Show A missionary REPORT miss ju y 20 1897 I 1 left home in holden millard Millar cl county utah on the of september 1895 and salt lake uty city on the en route to the southern states mission and in due time at Chata nouga tenn I 1 was assigned to the north nonh alabama coner ence over which elder bird murphy presided but elder albert matheson soon afier afterwards wards too took kiis his place the for ormer being released to return to zion I 1 labored with elder david hubbard in tippah hippah county miss for some t ame me then was removed to etowah county ala to labor with elder george T walde where I 1 enjoyed my labors for or some two months when I 1 received word from elder matheson pat bat I 1 was to rapet meet him at Russell russellville Rus seUville ville and travel among the several pairs of elders with him which I 1 did until out our conference in august 1896 then I 1 was appointed to labor with elder john christenson M in i tippah hippah county and met with elder moses P jorgenson with whom I 1 labored eight months in the same county in which time we held many meetings and baptized lour four honest souls into the fold of christ on the nth of april word came from elder matheson gnat elder jorgenson and aad myself were to be parted needless to say our heart strings were torn at thought ot of separation yet we felt to be obedient to proper authority and nd took joyfully our new companions mine mine being beina elder george hill on the and of may when I 1 had the pleasure of leading seven honest souls awn d awn into the waters of baptie bap tim tiem then elder hill was called to ta a new district while eder E der reuben alvord was assigned to labor with me still in tippah hippah county in the months of may and june we baptized ten more pers persons ons and organized three P sunday seh sch on june elder alvord was called to another part and elder sidney S reynolds of salt lake city son ot of elder george Reyn reynolds who left home june 1897 joined me june our first night out a mob threatened to hang usi and this expression if we die it will be in in A a good cause from elder george reynolds may not be a surprise to those who know his faith and courage in this great work we have been together almost a month have held nea nearly rl X threescore meetings the results ofa of which h ich are plainly seen in what occurred sun sunday d av ju y fth when we had the pleasure ot of baptizing nine more souls into christs to fo d you should have seen our large company assemble in m a beautiful hickory grove on the vh the occasion of assembling sem bling was to cerebrate cee brate the fourth which came on sunday we did our best to show our patriotism to our loved country in orators ora tons re reading of the declaration of independence recitations rea readings dingi dialogues songs music etc eighteen of 0 our devoted saints and scores of friends taking part A fine young roast pig from the pen of mr shepard Shep aird took a prominent part on a table well filled with all al th the e desirable viands of this land of almost perpetual summer the following sunday july nth found us again not in the river jordan but I 1 in the wheeler pond where we initiated six more members into the church of jesus christ of latter day saints making in that neighborhood twenty lour jour members embers sn after holding an overflow weeks meeting in the norton neighborhood the notions have relatives in nephi utah we now find ourselves in the White brush district we are borki working ng lor for the spread of christs gospel we just have enough opposition to make it interesting and to stimulate to activity the be NEWS has a he hearty art y welcome among us and comes regular y it is filce an old friend and woud be hard without ASHBY |