Letter from Charles William Stayner, 7 June 1890
Box 474 Washington D.C.
Presidents Woodruff, Cannon & Smith:
Salt Lake; Utah;
Dear Brethren:
I have great pleasure in acknowledging
the receipt of your kind and instructive letter,
and in saying that it gave me courage in
my labors in the Pennsylvania and Indiana
Conferences, from which I have just returned.
The Pennsylvania Conference was held
at an out of the way place called Porter's Falls
in the Northern part of W. Virginia, eight or ten
miles away from any town or railroad, and a
long distance from where any of the Saints
reside. The brethren chose this place for
several reasons which seemed good to them,
first a schoolhouse could be got there,
the sheriff and others being quite friendly
to us; and second, the people there had
expressed a desire to have us hold a Con-
ference among them, and promised to turn
out and hear the preaching. It seemed
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