| Show Rk RETURNED TURNED MI missionaries AN ACCOUNT OP OF THEIR LABORS IN THE SOUTH elders john morton of midway wasatch county and wm H gatha gabba of westport ge box elder bider Co county tinty came in gift with the company of lorty lorly five that arrived from the southern states monday the former left his big home the alth of april 1885 on a mission to the southern baates find and labored a exclusively in the mississippi conference namely in jasper scott i no newton aton smith and C dark lark count counties ihn six months in company with elders ciders thomas davies of fillmore and the same length of time with henry E parry he also hadford had tor trav traveling eling companions at different times elders george W lewis and 4 S em ory of this city eler morton says he giue aiace many warm friends and succeeded I 1 in a al allying lfting a good deal of prejudice while away and that he baptized eight persons and assisted in the baptism I 1 of others being released from his mission to r return beh home ome on the ast 1st lost he started with the company of abdias and was one of the company of 45 who arrived in the city yesterday elder morgan says he wad gener generally Llly well received though hough he had some narrow ei escapes stapes due to false reports circulated by evil disposed persons yet he be experienced no personal violence elder morgan ays e was s blessed with good health an and the spirit of his mission all the time lime and is thankful for his experience elder william H gibbs says he labored mainly in north carolina at first at though he also spent some time in the states stater of georgia and tennessee with elder E EG G Far farmer merthen then with elder james quayle of logan cache county and subsequently with elders wm H rich eich and antony heiner the tae latter of morgan weber county elder gibbs says that during the time he was engaged in that conference several were added to the church some of whom he baptized that he be has seen the sick he healed aled at various times under the administration of the elders that he has been in several close places on account of mob law but fortunately received no personal injury that the people were as a rule kind and hospitable he says that courteen lour fourteen teen of the compas who came cl mein in yesterday were veturia le em missionaries sio sion aries narles |
