| Show f i i i dij fil ELDEnS elders KIMBALL A AD ley a AO COUNT or OF IN THE OLD vold DOMINION at r I 1 I 1 U this g gehad we had the pleasured rc ine lne eting epting arnd annd fohn greeting elders eldens newel ewel jr i Kimbal land lahd john yohn E the for mer a seii df the latel 1 C and the latter iatter a son odthe of the late bishop edwin both ro turned returned last evening por poi the tiie D alt ail fr G braid traid tr airi from ther southern out heiri state irom m which faission iuis lais sion slon they were vere yi ere released relea relba seel at the thelast last cd conference nf held heid on the oth and aud of lider ilder kimball iett left here October dist and went diree direct to t hatta chatta libo 4 I 1 tennessee tenne 1 abee where he was assigned by president morgan W virginia virtinia fondia anal Is redIn bogedin bo that state the tbt tb time h ho afes wb avay he baptized baptised bid bed eleven souls assisted in I 1 burteen 1 other othen bap timms and t traveled a e I 1 ed counties countie ta taking k i n g in ithe the northwestern northa estern estera and sou southwestern son hwe s tern portions of the state he labored first with elder eider howard coray in smith and bland counties andaas there abbul six m months nth rth s but as it wak was wah ad anold amold worn out aela xela neld he saw but little results of 01 his labors I 1 elden eiden the latter part of the url uri time e chehad elder eider cpr george A biglow to td travel with he ibs pbs then thell assigned to tor pulaski Pu laki IV wythe athe and I 1 giles Count countiss Counti hs lits in cord comm pany aay with his biot blot brother brothen hr jonathan G E but tit though new fields the they in met et wun little success but considerable bad treatment 11 no violence resulted buethe were we e often threatened lle ile he lie next ne at w at ni with elder joseph smith tao to aw w geld nield field bin niu n bath county in pet pei rth west they and established e a branch I 1 thelmet They rhey h in met et opp 0 il stion here but it iu ad as is generally the base babe case cabe i he was then r called to er th eVirginia conference i and add went into ans alb herst county with his brother ia hyrum rum where ho h staid three months or of his experience in that region our readers are already informed by rex e x tracts letters letti lettl ars arg published m the NEWS amherst Amli amil erst county is now the thriving field inthe in the state since February it was opened by 1 elders Elder sJ J T JG kimba il and 0 A welsh there thene had bl been eeli 31 baptisms the time bur bui insor mant left elder hyrum if kimball kimba W is I 1 now laboring there wit witha excellent results an and aud M with eider elder lamoni C car cau had ei eight or baptisms ten ta tt 1 at last accounts after being called to preside pre sidd elder kimballs elm eim balls balis labors were gen general erllin in character until he was released to fd return home elder Woolley left lett here the IT th of october 1882 and was also assigned to virginia he hd labored first with elder elmr J ohn john E EC carlisle arlisle in Taz tazewell awell and md dowell counties but only a few weeks an and dInet met with ho a ile lie then went ent with elder biglov into the tho counties east of bedford and frank franklin lin tin and south of the james river a district embracing twenty six ax counties they labored there 14 months but were treated nith great indifference baptizing none though they called upon priests and abd laymen judges ad citizens of prominence but received little encouragement coura gement from them ed permission to preach in two churches churchea during the time elder Woolley next attended tile the calif conference erenee in september when he was released Hean deider dalder biglow were mobbed in isle isie of wight county by a band of twenty men armed with whisky bottles and pistols both loaded thuy ahr emptied the former in sight of the meetinghouse meeting house where the breth brethren reh reb were werd about I 1 to eb commence preaching and wen then came camei up to the house but were prevented from breaking ng up the meeting by y of the tue prose cubit the county magistrate anda anca DT dr duck ducic who wha warned them of df the mhd consequences consequence and they reluctantly desisted resisted des isted fraise th esel brethren corroborate the fhe re ports given by otner returned mission arles arie of the flattering prospects in the state of virginid virginia buu but the feeling of opposition is increasing correspondingly especially among the ministers the saints hayd the spirit ot gathering and there juite quite an emigration next spring A most ost 0 of f those who have lately joined the church chure h are in pretty nood good circumstances con the poverty of their surround ings lugs 1 1 |
