| Show IN KENTUCKY ay may vt I 1 left salt lake in coi dac other elders on oft the of afy li lifa fJ imm immediately diatel dia 9 teX after the aur t i to C chattanooga was a very p t one and after it 4 two days sta re 1 assigned oury artous r ak I 1 beld was as a portion pf af the baat kentucky n t uto y cop terene in which p r r a app I 1 candeth nieth ca cirac t de g anga to concept alth w ith the t m ao 0 o malaier nip j abat what thy they were w re J riggi ana 4 deault pe 0 out ault 1 bb pele aed eded battet bete pra agy N y U h those who hi fit k that d 10 ba t tn wipe anve tp to their the notion nie ta ake t q 1 ojay lu B it 11 g e 1 spa ak SS it t vh beuder aji speers erl 41 in met while le t there e biti ani zo in the art of eating corn bread which was wae the first that I 1 had ever tasted but was assue red that corn bread and hog meat were the principal features in the bill of fare I 1 had been here but three weeks when my companion elder spiers was taken sick with the malarial fever he had haa a very severe attack of it and although the lady with whom we were staying did all she could tor for him he kept getting worse after he had been in this condition tor for two weeks elders lyman and win ar came to us we administered to him and saw the healing spirit made mada manifest as he immediately started to mend As soon as he had regained his strength we started for conference preaching on the road at every place that we could after conference I 1 was to labor with elder cluff in johnson county this county proved to be the old stamping ground of the mormon elders twenty years ago there was once a branch of the church organized there but the most of the saints had emigrated we did not have a very pled pleasant sant time of it at first as aa the cream had been taken off leaving only the skimmed milk tor for us we did not stop at this however but kept pressing forward and trying to awaken an interest there at first our efforts seema to be without effect it was like pouring water on a ducks back after preaching for some time we succeeded in getting a good number to hear us and the question que atlon mormonism could be heard on all hands finally they took didear purt part opposing and part in favor ox ot proving all things we then obtained the free will baptist church house and started a series of meetings no sooner did we start than the adversary started also rocks bocks were thrown at the house and the shutters were beaten with clubs then all was quite again until we dismissed when we were leaving the house some one threw an egg at us Buts BuN luckily for us it went between us and hit a lady in the back this rather warmed some of the people up and they went that night woke up the judge and swore aware out a warrant they woke up the constable and ana then went to the home of the offender and placed him under arrest the next morning he was tried convicted of disturbing tur bing public worship and sentenced to twenty five days hard work on the road the culprit made the remark after he had bad been working a few days that it if he had it to do over again he would rather eat the egg even if it was rotten we had another experience of a sim alm har gar nature pour four were implicated in this off lenae the people said they would indict them but we left cor or the special conference that was called to B which we met with apostles lyman and abd cowley at this conference it was decided to open up the blue grass counties until this time there were no fio elders there at all I 1 was then chosen senior and assigned to labor ath with elder robinson in nicholas county where I 1 labored for five months meeting with all kinds of treatment one man in an article to one of the papers said bald 1 I 1 consider them wolves in beeps sheep fl clothing and doubt not but tatt the people would do well to steer clear of them such guch things as this have their weight with the people popple as it did in this case fr for wearied we tried to get a place to preach in the town ton of carlisle liale but were unable ta do so tho the court house was closed against us then we saw the jbf mayor faid and he be ref refused loped to let us have the street corners and would have stopped us from the town if ft he be could put but we claimed the right of american citizens and then he consented to let us amot the town in all our in nicholas county we hav bo field the two powers axt att work whenever we would be doing a good work and whenever the people seemed interested in our doctrine there would the adversary be trying to turn them from truth unto fables but I 1 am thankful to say that we have some earnest investigators and hope that the seeds which are sown may mature in the due season of the lord and the harvest be gathered I 1 was chosen as superintendent ot of sunday schools on the of april elder lyman our former superintendent being called as counselor to our president elder newton woodruff Is 14 my companion and we hope with the help of the lord to do our duty yours in the cause of truth 0 S WALSH earston Ead ston ky |
