Show THE SPIRIT THE murderous spirit which caused the massacre of latter day saints on cane creek hickman county tennessee suffers no abatement but continues if possible to intensify and spread the gospel in its power by the savior having been restored the results are the same dame now as anciently in every respect the world hate the saints with all the bitterness that was manifested against the primitive church blessed are the saints because of this diabolical antipathy and because all manner of evil is spoken of them falsely on account of their adoption of what god has offered them the increase of the of persecution is an evidence of the nearness of the visitation of fearful judgments upon the wicked men nien may mock and sneer at such predictions but as the lord lives the truth of what is now being stated will dawn upon them at no distant day apropos with this subject we present the following midway wasatch boutah co UtAh december loth issi editor deseret wems meus I 1 am in receipt of a letter irom from philip phi lip M coleman of springville Spring ville st cla cia clair ar co alabama where I 1 was some time since called to labor as a missionary sio nary and where wo we succeeded in a baptizing several souls building a meetinghouse meeting house ore org organizing a branch ot of the church and a sunday school leaving brother coleman as presiding elder I 1 am informed by nim him that some time since a number of religious iou s people of Df that vicinity aa around the meeting house a little after dark and burned it down the incendiaries also left a notice that if the saints did not discontinue holding meetings mee mec tins and und nd sunday school the mob would next use powder and buckshot buck shot those who committed the then went into the woods and shoe one of brother colemans Co lemans cows they have also made threats and ef forts to do the brethren harm in other ways but had so far tar failed in their wais wals evi evl evil attempts the people of that vicinity have now invited brother coleman to assist them to pay their preacher and take a part with them in their worship or hunt another land al M A ampey EMPEY |