthe and ohp M mr rity alty ty are aro 6 ilde religion in the midst of all opposing power from th ha adversary A dver goy quy last S sunday Sanday a aday we had ard two with the saints in farmersville Farmer Farmers ville aville branch thib thia branch brauch Br aitch consi t or f twelve adults and fifteen ch children adre D bro joseph cordall 11 1 of i to tho the office of ane an eilmer ider lder an and d emea eer a apart 1 T I 1 fy i to preside in place of elder newel Jen sen kins kina vho aho ho intends t to 0 start to utah this fall 46 t monticello branch Bran cb wright co i con sista blata of 19 tn members JS der dei geo W riggs presides and te autler autier rEli rell ell bli H rigs riggs big rig s is hla hia a asis dant fant burns branch anoka co consists of 13 members and isanti bisanti Branc branch hot hof of 12 members opposition here is very hard some intend to go to utah this fall and be baptized there because i the people in neighborhood the wil will not allow an E der to come there bro hofen and myself travel together an and of we have a couple of families more to baptize before we leave for home holud llast laa sunday in a school holise after our mee meeting tinge an orthodox ml minister hister nister arose and ridiculed not only prophet pro pru phet but also the words of our lord and savior the redeemer of the world and many of the people felt indignant about him we are well and arr ara ar trying with the help of the them lord to do our out duty your brother in the gospel B P missionary tabors tabora Bap trams tramp etc KEOKUK iowa I 1 sept 20 1877 editors deseret mews news dear sirs before leaving burlington the town from which I 1 last wrote you bro madsen and myself sought diligently to get an opening for preaching but bat the prejudices of the people were such they would not give us a hearing in public we vve therefore made our way down the 1 banks of the great mississippi river holcli holding ag meetings by the ibe way but as it was harvest time and hot weather 95 lo 10 in the tho shade our meetings w were brenot not very well attended arriving at nauvoo on july lith we were kindly received and entertained by brother john jamison and wife the following day in company with bro JA jamison migon we visited the temple site and other places of interest calling inthe inthe afternoon upon emma smith who received us with U a degree of bf kindness i she la Is no now wrev seventy daiy three years of age with failing falling health ve vve took the liberty ot of asking her in the spirit charity of many plain questions many of which she answered others she evaded she stated to us in the most positive terms that her husband joseph fsmith smith lived and died a tf true no prophet of god after visiting the few saints in nauvoo we crossed the river which at this point is over one mile wide by ferry to montrose when a walk of twelve miles down the banks of the river us to this place here we met our friend elder alonzo winter missionary from zion holding a meeting with the few saints here hero some six in number Instruct lug them io regard to their 0 on n the eve evening hidir of july esth I 1 dropped into a methodist prayer meeting about person being belog present liverty lib erty being elvell given by the presiding elder to strangers I 1 offered up a fervent and earnest prayer in which I 1 managed to preach them a pretty good gospel serm sermon bermon on to which ch madyree ma many nyreE responded aheart a hearty yamen amen at the close orthe meeting several game came camo up not where I 1 was wag fromi from and shook me warmly by the hand and gave an invitation to visit their lext meeting which I 1 accepted I 1 ou the following wednesday evening I 1 was present at their church and addre addressed sied them with much freedom of on jech of a living active faith in the alvior and upon the great of present revelation all paid the bestif best beat of attention with the exception of the presiding minister who seemed nettled and who interrupted me two or thieo thie times before I 1 closed my ray remarks after over several of the meui medi members apologized to mu me for his hia conduct on the ol 01 of august I 1 bad the tha pleasure of meeting prest navid david at stuart from fro m st louis we visited te gether together the tho saints and others in this vicinity receiving frambro from Bro stuart an invitation to visit in company compa compo iny kny with him the in ak t louis louia on august iee ive boa boarded hoarded 1 adea the nine fine stem haer guld en eagle and a splendid sail of miles milva down the thel great father Fathe rot f waters which we demado naad raAd eliu erld in twenty four hours time brought us to tue the geat manufacturing g city of st louis louia with ita its te teeming emin 5 population of over peo pie here hero in the heart of this thib great and corrupt city there is a small branch of the tho church the members of which always make us welcome at dt their houses the saints here meet for twice a week I 1 had the pleasure of speak lug to them on several 0 ca and have left my testimony of the truth with them on the soth of august augusi brother stuart and I 