| Show MIDDLE TENNESSEE conference winchester tenn march 28 1898 the news that your valuable paper brings us Is very much appreciated and we always aldave look forward with with pleasure to its coming in the middle tennessee conference we have recently had a change our former president elder N P nelson has been called to assist elder kimball in the office at chattanooga and we now have as our president james lar wen en of brigham city utah we have in our conference thirty six energetic elders who are proving their faith by their works and whose works prove that they are in possession of the spirit that characterizes every true elder in israel our elders arb ar unanimous in the proclaiming that god lives and that he hears and answers an ewers prayer the progress that Is being made in the missionary field is certainly gratifying to the latter iatter day saints especially to is it so to those who are more close observers of the signs of the times never were the words of our savior more applicable than thai at the present time when he says the harvet harvest truly is ar great eat but the laborers are few pray ye the L lord ord of the harvest that he would send forth laborers into his hard har vest vent the constant cry from every field is send us more elders this cry does not come from the priests ot 0 mission iaone alone but from the people or of the world they axe are starving for truth and are thirsting for righteousness their appeals for help are heard oh every hand and it is these cries that cause us to reiterate the words the harvest is great but the laborers are few I 1 am your brother in christ JESSE P DALLEY winchester franklin co tennessee |