Show PREACHING IN KENTUCKY KENTUCKY campbellville CAMP BELLVILLE taylor county ky may ah 1896 last fall elder daniel G miler and I 1 were appointed to labor together during the fall and greater part of the winter we were kept busy in the county of allen alien visiting from house to house and wherever opportunity presented itself holding meetings we found many friends friend sand and were treated with respect and kindness almost almest invariably although it is is a very prejudiced section two ot of the elders having been driven out of that county a few years ago threats of violence were otten often heard by us and one individual warned us to eave with little love and less kindness we wei t on about our duties and the lord did not desert us neither did he allow our enemies to molest us in any way the seed which we had sown had not brought forth fruit in the form of b baptized p believes at the time of our leaving the county but in many other ways we could see anat lat some good at last had been accomplished iome bed while on our way from allen alien to taylor county we had the pleasure of meeting four elders among ahl whim M was our president stephen A smith we stayed with them nearly two days at edmonton the county seat of and enjoyed their company as well as the hospitality of some of the many friends that elders elsworth and platt have found in that place when we reached taylor county we found a great many people anxious to have us come and see them and explain our belief to them so they could know for themselves what the mormons cormons teach we called on the editor of the county paper and while in campbellville Camp bellville made friends with several influential citizens among whom are dr chandler and banker redman the last named gentleman entertained us the first night we spent in our new field of labor we have been in toe county a few days over two months during that time we have held twenty eight meet ings most ot of which were very well attended the lord has opened up the way so that we have been able tu to get reading matter before the people as never before several volumes of the book of mormon have been purchased by ine in crested rested hearers bearers beside other church works including u ding church history voice of warning and hymn books on the ath of last month president smith and his eom companion panion john C butter jr came to visit us and while they were with us we held eight very nice meetings which were very well attended when the time lor for parting came we were loth to have them leave us only a missionary can tell how elders hate to part we called at a small town the other day and being unable to procure a church we got permission to hold meeting in the college building which contains a very large well seated room janitor work was all attended to and we simply had to go there and fill our appointments at our last conference president elias S kimball told the elders to travel without purse or scrip and that by abing so we would not have to lay out end that friends would be raised up to dare for us we have been trying to do as we were counseled and we attest the truthfulness of his words sometimes ministers and others get very much displeased at us and do all in their power to keep us from preaching or spreading the gospel but we remember the old adage which says when the devil gets very mad some good is likely to be done and we work the harder march was a very wet cold month and april has been the opposite very warm and dry what may will be remains to be seen the woods are nearly in full leaf and the red bug and dogwood dog wood trees are in full fall bloom giving a very beautiful picture to the lovers of nature some of the farmers have finished plant ing corn while others on account of dry weather have been unable to get all their plowing done with I 1 these hese few lines I 1 will close wishing all who read joy and hao happiness and praying that the young men of zion who have the privilege of going on missions will not lightly cast this great opportunity to one side as no better school for a young man could be attended as for that matter an old man either junius J TANNER DANIEL G MILLER |