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Show THE INDIANA COXFEBEXCE. lultrrstlu? ami dilIn? O'atlicr-In;: O'atlicr-In;: Appolnlincnt fur lite JlltJionurr HrliL The IuJiaua Coufereuco was held at Gutlirie, Ijawrcnco County, In-Jlann, In-Jlann, ou Saturday and Sunday, Octoljer 23th aud 26th, 1S93. At 10 a.m. tUe confereucu was called to order by Tretldeat U. W KockwooJ. The folio wins Hldcrs wins present ou UieiUusdl C. W. Staynir, rrcsl-Ucnt rrcsl-Ucnt of tho Northern States rnbaion; President C. W. Hockwood; Joseph II. Armstrong, Tho. A. XUson, ItolKrt Duke, Jo-gen Jorgtuieii, It. A.Thorleyand Autone C Soren-sen. Soren-sen. Thcforeuoou meeting was a teili-mony teili-mony meeting nnd all thoEIdci bore rowerfiil testimonies to the truth of the &'ospl, U' divinity of the mission of the Prophet Joseph Smith and the restoration of the Gospel in the latter davs. A sjwcial Priesthood meeting was held at 2f m., when the follow lug appointments were made and sustained sus-tained by the El Jen: Elder Jotph II. Armstrong to travel with .Elder riimsoii Jllsener In Northern Ohio. . Elder Thcs. A. Nixsouto travel with Elder Antone C. Sorenten In Southern Illiuois. Elder Jorgen Jorcenson lo travel with Elder ltoUrt Duke in Southern South-ern Indiana. Elder 11. A. Thorley to travel with Elder C. W. llockwood In Central IndKua. C. W. Stayuer was theu sustained sus-tained as President of the urtheru states Jlitelon by all the Elders present. C V. Itockwood was tustaiuetlas president and clerk of the conference confer-ence nud AntODe C.-Korenscn as asi'taut clerk, Tbe General Authorities of the Church were sustained by -the Elders as they wire presented at the last semi-annual conffience, held in Salt lake City October 4th, dth and Glh, lbt0. Instructioniiwere theu given to organize a branch at I.emlugton, Illinois, and to ordain Hrother John Dobhsas Presiding Ekler. Jlany good IutructIons were given the Eldtrs by Presidents atayner and Ilockwoo J. THE EVKSISU MEETIKU was called to order at T p. in. by President Ilockwood. After the usual opening exercises Elder Jos. 11. Armstrong addretseil the congregation, con-gregation, lie spoke ou the first principle of tbe Uispel. talth, and gave many beautiful illustrations oi this principle, and proved lib arguments argu-ments by passages Horn the ISible. He also bore a strong testimony to the restoration of the GosI. Elder It. A. Thorley then lol-lowed lol-lowed him ami read the artlclts of faith; he sjoke on the piinclple ol repentance, tho nccutstty thereof, and tbe kind of repentance necessary neces-sary for mauRUKl. Elder A. C. SorentOD, sjwke on the principle of ueptism, the necessity neces-sity thereof and the mode of the tame. He bore his testimony to the restoration of theGospel. Sl'MlAY MOUSING. The meeting was called to order at 10 a. m. by President Itockwooti. After singing and prayer, Elder Itolert Duke was called to aildtit.-the aildtit.-the congregation. He spoke ou the subject of baptltm for ome time and proved eVery argument by chafer and verse from tho Bible. Elder Jorgcn Jorgeuson then spoke on the necessity of taplUni, and the Holy Ghost, and gave many valuable Instructions In-structions upon these eul jects. President C. W. Kocku ood then aldressod the congregation. He explained ex-plained why the elders were here; what their desire L, and the good the do wherever tticy travel, lie also bore a powerful testimony to the truth and the restoration of the Gospel of Jesus ChrbU PresWcut Staj ner gave many good instructions instruc-tions concerning the first coming of Jesus Christ and compared It with His tccoud coming. He bore a strong testimony to the work of God. Ho traced the history of the children of Israel, from the time they dc ecaltcrvu among all nations and of the gathering of tiicm back to Jerusalem. He said the Jews were already beginning to patber,as were the Saints to Zion, to the valleys of the mountains aud the house ot the Lord. SUNDAY AFTEUXOOX .MEETING was called to order by President Rockwood at 2 p.m- After-singing and prayer, Elder IS. A. Thorley read the 12th chapter of first Corinthians Corin-thians aud (.oke upon the organization organiza-tion of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. President C. V. Stayuer theu spoke for some time upon thu plan of salvation of tiie human family, tluir privilege in having an upjior-tuulty upjior-tuulty to g-iin salvation. lie related the coming forth of the Hook of Mormon and s)oke of the second coming of Jesus Christ: the manner and way in which lie would appear. THE EVENING 3IEETING was called to orJer at 7 p. m. After singing and prayer, Eliler Thos. A. Nixson was called to address the audience. He delivered a flue ills course upon the Divine Authority of the Elders. lie said he felt rs though some of the blood of Israel wnsneTeaud that tome would be gathered out aud find life aud salvation. salva-tion. President C W. Itockwood closed the meeting with a few appropriate remarks. A hymn was sung aud benediction benedic-tion pronounced by Elder J. 11. Armstrong. The Elders expressed their heartfelt heart-felt thanks aud gratitude for the klndnrss and hospitality received of the people of Guthrie. The Elders am now preparing to return to their several fields of laiwr, nnd feel that there is a grand wotk before them for the coining winter. ANTOINE C. SOKENSEN, Clerk of Conference. |
