Show IN THE NORTHERN STATES LYONS burt cou county nty neb jan thinking a low lew lines from this part of the lard lards s vineyard would be of interest to we the readers of your valuable paper we subscribe the following I 1 J H cook having been called to fill a mission to the northern Nort bero states batee left my home at thurber wayne county august 29 1892 reached salt lake city september ath was set apart on the eth and after purchasing a ticket for council bluffs on the eth took the union pacific train iraln after two sleepless nights an a crowded car ire I 1 robed reached my destination and was kindly received by mr halladay and family I 1 also alao met with B othera marshall and pletcher Fie oher tober for a month I 1 stayed a brother Hancie ks land and was waa treated as one of thel their own sons BOOB till conference con forene s when we received much good instruction I 1 was wai appointed to labor in connection with elder bider 8 A bunker of Bun bunkerville kerville nevada being ap pointed to labor in burt comaty nebraska we arrived in decatur oct eth but it was wai some time before wo we could awaken an interest in the people t we met with some opposition such euch as a how about polygamy and the mountain meadow massacre and many other similar questions question which we answered we soon allayed much prejudice and finally got a bear ing which resulted in huoh good and we soon added three more souls to the true fold we attended conference at council bluffs march 1894 which was wag a happy meeting we were again appointed to the same field of labor where we continued holding me meetings e 13 11 as and calling the people to repent repentance s D 0 e we attended a methodist camp revival and the preacher orea oher bit us bard he said that we were that mat strong delusion that was wag sent in the land to deceive the people eople that joseph smith wax was st false prophet and the book of mormon a lie and a mixed up fabric we went tu him after meeting was out and told him we would meet him before the public and compare our doctrine with tile his taking the bible for a guide ami lot let the people decide who was right he refused to meet leei us and the news newe was circulated that the preacher was waa afraid to meet the mormons cormons Mor mons there were bout about fifteen hundred ork the ground from that on we had many friends rod and houses weis were thrown open for us to preach in and we continued the glad tidings we attended conference at council bluff dept which was a happy greeting BB as there thare were five elders who hati had just juat arrived from our moun lain homo home after much good instruction was given we were appointed to our fields of labor I 1 being called to labor in conato connection tion with elder eider henry li mcmullin Mo Mullin of heber wasatch aou county oty in the tame iame old field nehru debrae ka we left council bluffy sept reached our oar destination the same day and commenced our labors labois we visited a german agerman town twenty five miles west want of the missouri river where we experienced two nights out without food or shelter we this fast day as we had not fasted for some time we thought of what the savior said aid rho foxes have holes boles and be birds of the air have nests but the son of man hatki hath not where to jay his head P P we thought we would visit that part again in warm weather and bear our testimony to the truth of the and aad give them another chance to reject us we were assailed aasal led by a lutheran just previous to our holding meeting there and he said it cost the me lutheran JLuther an church thousands of dollars dollar to keeps keep a preacher prea pro oher sabor in utah to rec reclaim latua the people that we had converted we asked him if their preacher had much out there and his answer was em no we bade him goodbye and he went off mad scratching big hi head bead and we went on our way rejoicing we are now laboring on the black b bird ird about two miles from we the omaha indian agency in the northern part par of we have many friends frienda who rho are willing will loie to investigate our and we are in hopes hope that the good seeds bedi that are being own aown will jake ake root and bring forth much fruit we have seven ee ven members mem ben and we expect to see eee a branch organized here bore in the near future ever praying for the welfare of zion we e remain yours JOSHUA H COOK HENRY HENKY li MCMULLIN lN |