Show INDIAN TERRITORY MISSION ST JOHN honest march 1896 in reading the many interesting articles artl clea in your welcome paper under the heading of missionaries abroad we feel anxious to contribute anu and perhaps a low aw lines from the old sunflower flo war state now the beal quarters of the indian territory Mil mission auf MW inter filing to the elders abroad the 1 I T mission Is ie now ciona coldor of indian and Ok labama ter terrt tod and the states of kansas and ar twenty eight elders eldera are about eq distributed through these four fil ur bumbera having almost dou doula since a year ago mild and more are re scantly entering the field JAL consider a good showing as aa a y ago it was wae impossible for a M bonitt missionary to 0 o get a bearing in A artel see our labors labora are not tn ta vat val while coover con versions sio no are few during di season of the year our friends are ard ft increasing Inc reaping especially is i this the d in kansas where only a few y reaal it was absolutely impossible to g get hearing owing to the bickerton Bieker too ft tion lion it will be remembered that thai I 1 wl bickerton was one who foffo bidley rigdon bigdon at the tin a or of that lb odus of from missouri Mie S settled in Kan kansas sap inciting the pe against the 10 as erroneously term up ue bui has baa made a great change aud and a did feeling now prevails prevail As an example of inquiry sod a lety now DOW existing I 1 nal libl re few events of our lost last trip ED elo ider 0 and myself leit st J jt je airous sirous of holdi holding tig a lew few me teatino atino 1 he adjoining county pratt we in id getting the house deal nad bad hold held two good meetings to ll 11 i crowds our mandolin and guitar sic perhaps inducing come of the pie out who otherwise would attend owing to prejudice after close of our second meeting we well attacked by a crristian 1 1 art preacher twenty yearb standi standing nir who to sl expose our doctrine askan rather demanding proof of the a docs we had bad made inside evidently not i fled bed with those already given mooting on our remarks remark he be ston stoa tJ farmed that nothing was known 0 the gospel till it was preached by J christ that elijah elijaha Eli jaba s mission was waa complis hed in the person of joh I 1 tw baptist al aud and what w bats s more eui 3 aliaba elijah and john the baptist were all the sanae that no son should visit the earth between A apostolic age and the second adget of christ sod and that we could not brov ard from the bible that the gospel ret restored red to joseph smith in 1880 J wit W replied that it might be impossible prove an event had bad happened ibi our day from a record written than eighteen hundred years ago age ettli from the bible we would prove tha uch an event was to take not bisbing to enter into a debathe ae baten played a few pieces on our Ins instrument trumen promising to treat on the subjects 6 christian friend bad affirmed were true the following follow tog evening terest was created and having gata the sympathy of the people we aai awi ed further development the folio a ing night we held a good meet lug t our friend having baving failed to appear ww reserved the subjects he be ile desired alred to hr till later later we heard be had bad 1 tended ended a literary meeting and ant an t nou need that be was going to dor the following night jo jda a baw naturally next ol 01 ht the house bouse lit eacker all anxiously awaiting out oar W 4 marks Elij tabla glorious clorious lo rious mission to earth was explained together with plan of salvation for the dead at the meeting mr beatle beatie came d with a list of references to if be bad before stated that abe baptist and elijah were the abat begoon be soon dropped that nub bub jd id befanto began to abu abuse sethe the prophet asmith i 1 smith only stopping stooping when as defide remarked alb ahls neck was waa at ao turkey gobbler a th through rou gla rage 21 2 1 4 abe read from B H roberts roberta EC leal history the toot foot note john the be El ellae ellaba labI thus giving aple the benefit of new cevela aa a po point int through which much arisen f ie 9 crowds attended the four fol ig meetings when we closed a 1 I I 1 successful eurlea ceries of wee meetings tings lent to the me neighborhood school ft ale here re we were treated well otona of our friends driving from the tb 49 it where we bad before preached gettings pet tIngs were held here at which idere were fully convinced of the ee as efty of baptism soa and ted ves to receive the ordinance they were not dot yet ready to om em abe latter day Saint fe church b 1 customary here for any one oce to Hlat sister ster iu in the ordinances of the le 19 but we warn thom them of the auty anty efty necessary and advise them to agate further and we feel assured n spring opens up some lew few at irom this settlement will sea embrace brace copel pei willing to st john we found all M next day sunday we held a sunday school and two met meetings tingo dg well atten attended deJ boe ce writing last laet our friend sterge rie breckenridge has baa built us a we pu pulpit I 1 pit I 1 in n ou our r aeeti meeting ng h house ousie lad have given eit donated a beautiful carpet for the i and altogether we have sews i h rags to make a homemade home made 9 forthe for the aisles which we expect e in about another soother week s baroh arab winds and storms have made lUpoe sible tu to travel much I 1 in a Kab kensas oare busy getting up an tt tte to finish payment 0 oi i our elegant pel organ B D NEB ExER A |