Show FROM THE missionary FIELDS Lai laboring oring under difficulties marietto cobb co ga july 4 1898 I 1 left my home on the of april lor for the southern states as a mission ary of the church of jesus christ of latter day sil saints ints in company with elder E G woolley and others awen tyone ty one in all on arriving in chatta I 1 was appointed to labor in the georgia conference and went from chattanooga to harelson county and there met elder taylor nelson of lU verdale idaho a young man of 19 yea yearn who was waiting for a companion as his companion has taken sick and has been released we received a letter from elder matheson notifying ing us that we were to go to cobb county one of the largest and most wealthy counties in georgia in two days we arrived in cobb co and found that there had never been any of our elders through this county and that the people were very much prejudiced against the mormon people we traveled till a late hour trying to get a taape to stay over night and being un able to get any we had to go to a hotel the nie next morning we went to the myor mayor and asked permission to tract Vs via county which has a population of people the mayor said we could distribute diB tribute our tracts but we must not preach in the streets and not being able to get any house to preach in we bada to leave it and preach around the city here is where I 1 got my first experience peri pelle ence noo as a mission missionary axy preaching without purse or scrip we met many liard ships for a while but I 1 have since thought is was because we were not enough and did not have faith enough but the lord blessed us and rained up friends frienda unto us on every aide till now we are having a very good time and we have sown the seed of the gospel of christ and ana some nave have fallen 4 on good son and will yet bring forth fruits we have caused many a person to take down his old bible and study it boday to is the fourth of july but there is no excitement here no flags flying tio no children shooting fire crackers and 1 Is makes one long for home your tour brothers D H KIMBALL TAYLOR NELSON A letter from australia adelaide so aust may 29 1898 2 it seems to afford the elders who are laboring in the various parts of the earth great pleasure in informing their 2 laborers ola Ia borers through the columns of the news ewiel how bow they are progressing and the work is prospering in their respective fields it its ie seldom that any correspondence i from this part of the world appeals in e the news since the of last december when brother clegg and I 1 arrived here strangers in a strange dw the work of the lord has pros vered ered and we have seen some of the ft ats of our labors A great many friends fr lends have been raised up in some daae they have met with ridicule and to the christian spirit that has act dated them they stuck to us and be tri ended us ua in spite of it all As far as aa NI y am AA concerned personally I 1 cons ida the aba time I 1 have spent here in adelaide alAe the best beat part of my mission ma 0 o far it to Is now nearly twenty seven I 1 left salt make lake city and r that tbt time I 1 have seen a few ups upa y fossa of missionary life every i W sift ot them ithem has helped me in some way vw and I 1 feet feel thankful that bhae I 1 have Z cod what I 1 have elder ru icons of crogham brieba Brit ba city arrived 4 A quite recently to fill the vacancy caused by my release to go to sydney during the past three months we have been holding outdoor out door meetings on sunday afternoons at the botanic park this park is a grand big place profusely planted with trees and it is the gathering place of considerable crowds of people on sunday afternoons temperance orators single tabers labor and land theory advocates and religious preachers are all in evidence each wishing a crowd around him the salvation army generally gets the largest crowd and makes the most noise As might be expected since our entrance into the arena we have had all kinds of questions asked us and they generally got suitable answers we have let the people see that we have the same right of making assertions as they have and I 1 must give them credit for respecting us in this right the people of adelaide are tolerant and generally treat us with respect this city is quite cosmopolitan as regards religion and church bul buildings lAings dot all parts of the city it is a city that is well governed and ana orderly and its inhabitants maintain that it is the clearest city in the whole of australia its situation is much the same as that of salt lake city being at the western base of a range of hills on a great plain that stretches away to the ocean on the west some six or eight miles distant from the city I 1 think I 1 am safe in saying that the prospects for the acceptance of the pure ples of the gospel by the people of adelaide are very favorable my experience with them so tar far has led me to believe there are a great many who are only waiting for the gospel to be presented in its simplicity and purity to accept it A E CARR in kentucky conference millburn Mill bum carlisle county ky july 8 1898 I 1 have been away from my home and friends in Zion for thirty months as an ambassador of truth I 1 left my home on the of january 1896 and salt lake city on the tor for the southern states on arriving in chattanooga I 1 was assigned to the kentucky conference since that time I 1 have traveled in about sixty counties in the famous blue grass state and have enjoyed the best of health and partaken partaker par taken of the kindness and hospitality of the good people of this state traveling without purse or scrip since january of the present year I 1 have labored in carlisle county in the jackson purchase the extreme western part of the state on the banks of the mississippi river I 1 am well acquainted with the people of this county having been with them so long and have many friends we have had access to school houses and family dwellings on arriving in millburn on an the of june we proceeded to procure a place to preach in but were refused all four churches the only alternative was the street we availed ourselves of that opportunity and preached from one to three times a day our crowds were small at first but after preaching twelve times and on sunday night the street was filled with vehicles and men and women on horseback the store porches were filled men brought benches and chairs until there was a multitude of people to listen we spoke on the first principles of the gospel and the people were Indig indignant mant at those in authority tor for refusing the churches and sonie some of them tried to find places for us to preach in as we had become hoarse of talking so much in in the open air we were treated royally after preaching fourteen times on the street we closed since then the fowls of the air have come in and are endeavoring to pluck up the seeds that were sown thanking you for your valuable paper we are your brethren J J BOWEN JOSEPH LATER Bax bardwell dwell carlisle county ky A departed veteran blacksburg S C july 8 1888 1899 among those who have joined the church at this place was an aged brother who figured among his intimate acquaintances as uncle buck but whose name really is henry powell white he died on july ath after an illness of about two months he came to this world during the year of 1816 he served his country as a soldier in the mexican war and ateo also did four years service in the civil war on the confederate side he was twice married burying his first wife in dec 1880 he leaves besides a hoat boat of friends an aged wife and three sons all grown we had made preparations to celebrate our nations birthday with a dinner of good things and an impromptu program but our joy was suddenly turned to sadness and all hands joined in the preparations for the funeral which took place the following day at 9 a m words of consolation and instruction were offered by elders T J yates and jarnes james A taylor there were also present elder chester V call and your humble servant after service at the home of the deceased the remains were conveyed to the cemetery and after a dedicatory prayer were consigned to mother earth the short time that brother white uit was identified with the church ot ofT jeans esus christ or of latter day saints he be struggled manfully with his inward foes he was baptized by Eld eldera elder W 31 dawson on june 16 15 1897 he died firm in the faith your servant tp JAMES A ALLEN M TAYLOR NE NEWTON ANDRUS |