Show VIRGINIA NOTES LABORS OF ELDERS ETC ST PAUL carroll co va may 1886 editor deseret news it may be that a few lines from this section of country would be read with interest among your many readers we therefore as traveling elders in the spread of truth w write you a short communication muni cation we have been laboring in the above named place now for some time and our labors thus far have been crowned with success the same principles of truth that we are advocating were preached in this part of the vineyard some forty odd years ago by jedediah Jed edlah M grant who just before leavira leaving g the geld field here conferred upon one james D dean the power and authority to preach the gos gospel tel ordaining him to the office of an ea elder er he had joined the church churco some time previous to the ordination di elder dean preached the gospel tor for a few years and at the time of the expulsion of the saints from nauvoo illinois be lost track of tue church until the field was gain again visited and revived by elders bakr bakes passe and fullmore about r six ix years ago there are twenty one adult members of the church situated in a scattered condition throughout the hills bills and mountains in this neld field and several children that belong to the parents and byall by all appearance there will several more put works with their faith in the near future some of th Saints here are trying to dispose of thear property to move to the body of the church char ond others would like to emigrate but owing to circumstances they are unable at present to do so we are holding on an average at the present time about six meetings a mouth month with pretty fair attendance tenda uce at each meeting g we meet with a little persecution once in a while which makes friends for us the more lahey oppose the more the honest hearted people think we are preaching correct doctrine for they read in toe the scriptures that if you live godly in christ jesus ye shall suffer persecution erse cution also that if we were ot of tte the world the world would love its ow own 19 etc there have been some throats threats made against us that no action as yet and we are in hopes they will see the error of their ways and turn unto the true and living godana serve him instead of serving the evil one our health is generally good and are feeling quite well spiritually also although the government is arrayed against the charch of jesus christ of 01 latter day saints we feel thankful to our heavenly father that we have been counted worthy to come forth and preach the principles of life and salvation to those that are in darkness in regard to the truth we are often made to realize the saying of the prophet recorded in jeremiah xv evl chapter xvi verse behold I 1 will send for many fishers saith the lord and they shall fish them and after will I 1 send for many hunters and they shall hunt them from every mountain and from every hill and out of the holes of the rocks I 1 after holding meeting sunday may 9 1886 in a cove near the top of the blue ridge or alleghany allegheny Alleg hany mounta mountains i n a friend of ours presented to us for our perusal a piece e in the washington post st paper per da dated ed april 28 1886 at tile the request of our friends we read the piece bece to the congregation and gave t them e the facts in ih the case and asked the privilege of clipping the same from tue paper which was granted us told the people we should the same to the editor of the NEWS and see if he would publish it and give the facts of the case so that they could hear both sides ot of the question they seemed anxious for us to do so and as we get the semiweekly semi senit weekly paper here will be pleased to see the same comm buted on and the real truth in the matter made plain hoping this will be acceptable we remain conr brethren in the cause of righteousness S L 0 W H K R so far as the washington post article referred to in the foregoing is 18 concerned the falsity of such statements as it contains has been shown over and over again in these columns if we were to take up every fabrication of that character and refute it we would have nothing else to do as falsifying the condition and affairs of utah is s a common employment some of the glaring misrepresentations of the posts unsavory dish of rubbish were replied to through the columns of that paper by dr ellen B ferguson her answer to them having been reproduced in the NEWS As it is a clear and truthful statement it ought to satisfy any reasonable person of the wilful incorrectness of the person who furnished the matter for the article whose assert assertions ious it refutes |