To the Editor of the Times and Seasons

Surry County, N. C.,}

March, 24th, 1844.}

Brother Taylor:-Having been absent from Nauvoo, some time on a mission, for the purpose of proclaiming the fulness [fullness] of the everlasting Gospel, I have thought it my duty to address a few lines to you, giving you a brief account

of my travels and successes during my absence.

I left Nauvoo on the 6th day of May, 1842 in company with elder Orange Wight, for the state of Virginia, which is the land of my nativity. We proceeded immediately to Greenup county, Kentucky, where we commenced lifting up our voices in defence [defense] of the fulness [fullness] of the gospel, to large and respectable audiences, who listened with much anxiety. We were the first elders of the Latter Day Saints that ever preached in this section of the country. We occupied some considerable time in preaching in Greenup, Floyd and Pike counties, Ky., which I believe was the means of doing much good by way of allaying the prejudice of the people.

We then proceeded to Tazwell county Va. where we met with elders Litz, J. M., and J. Grant, who were laboring in this section of country, and had baptized many. Here we had a council, and it was thought best for us to stop here for a while, as the field was wide and the laborers few; and many of my relations and friends [friends] who had not seen me for several years, were anxious that I should stay and preach for them. The above elders, with the exception of brother Litz, soon left for Nauvoo. We continued our labors in these parts, and met with good success, till February, 1843, when he left for Nauvoo; leaving me alone, and from that time to the present, I have travelled [traveled] and preached in no less than nine counties in Va., extending my labors further than when we were all together, and have been down into the waters of baptism with many.

The church in this part of Virginia, numbers at this time over one hundred and seventy-five, besides many that were baptized here and have gone to Nauvoo, and the work is continually increasing.

I have also been one trip, before this, to North Carolina, and spent about two months' time, and baptized upwards of thirty, and organized a branch of the church in Stock and Surry counties; also one in Pattrick, Va. I have baptized in all, over one hundred persons, while on this mission: and surely the harvest is great and the laborers few. There are calls for preaching in every direction, and if it is the will of the Lord, I hope several faithful elders will soon be sent into these parts. I am baptizing more or less every week, and I pray God that he will continue to roll on in his great cause in this part of his moral vineyard.

If you consider the foregoing worthy of an insertion in your valuable paper it is at your disposal.

With sentiments of high esteem,

I subscribe myself your brother

and fellow laborer in the bonds

of the gospel,

R. H. KINNAMON.

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