| Show indianapolis inklings INGS again there has been a conference in indianapolis it was held in the court room the conference was attended by about twenty mormon elders among them were elders cardon nelson and philips chos acquaintance I 1 made several months ago elder philips is one of the best of singers his solos at this conference were highly entertaining during the conference there were a number of public services and at all of composed of the best beat of citizens the doctrine taught by the elders was a little strange to the majority of their hearers and yet it could not have been any more inconsistent with reason than maar many others heard in indianapolis it looks now as if mormonism is about to get a firm hold in indiana and es pe festally pes fally stally in the city of indianapolis mormonism would I 1 think be an improvement on many of the leading orthodox christian beliefs in this city I 1 think it would not be as do gin as some of them the spirit also so of persecution does not seem to be in the mormon heart it has been my observation vatin that seemingly the more an orthodox christian lovs the lord the more he hates those like myself there is not an orthodox christian in ift the united states who has heard of me and thousands of such ones have but think that I 1 am one of the devils chosen imps and will rejoice when I 1 die for then and then only aly will get that which I 1 deserve an eternal I 1 roasting in an orthodox hell indianapolis like brooklyn new york may very well be called a city of churches it maintains a clergy who from the print to the street corner evangelist with an amount of alacrity and good will that would even do credit co 10 an apache indian in preparing things for a war dance its preachers are about of all kinds and color their salaries range from a year on down to what can be begged from street corner loafers the laborer though even if working in the lords vineyard Is supposed to be worthy of his hire As yet no mormon has been invited to preach in a christian pulpit in indianapolis S salvation army colonels and captains though have occupied them the reason of that I 1 suppose is because of the fellow feeling which exist between a methodist or a presbyterian divine and the salvation army leaders W H indianapolis ind nov 16 1898 |
