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Show years before had come trueo It was here that he had converted practic;ally the entire community, including the pastor of the local church and had organized a new branch which soon was to be incorporated into the Southern States Mission about to be organize do Fitting, indeed, was it then that the next project he had in mind should be consummated at this particular placeo It was on the morning of June I, 1878, in compliance with the wishes of the Saints, that he started writing an epistle to the Saints residing in Georgia and Alabama, in particular, and to the people of the world, in general; setting forth clearly and intelligently the answers to the questions uppermost in the minds of men as to lo Whence came we, Zo Why are we here, 3o Where are we goingo At this particular time, he was staying with the family of a Brother Lawrence, a recent convert to the Churcho Most of June 1st he spent in study and writingo The next day being Sunday, he met and preached to the peopleo On Monday, June 3rd, he continued his writing and on the afternoon of June 4, 1878, he completed his tasko Fifteen years before, John Morgan had been a Union soldier attached to the Union Army under the command of General William To Sherman as it battered its way south from Chattanooga, Tennessee into Northern Georgia, through the bloody battle of Chickamauga in the month of September, . 1863o Then later in the historic battle of Selma, Alabama in April of 1865, where -2- |
