| Show PREACHING THE GOSPEL ANACONDA montana aug 1896 eider cowley and I 1 have concluded our work in this part of montana and in the morning we take the 9 a m montana northern train for helena montana allow us ua through the NEWS to offer many thanks to those who have so ao kindly ministered to 0 our u r wants thanks be also to god W who 0 has baa beard the humble t and ana beheld the tears of a once most moat grievously grievous y misrepresented people i so little under stood in ia their true light I 1 tog for one speak feelingly and know angly on the above subject ubert and have toe the documents to show the fact but bu t 0 9 how changed the happy change has changed god moves in a mysterious way his hia purpose to fulfil fulfill again we thank the press of butte and anaconda for their liberality and fox for the fairness with which they have represented us as an a people and the liberal notices of our meetings to in the butte city auditorium and churches and act the lyceum hall in anaconda we also owe thanks to the hon mayor william thompson of batteford Batte for favors bestowed he opened the beautiful city auditorium orium for the first mordou ever holu held in this city we do not borget poster pastor C W pool of the christian church for courtesies bestowed and for the invitation to his hie pulpit and the fairness with which he be represented our cause and us elder pool feels his big foundation is not very shaky neither easily overturned the baptists baptista also were very liberal and kind to 0 no as and have our thanks and so no many strangers too numerous to mention who have so kindly entertained ur u on leaving lima butte and anaconda in our hearts we thank each and all who were kind to us and also aleo thank god and ask his blessings upon all out our health to is pretty good considering the amount of sulphur ur smoke and arsedio inhaled and bad water con fumed now a few words regarding our g work since last week rewrote we wrote the NEWS after our successful meetings at the butte auditorium our quartet and president rieke of ban nook stake accompanied us to oil fill an appointment previously made at ana ada condo where we were announced by the he Start standard dard of that place and by hand band billa the meeting was suddenly changed from the to theL yoeum hall bull ot of Anacon daland by the way it proved more than favorable lot for on the short notice we had nearly enough people at our large hall to oil the church three times the large grow crowd d were very much interested and the press spoke favorably of the meetings as well as elder eider rieke ricks and the q quartet ctet from idaho after the doua departure of the singers we continued our meetings in the hall and hold held a private meeting and organized a branch of the church of jesus jeans christ of latter day saints in AMOC anaconda ODds with elder bider augustus short as presiding bluer and alexander mcfarland Mo Farland anti ana james thorp as bis big counselors bidhu call was made superintendent superia of at the sunday school with edward A ward and ellou ellen matilda mcneal as we ordained two eld era baptized four and re baptized two others blessed four children and aed instructed the presiding eider to enroll all members about forts tort and report to elder T E rieke bloke of bannock stake idaho we learned from elder rieke ricke that through gli the ad vice of the presidency the bannock stake were to send three or four mis m le gion sion aries to look after the bant of lima and anaconda and to preach the gospel to the ibe people on the ranches and in the country small towns towne there la Is plenty of work to do for several bidets who are prepared to have patience and perseverance and are willing to go in way places on foot from house to house to teach preach and distribute tracie lor for now is ia the accepted time to sow eow and trust to the lord lora for the reaping time on fast day clay we held a fast and a confirmation meeting down the valley among Morri sites josephites Josep bites and others who opened a small church and invited us to preach in it there we found friends who entertained us from there we went down the valley to racetrack and deer lodge there are utah people some of whom belong to the josephites and some who no 10 net know to what they belong no doubt there are some of the house of ephraim who axe longing for to hear bear the voice of the Shep shepherd bord and who when they do bear it know the voice now we leave these parts for other fields of labor EDWARD M MH H COWLEY |
