| Show IN TF N NL S S ER fenn march 20 1898 11 doubt 1 your table I 1 la continually with with correspondence from yie the elders ohp are scattered the different conferences of horldt and with this in view I 1 III not take much of your time by ng you to read a lengthy letter in one of the humble servants of the rd B ever since the visit with APOS apoe tl lyman and cowley in december t there has been a general pheral awakening among the elders of this conference middle tennessee and their labors re have been more effectual this witter 1 ter than in any of the stormy prece proceeding edIng years cities and t avots once known as extremely bitter tt ards us have opened their public tidings dings and churches to the ambas 41 ors of the govel where they could ind d I 1 in n peace the principles of ae abst nt 0 holy faith r time was in th places when a mornion mormon elder not even get an entertainment f clr one me night and to ask for the 1 ys of occupying their pulpits was hildered Hl dered ha as the greatest folly was foretold by elder E S 11 in a general conference held a ickman man county tenn about n months ago at which time heried that in less lees than three 1 brath branch of the church would ft bUshed is in lewis county at cane here i elders gibbs and betry berry od o d this prophecy as aa close by bi all who heard it and deop people ap least aj expected it in 40 mediately after our last conference two elders went into that for forsaken saten neighborhood bo M and baptized a number of people ra e wi wit with th the I 1 sult that we have a branch blanch af thae the church ther con of fifteen members thus strengthening the testimony of the alie elders and giving a new witness to this peo pie that all the gifts which accompanied the spirit in former days must and do follow the same spirit in these latter days our conference is considerably handicapped by the release of seven elders and the removal of the georgia conference of three more elders C 0 christensen jas hughes hughee and alex C this to Is new territory for our elders and we hope that the lord will grant us success the news is always eagerly read and Is one of the most welcomed visitors we have for it is as one that hath a familiar spirit bringing general news from far away utah your brother ALEX ALEXC C |
