Show NEWS FROM FLORIDA wa co fla HILL gig january 1897 Z from the land S 4 perhaps a lew few notes I 1 will not be amiss since tei raAth T 1806 we have been traveling p elders in washington yeo our field is is large counties ties Sd Cisi Calhoun houn coun necessitating a 18 coarsely soar sely settled be walking people are t cleal of in and interested in us our ne more want us to leave karine Kt rine some even with monthly appointments and churches are bouses little school hool books and our awa to us ass mss opeo open eagerly read in this part are w treat e js is little or no opposition lewith with wl respect a and nd they in return are to us by going ig without money upon P the th lord eLord we beket get wt depending and a good bed every i to eat turned turn ed the hearts of the tte e lord has and we in our weak ole toward ard us them the gospel of taught chave e twelve accepted our message BM I 1 baptized baptize ed one of them a bap were have minister ister many more applied future prospects I 1 making baptism m saints and friends ol of the abt some disappointed anted because returning e are stert have not writt written en to them as they asked we are frequently of certain elders become ut has I 1 write rite and have not done atey agreed to W la in our bonfe conference rence are twenty eight elders energetic acly ly laboring for the not long since our of truth troth elder worthy conference president joaeph A west was obliged to aura wura home because of richness sich ness months he was three thre e or over confined Coo fined d to his bed and yet he twe much wise counsel and directed W affairs ol of the conference to good we greatly miss him and Adv advantage antar his loss however we are by no means without a leador leader elder frank cutler succeeds him president of our conference all PA as Ns time is spoilt spent traveling among the balers rs preaching to the people on saturday day december lath 1896 he organized a sunday school with forty ibers at westville holmes county brother cc hampton mayo was appointed su superintendent with brother andrew Bo fenian as his assistant about sixteen were baptized in that vicinity persons summer mer by elders I 1 joseph larson a and nd gard edward L black mr r 1 L corn let lair kindly I 1 y donated an acre of ground ogba which the saints and friends now have a new meeting house in course of erection more elders are coming in ananew and new courties are being opened our aim is to improve in every line upon last years work the climate at this season is delightful good health prevails farmers are plowing and planting making preparations pa rations for a bountiful harvest your valuable v paper regularly regular r received and is an aid in our work if any ot of your readers have friends in this locality we shall be pleased to call on them JOHN HN Z BROWN W FRIED |