Show FROM NORTHERN INDIANA MUNCIE indiana june ath 1897 J left my dear home in moroni city sanpete county utah april ab 1896 I 1 confess it was hard bard to take lea leave v e of home but with a number of other el lera aera who were called as I 1 was I 1 did so on reaching our destination I 1 met aeder ead er samuel G Sp spenccer enter our mission dent at monon illinois and fr from om ri eve el I 1 was sent to labor with elder elde 1 john W davison Davi Dvis of vernal uintah county utah at port huron michigan we made our headquarters with the family of brother john william wiliam giddins who had embraced the gospel a year previous in a few weeks elder davis was separated to be conference president after which eder E der A A bromwell of grant idaho was sent to labor with me we continued distributing gospel tracts visiting from house to house and doing a all i in our power to preach the gospel in in that part till our october conference during that time we baptized sister esther batty and her son johnnie batty who are now living in detroit michigan after conference I 1 was sent here in connection with elder W P mayhew of nephi utah here I 1 continued my labors till conference may island and 2nd and 1897 which took place in logansport Logan sport indiana then I 1 was sent here again the lord has greatly blessed some of the good people of this neighborhood with a spirit of investigating gospel truths and the good seed has taken root and is still growing ing one more was added to the to fod oa 07 of christ in the person of george H Wilson who is a prominent man here he is now over seventy years of age and was once the chairman of the democratic state committee of iowa brother wilson is familiar with the history of the church and often I 1 have listened to his remarks of the prophets martyrdom and how fear came upon the people of carthage because of the hideous crime they corn bitted brother wilson said tometha to me the keople of that neighborhood had told im that the land was cursed for that crime and that they knew innocent bood blood had been spilled and they would never prosper on the irth of may elder W W wright of hinckley Hinc kiey utah tah just came from home and we are now as best we can there are already many who are convinced of the gospel truths but have not the courage to face the world yet your paper comes regularly and is a welcome visitor H S ARNOLDSON W W WRIGHT |