| Show OUllltlt IILlHI unlltoa t I rlrorllR tltllrtt wet 1 II Lagrent Glrsrlmrallnl Iho 1 VIENNA Johnson Co 111 nob September both 1636 To iba Must 1 take great pleasure in submitting to you a bred II report ul ln this Southern Illinois conference of the Northern billet MlMluu held at Vienna on the 6tli and jth of September tIpS In the County Court f house HIJer Samuel O Spencer president ol the Northern State Mission and llder V lie Landland president of the Southern Illinois Conference were j resent as were alto 1 Elders M Jar flat J-ar I chi htenton II I K Lowery U K Onler German lluchanan I Joseph nJr Lrnpey I S L llannel I A P Anderion George H Hill I Ii S Shells C U Ulnwoudty and I Wallace 1rcpiratioas made lor our nietl Ing and looo hand bllu were d uibute < l which proved a good meats of admin Ing I at all our meeting were well attend tu especially the evening sessions I September tt to a m Our meetIng meet-Ing wai called r 19 order by President Sienccr and alter the usual opening ea crenel lie In a few I well chosen w rile e t pets sel his gea utuJe at medic i h to many Saint and friends and bidding them welcome I lo our meetings Eider Melvin I Uallard the real ol the time speaking upot the lutject of Salvo I I tun Individual II and I general At the a so p m Ider C L Dir oxxley iouk u robot ititiecl ol laiHi Older tj I Uallanl olio I liy 1 the t way la I one 01 IIder II II Itoberli party wit attendance and favored us with that beautiful hymn 110 My Father Eider Samuel O Spencer then took up the subject of Fears and Works At the etening meeting the subjects of Repentance and llapiltm were taken up by Ideri Sheet Hill and I mpey I Ihe lint being Repentance by Ideri I itKell and Hill 1 Rider Impey lookup Uiptlsm eater Spencer reviewed 1 briefly Iwlli I subjects adding a few words IK each I alter which the choir isag and meeting ad1journed i onday 10 a m Ililera Ostler and Lowery dwelt upon Ihe subject of the l poly UMxt showing that Hill principle comet by he laying on ol hands Hider Spencer reviewed the subject after which L Ider Candllld d1t form short time upon authority to administer r in the ordinance pertaining lo the Church of Unlit and elder llallard added a lew I words to the subject At apt ml he subject ot Church Organliation was taken up by Lldett Bunnel and Andertun hider Christensen spoke upon the mme subject He also dwelt upon the I olt I Tint principles ol the Gospel I 1 he jo p m meeting was called to urJ tri I order by rId Candland and after the I usual uerIlder S G Spencer u Introduced and cccupled the time on the I subject Wlul in i Mormonism ShowIng Show-Ing that lh was the Gospel ol Christ throughout bit remarks all otfecllont j lo MormonUm were met weighed In the balance and dlrxwed ol to the apparent satisfaction ol the large and Intelligent audience present al was es faced by Ibe almost breathless attention atten-tion that was given Elder Spencer also bore a very strong testimony that the work In rtlo was engaged was till truth Cider Ballard then favored ut with the election Calvary accompanied on the organ by bliss Cora llurneit Ihe young tiaughicr ol Mr n irnrlt who It a leading merchant of this place MISS Cora It I but twelve years or age 1 but hat graduated Irom the common school and It now attending high school Calvary It n very difficult I piece and the way rr was sung and played would be a credit to tome of our noted rusts A card was then lead expressing thanks to IhI people ol Vienna Ann vicinity for their kindness to us during conference and our conference adjourned adjourn-ed On Tuesday forenoon thiouh the kindness ol Brother Belts the Elders rode out to Buncombe six mllet distant 1 where we went lulu the woo < li and j held 1 our rnetthood meeting We received tome very goat advice from our worthy president S G Si > Boer Ihe testing among the Hiders was very good and the lour hour we spent rl Ibr If together will never be forgotten The Elders In relating tome ul their experiences ex-periences I spoke ul tome very somatic able cases uf healing Among them was one cf an old gentleman by the nine ol C bchmlditail who had had 1 very tore nice lor a lung time and t could lordly tee He embrai cd the Gospel l and said that be now h id faith that he Could be healed The Elders admlnlt tired lo him I and Immediately I after hit eyes began to get better and have been Inprovl ig J ever tact Another instance was that 01 a by that was very ask and had been given up to die It had not nursed for two day but no t lOner had the laden administered toll than It began lo nurse and In three days was running arount Still another case was Dial ol lie baby of Urother I rotfgee about three and one half years 01 age The little I thing had loallowed a large j IIIThoed