Show IN WEST VIRGINIA A Slander slanderous gus preacher editor how bow the truth is opposed LAWSON raleigh co W va june jane 1888 editor deseret news summer has set in here and the sun begins to show his po power er by parching up the earth scorching the grassani grass gras sand and driving darivin people who are not compelled to endure us its burning rays under the grateful foliage ot of the forest trees there Is no stint of timber in this neighborhood chicory beach walnut chestnut several varieties of oak and sugar maple being the principal varie vane tits ties the country is mountainous the level ground lying along the streams which run ran through narrow valleys between the mountains the territory about here wis As once entirely bovere covered id with tini berand THE ONLY OPEN SPACES to tobe be found now have been cleared by man with great labor for or farming purposes anere if is no irrigating done here the farmers depending entirely upon the aralas ralas to mature their crop indeed if they desired to use the west ern method of watering their thad r land they could not for two reasons the are areat fit er part of the farming land lies on the mountain sides in ia some places so steep that it would make our farmers weary to look at it and the streams which a month a ago 0 were roaring rivers have dwin dwindled dle d down till they are now mere sluggish streamlets stream lets which would be useless for irrigation purposes even on level land the soil does not yield nearly as much grain to the acre as does that oi of Uta hand surrounding states and territories ri and the farmers who are very very industrious men are compelled to labor with energy in order to make a livelihood along the lazy creek may be seen the festive turtle in variety numerous water snakes which grow to a remarkable size and a peculiar species of liz hazard zard there are a great many black snakes here though harmless having no fangs frequently charge in in in an unpleasant manner upon the traveler as he wends bends his way through the brush A person sot not knowing THIS would think his bis time had bad come indeed ln deel should one of them approach him the rattlesnake and the still more venomous copperhead may also be seen been gliding stealthily through the grass the climate here from what I 1 can learn is a goodseal good ideal deal like that of utah but milder in winter though the thermometer ranges about the same ini in summer the heat beat is W ach more oppressive the altitude is much lower here and the air is heavy and damp of cour course all the latter day saints saint like to learn how the work of the lord Is progressing it to is doing well in this field at present there are quite a number r of intelligent industrious andi and earnest saints in this ibis part oart of the vineyard ard with good prospects of additions in a the near future as many are gating it la interesting to note the auger the spleen the un unchristian chriatian malice and intense hatred which some of the preachers here show toward the work of god and his servants who are proclaiming the glad tidings ot ol great joy THESE MEN professing to be ministers of the gospel e I 1 of christ devote sabbath after 91 sabbath a abath in standing before their congregations gregat ions reading from the books bbous written by the vile and unprincipled WM aca jarman and his like against the latter day saints at the same dame time they and aad every avery intelligent person who hears bears them knows they are the basest falsehoods not only do they read from these books for hours bours at a time but they will declare at the close of their meetings that they know wait they have readis read is true and to use the words worda of burns barns and more most terrible and awful which een to name would be unlawful fu one of these preachers runs a publication bli called the free will IRA baptist herald the columns of which oxe are devoted almost entirely to rehashing falsehoods aga against I 1 not our people some of these lies are very venerable hilving having been disproved years ago to the satisfaction of every honest mind who has baa investigated THE POOR CREATURE who edits this conc concern erm aiso takes pains to write letters to some of the here who formerly belonged to used to contribute to the editor v preacher I 1 when he went out to divine tor for money and teach for hire he pictures up op the terrible things that will befall them when they go to zion 91 and nd works hard to discourage those who have rejected the gospel of men and embraced the gospel of our lord and savior jesus christ it is amusing to see the alarm of oc these folse false teachers when a mormon elder makes his bis appearance int a new field in places where these preachers have not held forth for months because the people would not pay them enough for f 0 their man made effa ef fusions when oll one of our elders ar riv esthese rivest bese disciples of confusion rush up not to preach the gospel but to vilify and abuse the mormons cormons Mor mons these poor fellows dont know that they are helping us to spread the gossi pel and that their unholy efforts are having ving the opposite effect to what they intend it causes people to commence TO investigate who would perhaps sot not notice us ug there is no danger of these slanders injuring the gause cause of truth the honorable and I 1 just people will not believe them and we dont care whether others believe beleve them or not the editor above mentioned says he be is going to continue his warfare against the elders till there to is not one left la in west vir virginia inia thank goodness the people of west virginia have more respect for the constitution of our country and tor for law and justice than the scribe who issues his little piping organ of at vituperation and slander As the little stone which was cut out of the mountain without hands bands gathers strength and rolls forth it shakes up the sectarian ideas of the world and sends terror to the hearts of those whose crafts are in danger they may wAy A fight we t against it all they choose but the day is not far distant when the little stone will fill the whole earth while the wicked dread that time the just look forward to it with joy A AM M |