| Show GOSPEL TRUMP IN KANSAS spirey kingman county kan march 18 1898 at the conference held in st john kansas tor for the benefit of elders traveling in this state of kansas I 1 was wag re appointed to travel with my first and only dom companion panion wm spellman of pocatello idaho the county assigned us was kingman a county of no small size being 24 by 36 miles since my entrance upon my missionary labors many things have I 1 learned I 1 have learned one grand lesson never put ut off till tomorrow what you can J ao 0 today had I 1 followed this but partially p tally my position tion i would P have e been less embarrassing well do I 1 remember the often pre presented se anted opportunities that I 1 have let slip by in which I 1 could have better prepared myself tor for defending the gospel I 1 recollect the first appearance I 1 made before the public I 1 wanted to tell them what I 1 heard my father tell the saints at home but I 1 knew comparatively ively little about the bible which only made my position the more deplorable but I 1 resolved that very night to study to fast and to pray that I 1 might be prepared to defend the cause of truth and righteousness I 1 knew some thing mormon from a mornion mormon standpoint today I 1 know it from a bible standpoint shortly after entering kingman county we wended bended our way to a little railroad town by the name of cunningham generally we go to the county seat first but this was canvassed the first thing to do was to see the directors to obtain their consent to use the schoolhouse we went to one of the main men of the town and asked for his consent he would not say aay yes or no but tom told us the christian or camp bel lites had possession of the building and that we would need to see them we did so but to our surprise he had bad told us something untrue we returned to the office and inquired for the others other directors he wrote a note and sealed I 1 it up we took the note and handed it to the man he directed us to HOW ever the man was being a good reader I 1 too unable to read the letter bohe so he handed it to us to read here it ta is I 1 f these mormons cormons want to use thi the schoolhouse to preach in you can do as an 1 you please but I 1 am not in favor of it myself 1 many little tricks are played on no 1 like this one evening we weft holding meeting in the north rochester I 1 schoolhouse I 1 was doing the tall talking ding this night but as we had been atal gether for an hour it was time to close i the meeting when the people saw we were going to stop they spoke go on we can stay here till 2 in the morning to hear that many or of the men offered their coats to make beds for the babies we are ham having very good meetings and often find aw att cere investigators we have been to an kingsman county six months now and expect to add several to the fold in om he near future many are convinced ot ef the truthfulness of our message abul of the divinity of the book of f mormon but the name mormon to is a to them C W GOODLI |
