| Show ltsssn ASIA COMKUKME Ill C ipd IrraclnJ In I Ioitcr b1 LUtrs Clolhd With VMS J Authority Editor Dtttrtt Aorta n r ATT Allegany County M d Kept 4lh 1893iVrmlt me lo report blcn I It tntoujh Ihe column of your valuable paper the proceedings of what Is said conletences that to be ore of the belt has ever been held In the Pennsylvania conference Conference convened on Sunday morning September 1st In a bowery which had been constructed on Ihe farm of mother llcyme I by tome ol the 4 Elders and Saints Joshua K Clatk ti president of < Ihe Northern Stales mil Iou George II Malson president of the Pennsylvania conference and all the Elders Including five new one who had Just arrived from Utah were present Meeting was called to order by President Presi-dent Malson After the opening exercises Klder R A Perkes presented the principles of faith and repentance In a very able and convincing manner he I was followed by is Eider Mauna on baptism and Ihe Holy I Ghost The speaker quoted many pass ol caving I no room for aces a scripture fhe spnnkTcr totand on Uolh speaker were hljhly favored with the spirit of the Lo At tthe afternoon meeting Kider lmutl llackman delivered a poA erlul discourse I on the divine mission ol the Prophet I Joseph Smith The speaker as he ad I ianced with his subject wated elo 4 uuence Ills reasoning was grand Sol I logical and t all otiilrucllsns I before swept I him 1 c1 like mist before the morning sun He I held his audience for an hour and a half I wllli tile closest attention IAt the close 01n the meeting the l people hung around and seemed loathe to leave the place d galy morning rIder Corntllus meeting Klclnrdson was ad on Authority lie demonstrated very Clearly who held Ihe authority lie spoke with freedom and force and was followed by Elder A J Allen who dwelt upon the same subject lie proved I prov-ed by many passages ol scripture that unless a man was called oflodaswas I Aaron he had 1 no right to preach the Gospel I or officiate In the ordinances thereof I Doth speakers spoke with freedom free-dom and force Meeting convened again at J ocbck HderChailei I Monli thelirst speaker read the Ilk of failh and commented en them at some length Anti said that they had withstood the test bt Ihe leatned men ol Ihe day lie I was lollow 4 td by Elder 1 A J Dro lerlck who touched upon several prlnclpes and fit requested unbelievers ho were present lo compare what had been said w III file scriptures Ider Webiler lolloed with a sitting Icsllmony to what had been said and to the divine million of Ihe Prophet Joseph Smlili llelike the previous I speaker w as abundantly blessed wilhlhebolritof the Lord Elder Clark mptldenl of the million then address the congestion at some length calling the attention of Iho audience to Iho many great and eternal truths they had heatd during this con lerence ther less It would seem that enough had been said to convince any one thai those humble Iders who were sealed around him were divinely authorised seivanls of God The a speaker words I were so strong and powerful at limes that many were moved to tears and he himself at one lime was so overpowered by the Spirit of the Lord that he had to pause In I his cluing remark he spoke of judgments that were about to be poured out upon the II Inhabitants I jOI the earth and he bore a powerful testimony to Ihe truth of tire Gospel and of the divine mission of ell Prophet Joseph I Smith lie I was followed by Elder Matson Mat-son who spoke In life lime strain and with I great power causing tears to low from the eyes of many T to Holy Ghost rested mightily upon both speakers At the close we sang the hymn Their Splrll of God like a fire Is burning hlrtBoosed 11 3 Thus cloied tile second day ol our spiritual feast On Tuesday morning the Elders and Saints mil In a fast and sacrament meetIng m meet-Ing Many strong testimonies were borne by Ihe 1I Ider and balnts and at t I I j oclock we broke our list by partaking a partak-ing ol life Sacrament Inuol Ih dCl Priesthood meetings I were held on Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday The general authorities of the I Church I 11 mono la the million and of the conference were presented and unanimously unani-mously sustained Cornelius Richardson was sustained Jlil I President of the Pennsylvania Conference n place ol George II Matson who has een released to return home Ibincter tanner Jr I was sustained clclk ol the onletnc Gut credit Is I due Rider WIIIInl 11111 I for his valuable sctlce In leading file singing which did so much lutoods I o success 01 our conlec A IUI amount 01 credit III I due the Habits fort the 41spliyed In taking Cate t of elh hospitality during t the conference I Me lead a grand spiritual least one lang 1 I 3 to be temembered by ilia Elders and Saints l nNHlKR TANNHII Ja Clerk 01 Conrcence 1 rXNNSVLANI lIIOlAaltt I Addretsti of the Men I In Ihe PennSylvania < Penn-Sylvania Conference Cornrliui Richardson and John K Craw lord Ubcll Randolph Co West i VrKlnla IIcbt Halls and William IIHI I lordIng I lord-Ing Randolph Co Went Virginia Cyrus Nell and A I Allen Mount Savage AHeginy Co Maryland R A Irk cle mid Ibeneitr Tanner Jr Duck Valley Bedford Co 1cnnjjl I Inla A 1 Uroderlck and George W 1arish Atoll Tucker Co Welt Virginia William J llolbrook and loseph k1 is lllndrun l Independence II 1reston Co a West Virclnla JC J Allen and J V Illtlou lluch annon Upshhe Co West Virginia I K CLARK i |
