Show FROM GEORGIA LETTER X num ILDER ELDER A B D SNOWBALL OF editor UP ur th thinking inking that perhaps a few lines from the sunny couth sont which is sometimes termed the land of flowers would be ot of interest to the many readers of your valuable little paper I 1 will sili endeavor to relate in brief a few of my travels and labors since bince leaving b my lome home in company with elder 0 R spencer after arriving in salt lake city we were set apart as missionaries to the southern states and was instructed to go over the U P railroad in company with seven other elders conr courno io urno was a very pledis pleasant one on our way we visited sonie some of th thu largest cities such as denver kansas and st louis after ar arming in chattanooga tenn we visited mount moeut lookout and otic othar r noted s of interest we was then assign assigned bd to our different conferences R elder ider S spencer p to alabama and I 1 to florida As we nye were both going tho the earne way wo we took the train together at 9 a ra nov after riding the day together wo we arrived in in the city of montgomery ala where elder C 11 spencer and companion changed cars leaving me alone tl the is next night nt at 12 landed landd me in iu greenville fla with the large sum ot of 25 cents in my p picket ceet I 1 enquired for a hotel and after finding it I 1 retired without supper hungry antl anil wondering where I 1 would find my companion and next inc battiey but tiey bolh came in due time I 1 found this country to be somewhat different to that which I 1 have been accustomed to I 1 left my mountain home hoine nov 7 with tier white mantle upon her and in a few days daya ulle iho scenes of my childhood had vanished and I 1 now gazed upon the tropical region on in all of her splendor tile fields rather plantations were decked with green vegetation bordered by the beautiful flowers Z which tins this country so abundantly affords elder frank smith and I 1 was assigned to labor in jefferson Jef lerson co where we met anith but little success aul and churches b ing closed against us our worthy president deeming it ary to expand the work of the lord as it is progressing EO rapidly thought it prudent pru ilent for elder blood and I 1 to open up nassau co fla after bidding saints and fri friends enla goodby good by I 1 took the train for lalif lake city cita dec where I 1 nut mst elder blood we then continued our journey on foot miles fasting and prating we entered our field of labor we had now left our saint and old friends to make new which was to be done only by bumble ness fatting fabing and prayer I 1 labored in that co over three mouths and ald I 1 can say the lord was with our labors lie he lus has always raised up frienda to administer to to our wa wants tb as aa he has promised lie would do if we put our oar trust in him while in the co we male a trip to the atlantic coast where N we e was fed on fresh oysters and crabs we nye went up on oil the lighthouse which was about feet high from which we took a good view of the ocean and aso aiso of tho the city 0 perna ferna dina which has a population ot two thirds negroes from there we made our way to 10 conference Confer Confere enie rif e which was hid may and 2nd and in jeferson Jeff co fla I 1 there met with a happy band of 38 elders nil all in good spirits we ila ha I 1 I 1 a very enjoyable time there bring being two lays meeting lor jor tho public and also two days priesthood meting for this the eldens only alter after which 1 was appointed to labor with elder godfrey in echols co ga where the principal crops in tile flat flatwoods are bullfrogs bull frogs anaka s nul alligators the ber herbage barre 0 also produces a large laree quantity of fleas ali as ticks and i led e 1 I bugs but ju t our labors are arc being crowned with it h success among the people I 1 would exhort the young men of zio zion n to tc prepare them themselves for this labor for you doubtless will have the privilege of helping to pruno the lords vineyard for the last time for the harvest is trill truly V great and the la laborers borrs are few an and d has said that gospel of tiie kin wingjom join shall be preached in all the wor world id tor for a witness to all nations ond and 1 then shall the ml end come we should be preparing our BehrS and storing our minds with useful knowledge tor for it rests resta with us ua as young men of zion to carry tile alie preciou truths of the to the different nations of the fareh art li fearing I 1 am taking up to much space I 1 will close arking tho go it I 1 I leaven heaven to pour out III ills choicest lil bl s B sings binga on the people ot of rich co is the wish of your fellow servant in the L rd ALLEN ALLE B 1140 Alexanders ville echols co georgia |