Show AMID TEXAS watermelons WATER MELONS LEXING LEXINGTON TOr lee count county texas yuly july 21 1807 18 7 fing in looking over the we find reports from nearly every state in the union except the largest we write this to let kt you know that the people in the lone star state are still hearing the gospel even if the torrid sun does drive us into the shade during the middle of the day we usually try to spend the hours between zo 10 and 4 in gospel talks and eating watermelons water melons this is the great melon season of texas they never know when to stop browin growing Q it seems but the people pick them before before they get too large to handle they sometimes get to weigh zoo pounds but that is too large to handle conveniently early in april w when lien elder william T jack took charge of the indian territory mission there were eighteen elders in texas since that time six of the number have gone home leaving us an even dozen doze n those who left us are francis M stewart from milburn san pete ete county charles F solomon salt eake lake city S R iron county george H crosby panguitch fred smith rexburg Rex burg idaho and david chidester richfield utah although we have decreased in numbers we have not in zeal to the young men in zion we have a word to say attend your sunday schools and get a good course in the first prin principles caples of the gospel and while you are d doing that lay jay by an occasional dollar so that when you are called out this fall or next spring you will be ready to go texas has counties which contain tw 0 and a hall half millions ot people now chese people are waiting to hear the good news that you are preparing to give them one thing above all cultivate faith in god for satan will try you on that point we find that satan can try us just as hard and a little harder out here in these texas woods as he can in the mountains of the west round up your shoulders and get ready to put on the gospel harness for there is a great work to perform before every creature hears the truth come forth trustin trusting g irp implicitly licitly in the power of the lord and he will be ready to aid you the lord will always look after his servants it you could but realize the condition of the people of the world today you would not put off getting ready to come out and help to prune the vineyard of the lord for the last time the texas conference is presided over by elder hyrum andrus of oxford idaho we are expect iner to hold con ference in august when we will if all is we well be permitted to meet for the first time in in texas with president jack from whom we expect words of comfort and encouragement if any have relatives or acquaintances in these parts they could be visited by any of the elders laboring here your pi pe per comes regularly and we like to look over ever 14 it and see the progress of the gcoy work in all parts of the world it is a source of great encouragement for us to read of tile the success of our co laborers the following is a list of the names and addresses of the elders laboring iq texas hyrum An andrews drewsand and john W white wimberly hayo county joseph coulam and francis lee goo gon zales gonzales county jens hansen and levi J taylor jeddo bastrop baltrop county albert harris and william H anderson austin travis county william H jardine and arthur V lee burnett burnett county orson P nelson and J L L workman lexington lee county last monday we were favored with a visit of our president elder andrus and his companion elder white they spend their time visiting around among the elders of the different counties div ing encouraging words and keepin things in order our president and col companion are with us at present and will take their departure for bead quarters tonight to arrange for conference it is getting cooler now so we mus must begin to stir HYRUM ANDRUS JOHN W WHITE ORSON P NELSON S ona J L WORKMAN |