Some interest lately has been expressed about church experiences in the South. This report of a missionary experience gives some suggestion of both Southern missionary work and local member life in the early 20th century.

Whenever the Lord asks His servants to perform a task, He always opens the way. Not only has this truth been given by modern revelation, but also it has been proved thousands of times by the experiences of humble missionaries in every land.

The case I’m about to relate is an example. There were four of us, Elders C.A. Thompson, Elmer Heninger, John A. Wallis, and myself, who met at Christmas time in Montgomery County, Virginia, well back in the Allegheny Mountains. After an enjoyable holiday week with saints and friends, we received assignments, for which we were waiting. Elders Thompson and Wallis were to go to West Virginia: Elder Heninger and I were to work our way east, tracting and preaching as we went, until we reached Charlotte County, well down in the tidewater section over two hundred miles away. This was a long trip. Our course as outlined was off the beaten trails, almost entirely among strangers; and it was mid-winter. Continue reading The Two Roads →