Show LABORS IN TENNESSEE MOUNTAIN city johnson county october aith 1896 I 1 left my home in brigham city for the southern states theard day of april 1896 1996 and left salt lake city on the ath of that month arriving in chattanooga on the irth I 1 was assigned to the east tennessee conference and began my labors at roane county elder A W of randolph county being my companion on the soth of may I 1 had the honor of initiating ini tating one of the honest hearts of monroe county to the fold of christ the work wor in this county seems to be very slow but am pleased to cosay say the elders are an energetic company compan yand and all seem to be working with a determination to at least rid their garments of the blood of this people and while not many are accepting the call from on high the prejudice that once existed is fast being expelled when we see the patience of god toward the people we can but exclaim surely he is long suffering slow to anger and plenteous in mercy and truth it seems to me that the sheaves are nearly all gathered and that the people are pretty well warned of the judgments most ot of them have heard the gospel dall call but ot of course as a natural result they have become so tilled filled with tradition in their modes of worship that it would take the demonstrations st of god to convince them of their error surely the world is becoming ripe in iniquity but there are many kind and generous people in this land who are wil willing ling to accord to all equal privileges and who are blessed with the spirit of charity and would almost lay down their lures lives for their fellow men elder W H carter of colorado is my present companion we extend regards to all our friends and would be pleased to hear from thema W ENSIGN |