Show fl oR m p 1 r it DaiY n y r j I in Iii 1 f Mee j j mr TP 1 Y Q 6 T A I J P Cop Co eon I 1 F IW JJ cr a 9 1878 1878 I T- T i r o J Tl I 1 JS Aea J esea-ef esea re I If f i j i t Pol som months Y past past ast fi c been troubled mole or ot MS Whan 1 it itan an n affection of the f debt t of 01 t palate c I trust t iti in do the th pace ce by y- y lexe in fg to in a thep the open Air Ij I eh eo it tha fOund it nd-it nd A bf H 11 tb t retrain kin g 1 dil 11 to six week I 1 J ake but if T l i dpi fo ara et t I hav t Jr t 1 O odd d no now ft find Ik I am rn much mach bett better r and I T bv ti ab able a aY Y t Of of f late tb speak naly t the p ke s the cold ld C season advances I f hope to tor be b ab H e y pruden prudence and the tt e blessingto- blessingto of to i in n my wanted of T 1 and aUd power I of speech General Gen b sneaking we e th peo I 80 ao so ed UI tip up In in the Breeds th ct ds of ID men and the in the the i ils Of the that fathers unlit t fir ft requires time pa- pa patience patience pa patience tience and d great eat g deal l lof of teaching to get them Co t gds gds- l gos eel pel eJ t s I t if lh 1 I had d a hundred p persons and a thousand tongues I could employ them ahem aU all aUta to ta good advantage right here bere in inthe inthe the State of Te Tennessee ia fn th the die dis- dis pf troth We h e emore emore more preaching caU calls and ope openings lings for preach prea h- h ing than We we hive have been able of late tate t to fill flU Our Oar meetings are gf generally well attended Many Many- believe believe lieve our testimonies and a f t have moral courage enough to re receive re- re receive receive and end obey abey the g gospel I Forty-five Forty years rears ago there the waS wak a good degree of faith faith virtue and devotion among among the people and the early Elders of the Church could go out into the Lords Lord's vinyard vin- vin vinyard yin yard yard and preach the gospel under the inspiration of the Holy Ghost and the people would nock flock into the church like doves to their windows No Now the scene is changed the light of tru truth than and d revelation has been re- re reJected rejected re rejected by tens of ot thousands yea by millions of people wickedness has a or more spiritual darkness and infidelity prevails and the love the Jove to a great degree h has fled lied Still there are afe undoubtedly thousands of f good people who must yet have the pd- pd privilege privilege of hearing end and obeying g the tru truth tho The great rt t harvest however seems fit to be over and now it is t gleanings cc aft after r the vintage e is dine The past summer r has been a hot hotI I and dry one W wheat heat h haq ba been al- al almost almost al almost most an en entire tire failure corn and Dd cotton about two thirds of at a many springs of at water h have ve dried up streams and rf Ii rivers vers l have v beet beeD Very low Money is verY very- very scarce and wages very low In cotton cotton- picking cotton picking season I knew of ene bodied bodied able man W hb with watt his bis two daughters 12 and 14 years of age worked from sunrise to sundown in the cotton field for 50 fiO cents a aday aday day I In many localities there h ha be been n much principally chills and fevers The S 'S Saints int hen n af afflicted and even fen strangers send from three to 10 ten miles mUes to have Oar orr Elders Eiders come ami administer administer to them Several cases of healing have bave occurred in i this Tence are Worthy to placed on r record cord as a testimony to the world that the thi L LId rd Id his biB servants and servants a and d people at the present time 8 a at well as in former ages The filet filet- ca case that I will wilI mention is that of the eon of Mr A AChurch Church of or this place who wasso was wasso so 80 in in flesh that he had been given up to die by two As a last resort re ort the parents sent for Elder Stevenson and myself about of J July ly to come and administer to him We complied With their request when the child gradually