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Show S"Btt Wirulim Conferemc. This conference was held on October Oc-tober lSth aud 19.h near Clifton, Spartanburg County, South Caro-I Caro-I hna, ProIJeut D. T TK:BaroU presiding. pre-siding. There were prtsent on the 1 stand President iu. Stry; riders Wm. A. Itjeve, Wra. Collird, l. I . Tanner aud C. P hitter. At Vba friorniug tervice, after Iho tisual exerde, Eldir Wm.Col'ard aJdressedtbetu'rtgaioii,seaking I at soce length on tlie first principles I of the Gospel j Elder 1) K. Tauaer re dwelt upon thodiitit(f tlieiji.nte, whom ' heexkortetl to f-iitlifulnets. I In the afternoon, EWw C. . I wry explained tlie neeity of t adih-Tencc lo tie C?pel of Jesus I Ci"M, spoke upon the organization I of the ChurJi of Chris, and Instanced In-stanced that the teachings of the I Elders were the ame a Uioe of the i bavisr and HU apoUes. President Wm Ppry stiid that Uie Saints shoi'M not enlj ilten to goo 1 istrceJohs but puttiiem into p-ac-jtitft. TheljgBnelof JeisChri-twas 'a Dr.irtleal oue, and faith wiUiout workswasdead. Hedeseauteduion the divine mlrtlun of Joseph bmitii, showing the necessity of continuous rerciUon. ', On cunday morning lue congregation congre-gation was firt addressed by lder Win. A. Bceve, who-e chief theme w as liie reetoraUoa of the f losi-ti. President William Hpry then five the baiats same suuad ad. ice. ho dltferunoe, he saU, between the latter-day Saints and tile re-t of the C hristian world was tliat Uie forn.e- brought furth the fruits of the Gos.iel while other dencm'- alit-us mj nit. He warned the sa.ntsii 'tto fall toaleel wiUi the . rust, of uuakiud. i!y sdhuriug to I the Gospel truths they woukl gain liot'i temporal aud spiritual salvation. salva-tion. T ;t tii rrclnts be faithful. Their light should S3 shine that othere might see tliei- good works aud be ltd to glorify God. At tueafternoon service President D. T. LeBaron ejoke of the Kingdom King-dom of God as organized litre on earth, and jointed out the fallacy of the belief -of "Onw-of thostelar'ani concerning tliat KlDgdcw. ' President Wm. fc-j-rv re.err-d to the talss rerotfs circulated against the latter day Saint. -s to the Constitution of the United htates, they belicve-d that Its fraraers w ere inspired of Gad. Tho JaUcr-day Saints were accused of being disloyal dis-loyal ta the gov ernraeut. J le, how-eer, how-eer, reluted these allegations by reciting Instances cf patient end'ir-oneo end'ir-oneo whileiifferiug wrong, and the lojalty of the ;-aints toward the laws of tho nation under all circumstances. circum-stances. ,, On suuUay evening, by refueat, President fcpry delivered a leeture to tho j ouug. He ga a them much good advice, ami exhorted them to be faithful to the cause they had espoused, for by so doing Uiey would become shining light in the Kingdom of God. During tho Priesthood meetings tho Ciders gae In their reportinnd expressed their determination to continue their labors. Encouraging instructions were given by tho presidents of the conference con-ference and mits-Ion. C. F. Enua, Clerk. |