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Show ''AN INCIDENT'' Elder J. Golden Kimball , who labored as a missionary in the Southern States under. the presidency of President John Morgan, while speaking of hi s experiences in the south on one occasi.on, gave expres sion to the following words: "It seemed that there was bitterness on every hand. Y./e had but few friends. I was working in the mission headquarter's office in Chattanooga at the time. One morning I picked up a copy of the Chattanooga Times, the leading daily paper of that city, and I was delighted to see printed there words relative to President John Morgan. It said that, 'To shake his· han'd was to be hi s fr iend. • I h.ave .never forgotten it. When you shook John Morgan's hand and he looked into your face, you alwars knew that you were his ' friend. John Morgan unde rstood that principle. "He poss e.ssed a great faith that prevailed and imposed confidence in his fellowmen. On one occasion , while visiti~g the various branches and attending conferences, he was scheduled to attend a conference appointment in Kentucky and had wired the mission headquarters at Chattanooga for the necessary funds to purchase his railway transportation and other traveling expenses, but for some reason the money had not arrived, and the tlt.ain fo1• his Kentucky destination was about to leave. ' 1A few minutes before train time, he felt impressed to wire the general passenger agent of the railway company in Hashville, T enn., i n which he a sked the official to wire a ticket to him at the next station on the road. This he did., boarded the train, and when the conductor came to collect his ticket, President |
