Show MEETING AN antagonist herefordshire Hereford shire england guv 3 a low lew linet rev regarding arding the progress of too cause ui oi truth iruin in 10 this part bigat prove inhere t ing to some of your many readers ec pt bially tu to dibois abai e of my brethren who ski ati 1 are trying in their weak wt abc ALIU humble bumble way tu to spread ibe gumpel ot of peace aud and waru warn lhoir of the predicted judgments that will ere loog long be p poured out upon the inhabitants of the earth I 1 submit urmit the following ledbury Is ie a small though very SLA au town situated aitu aled some forty miles from the big manufacturing alty u birmingham aud and is 10 loralou loe 1 alou I 1 lu u one of the rich counties of Eng Bogia Janu od bunty is ie noted ir ito many large apple oro bardis from rum the truit fruit 01 ol which of gail ifal louM outi ut of cluer are made here also are grown large quantities of hops which are lu great demand in this Cuu tty on account of gieir being a necessary article lu in the manufacture ot of beer which ayou as you know is drauk to an alarming extent aau which with the other Is ia the main cause of 01 so go much poverty anil and crime existing exi etin here much valuable timber is pro iced dot least i must tue famous brood breed of cat take their nahne irom the shire in question and abion are note tor for their beef qualities years ago there were a few latter day hai la ii hate bere now however there are none except and oum cum panion our beloved president brother woodruff labored in this vicinity inaptly years ago we meet with some few who well remember him one elderly lady in particular whom we w met says saya she abe is ie glad to have hau bad the honor of meeting our worthy president mud aud hearing bearing his bis testimony leati to the divinity ol of the duct doctrine by the litzler day Sai saints tits though at tut tue time lime convinced cun coil vinced of the truth of the on account of tile the business of her parents pt pu rente rents she was waa prevented from rum uniting herself with wilh the church she says cays the testimony of the truth bati ban never left her sao la is glad to again shake the hand or a mormon elder and a to comply with wilb the orin ordnances ances necessary fur for tier her initiation into the church or of christ we find bud much bitter feeling existing in the hearts of some tile the so called cormons mormons Mor mona mons it IL is almost un necea sary eary to state elate that this thia is caused by abe MAD many y false falbe reports circulated about our people anu and the lack of inet on we the part of tho aboe e whip hear boar arid and read them I 1 will mention a few recent events which IL 1 trust will result in allaying some ut of tue prejudice the people in question A abort time is mince noe a ati my c spanion mp anion el eler er or bountiful and ana I 1 were returning ilont from holdi holdick sig a meeting in out one 0 tile the neighboring villages we noticed a crowd assembled near the old town hall hail and naturally stepped up to ab certain the cause ol of the ga gathering maerine we lear ed it was a meeting of the he out and out mission baud band N hav lug decided to listen a short time jungo our surprise when oue of tile the leaders began his big address by reading from Moil Mt mathew thew 7 judge riot nul tuat yr ye lw be ut nt judged etc aud theu adding that there were two ajen en in their mial who were going around teaching the people tile the necessity of with the ordinance of baptism it if they ibey tiou said be mark how bow nicely be set an example tu to als listen uro err 11 ll chome men are iu in clothing and I 1 warn you 0 o have nothing to do with them chena I 1 though hough many eyes were turned oo on us u we suid nothing but stepped nearer the trout front soon another of tile the speakers tera advised the multitude to beware or of US ua and closed his bin remarks wi h these wo borill rilL 1 I bear my testimony tee to you in tile the name ol of god that baptism is not BOI essential to salva bacvar hiob 21 this thie was more than we could stand to see aee one of f the ordinances instituted by our savior tor for the salvation of man treated so BO lightly aau cast cant aside as aa nol DOL do 60 after the meeting my companion liOn called he attention of the crowd to the remark remartes rem arteg tuat had bean made and them t kindly read our litiff tracts compare them with the he scriptures and judge for themselves who were the deceivers thle this rather surprised and excited our delamere defamers def amere amers who immediately chal bongea us to prove that baptism iu its ementrial euen trial to salvation they sneeringly remarked brigham young doe doctrine triDe 1 I WO we auld them jesus christ was waa the author of the doctrine we were oz ex pounding consequently it was waa true and would stand any test teat brought against it we informed them that hat at any time and place jultak suitable lo to them we would be on hand band to defend the ordinance referred to to make the matter brief I 1 will say bay i our op opponents secured the town hall ball for the evening of october we were on hand at the time appointed and were greeted with a large and respectable audience many people I 1 it arr were unable to gain admission on account of the large number present perhaps it to la needless to say the argument of our opponents was waa a very weak one as li is naturally would be with the vast array of evidence set orth forth in the scriptures proving the necessity of a compliance with the ordinance in question in order to obtain salvation in the kingdom of god almost perfect order prevailed while we occupied the floor on the other hand our worthy chairman had bad hard bard work to preserve attention while our opponents were speaking though requested by us the chairman failed to cat call or the decision of the audience on the matter however we feel had he be done so an overwhelming majority would have decided that baptism is Liec necessary essary for the object rita stated ted president lyman ot of this conference was in attendance and so pu pleased was waa he with the spirit manifested that he be decided to hold a public meeting we secured the town ball for the following friday night and flooded the city with hand baud bills announcing the event about one hundred persons attended our meeting the most of whom list ened very attentively atten to the remarks of elders lyman ani callister Cal llster who sooke BI abke upon the fira principles ol 01 the gifts gospel our opponents in the discussion and a lew lew of 01 their clique came evidently with the intention of dis curbing the meeting however they were silenced by those who had bad come for the me purpose ot of hearing bearing the truth we realize the lord biord assisted us by his spirit mud and feel that some good has been doue do ue in the way of allaying prejudice if nothing the NEWS reaches us regularly and is an ever welcome visitor the health of the elders in this the birmingham conference is good and all feel with the ibe help of the lord like honorably discharging the duties devolving upon them with best wishes for the success of the NEWS I 1 am very respectfully W 8 BARNES |