Show NORTH CAROLINA ITEMS con C january 15 1896 having labored as a missionary I 1 io D the southern states for the be last sixteen mont months lis I 1 thought a lew few ot of my experiences perien per lences ces would be of interest to the many readers of your valuable paper at our last conference which was balti in anderson andersen county team on the and 13 of october rider elder J N allen alien and myself were ed to labor in cherokee county north Caroli carolina nag and on the of november elder thomas cuffin tool took the place of elder allen alien during my labors in the missionary field I 1 have had bad a great many beati louies of the with truth of the gospel idd and the power of god I 1 have seen the sick raised from beds of affliction through the laying on go of at the elders eldered hands by the power of god and though the elders travel without purse puree or scrip they anever never want for the necessaries and comforts comfort of life we have gut got a groat great many friends io ID this county and some of them are among the leading men among those who have befriended us I 1 would make mention of mr W A ash and late family mr ash is a baptist preacher and a man of great influence and intellect he says that we must be a good people and a people blessed of th the eLord lord for without the blessing of the lord we could not have grown in power and influence as we have has he says ya that he will always be a friend of the Mor mons for be knows they are working for the spread of truth and the good of mankind missionary life ilia is the best place in be world for a young man to prepare himself for a useful life in the church and kingdom kim idom of gad and no one should think tile his education complete without spending two years year or more in WO the missionary field working for thu the spread of the truths of the gospel that has bas been restored to the earth in our lay day I 1 feel to thank my heavenly father that I 1 have been found worthy to be one of the many humble bumble elders who have been sent seat lorta to proclaim the restoration of the gospel in its ru full I 1 I 1 nose ever pray praying log for the spread of truth J H SEYMOUR |