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Show An Interesting Canada Letter Brief Account of the Travels, Experiences and Successes of Missionaries in the North. HIUNI)(X,Miiiiltoba.Caniida Xov. 2.1. 1000.- The Klden of Israel have been doing missionary work here In this part of the LoidN vlnejaid for the past tie months, eonilng-here In .lime when l lit conference was opened up. and we believe a bilef account of our travels and experiences and successes suc-cesses would b read with Interest by the people of .Ion, especially by those who are Interested In "missionary work.'' During the month of .Mine there were many .successful meetings held, eight eldeis being in the ell) of Winnipeg Win-nipeg that month, with K. II. Hammond Ham-mond as president Three and four meetings were held each night during tlie month. Moi monism was something some-thing new In this pait, and the people would gather around Us by the doens on the street eorneis to hear the all Important message which we had to present unto them. Xearlv every night after our meetings the people were anxious to get some of our literature liter-ature and books to lind out more about Mormonlsm and her people. We met wltli all classes of people and our expel ex-pel lences weie not few. We met some little opposition as Mormonlsm is a monster In the eyes of some peoulc. In the forepart of July six ciders wcic sent to siinounding cities to labor, lab-or, J.ot S. Hess, Karnest K. Dixon working in the city of Selklik: II. C-Xellson, C-Xellson, Kainest Katon, in the city of Portage La l'raiile. All met with good success and returned to Winnipeg Winni-peg built up in their faith, and with a report of success on ecri hand. Hans ! Kiikson and the writer woiked the towns of Caiman and Moiden.We succeeded suc-ceeded In gelling the gospel before the people and in leaving our literature and books in their homes, and weie foitunatc In making many friends. In the latter putt of September were, turned to Winnipeg wheie we met our co-laborets We haw found the people here as a general rule to Ik- erj hospitable hos-pitable (lur confeience convened on November 7 and ;mj (. weie faxorcd with" tlie piescnee of Apostle II v rum M. Smith, I has, 11. Hart and President Presi-dent (icnuan K Kllsworth On tlie morning of Nowmber "Hi, Priesthood meeting was held wheie tho elders gave In their leports, after which the visiting bret'iem gave many valuable Instructions foi the elders of Israel to obseiw. (ieneral conference meeting began on the evening of November 7th. The attendance at all meetings was vciy gratifying, the same sweet splrlu prevailing all through our con-lerence, con-lerence, and we had a good time of ie-Joicing. ie-Joicing. the people going awaj fiom the meeting feeling phased and well benefited b coming out and listening lo the precious truths that weie spoken spok-en bj the set Mints of the Lord. Two eldeis weie assigned llraudon as their Held of labor for the winter, the lest lenialncd In Winnipeg. Itefoie closing clos-ing I will ghe an appiolmate account ac-count of our summers woik done the past live months, lion books of Mormon Mor-mon and li'Oii little books dlstilbutcd, (isn families visited, 1117 families revisited, re-visited, lOt.00 gospel eoiiveisatlons.210') hours spent In gospel conversations, 2.100 houis spent In handling 12100 tiacts (llstilbuted, .".n cottage meetings meet-ings and isn street meetings. We are,all well and enjoy our labors, are united together having the spirit of biotherly love and the stiong tesll-inonv tesll-inonv of the restored gospel and a determination de-termination to further the cause of .truth. The work is in a piosperous I condition and the prospects are bright I for a bounteous harvest in the futuie. j (tKfllKli: A. A.NDKIISON. |
