Show FROM ION pond fond du lac wis feb 18 1898 since our conference held in october 1897 I 1 have been traveling with elder E W croft of paris idaho in this pond fond du lac county and the experience we have gained during this time has been very profitable to us and the kindness with which we have been treated by the good people of this part oart of the badger state shall never be forgotten how often when we have been almost worn out walking and fatigued by the cares and worry of missionary life has the lord softened the heaxt heart of some good people until they have given us rest for the night and started us on our journey in the morning fully refreshed we think we are laboring among some of the best people of the world I 1 have been away from home about twenty three months and during that time have met many honest people who have e ever er been ready to listen to the principles of the gospel while ou on the other hand there are thousands whose minds are poisoned with stories published by unscrupulous men and women they will not listen to the humble servants of god at south byron eleven miles south of this city special interest is being taken people axe are providing themselves with the various church works and studying the plan of salvation as am revealed to joseph smith many of them have been heard to say bay we believe in baptism that it is essential to salvation we believe that continued revelation to is necessary we are of the opinion that god will send messengers to this people today if he has ever done so our meetings in the above na named ed place have been well attended and the people pay for the use of the hall and while a few of the members of the lodge which owns the hall are raising mining objections to the mormons cormons using their building we do not think they are in the majority however the people teft us they will provide a building inthey it they have to erect one some have applied for baptism our conference president dentt elmerjohn elder Elde john rJohn J simmons returned to his home recently on account of sickness in hi family elder k E W croft of this city has baa been appointed by the authorities of the mission to fill the vacancy caused by the return of elder simmons I 1 leave this city today for the city of appleton to travel with elder edwin lindsay of bennington idaho and elder 0 K nansen ot 0 Pair fairview vieW I 1 anepete county utah has been ap pointed to labor with elder croft t bider hansen left his home feb ath 1 1 I 1 t 1898 and arrived in chicago feb I 1 where he was waa appointed to the wis I 1 ft coasin connernee conf con ernce fernee is a single man w i twenty three years of age V the news comes to hand regularly r and its contents axe are interesting and S instructive to us j HYRUM christensen K E W CROFT |