Show IN KENTUCKY I 1 left my home in march 1897 tot ft a mission to the southern states and iad on arriving in chattanooga was assign to the kentucky conference and our late conference which was hel held in december I 1 labored in the county ot casey I 1 had a pleasant time tb the people were very kind to the elders and we had the privilege of baptizing twenty two honest souls into the tow of christ at the december conference I 1 wa afta assigned to labor in this galloway county with elder W H letty it fab is traveling companion our labors wa for have been those of pleasure plea and soy though we have ha had bad much tion to meeting meet irig with on account of much prejudice existing among abb people but we have never had to suffer buffer tor for food nor yet sleep uncle sam and therefore we p fratee the good people of calloway coun fete though we have had our fatu funera sermon preached as we elders aldei eam catt it yet we have noticed whenever has been the case we have had bad ft rufen raised up to administer to vur mr U and we believe there Is a rich harvest in this part for some elders to the fruits have not liot been brought forth as an ye cef but we hope to be able to scatter the seeds of love and truth this people last week we had the privilege oft baptizing one more honest soul the fold of christ we e announced c e 41 st 1 we would baptize in the tion tenne river on the kentucky side wt but IV y we went to the rivet river we found the banks were too muddy NO 0 afe 6 de e aided to cross over in tennessee id had forty five with ith two mf X moti mon eldera boarded the boal ar i with two large lare nei negroes groet at the UP we began to cross the beautiful effi bessee river which to Is half a mile the company consisted of lar email young and old blac blacki k abid low d and as the river was calm we spent the time on the boat in singing on arriving on tennessee soil we stepped off the boat the people seated themselves as comfortably do as possible and after opening exercises my voice rang through the tennessee woods in defense of truth after treating on the necessity very briefly I 1 led sister miles into the river and baptized her into the fold of christ she is the first in the neighborhood to accept the gospel but we feel not the last thus we have the ice broken and we hope that others will soon follow truth is mighty and will prevail elder L E allred is my companion we axe are both well the news comes regular and is a welcome visitor yours in the cause JOSIAH CALL |