Show missionary WORK IN OHIO cincinnati aug 17 1897 your valuable paper finds its way here every week and it is a most welcome visitor words fail to express the feast we have in reading its contents especially the sermons of our brethren at the tabernacle and other places and the reports of our fellow laborers in the various missionary fields elder erekson and I 1 both left our home in response to a call from god to assist in spreading the gospel of christ in the northern states arriving in chicago the headquarters of this mission I 1 was requested to go in connection with elder W F mayhew from nephi to cincinnati where there were already two sisters members of the Ti church hurch on our arrival we climbed price hill which gives one a splendid view dedicated the city unto the lord asking him to open the way before us that we might spread the gospel truths to the inhabitants we at once began distributing tracts and soon made many warm friends who did everything in their power to make us comfortable comfor tabe in the course of a month we baptized three persons being the only elders in the state of ohio we were requested to meet in conference with the elders of north indiana at logansport Logan sport we met on the and 2nd and of may eighteen in numbers and our report was so favorable that it was thought wisdom to open up the state of ohio for missionary work accordingly david J davis was appointed president over the ohio conference the following named were appointed to labor in that state with the promise of more help in the near future D J davis who took up quarters at east liverpool W F mayhew and W IF butt at cleveland myself and J 13 erekson this city on arriving here may ath we began active work in distributing the published word of god and holding meeting wherever an opportunity afforded the leading papers aided us to a great extent by letting people know that there were mormon preachers in the city the lord has been very kind to us and blest us in many ways we have not bought a single meal since we have been here yet we have not gone hungry in the least and have had beds to sleep in every night our labors are being crowned with success only last week we led four more Jer persons sons into the ohio river and there as the apostle paul burled buried them with christ by bap we have not forgot to mention great kindness of the 10 saints here do our washing and help us alo aloff many ways we have been bi bid recently with the presence off of our pi dent who will make his headri in this city we have also r re help a few days ago by the arri elder edward F turley from C colony juarez mexico we must also tell you that we organized a sabbath school W T fairly well attended and that we meetings regularly every 8 eining we are greatly in need more help as there are nearly n million people to each elder in state truly the harvest is great the laborers few MICHAEL JHN JAN B EREKSON 1 az |