Show H p i I I fi tJ 1 i i MISSIONARY 1 A i It I i too FROM VARIOUS S FIELDS I 1i j I N I 111 I NtiitritritvIND fVCtNFLISrNIEI 1 1 I 10 ft I I Jfl t a I ar 141vec4N IV V11111 I 1 k 11 i I nv In 1111o j i The Elders of the Northern Indiana I I ill i h conference met at Logansporl Cass 1 county Indiana Saturday Mai 1 1st I fi 1 Thcn7wrere Elder YI A 4 1 There ere in attendance 4 1 t Kelsch president ol the Northern I I 11 I 1 11 4 Siaies mission Elder E V I Boer president 4 1 presi-dent ot the conlerencc nod sixteen traveling 4ci trav-eling The Elder subject IreMed upon were us follows il f I I fol-lows John II lteltedlupon as taught i I in the KMt Joseph E Cardon taN i1 Jho ill rhM ijl I nd works Michael Mauss Waltr T I 1 V 1 4 I Mjyhov and ruin Arnoldson repentance i repent-ance D I J Davis and John L Parcel 1 the Holy Ghost E M noyer summary 4 t VI Otjlnll r rec v r We et i of the abovementioned surjecti I William i A 1 Wil-liam T Huit Ihe nroiiasy John T Gab f 11 bott the scattering lof Isritl I AIred A I i d I I Itiamwell I the gathering ol Israel Will It i liam I 1 RAndrew and John Foote Church I t organlzition i lich L Ellerisen titHng I V L A Kc sen What U MorrronUm I I I r t feK conference which I I lasted two tftcl cld I day S was poorly attended except byE j 1 I by-E ders 1 on account partially of ralnj I J Y I weather and carthliy of Indisposition I Ii on the put of the people of Logansport J lll i N although it had been well advert sed by i r v I I hand bills I and through I local papers I I On Monday morning Elders met I t 1 in Priettbood melting Alter opening exercl < es and administering the Sacrament I 1 4i I Sacra-ment Llde Kelch Stated that each Eli I o 1 Jt der was to e El-i bimselleftliarozard d to I I 1 o the projects I in the field be had just left I P eh 2 r I as to whether any people utre investigating 1 V i investi-gating I the Gospel Ilie Elders all I expressed Italia I 1 4 J gae n sgedflb gel i they tb allayed VS much prejudice and some that they had ludicegodinome = haa c I j 1 awakened a spirit ol earnest inveillgi 1 i tin There u ere repotted a number ol o 1 I q 1 cacs P persons who wished 1 lobe baptized I 1 J bap-tized but were waiting for a husband or I i J if a father to consent Others held back I 1 lor fear of being Ihro n out ol employment 01 j 11 l V em-ployment if they accepted the Mormon n 14 faith faithElder I A l i Elder Kelsch offered some highly encouraging 4 i4 I en-couraging wtrds commending the Elders 1 I J t El-ders Ir tneir fathful labors during the kit past six months j 141 A The Church authorities were present jtl I ed and unanimously sustained I bnd t i Kil A new conference Is to be opened upi up-i tl in Ohio with Elder D J I Davis I as president I 4 It j J presi-dent Bill 1 d a W P Maybew William k J l V 11 tt and Michael Mauss as traveling A Lldcrs 1 I I New appointments in this the Indiana I J = SsInf h Ss t I 0 f ccnlerence I were as follows E M Boyer president headquarters at Lo i 4 it i gansporl Indiana John 1oote at Mir I III on Orant county Joseph E Cirdon at I 4 11 1 Indianapolis William R Andrew and M Loiirlt f I I John L Parrcll Ufa y otle ld Tippecanoe county Hyrum Arnoldon Muncle I 0 io John L Ellertsoti and John T Gabbott I If iteam Corner Fountain count Alfred I i ot IF ii A Uromwcll and Jonathan Hale i Ko t fJ anollato Slo 1 i onNsnos J 11 I komo raJ h n II fa out was released I k NtI re-leased to return home I tl hao 0 qll I p p fdo Kelsch I assured the Elders hoI ho-I IV ji V start out without coiiramoi I that they I i J ti A would be alone only for a snort time ai t i 4 new Elders were already en route for h sn I this mission come being destined for t I ii 4 la 1 this and the Ohio conference t 1I 1 l f JV brother George II Wilson who had li I p been lately baptized In Muncie dsired h I k to be creamed an rider which was p i Rt granted Eider Kesch pcrlorming the I j f d I l i I ordination Brother IV IF n embraced > I j 1 the Gospel many years a oIx England I j j1 4 and at gni lime presided uvtr a number hJir iii of branches