Show WORK IN pennsylvania the following is from a letter written to elder P G spencer of salt lake county formerly president of the northern states mission the writer is now on a mission and dates his letter at new england alleghany allegheny Alleg hany county pennsylvania after afier you heard beard from us last I 1 can say that for or a while we surely had the devil to fight in all ways but we did our duty and god blessed us after baptizing five in the county of butler it seemed as though the people all turned against us we could not get any more houses to sleep in but we fasted and prayed and kept on till tia we had bad canvassed the county we then went to new england A allegheny alleghany Alleg hany county and found a few old saints we started to hold 1 s and god gave us a convincing tp spirit irit along with our words and wt we have been doing a big work here for the last month or more we have held meeting nearly every night held twenty eight last month and anci since we left last tall all conference and started to travel without money we have baptized thirty three honest souls into the fold yve we blessed twenty children and have never had to lay out a night the people here have just made me a present of of a new suit ot of clothes also have given money enough to ride on the cars to different points we have a nice branch organized here with a sunday school all seem willing workers most of them have left on off tea coffee and tobacco and are living as near to the gospel as they can livina just I 1 u at the other night we held a meeting and the spirit of god was poured out upon us with such power that one of the brethren spoke in tongues and another one got up with a power that shook the house I 1 can say that our success ss hits has been through h following out the instructions of those above ns and tasting fasting and prayer we are looking with pleasure for conference ft rence when we wil meet all of the brethren again and have another time of rejoicing J Y |