Show REPORT FROM california temple street los ANGELES cal march irth 1897 I 1 left my mv home in brigham city utah haj in july uly 1895 to obey the call which I 1 had received since that time I 1 have labored in san franciso san diego and san bernardino and am now located io im the city of the angels gool good people to labor among since november elder parley 1 wright president of the southern california conference and I 1 have beem laboring in this city up to that time tima we had been holding meetings only ou on sundays in the hall and branch meetings in g s e each ach week at sister Wool lacotts residence in order to get the gospel before the people and to increase our attendance at the ball we decided to go on the street and explain the principles plea of life and salvation to the people at al thou though gh street preachers are not regarded favorably by the more intelligent classes we have been holding two meetings on the street each week week the weather would permit after h holding 0 adi several meetings we found our a attend tant ance at the hall increasing and wany many were having the opportunity of hearing the gospel receiving tracts and reading matter that we would not be able to reach in any other way we feel repaid for our work on the streets already for we have gained two honest souls in this way and many are investigating we cannot judge the good that is being done but we do know that the seed is being sown and we are in hopes hoped that some ot of the seed will fall on good ground and bring forth truit fruit in our fathers own due time we are pleased to state that we have just had the privilege of ba baptizing mizing eight good honest souls all of which are grown 11 and will make good workers in the branch here early sunday morning february found a company of a dozen wending their way to elysian park reservoir where the gentleman in charge was kind enough to grant us the use of the same in in which to baptize those who were about about to obey the command that except a man is born of the water and of the spirit he cannot enter the kingdom ot of heaven they realized real zed the importance of this passage land and were going to be baptized and have their sins washed away just before performing athe the sacred ordinance all assembled inside a small cypress enclosure where now let us rejoice in ia the day of salvation was sung prayer was offered and a few instructions were given elder wright and myself then them had the privilege of of performing the or finances din ances which are to be observed im ia order to become members of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints brother brown and wite wife who heard the gospel truths by our street preaching soon united with us after hearing they were hungering after truth and ahm they found what they believed to be the iho truth they felt like proving all thi things mi ts therefore they investigated with prayerful hearts and when they became COQ vinced the following verses were written y brother brown ve e have found what long we have sought for the only and true gospel plan revealed long ago by the savior who suffered such tortures for man we believe that jehovah still liveth still pl kleadeth eadeth with man as of old revealed to this generation his precepts in visions as told we vive believe joseph smith was a prophet and taught as revealed from above receiving himself from jehovah A share of his spirit and love vve ive are ready in faith to go forward pe ae baptized as ordained from above that our sins be remitted forever As proclaimed in that gospel of love then we hope for the same holy spirit to guide and remind us each day TM tib in truth we are sheltered with jesus who said im the light and the way at our fast meeting on sunday march ath many of the saints and new bore a faithful testimony to the truth of the gospel our street meet ings as well as those at the hall are well red attended and we rejoice in the ork in which we are engaged as ser bets of our father in proclaiming the the gospel aspel ospel os pel instructions from our president to travel with neither purse nor crip are being carried out by the el akre as far as possible it will be only a hort time until all are traveling in the ame way in thip thi mission iniss icon we now have twelve elders in the southern part ol of the state traveling in riverside county orange county los angeles city san diego city and san diego county CLEM HORSLEY |