| Show DIFFERENT DOINGS bac dt I 1 for two weeks the good peo of utah have been kept in a de plo rable state of suspense occasionally interrupted by the dreadful reports of gunshows gunshots gun shots from the firearms of masked in the state of tennessee Tenne asee the electrio telegraph haa has furnished shed frequent flashes of the fearful fate of our friends who had gone inep the southern states to proclaim the glad tidings and tho the arail haa has brought slow slows but sure confirmation of the sanguinary atrocities committed by mascaly mobs precious blood has been wen shed be desolation has been brought into households where until a fe few w days wl aga a gd 1 th el eleving oving eyes of a tender wife and the eager glances of expectant infants looked forward to tho the return of a lovin loving 9 husband and ana an a L affectionate father alas the blood J 0 and of vile ruffians haa bus snatched the father the husband i aber the brother b ther the friend from the flourishing face of earth and ana religious fanaticism adds another adds two adds five to the bloody roll of its ie records cords has ro f won on an unenviable i i able distinction still 1 AW we wish to be ble just and impartial we do not desire to arraign a whole hamlet for the we misdeed of a fe few W citizens we would not wish t to be understood der stood aa as condemning a whole f county for the sins of a district still lead less is it our intention to break the staff over the whole state for whatever truculent ent perse persecution cu tion and blood b been een com corn t e dia a anty I 1 we are pleased to learn from a ff elder nathan Ti tanner inner vl v j junior now 0 on n i ft mission 6 ii in in tennessee n that he has been blessed with more favorable experiences r rhe rile writ writes under date of aug ire from M burton putnam co tennessee to alderman joseph farr of this city elder T tanner uner has been alone or four weeks pushing out into new fields where for fr A about 40 years nothing but the vil n est tot calumnies calum nies and danders slanders concerning tho the church of beaus christ of latter day saints bad had been circulated HO go elder having visited that of country during all that length of N course so elder tann tanner ir has hai to meet aalthe all the de 4 pie i able adf arrant arrant aspersions boro born from ignorance and malice his ills former advised hini not to branch out but to stay in the old field 1 with I ti i friends hmong wham gentiles who warned him afim of impending danger 0 but elder tanner realized that there was no chance for him to make any gospel impression where lie was and feeling the duty and calling of his mission upon him bini he be concluded to take gods comp companionship anious hip and push out hunting for houses to speak in and for keophi to speak to and androl lo 10 I 1 all lias bas gono gone well so far and our friend has no doubt it will continue continuo like likewise trise I 1 asa As a sample of many other similar I 1 incidents elder tanner re relates lates one occurrence about ten da days Ts previous to the tile date of his writing he went out and left tome appointments obtaining the use of a meet highouse at which a protracted retracted baptist meeting was going on I 1 which bi c h it was thought would break up some rime time during the week elder tanner tacked up a notice on the door that he would preach there the next sunday and went away back to headquarters boget to get the pail mail and clean clot clothes bes ite re turning to the place lie met an old man who asked him if ha he was going to tr try y to fill the tile appointment to which he responded affirmatively upon this his interlocutor informed elder tanner that there was likely to be trouble as preachers were coming mg from 20 miles distance intending to literally eat cat him up lip at least they intended to do it figuratively if they did not stoop to personal violence further on elder tanner met another fine flue old man riding riding b a big horse who in a fatherly way inquired ibbe if he had any companion our friend replying in the negative the stranger suggested hed better get one to which elder tanner remarked he lie did not deem it necessary the tile stranger then informed our missionary confidentially that the program was to handle him so roughly that he 6 would leave the country and he lie the old gentleman feared trouble our elder nevertheless th eless wenton went on where lie stayed over night it happened to ho be at the residence of a justice of the peace he be waa was again told of the dire purpose and as he went to meeting he heard beard them saying among them helyes 1 I did not believe hed come etc when our brother got to the place of assembly there were BO so many present abat the house would not dot hold them and so the seats were carried out into a pretty grove where E elder ider tanner spoke to about three hundred for about two hours without a single interruption there were four preachers present one of whom at the close asked the people bosit still while he lie answered the mormon missionary the reverend then commenced and belched forth a tirade of vituperation asking in gElder elder tanner to raise the dead lead etc and then as he be wis was afraid the mormon elder would reply he lie told the people they were dismissed they however 1 instead of dispersing eat sat still while our friend got up and swept away the sectarian screech ers filth and froth band and when he lie asked tho the congregation if a would act as the preacher had bad done ft a voice sounded loudly 1 N 1 elder tanner furthermore floored the preacher so that next day aay when he lie met some of the reverends flock they made of their preacher a hiss and h a byword so much go so that it appeared that the people were thoroughly disgusted of their former spiritual teacher and do desired to get rid of him so deep was tho tile impression made by the doctrine of everlasting truth when placed beside the frivolous teachings of fallible man from the foregoing to which we could add other items of a similar pacific nature it appears that the sanguinary sentiment which has lately broken out in a few counties of tennessee is not the general feeling in g in that state of course the doctrine of the tho church of jesus christ of latter day saints meets with opposition everywhere all the world ia is arrayed against it and believers and un believers in the world alike refuse to listen to the worda words of warning as to the word of wisdom but we are gratified to learn from elder tanners letter that ir in the state a portion of which has recently been bespattered spattered be with tho the blood of martyrs there still are sections where tha tho elders of the church find friends where they are accorded recorded the honors of hospitality and where their human rights con sanctified and guaranteed are recognized ia in a measure |
