| Show LETTER FROM mississippi 1 1 miss kiaei june 1897 out ou vicinity has baa had bad a boost moa enjoyable time in the of 0 the mississippi conference la 10 cut cur midst ame 8 ame two years since bance certain parties here paid the people of thin corn cold a unity judity dont want mormonism among them slid and they are not going to have it 3 0 I 1 wonder r what they wink think now the opposition lOB manifested then with vita its he increased violence since boa baa won bean a steppingstone stepping stone to plant mormonism arm firmly oo on this some forbidden ground chis ablo to la one instance among numerous others where so aued j has been kicked up ap hill by it if enemies the town of sturges daring sob terence had bad one of the great est eat displays dia playa of the sublimity and grandeur of the gospel of the lord jesus christ evet ever wit hessed in thle this community there was quite a respectable crowd out teach each joy to tolie alwen teu to the strange doctrines of the be Mor mons aney doubt doubtless lesa expected pecked to hear beat something akin to LO ma M or they knew not what but instead they heard the plain simple story atory of the cross from which man made theology was waa eliminated d when much that is ia prec preciou ioup so BO tar far as aa many of tue the emote toda today yare are concerned euer elder pomeroy explained explainer el the be origin of the book of mormon and anti proved by scriptural evidence its if divine authenticity the penpit s won diar der know knew no bohaj and when bider alder gave them a sketch of utah past and present with the status and f standing ot oi toe the mormon people their trials and suffering for the be Gosp oiso sake bake tears welled up in the eyell of some unused to weeping the cormons mormons are usually looked upon as aa most deluded and ana now it is thong thought ht by many that only the she ignorant and will ota embrace brace or have anything to do with mormonism but when they learn as aa they did on this occasion that utah bladd third in point ot of education ot of the states composing this great republic they may well imagine that some of the grandest men of this republic have aeu eu reared there abed the facts are known of the care aud and painstaking of the training of their one none and daughters as they grow up to man and womanhood they may cease 0 to o wonder at the results it any outside testimony were needed to auw shuw the high plans plane upon which the people of utah move I 1 would respectfully rotor refer the to an article in the he atlanta georgia con eti esit tulion ution relative to hon han frank J cannon senator from utah much prejudice was allayed as the elders visited among the peoples people and the uni veril testimony so 0 o lar jar as aa I 1 have been able to learn to ie that they were the nicest and grandest lot of men ever assembled in St Siu many of the old moar backe if I 1 should debould so 10 call them refused to come out to the meeting and kept all othero other away that they could but in spite of their efforts many came and the ghou send was waa scattered tar lar and wide aua aau evidently will bring forth fruit io in the neat near future julure H P DOTSON |
