Show FROM NORTH CAROLINA atin at pkim JE editor ROUNDUP ROUND UP in fulfilment fulfillment of the promise made you anil and bellev ing that some of your subscribers would be interested in reading a 1 few lines line written by one who it if not a native tive ol of 11 randolph andolph has learned to love its people I 1 now find pleasure in penning you a few lines on the of may I 1 left salt SaIt lake city after having been set apart to nil fill a mission to the southern states my route via the it G IV and connecting railways lay through eastern eiL stern utah colorado kansas missouri illinois part of indiana kentucky and tennessee to chattanooga the bad lands deserts of utah were passed during the night and when the morning light crept slowly eastward I 1 found myself in company with ten others in the city of grand junction colo A few minutes here and on we sped the majestic and rugged were quite attractive yet I 1 caught but glimpses of their grandeur after riding all day over hills and through throng an tunnels cresting the highest point along the road at tennessee pass ard thundering through the royal gorge I 1 reached pueblo the days traveling brought me face to face with the superb handiwork of a supreme creator with natures els forces and the ingenuity of man in adapting n natural conditions to his purpose pueblo is quite a busy city irregularly laid out and devoid of that symmetrical beauty so clearly manifest mail maiI fest in cities of our own state I 1 resumed my journey about dark that evening and turing during the long dark night rode rapidly eastward my dreams if I 1 had any were tainted with thoughts of home and friends left behind and of the mission and its workings awaking at daybreak from a heavy yet not undisturbed ed slumber I 1 looked in vain for the mountains so dear deal to every young Utah nian they had bad faded from view for a time but from ones memory they can never be erased the broad level prairies of kansas now stretched to the horizon in all directions the hazy blue of the sky blends with the prairie green while the rising sun tints the vapor laden air with indescribable lines hues of red and gold here and there farm houses serve to bieak the peculiar solitary appearance of tile country the windmill is a characteristic iQ feature of the farm and in ill passing through this to me strange land I 1 was reminded of holland with its picturesque windmills at times as we ride along the whole country appears as a large lake along the shore of which we were traveling nature in in her fantastic modes deceives the natural eye and the lake vanishes like an apparition kansas city was about five A more smoky busy and undesirable place I 1 have never seen missouri must now be crossed night shrouded all and I 1 was not permitted to see sec the country whose deeds of heartless cruelty are too well known to need mention I 1 stop in st louls louis the metropolis of t the he I 1 I 1 valley only a short time and am soon crossing tile father ot of waters on the big bridge and entering the state of illinois long does ones thoughts linger on the past his heart sorrows for the martyrs of nauvoo and carthage while his soul honors and worships their integrity and goodness they worked and died for truth and the gospel of christ the cause they espoused and which then seemed crushed Is still prospering because truth crushed to earth will rise again the eternal sears ears of 0 god are hora hers while error wounded writhes in pain and lies dies amid its wor worshippers shippers about eight in the evening of sunday the train arrived at nashville tenn the company had made arrangements to visit tile the centennial exposition so I 1 took this opportunity of initiating myself into the profession of the fair goer all day monday I 1 wandered about the exposition grounds and visited many of the most important buildings resuming suming Ile my journey about eleven at night I 1 arrived in chattanooga early next morning at this time I 1 be began bean an to realize more fully what I 1 was about sightseeing had bad drawn my attention during the trip but now the stern reality stood squarely before me and I 1 feared lest I 1 had not strength to perform my duty worthily after sitting as judge counsel witnesses and jury upon t the he case I 1 passed the following sentence upon myself A stay of two and one halt half years in the sunny south will do you and perhaps some one else els e some rood good arm ami bour self with the sword of truth and beseech god to give you his spirit to aid you humble yourself throw away all frivolity and be a soldier of christ iu in very deed two days after arriving here and after having received the necessary counsel and paraphernalia 1 I with elder Dan danbrow Di irow started for the korth North carolina cambria conference where we had been appointed to labor at reidville Reid ville I 1 met elder john D killpack jr who lias has since been my companion ay my labors thus far have been varied but pleasurable to the young men I 1 would say study tho gospel do not fail to memorize passages of scripture and make use of every opportunity you get to speak in public letters from box B are becoming quite plentious plent lous and who knows hut but v what hat one might came your way praying god to bless all his people both at home and abroad ALBERT E hudsn mayfield Mayfle ld rockingham co K N 0 july 9 |