| Show GREETINGS FROM mississippi 6 mil sept 1895 my elder W T detmon and slider charles haight spent nearly two months montha with us while ou on a v vaca sea tion from their labors labora in Alabama and lister later elder bider william pardoe frond from your city joined them they made my house bousu their home billy 7 re its we always called him and elder kinight held one gand visited around among big kindrea and sowed the feeo of truth wherever opportunity offered several desired baptism and when that fact became known a perfect uproar ol of opposition sprang up and took possession of nearly all classes A notice was posted up at the methodist church warning the elders to leave but they did not scare worth a cent the crate know knew very well abb elders bad some friends who were fearless men whom it would not bp sat sal to they changed tactics ta otice and swore out an affidavit to have them arrested for preaching seditious dc d c trine etc the elders getting wind of it in time returned to their fields of labor in alabama and belld elidea elided id the of the law jaw all kinds of gossip has been indulged in and as usual the preach ere era take he be lead the burden of the baptist prea preachers cherYs ais course on last saturday was for an ide increase rease in his hie salary he wished to have more time from bis bin ti secular ocular labors at home io 0 o he be could give more of his bis time to visit and look alter after dif die affected mem members bore basald be said that some ol of the members or of nis ain church were im biding false doctrine he scouted the idea ol of angela or now new revelations in these dayt at the name time holding out the bible at arms length bet he said this Is gaall all the revelation esry and all that god will ever civil and he be quoted for a proof text what the savior said while expiring on the crues cross it je ie finished jl I 1 am now an old man 72 years of age and I 1 do nut not remember of over ever hearing bearing a man shoot so wide ot of the mark it if the reverend gentleman did but know it not a syllable blo of tue new testament was at that time writ written teul but the wisest and mba learned men in the sectarian world sometimes miss mine the mark as widely as we ignoramus when dealing with the things of god from a human standpoint after the reverend gentleman got through with his discourse we opened up conference for the transaction of such business as might come up for consideration among the items of importance was one relating to mormonism one ot of its members wh it ie by the way a preacher arose and delivered himself about as follows brother brollier moderator Modera tur there la in some nome 0 our members that think they have found a now new and better wai way to heaven where they dont don t have to repent etc they say that christ went and preached to the spirits in prison ano this to Is something they don dont know any more about than a hog I 1 the bible does say may some thing about his preaching to some prisoners and I 1 run the reference and it means hell bell etc etc and they say something about bap baptizing baptising xing for the thedeas dead etc I 1 move that a committee be appointed to go and pee fee them hem and you go home with me bro moderator anu we will go over and see one of them that dun dont believe there is any arm it hi dancing and we can convince her etc and much more of the same import whereupon the moderator ap pointed this preacher prea ober and another one alro aho to see we the men med and two sister shetera to wait waft on the smitten st elat aters erg what the outcome will be remains to be seen been we are few in number oember herband here and surrounded as we sire are by sectarianism we crave the faith and prayers of god people that our faith fail ail nut not when assailed ageal led by brattle forces forcee argeo on by satanic influences we are in want of more literature ol of the faith promoting aeriel if this sketch meets with your jour approbation and is i in in your excel leot lent journal you may bear from me again after the meeting of the baptist association which meets meeta to in this abl community next mouth mormonism niem will be apt to be aired on that occasion W P DOTSON P 8 As I 1 failed to send this to you at the proper time I 1 will send it now and hope it will not be too late although it has baa been written for nearly two month no 0 action has baa as aj yet been taken laken by be ibe baptist church I 1 imagine they it too great a task anti and too they got a little of their hasty action H P D nov Nova 22 1895 |
