| Show IN WESTERN STATES ames iowa september it has been nearly a year since I 1 left my home to proceed directly to the of fice of the northern states starts mission then located at council bluffs bluffis iowa upon arriving there I 1 was sent to labor in Wis missouri and particularly in son and holt my traveling companion W E criddle of morgan was already there to meet me we made our head quarter arsat sat a brother jacksons in holt county ty and at sister lydia lewis home in atchinson county we were sue suc in holding a number of meetings in the immediate neighborhood of sister lewis home during the winter we were encouraged in our labors by a couple of honest souls requesting baptism which was administered later on by elders criddle and bodi y ing while laboring there we were treated well being asked frequently by people of other denominations to come and take dinner with them which ol of course coarse we did not foil to do knowing the elders are not as a rule treated as well in other localities on account ol of prejudice I 1 began to look about to learn leaf a the caine for the good feeling there and I 1 found there had bad been a at work in that county for years in the person of sister lewis who by the way is an aged lady and a sister of erastus snow names that mat are well known and honored in bah while we were there we were known a sister lewiss preachers and treated with d doe respect by all and aad this has shown me that ahli alragh ough the lives of some may be spent imay away from tite the body of the church ye ibur can be useful ments meats is h bends fends of toe the lord and cab set avi aft ismile worthy ot of imitation by living lining lives from there I 1 returned home in the latter part dart of january andary on account of sickness in the martiny far tiny bily on the loth of february I 1 again came to this state and met diet with the elders at independence where aft held conference which commenced on the irth and lasted three days three meetings being held each day on the irth we held a priesthood meeting which lasted all day the time was spent in transacting acting such business bus mesa as was necessary irant esSry after which we listened to president dark clark all AH in all it was a day long to be remembered my next field of labor was in boone county iowa my companion being david dobison robison of morgan we commenced to distribute tracts and hold meetings As a rule we weri were treated well here but did not succeed in in awakening as much of an interest in the truths of oe gospel as we would have liked h hut I 1 am convinced there are many good 9 honest souls there that will yet receive the gospel the latter part of june fune I 1 received a letter from the president of our confer ance otto johnson to prepare to take a new companion and go into one of the adjoining adio ining counties an and d open up a new field of labor which I 1 proceeded to do my partner this time being jmes james D coon of riter salt sak lake county counti utah we made headquarters at amea story county iowa and commenced to travel among the people we find here a great tamy many float tat have ave heard all they want be Mormon sand I 1 have chave asked they over heard any good ol of them which is gene generally rilly answered in the negative we then om them we have pome come all the way from utah to tell thet something gad and where we can caa get into conversation with th efte we cin can genefa Uy remove a gibat tool deal prejudice |
