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Show ELDER GIBBS WRITES LETTER . Is In Virginia Preaching Gospel on the Scene of Fathers Martyrdon. Logan, January it); EniToit .IIki-uulican The writer received an Into rest Ing letter from an old friend of your paper, John II. Glbbs, In which he wished to bo kindly kind-ly remembered to all his old friends and associates. Elder Glbbs Is no,v laboring as a missionary mis-sionary In the Virginia conference hi the Southern States. He left home during the sprlnRtimc of last year and despite the fact that he Ims had many dllllcultlcs to' overcome and many things happen to discourage him he now feels comparatively well In body and never better in spirit. This is lcimirkablc In view of the fact that for it considerable time after his dcpartuio he suffered very much from poor health and finally was compelled com-pelled to go to Washington, I). C. and there underwent a surgical operation. A Martyred Father. Eider Olbbs is ason of John H.Glbbs who was martyred on the Sabbath day whlloconductlnir religious services at Cane Creek Tcnn., In the year 1884. Ills son's appearance In practically the same mission Held twenty years later must certainly bo an object lesson les-son to religious fanatics that truth cannot be combatted with brute force even It carried to the point of murder. mur-der. The following excerpts taken from the Elder's Journal,publlshcdatChat-tanooga, Journal,publlshcdatChat-tanooga, Tcnn., will serve to show how well and faithfully Elder tilbbs Is (11 ling his missions: "Aremarkablc case of healing Is reported re-ported from tho Virginia conference. On November M.EIders Olbbs and McDonald Mc-Donald were laboring In Jackson, Va., when they were sent for to go and administer ad-minister to the six-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Harris, who was suffering suffer-ing terribly with neuralgia of tho stomach, being paralyzed on one side, and speechless. He had been sick In bed two weeks, and had been receiving tho best medical attendance Upon this occasion referred to ho went olt as though dead. The elders administered adminis-tered to lilm, and he opened his eyes. The next morning ho was able to move Ills body, and ho Is now almost well " A Valiant Soldier. Tho following clipping shows that lie Is a "chip off the old block" and not afraid to beard the lion In Its den. "Elders Olbbs and McDonald had tho unique experience of leading out in a Methodist prayer meeting In Go-lansvlllc, Go-lansvlllc, Va., on December .1. They went by invitation with a family of Saints Hrothcr Carpcnterand family. It Is needless to say they will not bo Invited again." In fact the one noticeable feature of Mr. Glbbs's letters is -the cnthu-slasm cnthu-slasm he manifests In his work and with what fervor he urges his friends to Improve their opportunities for doing do-ing good certainly it makes one feel that with a number of such men as he In the mlsslon-ticld the absurb terror of "Mormonlsm" should soon be dispelled dis-pelled and Utah put In a proper ".light before the world. A. A. Law. |