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Show 81'ANUINAVIAX lOXFCUUXCII. Utntral Item of lutrrrit (Jlfaticd bj a "tn" (orrfipoudriit. On the 1 Olh of Ke tember, 1SJ0, the flnt braneh In Hcaudlnavla of the Church of Jetut Christ of Laltir-dny Halnta waa organlied ly Atlu Kraitu Hnow, at Coinhageu, Den mark. The conference celebration of thl auaplcloua event wai this morning commenced In thte oily. Hundred of Ucaudlnavlan Halnt from varloua paiU ot the Territory arrived lait ulght and thla morning via tie rallroada. Those who came on till morning' train were welcomed ct th depot by the l'rovo military baud. At 10 a. ui. the Hrandliiavlun Haluta aiembled at the Taliernacle, which had keen neatly decorated with II j with aud evergreene In honor of the oocaalou. On the etand were seated l'realdmt KJeldiled, of the first eereu prualdeuts of Hevcntles, l'atrlaroh O, K. l,HJeuiulst, lllrhoii J. 1'. 11. Johnson, John-son, of this city, l.Uer (J, 0. A. Cbiliteiuen of M( IMeasant, J.lder Audrew Jenxen, ot Hall l.ako l.'lty, l.lder O II, llorg and others. lllatiop J, 1', It. Johnson, by virtue of a Utter received from Aalle A. II, l.und, presided. All tho veteraus of tho Church In the coogre,tutlon were Invited to taVe real on the aland. The Invitallju wa iUlto giturally compiled with, A letter rcgretllug his aluenes was recelvin from Apostle l.und. Tne let-Ur let-Ur was dated at r-t (leorze, and kato as a reason for his luublllti to attend conference the fact that he, In com pany with Apostle Iiyman, still had several of tho southern btales to visit before returulng. A brief historical sketch of the Church, special attention being paid to the HraudtuavUu uilstlou, was fclven by UJer Audrew Jensen, llu Save as the date ot the first baptism In lauillntvla, July lllth, 1850, In Hwtnen; auiiou August ISth Ilfteeu nersous were Lapuzed at Copenhngmi, Denmark. The sjieaker Kae msny uther Interesting Churou hlitotlctl data. l.Uer rjolster, a veteran of (event) seven years, aud ono ot the fifteen bartizedat Copenhagen, here a ilroug testimony to thu truth of the Guxil, and felt to thank God for having been permitted to embrace It. the meeting cloudwltli singing by the fjcatidluavlan glee club of liiiran, and Lenedlctlon by I'.ldir Jena Ilau aou. A numter of Interesting tpceclus were made In the afternoon, l.lder N. Isaaoiui, of JUantl, I'd ler Martin ChiUtoOersou, of rjalt Iiake C'ltj, and l.lder O. II. Bert;, of l'rovo, who bad recelvr t the (Impel many yean since, In N iwsy, sjioke briefly, all bearing firm tealiuiouu . I'.lder Luvtiidahl and Jotinsou, of B ill liake county, gave lnttretlug ao oouuta of their conversion to the truth l'atrlarcb l. .V. l.lljtuiiul.t related thuluoldintof his Urst aoiiualutanco with tie Uoirel nuwuigo lu Copon liaiien. Ho s oku of the great respon elblllty rettlug oil the fjaluls lu doing work in Ihe Temples for tlulr dtad kindred, and aduioulshed all tu faltli fully petforiu their portion ot this Important Im-portant work. Ihe choir sang and btnedlctlon waa pronounced by Illshnp l'eter Madseu, ot Laku View, 'lhls eveulng a concert programmo vas carried out lu n very creditable manner Mr. Agues Olsou Thomas, ot Halt Lake, uud thu Logan gleu club had pronituout pacts. |