He fell away since which 1k4j j r V 4 4 he has wandered out ol the Church He I i 1i I I will be remembered by many of tne h I Ii if i 6i 1 early English balms as manly oldallc 1w I I If the Mldglejs I the Parkers and others k ilf I thb i 5 On Tuesday the Elders began to leave Ieave SI 1 u 5 I for their new fields sorry at separating f It I from the body of Elders but dttermlned t 1 I ill I 4 J to go here and how suit in order lo t I 4 sow the seeds of the everlasting Gospel t j i I I ERNEST M BOYCK k I I P President of Conference y J 1 i i JOHN FOOTE Secretary V Ii I NEW IIIUHIVEN it i4 V l Ir J I C C1oDID In obbDVU to a t i I t 111111eirs 41 f 1 1 J MoUTliour Skaraborgs Lan I t I I ji 1 q Sweden April a8th 1897 I I 111It I I To the Edilori A finer day could not have been desired 4 it I t q de-sired than we were favored with en the I I I cccasion uf tile commencelnenl 01 one f J 1 < semiannual cOllferene at Gothenburg 1 I l Z 11 I on the 24th Inst The weather was j Y hd 1 4i I I l baltny I and clear and sweet As the I l Ii r 1 I different trains would elide into the J j I station ot Gothenburg or canal boil n Ghlr lr ho dll aar I Irildlj J r I touch at its harbor eacn would invariably 1 i Ill I i k K l invari-ably have one or more Elder on board I I l I t i coming from his field ol labor Icr ecu k r feoa li j i f g J refn I ference headquarters All uere in the I j I M 1 1 r v I best of spirits and our hearts swelled I Iq i 1 within i us in anticipation I Ier the joyful I 1 f i of meetlDg togetheran emotion known tlp q I ni only to those who have goals out as am 1 Lv I l r i bassadors ol Christ I I 11 1 q 4 4 1i Arriving at the hall n heatty hand I I in welcome I i J shaking Wai indulged m and a 1 1 I t 11 extended Iwo new arrivals to help 1 I I I 14 swell the ranks There were together filteen brethren from Zion and two local I I I I T1 I Elders present Our visiting guess j I I were rsEI C N Lund SII president oft of-t I l Z the Scandinavian mission and Elder 4i g ill I I 1 1 I George A Christensen president ol Ili I I f 1 Copenhagen conference penhagen 11 Y111 I 7 Tho ball was lastelully decorated i rII i 1 10 i Immediately above the stand and extending i f f 4 j ex-tending I on either side were the dear old ri I Ii i Stars and Snipes and the national colon u1i i i I p Sweden Dreading like a pair of l I wings and the words Welcome Conference it tt r 4 L 1 Con-ference nl bold rebel above I I JtJ I Promptly at 8 oclock p m conference p I 1 t confer-ence opened and verse conmutd > by r j ii I our worthy president H M Pearson 4I I li 1 i 1 Zj I i were read bidding all gnetltg 1hen 11 presidents of the various brnncnes came 11 I I loruard and read their report if the I I j I I f work accomplished sirce last conference i lei tr F I and their asMsnnts bore test inony to iiI ii d the work l in which ttey were enia ccl P 1 e cl The nature ol the reports was pleas 1 I I I i 1 I i iV I Injr showing a large amount ol work I V I done by the diiligent Elders In prose 14 I 14 I lyting I mon ihe people Sunday I I I I schoos flourish In all tile branches and I 1 116 I Die doors of strangers stand cpen here j I 1 Ii and there The outlook for the future 11 I Ii is very encouraging Ifiay Ii I I I At m a tit bunday WQ gaIn csem j i ir 0I I bled ThTs time our destinations forthe I 0 I I next five or six months were dele I I 11 mined The officers of the Church were I I I uphtld by unanimous vce i uqitId be h il 1 1 he Laboreis Union hall had been I I Ii obtained lor the afternoon ircciloK ne 0 J i I lected lor us central location und larger 11 II I capacity Ciders Pearson and Lund I to f r pw occupied tbe lime dwelling on the subject I I 1 rf sub-ject Tne only way to salvation It I J J was nled ncricedleIttiong a marked inter I est was noticed among strangers peas If I ent Ou last conference cme ling was lIt held at 8 p in I I 01 t OiUcnday reorhing I a 1rlesVfiood II I I meeting convened and eooj instructions J < 1 ere given All present bire powerful I I testimonies to ihe work of Gcil 01 I All the brethren