| Show A NIGHT RIG RIGHT WALK IN LOUISIANA washington PARISH la march 15 1896 lore ace returning from confer conference erce bh h was held in now new orleans the it metropolis of the south elder L matthews Matt newis of arizona and myself been traveling amerig the good le ot or Wasi washington lington parish pariah 11 ajla era lovell jlovell and matthews opened pariah arash last tall falls and received ex bt t treatment in general the people ot of Ioui jj louisiana guisiana jui siana are becoming r acquainted ted with their neigh neighbored bore atah gob we find some who are us me to become acquainted with principles we ari ard disseminating loll 1011 ab we hope will result in the our mission of love of peace on fb h and good will to all men 2 yet ali a age as well as an in all other ages agea 4 world we find some who 0 oppose seem to have that awe of 01 ution button which has boa followed the i whenever and wherever tt it has preached but we hope by the of jove rod and charity to abow a more excellent way in tak into sto the great war has i been waged against ants of god goc and hla HIS kingdom the beginning we are not eur oat the opposition we attilee at times to contend wilb in some por of this country the name isam eMor seema to arouse ahouee the V jeaa As of some who have been AWal ormed and misled by hyp ecH ti ical do miniee who like h afi alef W priests and scribes have resorted dball kinds ot of wickedness to stay the less of that which endangers end angera their att and reveals their fale fahe fal e position to abe world some religious teachers achere te tried bard to destroy our power ip influence by ag speaking making all manner ia vi against us no falsely and giving us t ft name in general it would be walf for or them to take the advice that albel the pharisee Ph ariee gave to the A let priests of his bis day to retrain refrain aa these then men and lot jet them alone counsel or this ibis work be of 01 first it will come to naught but it if it E be of god you cannot overthrow it att haply ye might be found to fight against god oo on the contrary tty feel disposed to treat us as the quaker r did his bis dog 1 I would not kill but I 1 will give thee a bad name mt at 1 others might kill thee so bo he be fi aured him by depriving him of ar a and aad tail kicked him out on I 1 Wi Iber treet street and yelled mad dog matt mad A W the rho result in the dogs case ki W fatal fata but in the case cabe of the ute of god today the tables are generally turned wo wf allow them plenty of rope they tangle themselves up rod the result la Is their toil fall A short abort time ago being to in a thinly settled and strange neighborhood we had bad a little difficulty in finding a place to spend the night the houses being from one to two milea aart the sun had bad disappeared in the western horizon the gloomy shades of night were fast approaching approach ine and it was wag not long until the mantle of darkness dar knees had surrounded us at length we came to an old log cabin which lay lav off to the right of the road hungry and tired we drew up in front the voice of my companion broke the stillness of the night with the usual hello but no response came from within again my companion lot let out another tremendous hello which vibrated through the wood like the he roar of thunder the only sound that came from the lonely retreat was the mew of a frightened kitten coming to the sion aion that the inmates or the cabin were either dead to the world until morning or were off visiting some gome neighbor we turned away in despair anti anil followed a dim road which led we knew not whither about this time we greeted the rise ot of the moon w whose ho soft mellow light beamed down from heaven through the which enabled us to press forward with more certainty asto as to our roaland road and the direction in which it led As aa if to add to our melancholy we found the road leading through a swamp these grounds are cowand low and marshy mars byrom from which an odor arises that to is very mal arlous the soil is rich and productive and gives an excellent growth to the cypress oak magnolia hickory pine sycamore and a spontaneous growth of underbrush with a variety ot or vines that entwining themselves among the tress trees resemble huge ser pants and present a frightful sight eight to the passerby passer by especially at night nevertheless we began pressing forward making occasional charges on the mud ud bolea for the purpose of jumping them but our means of flight being limited we sometimes came down with a splash continuing our way over the massive places step ping on roots in mud holes boles walking logs logo aud poles until at length with a sign sigh of relief we emerged from the I 1 swamp and ascended a small hillst billat the top of which the roads forked tue ringing of a cowbell directed us ui to the right aud we soon saw the glimmer glimme of u light alight lathe distance we approached the house bouse the watch dog an bouncing announcing our arrival A young man came out and with the usual good nature of a southerner said come in gentlemen P we complied with the request and as aa it was quite late laie we immediately went to boa bed and were soon lost loat in slumber good night WM P PRATT |
