| Show f for atte LABORS IN TENNESSEE benners Ten ners may 27 1895 the work of the lord la Is progressing nicely here bere in ID the tae middle tennessee Tenne aae conference we are making mana kind friends lenda fr both with the rich and ana poor some of the people deem it a privilege to have bare us stay with them as they say lay there is ie som thing about us 08 bat abat they admire anu an it wins their love and respect reaped we hau had a very striking atri king ILc incident ident of this the other day we made the acquaintance of a family and stayed with them all dal daj anu when we went to leave them they crl crit d and pleaded for ns as to come again this to once instance among many that we could tell of how the E ead dra d ra are looked up to as men of god the people can we see that there to is about a mormon elder eider or ministers as we are callet called that ther ii I 1 not about other men or of the same pr ofelon we as the servants vanta of ono god know whence this abla influence cornea comes and we feel tot ive the honor bonor where it to ia due it is a marvel in our eyes to ot et I 1 how bow the lord to 10 the be ol 01 the people so BO that we can get before them the message we bear as it surely to Is one of importance to them we W otten often tell them we are more interests in their Bil stIv atlon than ban aney are them tbt m selve elves and the day is ia not far ar dickant dit laut when they wil wi i have to acknowledge go it A servant of god who is ia in the he line of his hie duty feela sorry to see gee the aou the people are in toey they seem to be honest and sincere in their form of worship and one jady remarked remark ej to us ua the other day that if she wan wall lost joet it will not be her fault we had bad to tell her br that even sincerity alnie rity would not exalt a gereon in the kingdom of god blod and quoted the wortis of tot savior my doltrice etrice do crine to Is not mine but hr his that L ent lent mf me if any man wit wil do his hia will he be shall know of the doctrine whether li be of god or i speak of myself our time i is sp ep spot ot nl in going from bouse boom to house bouee distributing tracts aw an hol holding dirig meetings wherever we cai gt get a chance both in public and vate vale houses we are safe to in wore there are over fifty private burbes tu in which we can bold mertin Le aud and wt w shall do so when we d dem nom it wisdom window we invoke the blessings of god on tot tb people where they are throwing their doors open to up uc so BO that we ef go ge the gospel bore b fore ore then them and there art are very lew few who refuse to take out our literature we find some of the blood of israel in this county as we hav baptized eight saints recently and a number more are converted but bui haven it yet had the courage to face a cold and frowning world we often meet up with the ministers of the day and ata rule they treat us kindly we met up with an ex preacher a imholt time ami he told us that ne he boo bail been preaching for thirteen years but bad become disgusted with ity and left the church be was identa fled fied with he be then joined the Catti olic church 11 as they were the church in existence we to him the universal apo apostasy stacY aid taught him that there bupt of alty be a restoration which won iraa the he message we ire bed bad to deliver to him he H lid id this more removable reMO Dable than ban bing he b had ever board beard or out our prayer go up dally daily for the be no ble sons of zion who are bearing the be good news new to the inhabitants lob abitanto of the abc world aid pay fay gd 0 id bleu bless them in the noble cause cadee we are org engaged aried io ia the to is always a we welcome visitor to us up and is doing lots lota of 01 good wherever it 1 to sent your tour brethren and H A |