decided to piy a I4lt I I 13 of rtsptct lo the grave of Eld r John A Ir 1 Qismaikrg ihe Lst 1 tea inB place 01 I II III 1 I I 1 Io I mat labour la I the calico < f trun who i I I 14 was 911dnly coiled from the vlnevard by Him who knoweth all things best I Brother Q Jlst hid 1 hit life in the field ont on-t e 12th ol Mticb 1890 Ve c imbed the rugted clilTj surryundmg the city dliff g ftIIIOlri fo1fe Red strolle d a r vr knolls toward the Smna cemeer Thoughts that word lull to uprs stole I through our nucds as H e sm on the stone base len closing the mortal remains of our de pirted bother Each plucked a cjpreis leal I Iroin the t em coming on Ihe grave We brolle the silence by raising I 0 vocesn IV I 0 my Vather a I nor English I and then In Swedl winch l awakened tho curiosity ol 1 thoe walk IIIIC inside the chuicnyard Then we lowtred our heads in grace to our heavenly Father to lend an car lo our pe tlilon I for His I preserving care and that we might I be allowed I li lo t lulfill I our missions domb sions RId not lay down bur bones In Ihs northern clime but return in safety toZoi In the 1 evening we find nn enjoyable time when Ilie Saints and liienos gathered I gath-ered to spend while In tacit idoni and songs slid to bid the inlssslonarles good bY EUer LunJi left for Copenhagen at 9 35 a m Tuesday I A few of us went down to the harbor and took Ihe steamboit Olga lor Klip pan where an old fort wit once situated situ-ated The icenery was varied and delightful de-lightful as ue stood and watched the steame l Yin here and there and steamboats dga ties bet een them I touching now on cno side alld now callIng call-Ing at the oihr side ol the harbor ferrying people from one end ol I tue aly loanotlur So you see we hid a good time all around 1 during conference and one that will ever clitiir to our memory The next day the Elders left fur f all directions I of the conference to work like bees among the flowers and icturn next fall I laden I with tidings of bavin I 1 I rolled the little sone Mill farther and I stoied away sheaves in the treasure i L tves house of the Lord LordWILLIAH ANDERSON I IU TEooy nINIUN I Ficir0 Ion novesliaer Letters Itreelyd rroan t hi re nO LI d at Ad IUDb1I In response to a circular letter sent out to the Eiders laboring in the various conertnce apprising them ol 1 Ills release re-lease nJ the apnointment ol Elder W T Jack the I Lldrs have written and extracts have been made from their lettm as follows E der IEN11 J 1 I Kn cht secretary of the mission alter concluding h Is arrI y expressions to hs departing president says It ivis I me great pleasure to report r csl greatpleasure tr i port lo I you the iiaitsrng success the Lldera are bavin In the mlsicn since our winter conferences In old Alkali sas near ilia place where the rocks came flllg thick and last only three months ago April ulli was the scene of f great rejoicings six honest souls were added to tile fold of Chris ill of I hem ol that noble IVIeir family Eldtrs Nitl 1 1 son Ne son anti Peterson performing the ceremony wnile some of the msbo crals of a few weeks ago looked on with awe and admiration and Said nothing noth-ing C at a All the co IlerDcesore In Hi i let condition and halo all reported re-ported some baptism In fact there nave been more baptisms already thii year than there were during the whole ot 896 Ilcpo how a teagdy Increase In number of meetings held while our book and l tract account far surpas < es that of 1895 Everything is I In promising ing shape to unite 1897 the crowning year ol the Indian Territory mission Elder John A EiriUey president o the Oklahoma conference writes since our Meeting together In i conrere1ce nl T C Flat I can tiiiiy say I have en joyed the spirit ol my mUsion I arrived ar-rived at Manard September i8oc I found things I different to what I expected expect-ed to JS in 1 missionary I 11fel ratings went on this way until 1 was called to Jo to Chickiiaw there to tike charge ol I that part of the mission I had things a little my own way and struck cut in new country