Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Missionary Journal of Elder Forrest Whitham Memmott October 1906

Oct 1 – Today is the first of October we was going to start for our labor but it looked so stormy we did not get away.  We went down to Bro Roberts’s daughter and spent night and had a good talk on the gospel.

SIX MONTHS


Oct 2 – until Oct 21 - Visiting saints and friends during the last 20 days took a trip of about 110 miles started at Foster Falls and went by the way of “Ivanhoe”, Quipple Creek, Speedwekk, Crockets Depot, Rural Retreat, Corinth, Shelton Town, Wytheville, Sanders Wineo and back to our old starting point of Foster Falls.  It was raining most all the time we was gone and snowed a little we had a very good time during our altercate and found all well.  We did not take our gripes so I could not keep my record up while I was away.  We are now back to our old labor canvassing.

Oct 22 – We left Bro Henry Roberts to go across New River and canvas it looked very much like storm most all day but along toward evening it cleared off.  We had a very successful day with a few Aposers.  Elder Reid went to canvass a house and I stopped in the woods and waited for him.  But the man ran him off and would not let him cross his land to come where I was so I did not know what had become of him and went to look for him and the man sent me a big hunting and told me he had sent my comp. The same with some difficult we got together.   We did not get a place to stop until dark.  We spent the night with a very rich man; He did not want to talk so he took us to our room.

Oct 23 – We left Mr. Crocket very early crossed Reid Creek.  We walked about 22 miles and did not find many families.  We met up with two rich men who was a little bitter one did not want to talk so he left and went to the house.  Crossed Reid Creek on the wagon bridge by Grims Forge.  Elder Reid save a lady some pamphlets and after we started she came and threw them away and said we don’t except such stuff as this we the spent the night with Bro Richardson.

Oct 24 – We finished all of Wythe County across Reid Creek on the south side we got our mail at Max Meadows the second class was their but our letter had not got there we went about three miles from town and spent the night with one of our members.  Bro Foman he was working on a saw mill I saw the largest pile of lumber I ever saw it was about 250 yards long and two rows on each side of the tram way.

Oct 25 – We spent the day with Sister Foman we walked about 10 miles to see a man who was very much interested in the gospel we held a meeting at night and had a good time.

Oct 26 – We left Bro Foman soon after breakfast we sang a few songs to Sister Foman we got our mail I got a letter from James & 2 from home all was well at home we started to canvass towards Clarks Summit.  We came to the sections hands and sold them five books we had a very hard time to get a place to stop most of the people was wealthy and they could not keep us they said.  We got a place with a poor man who showed that he was a Christian he treated us fine and ask us back.

Oct 27 – We left before sun up on the account of the man who had to go to work we had some good talks on the gospel.  I got run off by a man who had been told a lot of lies and would not except any pamphlets.  It turned very cold towards evening we crossed New River on a fairy boat and went to Bro Richmond’s to stop.

Oct 28 – Today is Sunday we went down to Bro. Roberts his wife wanted to be baptized it was very cold most of the day.  In the P.M. about 2:30 we went down to the river that is New River there was a large crowd there waiting for us to come Elder Reid Baptized Sister Roberts.  We held a meeting at might and had a good time.  We went down to Pro. Price and made a good friend of him.  He said he had learnt a great deal of us and was going to study our Doctrine.

Oct 29 – We left for Tipton to see the Saints before we left Wythe County we had not been their long we Elders Bishop and Egan came to see the saints they came from Cripple Creek.  At nigh we held a meeting and had a very good time Elder Reid and I stopped to Henry Roberts.

Oct 30 – We are all ready to leave Wythe this morning the Elders came down soon after we had breakfast Sister Roberts made me a Umbrella Slip and Elder Egan gave the furl to with it.  Elder Reid went to Sister Roberts and ate dinner with them for Elder Reid did not intend to get back any more.  After dinner we bid them all good-bye and started for Bro. Montgomery in Carroll Co. We got there in good time and had some good talks on the gospel Ha Ha Elder Bishop and I got the best bed and made Elders Reid and Egan sleep on the floor.


Oct 31 - Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha We have got a big walk before us today so we started very early we was going to Keno to see the saints.  There Elder Reid had been through before he got us off on some trails and we got lost.  It was very cool all day.  We had to wade a creek and it was not very comfortable.  We walked hard all day and got to Bro Stuarts Marshall’s a little after dark we was all very tired.

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