| Show OL mim nn aire nixon hard county enn 1 jutie lath 11 editor deu Des deserea cerel news brother bateman and I 1 left week ley county tenn teun about the middle of april fo rhady grove conference called for the jhb ori orl of aprily taking ero cro cioll tie tle etire farea a portion of the di dis dia i tance and over and hoi bol li ollow lowe lowb and undulating portions of benton and aud counties end approximating miles in this thia journ journey ey wo we were well paid meeting by together exchanging ideas and re calving the excellent counsel of prest john morgan who was in at ten dance danco on that occasion occa sioni aw the kind treatment and hospit hospitable abild je xe j e our Elderie yby by the saints in that county will long ibe kemem bared rici airi ri ri was sent in company with elder george bartholomew to fill an BT at point polut ment in alabama something over oven loo miles milea in nive five days and filled the appointment and held several meetings besides beside in that state on the arrival of brother brothers liun saker and thatch thatcher or my comrade and I 1 have pushed westward into to hardin county a n nsw naw sw field and held some eight or ten meetings 1 with tolerable buc kuc success cess one oi or two mini ministers sterA have seen sean fit to advertise us through the of the pulpit and on one occasion we took the middle of the road for if sar under the spreading limbs limbs of 61 igodt gods first temples t on decoration Decor atron da day we visited the pittsburg rai Lai sanding landing iding or abbo shiloh cemetery to tb witness the de dg f ration co of graves of sold soldiers dra tra killed in in an netlon action of the la lato late toi tol civil ebli war took place an on t the 14 t ath and ath 7 tit of w r april passed over oven the shiloh battie battle battleground gr aund tind aind and near to tu the tho tree where the prave gep W albert his is last adyln dying from the effect atif a wound and passed from fizia ilfe life til nto ato death on the evening of the gathof 1 april which caused a lull duil ae tha s 1 action or if lf 11 i il S reached 06 at 10 am m i 9 and after refreshing ourselves f the pump we entered with 9 thoughts and uncovered heads while r the beautiful lines of gra graves ig elegy ia a country IT up t to 9 A 1 1 I 1 our lips 7 y r IH pt I 1 J the wha boast tot of b heraldry and rid fia 0 pomp ert ort and all that bufty buty li ii all nil 11 ero ere re I 1 3 eaver gave i 9 johi ir fad w pj tt t await alike tho inevitable e hinr h ir r clie T paths of ct gory gior lea iea lead il bu T jo alo arave grave on our ur right set in a largo large rock vc stands a huge cannon with the fol foi alti ra lowing owing inscription tu gru SNadon B abr abl cemetery established 1866 un ai known 2361 i kotali 1 lac lai ac I 1 interments inter ments this teus thoi thol tale of the severity of tho the egli t U marble marbie headstones with name tiame a trite iv aad company inscribed indi cata eata i those known while numbered blocks tf f show the place of those unknown we ve wandered through f grounds i which aret are beautifully ao 10 loal 1 bated 0 on n a overlooking and pulli fo gently sloping towards the Tennes qi lr w v see river balloon shaped trees and r shrubs arel dotted hero here and there i and the grounds covered grass the annual cost coat for keeping I 1 c it up Is 1400 which ia a paid by the i ai government ij fir it figu fi i 0 f min general smith of memphis a participant in the battle was theli tb eli ell ebi i graton orator of the da day and gaye gave sommer corner if i very interesting data ia in regard to v wr wi the engagement on that memora memorable bier bler bor por vf M 41 occasion umber number of union troops troop gwi swi IT it L in the aret days action con LJ federates federal federal re reinforce in force F w er t the evening of the ath rr ige f under gen buell buelli on thoi morning orning nj of the tho ath the southern i army hegan began a blow x towards 1 1 i corinth i leaving about 2000 of theirl theiry ri A number slain slain glain i i u num numbers erff of these were buried burled e promiscuously and lna ina ti uj J hi the thet engagement became ge general ueral 1 ilaw luaa they were wert buried in heaps aboul about two gaut vaut yavi miles west pf af the where 1 1 I many of their bones bonca lie bleaching in i rf di the ta hot rays of a southern sun ri r i one cannot but remark why this differenced fforence are they not ajl all alabona 11 sona sons sons Bona t J of colu columbia abla 1 W who big hig faught nobly if they were in erron error J I 1 leave this thia as food for reflection owing to the fda roi 1 y noise a bodding hod bod ting singing laughing f f AU u and talking we heard but altale of i what was said and find we looked in vain V T forthe for the decor decoration atlon of the graves and r i we left feeling a lack of the spirit of lon ion lt Q god od and of union or love and real cr r zing that if ever therel there was a tume time jef jei ewt when the gospel was needed just now is that time i we are doing our utmost with a i 1 full reliance on our heavenly father i to cast the bread of truth upon the rl waters hoping they will return ai at ter many days heavily injen with no fis precious fruit and though wo wet are T r perplexed yet not in despair desp air ajr perse aon non aou a i ou n buted but hut not forsaken jphn but not des troy ed 11 we feel god h i i lial nn has been ditl v 1 1 i lebin if our good pe oili at homet homer auld n y ii 0 only realize how now muel much i good I 1 oun ouri our i utah papers and pamphlets lets are aa as assistant assistants s idour in our fields of laborde labor labo we viii etim ft feel hatim satisfied fled fied tb that fut we would receive a a roll from some of aam ilow tiow and n then ill 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 t 1 w yours in the gospel jq B R G I 1 m lii A 41 1 1 V GEO e va r i it f 1 t 17 i |