We made many good Mends and I enjoyed my mission better bet-ter but not like I should have done because I was tempted to carry a little money with me We have endeavored to carry out insluctlons to the very le ter and I can testify that the Lord Ins blessed us with lends on all hands Elder Gallacher and have had to ask only twice lor entertainment since last conference The Hiders reports show up three tunes better than they did before be-fore and now we are beginn ng to reap soiie ol the fruits ol our labors Elders times and Raleigh baptized a family last week Elders R hinson and Kearns baptized a Baptist preacher also last week and we are going to baptize a person today and about nine or ten next Sunday Besides the spirit of mves i gatlon has Uken Hold ol r a great many and we look forward to a rich harvest In the near future So you see what call be done where Ihs Elders will do their duty Eldrrs Uailey and Miner met with us at RofT and a good spirit Ihey brought ultri them We learned many valu > ble lessons from them Love and pta o exists among the Elders Betaken brother Inasmuch as you have been taken away from us I feel to say God bless ICU May your efforts to do good I be craned with success May your joys d bs as dec n as the ocean and your Ct I sorroms at ligh I as its foam I Elder Fraok L Copenlnj president I of the Arkansas coafiience wiites Today Elder Atkinson and my sell are on our way to Visit the Elders in their various councils and at the time ol writuu care sitting on a log by the roadside lor you know the road have i a charm fur the servants ol God I am more thin a thomand times thank lul to my heavenly Father that I was counted orthy to rtpreaent and preach the Gospel 1 pun ill in us purity i Ev ry young man in i Zion i should be ready and 111 111dj lo go out into the world to hat aid the Gospel and lure Deity ns an instructor I can assure you that money could not purchase the rich blessings that I already hive received from our athcr And I hope Icin I prove true to the end and discharge the duties I am calcd to pet form from time tu lime by h i f d N lir the Priesthood I Dear brother I assure you Elder Atkinson and myself will da all in our power to make hI duties of your successor pleasant and successful and lint ewill always be found ready ana willing to obey any instruction We have been treated finely In thl < county never going hungry or in need if mends Wo haseheld over filly mett tries In the county since cur arrival In It have only been re used four opportune tits to preach and tile indications ale for a big harvest ol honest souls UV i rI tnoriik have many Invitations to come liuk and preach again There is I eone opposition tolls wh ch cpruts Lr nclpilly1 from iliac hlc ri I fn ai a ers jMjo I urge tae peopfe r not t togo to-go out to her us cle give us cotcrtain meat Some quite lengthy articles alpo al-po ir In the county pipers and once In a while our Ir endi write pieces of praise I I lor uv telling the people to go prai > j bear tbe Gspel ga cached in Its purity I by Us So we have good crowd as general rule One Sunday atn I a m one hundred and fitly were piWot I a hear us We have good order wpeneve r we preach I The young people are generally gen-erally ourfrlends and come I out tq I hea us Irt all occasions I For one rtotlh now Elder Atkinson and Ihave I > een fasting three days nut of each l weekam d I can assure you that ue luvdrever lnt better mud know that by doing this we gle Deceive rich blesslngs rom heaven I am more than convened Irut througl fasting ami I prayer br the Elders and Silnts God will pour oat fuiihtr bless Ings upon u ElIduerld Jimcs L Nielson V rites from I low It at a Arkansas Jut a few linis to inlorm you that the Arkansas travelers trav-elers are silll n tile field and that their ranks ate not broken From Ihe reports re-ports we find 11 are wel 1 and getting aung mceiy incjan weeK has Been the best wick I ever spent I have ev gained some nluable lcgi f clerical and it has been clearly demonstrated to me that traveling without purse or