Show DOING president Pre aident H B parrish elders yum g S anderson 8 ThOMP thompson SOD M myself have been laboring for time hereabout two iwo of us holding meetings gf i in the oak grove and apparently with suc ce while our brethren were WOrk arbing ilag in tle the adjoining counties meeting however with much appo alt HOD dOll we have been conducting meetings in this locality for fifteen months ont hs and have held some sixty ilk we had a baptism service appointed for the of f june in the a methodist preacher jhb who was also holding meetings in lue same church fixed sunday the y for a religious election to ide by vote whether or not we use the church the vote W ats unanimous against us ha having v 1 9 bell tt carr ed by members cf var various io lus nominations nations from far and near 11 friday june a mob of about out forty men well armed wlm with shotguns and clubs made 4 raid aid 0 on n the home of our friend H deput Gi gerbut on their arrival the birds bad ad flown taking refuge in the wood bous 8 thus the would be robbers were we foiled in their designs the day y following they marched up and down wn the creek with guns on their with the avowed anten tion wn of shooting ting the first one who went ot into the water to baptize any ady of the people peo P le of that county they 0 o ahrea threatened ened to take our lives if we did not immediately leave on taa h evening of the we found this 8 notice c stuck up on the roadside air warning fair warning we hope pe all mormon a will dw stand what we mean the armona or mona shall ahall go away at once we e have given warning enough aw ditl jw have now given the last any an caught harboring such lani nila shall have twice the dose the cormons mormons Mor mons do we do not wish to hart urt or injure any ady one if you wip will old your peace now the li having had our lives thus threat ened and also those of our friends having been hunted from place to place as though we had committed murder we now deem it prudent to leave our enemies to the mercy of him who overrules everything for the accomplishment of his will and purposes following the sacred instruction st when they persecute you in one place flee ye into another the health of the elders is quite as good as can be expected in this malarial country the crops as a rule look well DAVID LUSK choctaw co alabama july 3 1890 |