| Show LABORS IN mississippi MICHIGAN CITY MISS mim march 12 1896 1898 with your four perMIN IOD we submit for publication lo in your paper a brief statement of our labora in that portion of the north alabama conference embraced in ID benton county miss while our small email in population wi aft well 1611 as aa lif id territory till still friends are not low few to whom much praise la Is due byro by reabon of their fairness intelligence and hospitality and under the WISS wine plan of systematizing our labors lab ni recently adopted by rider eider ellae bliss b kimball we beltete believe a groat great work is being accomplished by the elder throughout the homb zeal and sue owe ea characterize their labor jabore while courage tempered with spirit urge them on the plan of the various water confer once enoe pro visiting each pair of 1 I eljer in their respective counties coun tiec some looie eight or ton ten days day has baa been adopted with a view of their holding is a series of inspiring among the be peo people and also alo of offering counsel and encouragement to the elders in pursuance of said laid plan after mingling a few days among their many friends in county elders bird murphy and albert matheson came to share the of the boots of friends here bore remarkable though it way may appear the ern people have begun to respect our elders iu in no small mall degree doubtless appreciating our efforts to t overcome error by truth the divine command of our master love thy neighbor at ac thyself ii PP P they see Is largely exemplified in our numble humble efforts to cit couvert ivert the world to truth tor for believing our mission to be divine we willingly lor nake all if neef necessary and we present mankind with the gospel of christ where can be found a greater gift than eternal lilt life it to la great not seen nor ear beard neither hut ht it entered into the heart of mantha man abi things which god hath bath prepared ared lor for them that love jove him 11 1 1 and where among mortals mortal is a g greater eater friend thau than he who surmounting with untold fortitude the great mass mase of traditional prejudice will toil with energy to present man with a salva tion such as an alloise gud god hath bath pru pro vided aided tor for him today our elders so far se as we ame can observe are honored guests among the most respectable classes of the autt we are otten often embarrassed so profuse profiler esthe is the courtesy accorded us ad representatives senta tives of a people who a few y year ears since alnee were considered so ao ui worthy accordingly our breth rem rea were met with open arms araug many people flocking around thern desiring to grasp their hands in frient ship and coming trona from miles around tu to attend out our meetings not a few ot of them mom shed tears team as the soul hamde rang on the air the question with us was not can we hold a few meetings among this people but it was how coin we spare the time lime to satisfy the apparent insatiate desire oi of the people for meetings gt 10 our first visit was wait to the mt hebron neighborhood where an meril for one meeting bati bad been made notwithstanding the rain troubled ut UK somewhat three meetings were hold held and marked attention was paid leaving these friends the four of UP took a fifteen mile jaunt arriving arrivi tig at ai the hamer settlement where a beasi n ot six meetings was held bold oui bearers extending to us tbt most liberal hospitality and urgent invitations to remain among them froni from thence to the wheeler farm and ana in the happy hollow neighborhood we repaired the interest of the people continuing unabated while anile we nelves ou felt grateful to our heavenly father to be a honored with the privilege of thua teaching this ibe gospel though our work was waa somewhat Bome what to re carded by the bad weather we boo beu seventeen meetings ano and succeeded succeed ea we bave reason to believe in arousiag t u spirit of investigate 0 among many i f ibe be people though good results ma nut immediately follow our labors jaborn j tbt aeed that has be been sown will t come day up yle joing ROU goo aults aud the tb visit from our brethren will over ever remind us that bat success in oui ful work can be at attal ad only by deter effort put lurth in humility I 1 before parting from us we were met at the edge ed of marshal county by elders charles L haight anu thorn thomas rich with whom so val meeting were held bold ind a moet moat baj benjoya ble time had bad the people of benton t mostly engaged in farming generally speaking ape abin the moll la Is good and able prosperity attends the me people so tar our winter has baa been extremely mild already some of the tress tree are putting forth their buds bude and aad the farmer a observed in the field knocking down corn and cutton stock plowing the land which soon will receive he precious seed we have visited many ol of the old plantations which ata still largely peopled by the neen whose song rodg rings the air with peculiar melody as be follows ta she plow A singular sio aliD gular people they are in dee I 1 we have had bad the pleasure of holding bolding two meetings among them the theland mand liand wu we were rather amused at the religious enthusiasts as they groaned their approval ot of the given in somewhat the following manner dala idalla jea as so BO 10 yes deed its ita dala good kibe gibe us ue some mo 9 nobody andi say eay dat dai aint religion Is benl med we are often told of the superior musical talent and we were favored with a display of it a few nights ago while boking to and adl fro i t their seats beating time to the music with their feet la in their way they sang gang a variety of songs one ran something on thia wipe wife it rained all day an it rained all de night and washed do d pol po sinners clean out weight an de good lord oh yes fea de good lord I 1 one oae hodg undoubtedly a business NOUIC employed largely during the protracted meeting season ran let me tell you yon make you yon tickle lome come along bradder bif de elders eiders nickle an leber will I 1 turn lurn back 0 my lord I 1 let me tell yoa make you yon hollow tome lome along brud bradder cler birde de elders dollar an leber will I 1 turn back 0 my good lord t P ever t f eling elid to preys forward in the burk of love loto we remain your brethren WILLIAM PARDON and jus JOB W MUSS gla |
