Show BIRMINGHAM CONFERENCE The semiannual con conference ference van held Dec 9 Ii 1906 1006 In the tho assemblY rooms rend rond orth England There were present Presidents Heber J Grant and I Charles W Penrose o of the European 1 PresIdent VII plan lIum A Noble and lU ii traveling alders ot of the tho Birmingham At the morning session n President Noble oble welcomed nil all to lo the tho conference lie ente d 1 the genera and loea local I I t I t I authorities of the Church who were unanimously also ulso read the tho statistical on and 1 labor report 1 Elders William Lindsay and Coo Geo Hilton e 1 their gratitude for being abio to meet wIth the saints In fn conference and bore testimony to the 5 or of the gospel President Grant then thon spoke nt at sono length th on the tho necessity of coupling works with faith and was followed b by President Penrose who explained In a 11 very lucid l manner the law of tithIng At the afternoon session Elder Mo to toFe scum Fe J I Holbrook exhorted all to gence bore boro strong testimony to the divine mission of Joseph SmIth President occupied the tho re remainder rev or nt the limo ver verb on the necessity for Divine DivIno authority to enable mon men to preach the gospel and administer In fin Its ordinances nances to Ho also o spoke of the tho mecca city alty of obedience Explained tiro rca res restoration of the gospel to earth through Iho ho Prophet Joseph Smith At the evening session President A spoke on the necessity sity lI of obeying all 1111 the laws of the tho I I gospel of obtaining and with Us Spirit that is II to guide us into all truth Moro Boro to t the illy or of this work I resident l Penrose then spoke on the i sic ed 1 of continuous amid the tho fu lent a of n l eel Scripture In the coming forth or of the gospel In this da Ho shO shaved plainly that the Zion of oC the tho latter laUer days was to be establish established M ed In the Iho of the mountains Spoke ot of limo Iho of If salvation for tor th dead During tho conference solos were lIy by President Grant 1110 henry raylor raydor Sisters Nellie T Lloyd and Tho Ho Holy SpirIt was present and rested upon the speakers so that their teachings were edifying On l evening e l not Grant and President Penrose met with the 1110 elders In 1 r n a laO gave ing to their work MOSES L HOLBROOK Clerk of Conference Millennial Star Sta I Stars s I I |