Show THE WORK IN MISSOURI nevada dec 15 1897 the work of the lord is progressing in this part of his vineyard and many a are investigating the all important message that god has sent us with being surprised and astonished to find so unlike what they had always heard of us one lady in particular that I 1 have in mind who lives in the country where we have been holding holdin I 1 1 meetings said after attending five of our eur meetings that she wished the people would turn out and we could continue our uree meetings tings tor for another week tor 1 I know that it if anybody will only live up to what you have said they will be saved 11 thus the honest in heart twelve receive with joy the message of glad 5 tidings while lethe the wicked tremble with I 1 fage and fear we attended a methodist revival in town not long ago the minister during his remarks took occasion tt east very unjust reflections upon the name of joseph smith and the mor mons so as soon as he dismissed his vie meeting eting we stepped up to him and aked him for the privilege of making few remarks but he said no I 1 dont want you in this house we asked him if he was a christian he braced up and said yes sir air we uen oien asked him it if he believed in the Bible side replied yes sir air I 1 do we then reminded him that that book said prove all things and hold fast to that aich is good and asked him as a hristian to lei let us have the use of his house baufle one night might to present the beatt testimony mony which we said we had to bear to ulm but no he would not have us fay his house at all he 11 finally nally however invited us to come and see him and ang the book of mormon we accord ingle called at his house the next day he met us on the porch but would not I 1 I 1 kt latua fus in he said that he had a book et mormon but failed to produce it when eft asked to do so but proc proceeded ded to am fead from a notebook the names wt of the books in the book wt mormon he said that he biant recognize us as forming any part of christianity and showed us the gate we plead with him as a christian and being a much older man than ourselves to show us the error of our way if we were wrong as we desired to be in the right and stated that it if he would prove one point of our doctrine wrong from the bible we would give up but no he preferred showing us the gate not long ago we called on a man by the name of bricker who lives about ten miles southeast of town he said that he had been in the mormon war and had helped to drive the mormons cormons from nauvoo he could not tell why they were driven from their homes although he helped to do it he said he had no doubt that a great deal of stealing was done on their credit also that there was just as much st ealine and plundering and lawlessness in general carried on after they were driven out as before he was very nervous all the while we were there and answered our questions very briefly eh also said that he bought some furniture from saints when they were driven out for almost nothing we gave him some tracts and a voice of warning and invited him to read them ardd see what the mormons cormons really did believe we are having considerable winter here for this section of the country but we are feeling well and enjoying 0 our ur labors may heaven ever prosper and bless the cause of truth CHAS H OWEN JESSE L |