scrip is I th uay II He deIre Ihe Spirit of the Lord lo be with us no we can have In finance Alter fasting on Sunday wo were led to a kind friend and an In vestigat We had a goo I supper and held a meeting and were urge I to remain another uay and hold another meeting Ntxt night abed staved at a hotel I at which I had paid fifty cent for a bed when I carried money now without with-out we had supper bed and brcakfist tVedhPKf J grat We had filty cents given us I and we called on a shoemaker to have my companion Elder Wilsons shoes mended mend-ed On finding out who we were and our mettod ol travel he gave Elder Wilson his on shoei sajing he could hli make nl the old ones do him He also asked us If we needed nay clean shifts or handkerchiefs etc but e thankd him kindly and neat on our way since then we stayed at a > a day hotel and were invited to return wnen we came in those parts again I 6alt am now thoroughly convened that traveling without money Is the way to preach the Gospel and that the fruits tfdo wcfl ol fasting and prater will bring Such treatment as we have received the last week Elder Neilson is now laboring In the KJI sas conference Elder John 11 Peterson Piggotl Arkansas Jil MT kansas writes expressing hh kind fear ions lord the reining president and says Your instructions while with us here at our conlerence and the circulars you have written front time to tune have come to me with Ihe force 1 ol losplratlan Not until nON have I really appreciated the virtue there is I in fasting coupled with earnet prayer although I have never tailed to observe the regular Fat day ever since I fire began attending the B I Y college 1 have realized many blesiings from this faitnlul observance but it had not dawned upon my mind that that was not sacrifice enough and that the life of a missionary a uitnest for the Lord Jesus must be one of self denial humility and everincreasing faith nd devotion to the cause ol truth Items It-ems that Since conference the Influ enco ol the evil one has been here strongly and I have been able lo do but iii tie But eVen ibis has taught me a few uselul lessons I have fasted and pytll lOore earneuy Itun ever ana Haw I am strong and well My faith Is I really strengthened and my hearts de tire is stronger than ever to do a good ork during my missiou i IOI1 I have faith that by cat ryin out tour latest instructions instruc-tions relating to last n and prayer the way will b a opened up for me that I may foy have opportunities en every baud for reaching the Gjspel which has been my longing desire ever since our confer encd 011111 ALDAA tlONFIl1NCE unt n 111 HVIlar field14 Peel or Preara CAM DUN May iStb 189 7 To the Editor The annual meeting of the South Alabama conference convened near Lamison Wl cox county Alabama at lo a m Saturday May Sin 1897 Public meetings were held at lo a in and 2 PIn p-In Saturday and Sunday and Priesthood Priest-hood meetings Monday and Tuesday boX S eD ru At 10 a m Saturday Elder Daniel H Thomas president of the South Alabama Ala-bama conlerence called the congregation congrega-tion to order welcomed the people and explained the object of the meeting H eXtl The speakers were Elders Charles II Alley Joseph b Putter and James P 1 Jensen Jen-sen 1 hey dw Lit upon the subject of faith At the afternoon session ihe follou ing Elders address the meeting Irving L Prut Stniutl R Brown W B Barnett Bar-nett ana D r1 Thomas The theme was repentance At the Sunday morning session Elder GA Reid was first speaker on the subject of faith as a principle ol power in God and man lie was followed by Elders W H Redd and S A Allenon baptism importance of and the proper subjects therelor Afternoon session was occupied by Elder William E Jenkins In an address upon the Holy Ghost and by Elder D H Tromas in general Instructions All of Monday and Tuesday were de toted to Priesthood meetings in which the Elders reported their labors since our last annual conference Ill cb was held May 23rd and 24th 1896 Instructions Instruc-tions were given as to the manner ol labor