Show THE USUAL E life in the allegheny CL clearville EARVILLE birdi ond co I 1 ra ath 1867 editor deseret news toe of july we had reached the summit of th the laurel ridge pa ila and stopping to enquire the waa wa we fell in conversation conversation with a dangard minister after exchanging afew words he in viled us ua into his hia house this was saturday about 3 we continued our interview very pleasantly till suppertime time when he asked us to dine when the meal was done bione we gave eave him the invitation to keep us and let us preach to his bis congregation ile he aid gentlemen you are welcome to stop also you snail have py my pulpit tomorrow to lo morrow 11 the morrow came the first sermon which was on faith repentance baptism and the laying on of hands just united him we offered to preach in the afternoon and he laid the inoel motion on before the people which was accept accepted ed he also made arrangements tor lor us to get dinner near ty in we afternoon A CROWD 09 01 ANXIOUS MST assembled to bear what the bible says i of the coming forth ol of the book of mormon this anis did not please the reye reverend rend at all and he be felt angry and disgusted neither would betake he take us home ho M e nor ask any ojie else to do so but was wroth we had no chance to aback him for hi hia kindness unless by shouting and that we deemed unmannerly we will next note briefly what happened ab berlin somerset county on monday morning we visited the quiet town and obtained permission to hold a meeting the following wednesday evening in the schoolhouse As the editor of their paper said wednesday evening came and so did dia I 1 t the he blo Mon rons but a number of the i church members bad to 0 our preaching ebing in their schoolhouse the e of the school board would not say cay whether we should or should biot use the house prayer was held that evening and fast began to assemble iv IP their ian ir temple of devotion during this tune the 11 sinners began to u convene where they knew the 11 mor icons were in the doctors office on main si arvet we now began to bear chy dju cihi thing start set kin k in mou on a box etc lc was growing dark hut but we emerged from the office and began convert conversation alaun with one gentleman but soon PY AROUND and add a conversational tone became too low love we copot eci to preach it they wo would kl yiv give e a plan place One said get up hurt herti anowai let em cm pit git on that al doods bux box the box an hii w the dhru ii e of a rost rostrum and PI va citing pegau tu to probably iu but the trumpet was ba blowing liuz ju iu the city and we me people last fast assem bled sometimes mea a noisy urchin or r a rude lad ad or a 0 tian youth auth would come up or down the street whistling some familiar tutie tune pla ins ing a mouth organ oran or chanting in rudest ton too esome common air an but ere tie he wild w ild reach the crowd some home one would check his bis disturb disturbing inz nobe noi ae and he t toon oon would be lest lct iu in silent listening so they gathered prayer meeting was now over and the already increased crowd was swelled by 1 some of these religious 11 bious people would press through the stub bern audience with the utmost zeal so as not to became contaminated with mormon influence by the time they would reach the out side they too were interested and would turn to listen S so 0 that their curiosity stole away their brej prejudices a so the audience increased to about three hundred all passed off well until we had closed when A VOUL foul ACCUSER came up and bagan b edaa to abuse us but all turned to his bis own shame because he became so vulgar that his own people took him by force out ot of the ane crowd and all said he be should have been lodged in jail to answer to a charge of vulgarity this mau man was a Eq squire aire 11 we received no upbraiding only from himbur him b ut on the contrary all sympathized with us we told them we traveled without purse or scrip a gentleman came up and gave us money to go to the hoiu hotal T and so we bid the crowd good night all is uoti sva beet and so we found when we entered the town of hyndman bedford county we not get a house in which to preach so we saw N the burgess and obtained permission ermas to preach in the abe street ve we commenced with jew but soon they increased as in other places preaching Plea ching continued about an hour although it was difficult to distinguish really who did the talking the tae audience or the elders at the close we told them we traveled without money we were answered with scoffs soon the people dispersed leaving us in possession of the she ground we were now in TRUE missionary CONDITION no money no bed no friends but plenty ot of courage accordingly we started for the hotels after having tried other places the first hotel could coula not keep us on to the next we fprd told tue proprietors who we were how we traveled and asked we could stop on those terms lit he said yes I 1 la a vie the next town we met with a similar late we aft afterwards erwardi entered the peaceful of beans cove bedford county called to with a gentle mall mail alo answered yes aud and added Y aill 0 stay tat ands preach tor for us tomor to mor row w wont 1 you to that we wei beitf t only too willing to coi consent sent 8 sunday uday dornink came caister and their was on band tu to organize a sunday school at ac ten sod and preach to them at eleven the gentleman with whom we vie stopped said lie he would have the minister give out an appointment fur us to preach in the alvernoon alter noon Doon but no neither would he be allow it in the chuch chut cli the gentleman then told us we could prea preach clain in the grove an appointment was waa given out for the gentleman gen ileman with whom we stopped was also the one with whom the minister was accustomed to dine notwithstanding the chickens had been killed and all things made ready his reverence not consent to associate with the mormon elders in that sumptuous repast therefore his bis chicken was left for us when th the e s appointed t po anted time came fame we had a much larger la r ger aud euce than had bad the minister in our travels of late we bave ave found the people very Irie Irle edly iel ther tan r are we at all discouraged dicou raKed raged ever lug tor for the of zion we w remain your breth brethren reu iu the aos os pel of jurist carist josrph BIDWELL Bl DWELL S N C christansen CHRIS |