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              the persecution and legal proceedings against the church, all the workmen on the temple block (S.L.C.) were discharged and work on the huilding discontinued." The South at that time was a hotbed of .Anti-hlormon hatred and when a man joined the church in that locality, he usually attempted to leave the South and come to Utah as soon as he could. The Elders gave assistance in such rnigratiuns by getting church memben together, chartering cars and arranging dates of departure. Elder Lehi Jones once assembled such a company in South C:arolina. T h e helongings of the new members were gathered together and loaded into a railroad car and in due time the train would pick up the cars and pull out. A man came to Elder Jones and informed him that one of the membem who was leaving was runnins away without paying his debts. Lehi hunted the fellow up and told him that he must pay every rent of his indcbtcdness before he could join the company. The stand that Lehi took created quite a sensation among the other members, and in the country. The newspapers acquired the story and published it and the businessmen and memhen of the community and county applauded Lehi. This incident did much to hreak down prejudice that had been built up over the years.'' In July of 1889, Lehi was released from his mission. H e received a letter from the Southern States Mission President from Chattanooga, Tenn., dated July 8, 1889 which reads as follows: "Elder Lehi W. Jones, Dear Brother, In ronsequence of the impaired condition of )-our health together with the fact that there are many Elders in Israel who are in need of the experience gained in thc missionary field and whose physical condition will permit of them laboring there without subjecting themselves to bodily illness, you are hereby honorably released from your labon in this Rlission, and at liberty t o return home to the hosom of the Church and the :moriation of your family and the Saints as soon as you may be able to inake the necessary arrangements." "We trust that in returning home you will not take off your armor, nor slacken the zeal which has characterized your lal~ors while abroad as Herald of Truth; but that you will turn your attention in assisting to huild up Zion, and in establishing God's Kingdom on the earth in the midst of the Saints." "Praying God to Mess you in body, mind, and spirit, return you home in peace an safety. and grant you a long, eventful, and successful life, I remain, Your Brother in the Gospel, William Spry, A.S.C." "P.S. Dear Brother Jones, Your condition having been more fully placed before us and as there is no desire to have Elders remain in the missionary field when their physical condition will not permit of their remaining, you will find enrlosed >-ourrelease." 108

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Title	Lehi Willard Jones: Biography
Creator	Jones, York F., 1925-; Jones, Evelyn K.
Subject	Jones, Lehi Willard, 1854-1947; Cedar City (Utah) -- Biography; Cedar City (Utah) -- History; Mormon Church -- Utah
Description	Life of Lehi Willard Jones, centering in Cedar City, Utah, 1854-1947, and history of much of the development of Southern Utah
Source	Lehi Willard Jones
Date Digital	2008-01
Date Original	1972
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Contributing Institution	Digitized by: Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah
Publisher	Woodruff Printing Company
Language	eng
Genre	Biography
Website	http://www.li.suu.edu/library/digitization/lehiwillardjones.html
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Title	Page 108
Description	the persecution and legal proceedings against the church, all the workmen on the temple block (S.L.C.) were discharged and work on the huilding discontinued." The South at that time was a hotbed of.Anti-hlormon hatred and when a man joined the church in that locality, he usually attempted to leave the South and come to Utah as soon as he could. The Elders gave assistance in such rnigratiuns by getting church memben together, chartering cars and arranging dates of departure. Elder Lehi Jones once assembled such a company in South C:arolina. T h e helongings of the new members were gathered together and loaded into a railroad car and in due time the train would pick up the cars and pull out. A man came to Elder Jones and informed him that one of the membem who was leaving was runnins away without paying his debts. Lehi hunted the fellow up and told him that he must pay every rent of his indcbtcdness before he could join the company. The stand that Lehi took created quite a sensation among the other members, and in the country. The newspapers acquired the story and published it and the businessmen and memhen of the community and county applauded Lehi. This incident did much to hreak down prejudice that had been built up over the years.' In July of 1889, Lehi was released from his mission. H e received a letter from the Southern States Mission President from Chattanooga, Tenn., dated July 8, 1889 which reads as follows: "Elder Lehi W. Jones, Dear Brother, In ronsequence of the impaired condition of )-our health together with the fact that there are many Elders in Israel who are in need of the experience gained in thc missionary field and whose physical condition will permit of them laboring there without subjecting themselves to bodily illness, you are hereby honorably released from your labon in this Rlission, and at liberty t o return home to the hosom of the Church and the :moriation of your family and the Saints as soon as you may be able to inake the necessary arrangements." "We trust that in returning home you will not take off your armor, nor slacken the zeal which has characterized your lal~ors while abroad as Herald of Truth; but that you will turn your attention in assisting to huild up Zion, and in establishing God's Kingdom on the earth in the midst of the Saints." "Praying God to Mess you in body, mind, and spirit, return you home in peace an safety. and grant you a long, eventful, and successful life, I remain, Your Brother in the Gospel, William Spry, A.S.C." "P.S. Dear Brother Jones, Your condition having been more fully placed before us and as there is no desire to have Elders remain in the missionary field when their physical condition will not permit of their remaining, you will find enrlosed >-ourrelease." 108
Digitization Specs	JPEG image for display. Archived TIFF image was scanned at 300 dpi with a CreoScitex EverSmart Jazz+ scanner.
CONTENTdm file name	1188.pdf

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