| Show correspondence A 1 SPRING LAKE mich midi october 25 1884 idzior editor dese deseret et neuss wems I 1 have chave attended a very interesting conference in indiana where we bete were assigned to our different fields of labor I 1 came here for the purpose of assisting some of the saints to start f for tor or utah As the presidential election draws near the enthusiasm increases passing through indiana the cars were sometimes packed with people to attend rallies at different places As the train passed small towns crowds with hats in hand were hurrahing hur some for blaina and logan and others for cleveland and llen lien ericks urging those on the train to shout a little louder louder if possible I 1 arrived in spring lake at 12 pm thinking this would be a suitable time to enter this town as f T E olson oison and myself had been driven out of here by a mob for preaching the doctrine of christ A minister of the dutch Reform reformer eh church by the name of goldemae Gol demar took a very active part in our expulsion visiting and denouncing us and the doctrine we preached in strong terms being the leader of the mob he took it upon himself togo to go nive five miles where we had an appointment for a meeting visiting from house to house embittering em the tee minds of the people against us and our doctrines with misrepresentation and lies so that none came out to hear bear upon inquiry in regard to this man I 1 was informed that he had been crazy three weeks and had been taken away for medical treatment A passage in the prophecies of isaiah is forced on mygind my mind no weapon thatis formed against thee shall prosper and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou condemn Is 54 ia the elders of the indiana conference are active in their labors they receive a great deal of abuse and our circumstances sometimes are ve very h humiliating u mil mii milia milla militating lating ting to our proud natures nature but u t I 1 have heard none complain all ali I 1 r re loice me ce in their thein mission and feel that we have the prayers of the saints your brother in the gospel T C KING |
