| Show IN ALABAMA 0 opposition net met with by wa e ml mim sio lo narle narles TROY pike co ala 17 1887 editor deseret news about eight months ago president ident WJ W J woodbury opened up a held field of labor in this pike county and after for or over three months W H blood am and I 1 were assigned to continue toe the spread of the throughout mis loes locality lity thus taus tar far we have been able to allay corbid erable prejudice sad and a goodly number of f friends have been made most of whom are seeking alter after the truth our persecutions have been frequent but not or a very troublesome trouble somo nature until on the lith ol of this month there was an announcement made that the rev mr whipple of troy trox city ala in connection with J M grfeene Grf cene formerly of this state but late from prescott arizona were go ing to expose mormonism the th former from history and the bible the th latter from personal acquaintance the first speaker Mr chose for his bis text pauls words to the gal 1 8 but though we or an angel f from rona beaven pra preach ti any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you let him be accursed alter after reading the the text he bad no further use for it but li estead beiran to rail out against us and our personal character by telling the people that we were villains of the lowest type fleeing tram from justice which was being dealt out so universally among the people of utah and that we had bad to come here to be protected by christiana but I 1 tell you sou brethren paid eald he this thia should nut not be but rather we should colu aio oio in driving the devils from our community and I 1 am ready read at any time to head a mob to drive them f from the country he uttered many other such sayin sayings gp REV J M GREEN followed rd he said it was by special request of the people here also of if thu the most meat prominent citizens citi etti zeus of arizona that he came to deliver a lecture to expose that heinous religion mormonism that was flooding the th laul he be then spoke as follows joe smith was born in new york in abw in 1805 he began to preach for the church but he was excluded for foi misconduct after which tic lie applied for admission into the baptist church but bat was infused buthe on the ground that he was a field he then became a methodist but was soon turned out from that church for misconduct ale he was now drilen en out from all civilized society and took up his abode with a few equall yeas beit ous as himself nim self ile he lu in with one other professed to have found by the ibb direction of an angel it pair ot of gold with elih which like looked into the ground on a certa cerialo iii hill bill and there found a book which bi be aid vald t be himself had read and founds found its principles corrupt with the exception of afew a few points this hp he aid taid t was the origin ot 61 11 mormonism i AFTER uil to the lowest degree he be told abe b pe peo pie that there was no ho law to protect us mormons cormons Mor mons in but that they would be justified ju in driving UH from the state te after getting through these two speakers would not let us reply so eo uy by that it is plain to see that t they ey wera afraid they could not substantial what they had bad said during the time of services the clouds cloud of darkness la in the shape of men and clubs began to gather round but upon the dim dismissal missal of m meeting several of of our friends gathered round and then there was masao an end of the disturbance tor for that night bo be the next day some of the fruits of 0 t meeting gathered round in the sh pe of a mob and things looked str tor for a while as several beveral of our nd na ge were there and they began to t k as though they meant business after some loud talk the crova crow d dispersed but immediately seq sen bacar hop word that we MUST THE COUN TRY I 1 inside of 48 baars hoars there f t as g not as yet been any violence use and I 1 hope that all will let their bett r judgment prevail so that the trout I 1 cje ie may stop where it Is your brother lit la the W of christ D J BONNETT |