1 saw the announcement in the daily papers of the death of our beloved president brigham young although we felt to mourn the loss to the church and world of a great and good man yet jet we felt full a calm spirit of resignation while in the city of st louis I 1 had the pleasure of meeting my wife romania B who was returning to her mountain home from a two years medical coure course of studies in the east having baving graduated this summer with high honors from the 4 womans VV omans Met mec medical lical cot lege of Pennsylva pennsylvania blae hlaY at the above city bister sister pratt was joined in herjo her ber journey urney urbey by brother Tiflis tillison on wife and family who are emigrating to utah for the of bet ret with the saints my visit with president dent stuart and many of the saints and other friends in his hia district has been an agreeable and und pleasant one one never to be forgotten I 1 returned from my visit by steamer and rail to this place on last evening being made welcome at the house of bister sister C lamberto lamberts have one young lady applicant for baptism who is waiting for her unbelieving fatherty fat herto give his consent brother madson has baptized three young persons into the pittsburg branch just west of here during my absence your brother in the gospel P P Bullion New nl nesSin SILVER reee BEEF oct ath 1877 editors deseret news yesterday ye E tord lord a y WV W P eos coa express shipped nine bars of I 1 I 1 ing 13 g from 7 75 5 to lbs each the whole being valued at about ten thousand dollars this is the re bult of only afew a fow few days work of the mills owned by the leeds co and hunter goss GOBS the pioneer mill which has for some time been lying lule iuie from lack jack of power ia Is now being cleaned up and will soon beat work haring haying obtained a large new now boiler it is Js thought the engine will be ue large enough tb tty run all the machine machinery ry during the absence of the proprietor it is und un ertha dertha superintendence of capt pi F M bishop formerly of salt lake city A rich mine has recently been discovered containing horn silver in fu great amounts by A mr r al grant who has for time had charge rg of the duffan mine judge Barbe barbee ia Is working hi smine constantly and ship shipping pint pink nearly dearly 20 tons of rich pay ang ore every 24 hours A curious eurious case of taking taing thew the law in ones own hands occurred yester yeater day A mail man named boyd seel se einga nga team in iff the street the tho owner of which he bei alleged was indebted to him unhitched and drove oft off the animals with the apparent intention oe ori keeping beeping them until the debu debt was liquidated public indignation was high and boyd was promptly arrested and will be ber tried fi 19 justice justlee paddocks court coutt soon strangers are arriving every day are going ul up and knol ev everything i erly looks encouraging weather for the past month has been very pleasant plenty of clouds cloude but ho rain fruit about gone VEAD A defense of gilormo s I 1 ta a to nid hie fh editor of the cleveland beraldi her Ser aidi aldi Asan aban As an citizen and one who loves fair play and equal rights accorded to my fellow citi zens I 1 cannot but most earnestly protest against the unfair and iun lun u n ceisl ceasing ng lut lit attacks tacks of the new now york berald herald and other papers upon the mormons cormons of utah and their religion the hounding bounding down of a peaceable and industrious community of people because of a possible violation of the more wording of a legislative enactment framed to mee t an entirely differ en clasa clasp of people I 1 Is simply a childish mean i i nesa ness nesb let ils coh cof consider isIder the in anatra atea aira atra I 1 ittle little on ai qi yh merl merits ts the facts are a simply im 1 1 these fose t iose iese A small num number berof of deop people pa c bel bej I 1 evink in the religion of driven by percis persistent tent ill treatment even to the point of shameful vl olence and murder from one point to to another and finally into the then savage wilder es e s at last lust settled down at salt lake city cuy to enjoy the privilege of following the dictates of their consciences without molestation I 1 it t is not at all necessary for us to inquire into the divine paternity of their peca lir liar religion religion rell reil lion gion or the truthfulness of or of the so called miracles upon which their religion hayseen founded for few religious systems have any other kind of a foundation suffice it to know that the mormon religion in common with all other religion religions teaches leaches the cardinal truths of the golden rule and the living of honest manly lives this handful of religious fanatics if so you may be pleased to term them for such exist in all reli rell religions gioris gloris have now become a largeant large and prosperous people by their heir quiet industry and temperate lives they have turned the tini tiled wilds of the far we western sterix plains into fields of smiling plenty rhe fhe industry of their hands has added immensely and within a comparatively ively short