dose of carbolic I add t The Adore happened to be present and administered administer-ed 01 It and it was soon ItJddlmg around again The doctors ol that place laid it some the only case of the kind to their hl tr tt II Jh knowledge when the victim had rein covered in theafternoon nl lhl dar al 3 oclock a branch of the Church was organized at Buncombe to be known tithe Dun candle branch There were present besides be-sides the laces about thirty I balnlialso 1 a large number of lends The meet Inc oat called to order by rider Ctnd land and alter the opening exercises he etptalnedlo the peopltthe profii uf meetIng meet-Ing together hider Spencer occupied a law moments referring to ftr first orcinlxiHon of the Church In this age In new York April I 6th Ujo and gave sonic very good advice The buslnett ol the meeting oat liken up and Brother w W Iletls a loci Eider oat appointed presiding fader Brother I J C Coleman I was appointed clerk also I others were orsainel to the 1rietthood They were all let apart and sustained and each one wit heard from Ihe feeling among them wit good and He tl left rrjoiclne Alter meeting an old gentlemen B4 vests of age by the name of Leoli U Francis was baptized thus lulflllinea prediction that was made by Hider Spencer upon lilt first meeting mil man I about sit I months ago that he was an racllle and would embrace the Gospel Die H only one ol the many predictions ma and that have been made and fulfilled ai testified to by many at the watt Is e grIt gr-It would bo unjust me lo conclude without mentioning the kindness that hat been rihlbiied In our behalf Among those oho have anliiedu are the county uflilait In letting I ut hAve their court house Mr llurneti Turly and others for taking caie of the hlden Ihe Democrat fir the notice It gate ui In the paper Mrs Below fur the time of tier organ Mitt Johnson for her err vices at organist and the klndne ut the Solids could not be expressed In word C K DltnoODU Clerk of Conference I Nlclwcey Nark It 1elneby LlrUfON Kentucky September 94 iSit Tu the Uitoil Since my tail teller lo the News my tell and companion journeyed on Into a nelkhboihood called the Atbuckln I dia Iricl and them held tome eight me t Inc having a very pleaesnt time and I mutt tty that the people who gathered together to hear u < soak enjoyed themselves I them-selves very much bo while my companion com-panion and myself were > lilting I I amonn sums of r Ihefrlindi which we had made we were Informed that just a few hun dredtyardt further up the road there out a lady very sick 10 we told the folk that we would gu over lo this place dull d-ull upon her and see If we could te of lyiertlcelolier I Well we tuned 1 oft and before many minutes hid pasted we were within me mile house where the sick I lady wai IIub her 1 tide her husband and ill 1 little children mesa Handing lliHe I I tlio expecting tea the wile and rnu thcr taken Iron them al any moment such a tillable sight I Italia not t ell flr a long lime blonly Her 1 we till < r < d myself And commission Mi g one ol our awert gongs 01 Zion Crone cattle ye I bdntl and by file lime that we had i ended this hymn the lady Ion tu I move about in 1x1 Then L I we anted huLand II he desired that we the Mare prayer and this he bald After we had prayed ud accepted sang gladly I hymn the woman rated anaket the bed and was able I to LId herdlepln n + good The neat dy we did the same in 1nlrlour hours after Ihq thing and she uVrndtaSgrund1 up and walking around wr Now I cite this instance how II power that an elder lle those who are actually can In cut 3m ig toulh tie III anywhunroutdlt give credit to God slid I Its servaou I we the errants of God know that but It I present condition came from the 01 cod through Ibisservanu power W a continued our meetings aDd miler r they were over we hd one sister h I baptism We gave it out In hrouL Ineene that there uL ro was ono for he Warn 1 should three ha any mars they 041 please 1 make II known Everything oy would Along nicely until Ih doy rr wet when wa cre delich ed for learn dui two more were desirous 01 going data Into the waters lor the rmllon of ollhttr all When the lhe tam there wre many people gathered around to wltnrn n Momon bapu We ° held a aae meeting explaining the lmpcrtJriieaIf he step which they were taking sod than Lanais l heat llireioull Allot this was all over we Journeyed down t J the city ol Lebanon for our mall II re gain we were asked lo MII nOlh lick woman a d have player which didIlnl I tritU thai every young man In Zips will prepare i hlmtell for ho great and I responsible work for there are rniS things to be learned and the more they y I can accomplish at Isma the better thiT will bo ohm called upon t to on into ions ALI son I Stir |
