Show IN SOUTH ALABAMA CAMDEN wilcox county ala march irth 1897 the work vork of the lord is still progressing in south alabama many mady openings are being made on all ali sides sidel for preaching the gospel and as time rolls on we gain experience and become more efficient in our various callings in our conference one cannot but notice the steady progress pro greh being made by the missionaries each day brino new opportunities for doing good eam day brings a victory over the met the lord is certainly tUU forth his mighty arm and ga gathering therin people israel it seems as though a much more filat favorable spirit has seized the people here hem for they are lending a listening ear where not long ago a spirit of indifference predominated the spirit of I 1 in ves seems to have come arthe them and they are be beginning fo hearken we have thirty two elders busily engaged in the cause of truth in this cog clerence le er ence rence and expect two recruits about abod the of the present mouth month and although this is the largest number numb of reapers readers ever engaged in this field at one time yet there is labor tor for a great many more for we fully realize that the harvest truly is great and the labo are few there is not a week passes but some are added to the fold and add time alone can demonstrate what i a mighty work will be done this year we have elders in the city the hamlet and country and all have flatt flattering flatter eting mg reports to make of course we know that truth may be resisted yet she is mighty and in the end will prevail the humility and determination of our elders is beginning to arouse the people from their lethargic state the weather of late has been quite ita changeable and ancl owing to the greet amount of rainfall the country is very ved muddy however spring scoring is here bere aw ivaa already has bas ra robed bed nature in her nifty euln beautiful col colors and the feathered wa tam have begun their matins the wanter tenter is preparing his land and the osy hum of summer can be almost card herewith I 1 present the names and ad creases of the elders laboring in south alabama conference aaron hardy and C H alley kington on antanga county ala I 1 L pratt and lawrence peterson sis mobile county ala joseph joseph johnso johnsoa a and W W williams Ci camden vianden anden wilcox county ala T p jensen and M A lewis magnolia J aa bl marengo arengo county ala VT W H ridd and amos cook grove MI clake county ala george E jarvis and edward benzley cuba georte sumter county ala hebr heber rickes and M A beckstead losk lank choctaw county ala f c jensen and era ezra P monson brewton Es cambria county ala I 1 S porter and F W andrus ge etya geneva county ala 1 S R brown and C R spencer brantle y crenshaw county ala charles claries A varley and G T webster chadwick perry county ala J A and S A allen alien light wood tood elmore county ala F k E neelee and E L terry mobile mobile county ala john H pace and george heiner eed conecuh county ala W E jenkins and W B barnett y so ft I 1 antanga county ala 0 H taomas thomas and G A reid cam F wilcox county ala ID H THOMAS president south t alabama conference |