recovered its itsu health alth to the great joy of ita parent ar who acknowledged edth ed the bao hand band of f God Ged in its restora t I On n the t h-t of bf f S Sept pt l th Brat John Pres Preston teB's ons on's a eon George Geerge G rg nib years ol old f was w s taken sick with h pain In to his head bea and ears ears keeping his ble parents up and awake with his hie cries and aDd groans roans until after aner midnight mid mid- midnight night His upon BrO Stevenson and myself we rebuked Ids hie sickness in hi the name Bame of Jesus Christ Chris when fill all pain left him in- in instantaneous in instantaneous be he fell asleep end slept soundly until the sun SUB wa was wag two hours high The next neat morn g he be rosy ro i from his hia bed entirely well app and turf the following day ti fI baptized baptised I 1 tte b 25 miles from heifer bei here in in c compan mt purpose wi with h Eider ice for or th t hrh purpose of holding meetings rid uti while up the creek out ont an aD l t J ra of of f i IJ l I W f a d f felt i it itei a d to vi visit Ii ai t II If found fl then living l ln in a d ibl t t dS G A As I Ie e t-f t 0 e bi hu ban lay Iap J on m a bed in one ol corner O f l got of th th tb j sh shaking With hm nd ver wife was also r wit tri disease 1 t r they y had a ary awry ry sick b babe b ln l ing to cradle al wards of o comfort f to t Dt tte J bent tient ties ve tb the C 11 B lo lt at the sick v reM v il r tt wp up a to secret et seto et pm prayer r asks Lord to h have mercy neI y 1 upon th Jati 1 U to t t l i old old- N tb the M j i tet f 1 t health hearth About ll l later t r t I I titS the teia Main o company DaI Y with Bro r T Bigham- Bigham when we were W r ft ed by Mr E B 1 l to tou tilt that his hie br brothers brother's tl r WWi w M Jal l Bru testified t Mil Miland rId and nd others as 88 Mr Mi MM Piatt the ahe Mormon Marmon Elder Elde only at atour atour our e and Dd looked looked- h tek oM owr om si p k babe babe- and anet it t was heated healed I fOd f Jd th theta D to to give G God d the gg lory oly Jam Jambs B tee and wife also soon got Well Almost Almost st within a stones stone's throw ot of where two two of df the above abne es eases cases or of beating occupied d a reverend r t nd divIne anti and editor by the name of t Lips t come of the Campbe church s 's a afew few Sundays after dt in his pulpit and aft after r denouncing in fn n avery a very vehement of new revelation and prophecy y I and the inspiration of at the Bbl Ghost announced tobis to to- bis his heaters hearers that there had bad not beefs beet been a single singie case aee of healing bealing since the days day of the apostles I Since my last report from fron this conference there has been oli of e baptism and antI one family of five have hale immigrated I II i On 00 the nit Elders Joseph I Argyle and Daniel Stuart arrived arrived- here bere safe afe and welt well Brothers Argyle and Higham will labor for or the pi sent from this poi west est while r and my-if my my mya If lf deet opening up a new De new field in n and East Tennesee fennes e Your brother In tn the gospel t P P J JP l Nov 28 Editors Deseret News About seven weeks ago I arrived redl my home bome in Utah to Ml a ml mission sion in my native land I have now naw visited my ml relations In 1 s i iH H Hove ve I have bave traveled about miles Eng mainly on foot Through the blessing of the Al- Al Almighty Almighty Al Almighty mighty I have succeeded In tn allay aUay- fog ing log allaying considerable prejudice and ud UJ- UJ ill Ill feeling feeling existing against the Latter Latter- Latter day day Saints Sainte I have bave obtained m many y names of my dead relatives On my return to this city I met Br Dram leren and we had bad three three last San San- Sanday Bunday j day Br Rr is II the president of the conference and he is doing a good work and has as the entire ron con con confidence of the Saints and strangers In a f few w days I start for where Ishall I shall haJJ labor winter Your brothern Christ Chiist G a HOGA |