for the coming year A good spirit prevailed throughout elr j the whole conference Much good seed was sown and many kind friends made Too much praUe cat not be given to Ilie good people who entertained us Among these who spaieJ no pains to make V Surglrer things I Lq pleasant Brother for us H i were S Jcinl John I son yS H Scale Jo J II Smyly and many others mllr John W Morrow photographer came forty miles to get a grouj ol the Mormon Elders A sad feature was that our prtaident Elder Elias S Kimball Kim-ball had been siricken > itli rheumatism and was unuble attend any of our meetings lie was kindly treated bl S H I bealev and family at whose house = he remained during the conference Our labors ih s ytar have been ctoned with success far beyond our fondest expectations and e already have baptized in the neighborhood ol one hundred and thirty six coals Elders left for their fields Wednesday morn May 13 Their addresses areas are-as follows W E Jenkins W J Strong Kings tonAutauia county G A Reid i E4 Benzlcy Camden WI cox county i I I Barnet Am6i Cook Jones Mi Is Monroe ceitntv Joseph S Porl r M A Lewis Andalusia Comgton county J P Jen > tn ether M IJavey Camden Cam-den Wilcox county I I C II IUI Alley Morris C Phelps Kingston Kings-ton Autau a county Heber Ricks John H PaceEie grten CoceeuU county Lnft I Neeley and neW companion I I Btaigs Lunde county Lawerence Petertoa and new companion com-panion Uraggfr Lundes county frlhi L PratvEzra PMmsonMobilc Mobile county > S Ri Brown T W AndrusiBren T ton Ego mbla co 4ty tos A Med SaiSord Week Jfghl wood Elmorr I county Josepu ATurnbow f W W1 Williams Magnolia Marengo county Joiepirjohnsnn Joseph W Thompson JJ nntl tl sooG 134 son Greenville i Butler county M 1 A Ile C k stead Joseph I Br I g 9 ill Lusk Cboctaw countv Charles A Varley C R Spencer Vadley chcdI Il P Chad ickllcny county SG > Ej JarvisG T Helner Cuba Sumpter county E L Terry G T Webster Grove I y IIffi tjJ 1 Hill Clarke1 countv DIL Thoracic W H Redd La Pine Crenshawcuuniy I f ID 11 1 THOMAS President If I L PRATT r < LAvJREHCK PETERSON Clerks South Alabama Luniertnce i w me Viral or The Vest Virginia conference of the Eastern Stati Mission held In tne Guthrie schoJhouse on Two Mile creek Kanawha county West Virginia Saturday and Sundiy May 8ih niidjth t 1897 I ho were present Elder A P Kes ler of Brooklyn New York president of 1 the mission the ivI Elders ol the I conference and many Saints and friends from the urfoondlng country The meetings were conducted la tie usual I manner Many I Zions beautiful hymns were sung We were also favored with a number of quarttti by Ilie B lIham Brothers Ihe Elders gave good reports 01 l their labor and all were entbunasiic regard Ing their luture ITrts or tit Gusrel Hie Sacrimcntwis admin Jtered to he Saints during the strvices Sunday norn n < and It was indeed feast to have the privilege ol meeting together and gict taking of hose holy emblems Elder A P Kesler gave some very nstructlve discourse portraying Vi eIK plort beautiful way the principles ol tl e Cos tl 1 lie gave much good advice lo the Elders Our communion Inspired usuithnev bpedionble iergyand nil fell to redouble out elT rts m the great work Kind saints and friends seemed te try and outdo each other in entertaining us To them we feel greatly indebted for their kindness and unlimited hospital it y The Gospel Is Spreading slowly but uj vg wJld surely in this part Where the Elders lad no access or hope a few yearsago they are now being treated kindly We ravel without money and God blesses us abundantly Following are the names and adcress es of the t Elders of this conference J W Hanson Patrick Kanawha county I AestVrgina JG J Peait and H C Hansen Ices Creek lloone I county HL Bake r and Jyi Hardy I Winfield dtman county L C Olsen and Robert A Ureen Vaype Wayn county Thomas R Reeve and Orson Hyde Lawrene Raliegh county J C WaKitafl and W A Roberts Crimson Springs Monroe county We are all well I and enjoying the spirit of our milons inis5loniW If I l W HANSON President II C HANSEN Clerk 11 |