period to the substantial wealth of the country to further persecute and finally drive out of the west such a desirable source of national wealth would be supreme folly though not personally acquainted with a single mormon I 1 will venture the assertion that the mormon settlement at salt lake will compare without discount in rood good morals and the habits that make up a thrifty and w well weil ell eli ordered community with any part of our country without knowing anything about the retaliatory acts of violence and bloodshed charged upon the mor mons iii lii lil in their early struggles for existence I 1 can 0 only ask did not the gentiles first et the example when they drove the believers in mormonism from their eastern homes and murdered their leaders without at all sanctioning violence or bloodshed for any cause bause it must bel be said in truth there are arb but few religious systems and our own christ christian lan ian religion is not one of them I 1 that can cam chow bloodless hands I 1 suppose a little litile allowance must be made for the fanatical zeal that always exists in religious lulls organizations perhaps we may judge a little more charitably by taking a view of the picture reversed suppose ourselves a small band jand of christians driven by hate ful fui ul intolerance from their eastern homes lomes by persecution and murder irom from point poin i to p point and finai final finally into the far western wilds an and even there not permitted to 11 live ve in ID 1 peaceful enjoyment of our religion would not some who are still howl bowl ing for moi mol mormon mon blood for possibly etalia ting 71 violence olence committed many years since be disposed to strike hack back occa ocea occasionally gnall i I 1 suppose however the chief point of attack is against the polygamy feature of the church of latter batter day saints but why shou d we be concer concerned ned Ded about that if one oue husband will take it upon himself to propel property aly provide comfortable homes for and kindly treat and e ducate educate the children of two or more wives who are also themselves entis satisfied nied fied and entirely contented with the arrangement why ia in the name of common sense sens enot not permit him to do 40 so I 1 can see but twp contingencies in id which forcible interference with the mormon religion might find justification they are attempt of the latter day sainta saints to compel u us 3 gentile husbands to take two or more wives or on the other hand such stich an entire monopolization of the weaker sex by the mormon husbands hus bandes as to deprive us of even one wife in either of those contingencies 1 cies cles I 1 would favor taking up arms in self defense again it is simply non sence to taik talk of oy the j spiritual slaving of the mormon wamen and their bondage that cant phrase spiritual tw bondage ildage 11 hadd v n a duty for lor all I 1 sides aides these many centuries we need not go so go far to find this spiritual bonda bondage gd shenew the new york herald devoted no small part of a editorial lately in denunciation of Mor mormonism monis m because as was stated some soma mormon husbands hus bus bands were supported by their wives vives whatever argument men there M may ay b ba a in that applies just aswell to a gen husband and wife and it husband and wileane wi feare leare to be s separated a by law for that cause causes or by reason of ill iii treatment or incompatibility of temper why not let us commence at home homo amor among g ourselves 1 the tho latter day at utah are also ridiculed in the daily press be cause they claim to be guided by A divine instruction in the government of their church but cor certainly tain that is no uncommon claim no novelty that should excite surprise 1 does not the head of the catholic church at rome home also claim claims the same guidance mr moody the evangelist of an entirely different lerent dlf dif sy system stem from the ro popes pes peb ca claims at me t to 0 i be guided aad directed even exen as to the dire direction ellon in which be shall khall s travel by i this same fame power a and nd I 1 will venture venturo to bayn say bay n that ac the Method methodist bA conference in session in cleveland Clevelan dj ap up i peals peala were made to the same game source for instruction in regard to carrying on the machinery of the church why then may way not the Mor monbo monso receive instruction from this source i Flu eln finally ailys allys the mormons cormons are aa as a class thrifty and industrious the thein icv ici c labor is of great value in develop 1 ing lug the material resources of the country they are in im to deprive ourselves of so orderly and valuable i a community by driving them out of the land because of their religion un Us would be folly let them alone korv tor work out thein their own salvation asi As i for the women of utah a candid t canvass of their wishes and condi tion would undoubtedly show them theme t 11 i beas boas conscientiously devoted to 40 their rell reil religion glow and aa as well satisfied and contented as the women of any Christ christian lail community N mohl akron sept 2 on |