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Show H urnER PROM HUniiR C. WEBB HU Mnqiioktln, Dec. 11,03. , ","ft" . Kniion lUKNKn: H Dkaii Uncle: I hnvobeen thiiiklntr. H foraomo time of writiiiR n few lines to B tho Lhi Unnrer to let tho Rood people H of I.ehi know thnt I hnvo not forgotten H ' them, mid if they nro na anxious to rend Hw. .. njitliuor two from me nst,nm from H?.i. tliem, tliVre Is no doubt in my mind v but what tliey will nt Ipnst bo willlnp H to take time enoujth toiead.lt. l ' Hf After my nrrlvnl it hendqunrtrra of Hi tho Northern Stntea Mitston, fbme HI) seven monlhan!o, I was nasiiincd to Hb labor in tl.o Town Conference. The Hi' Rtato of Inwn la Indeed n pretty counlrv Hb in the summer tlmn All through Urn H'( Brans Krowlni: season it almost look Dl"' like n uulvcrs.il Inwn, I wna crcntly i ' dellRbttd in tr.-uelini: through the Hln. farming districts in the early piutM Hff the auuimer to fco tliu beautiful pi Hb tuicaof red clovor nud timothy gmw, Hi alio to sou tho fat hogs, cattle, - nml Hl horses, in tlrese pastures. Tliu faimers Hl in this paitottho country, n u rule, HI; v , figure ou raising oiioii'uh tattle, and HbbVk iH hojta to cat up their com, by" o doing they nro nblo to rcnlir.o mom prolltn from their f,irui8. Their farina rnnfto in ' slr.o all iho wny from cJubly tn four liun- dull acres. They clalui one innn ran uttilnd lo one hund.'ed'.hcrea of corn nnd sijihll j!ii1n. .Corn'ij,tbeir mnfii crop ntu'l n Mormon clilf rwlM HmJ ihwrout 7i (loIillVounliyvjOjk itfjliienil ofjtlic 'vv.ir. iIi)ii1(1pK,.fojrsn dn?i) loatnyovrr thulit the topfe will lell iiii 'heir i;oiiUiB nrt-nllji'rUJjrjj com liiwfi. They hnto toldmiO.'lli.v'o'd, aiory nsl po fiom h-iLo to liouo until they haonhn0 Irtpi mo lo heileva rometlmea that it wax com huskera they wi-re minim! in-. 'humuI if,corn, ,.I Ulwrcil lit1 tho city or Ditbnfjuu abliliVllvj tnonljia It la a r'rlty of 15,0 II)' iriliiihlliiuta Out of llda I iinuitier thefo ifti I'd neiililiorho' ol JJOvOOO Itoinnn Crtthnlleii. I fiittnil thru), I ami rule, ery',lrcJudii,oil iig:'nlnt our 'propli". Tito fhWrs linii' had bnl little d'tyce'aa in tlmtjllv Therouirn thr'P iiir-nilirra of ih.''cliutcli and a number of friend? ihetnl pn'H'iil. 1 nui jinw. lnlioilini in th cltvcif Mmiunkcln, whfi'li Iota a pnpiilnCrin uf lU'nrly l,0(H). TliorMera hnvp met with cfml meet is Iim-c thev c.inle here (U-Veii mnnfhicrf. I'licy hav bapllit'il ten persrins into the fold, (hie of Hi's n'lmbfit.pJll'.loiH to his conversion had 'rHni''H!Vrtnii1.tiili'tiin Minisier for several yenra. I'p fAa lie tlinnjtlit hann tonrhiiie the Dihlc until he com. minced to invMiltrale the temhlngsof UiJh. Itfler-dny gaiuts, then his eyes br-itfan br-itfan to rfptfnrto the tfuilu There is omewhere near onnnindred members of Iho Chuich ol.Iipnp ChrWt of Latter, dav Saints in this Hate and nineteen eldi'rs,nio;inu unih'r the direction of I'jeuldei j :.' P. Ti'.fiejf. of lllir Horn ftnaln, Wynmintf. Iowa ban A ponila tion of 2.250.000. tl..t won'd be about 12,01)0 people lo each elder, 10 we can 1 ce ttero is plenty of room for tnllon-!5rwl1rkrmid-outPthllnraof?:r;e" of people I don't know whether I will ever be the menus of converting one loul or even making one friend, but as f.ir nt I pin concerned thev Are 'nil my filemla nud I nut "trying In a friendly way Jo five some of them n chance fo investigate tho truth. ..y v IjCap say. tJmt, I rejoice, in t)ie Qrapri v!iil't':Js'5'RJl,,,now ,nnt il ' ,M6 poweof' Ooii. unlo salvation. unto all .-hose tliat believe and obey it, and although al-though the majority of the human fiimily may fluht npninst it while they live in-lhtMiU-tih they will yet have to look to it for their pnlvation, for thero ia np oilier power under heaven whereby um,nkimj cmj bu saved. Your nephew, , JIjjukr.O V"Kiin. |