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Show tKHWilonnrr Ilxitrrlrtur. Leroy, Ga Oct, 9, 1OO0. KnoATiuu' Alnking that perhaps a few lines frSame might be ot Interest to your i'CSUiJ takj? treasure . lnwrltlng,y'oo Seventeen itouths ngo tomorrow I left my home in Marlon anil started for the funny south, wlnrc. I had been called at In embaiiador ol truth, and ever ilwe May 21th, 1810, have been laboring labor-ing at a canvanlng I'-Wei In the Flsrlda coiference. My mlrslonaty experience list been tho happiest days of my life. 1 The Florida conference coiaprisrs all hi Btato of Florida and about thirty ifo counties of South Georgia, making anil about 73 counties we have to work, Yhcn I arrived here we had forty-three lien, and wero therefore able to make ifjood showing, although a great many lour number were young In the field, lut since that time our band has bsen rradually dropping off and as no ntw met have been sent to All the vacaccisi, it the present we nutnber only about, wenty-oight. In my brief experience ai a mlnliter if the goipel of Chrlit, I have hid many drong testimonies to tho truthlulnais si this great latter-day work. 1 1 are seen tho tick healed and the lame made to wnlk, and In man) otherwayt hai the power of tht Lord been made manliest in an uumiitakable degree. I have come In conlnct with those w ho claim to bo milliners of the goipel ol Chrlit, and who havo been thus cngsged foi many yean, yet when the) meet with the humble Mormon Rider thevwlll shake like an aspen leal. When they tee that they are going to bo overcome. In argument, they will say, "Therels no me, of me trying to talk with you because be-cause jou nro educated and I am not," when ten chances to one ho has spmt tuoro years In school than the LIdsr has weeks. When we soe the condition which Ihe world is in today, with the many conflicting con-flicting creeds, nnd compare wllh that thocomparatlvu few who do havo the Authority to officiate In the ordinances of the gospel, ono cau begin to rcallie the truthfulness ol tho bavlour't wordt iu Luke 10 2, "The harvest is gnat but the laborers are few," But neverlhelsn t'ie good work Is spreading rapidly, and !l At present there Are over ono thouiand honest louls vvu0 have united thein-'elvet thein-'elvet to that icct which it everywhere poken evil of. They are proud to know that they belong to thatclAHo! people whom tbe world li pUaieO to call the deluded Muruxini. 1 am thankful that I have the privilege priv-ilege of laboring In the vlueyardol tho Lord, and hope to be able to remain nntll those who said for mo to gn shall also ta) come, let the time lie long or short My henltli has been very good, and At a whole in) labors havo been a great pleasure. My present nddress is ltaxley, Appling County, (ieorgla, I remain, yours truly. Jour K. Lxkiox, Jk. |