| Show I j EXPERIENCES IN LOUISIANA Morgan City 11 Liu LII T r Dunn of I II Idl IdlAnd d dand and myself vern 1111 Ihn first I ti lu lupro proselyte pro nit OIT 11 tI bunks banks tit t tho Iho oyster liny lIo ot on 1111 1111 wu we i Pres InH President ident James 11 O thi Ih Kl Ia dors very In to 10 We Vo that Ih plan 11 good the len Vcr taken with Hie I II o 0 h HD An 1111 t their were opened for 01 with IIII more appointment nl than 11 could fill 1111 Wo WI vere wem ti 10 HN tho Ihl fruits our labor we vt HIP o 0 MI down niu Some three later Kl W dor f Ito K B of IC mid my pelf back and tho Iho M II hn t sown had rout root mid ro wo performed the of tI nine lifting HIP II U line S H I cro n gill II till thi lH IIII friends 1 a trip down to 10 the of ot Mexico hy boat OH our down clown wo anchored under till tho ot oC a u tree We c partook of I a n which tho luid Iw I lire 1111 pared we WI on Deer Island Id IA on We WI held nr there Ih re by lIy Invitation JI the Ihl inhabitants to tu UH Uj 30 Homo HOm odd In number I W We now 17 hero and some very vOly Kin 1 friends D It H TEXAS I el ay Co u Texan 15 Jr The J of ot North held their at lit K I I May the 13 and M H Tho was tilled to and esl Hl manifest both holh by and m irn who from till fur and near to 10 hear the glad tiding of or Rood they wern told by hy III Jus JuP 0 I and the traveling There were twelve meeting In all 1111 Including ln Ihu thu Jel I Sunday school en Riven lIm Saturday night III which the little well lIeli aH nH the old ulel o PC Ir members displayed their ability in III the parts lurtH am them Three Priesthood meeting were hold holdIn In which President n Dum Instructed tho with t to their duty dut President Win Wm H Joo ee reported conference In rood condition Tho Ider luid been united In the work and nil fill had enjoyed their John P reported Ihl process made e In the at al which ho hud bon been teaching since Nov No NoO id O also tho Iho Mutual and school schoolwork work President Ire expressed himself as ns being well ell pleased with the reports Three outdoor meetings ro held hel at III which five fie p were led down Into Inta tho waters of nt baptisms tho re relief relict lief society building dedicated It Il ItIs IlIs Is a It neat little building 18 by b 20 O and andwan wan completed roady for tor the paint just before conference by Ir nl Win II n 10 John fohn F Harvey II U Se Sessions Win K I Head Hend who nt liberal and the Andrew Thomp eon being Vivo regular convened In which nil tho th Elders hilt had a n chance to tot t lk to the people for n Ii few each ellch and spoke poke In III his visual Wt Many Rood were received by investigator and non lion nonmembers members were WIll well and favor favorably ably impressed with what was waK I Tuesday TUI I President loft let our colony on 1111 his way to Okla Oklahoma Ok In homa conference tho In number met mel In Priest Priesthood hood to be b Instructed by Pres President ident Win II H Lee Ice and were assigned their companions fields of or labor After Atter conference tilt the Elder I departed for tor their of oC lab rr rellI greatly refreshed hed encouraged determined to do nil all In their power to further tho purposes of o tho Lord 1011 and truth In the earth JOHN JOn F o DIXON Ser See SerWEST i WEST CONFERENCE Conference wa WR held ut 01 Nebraska l Saturday and Sunday 8 1111 a Iny 12 I anti 13 11 Tho waH holt held at 2 p II in m Saturday In which thoro Was mostly friends and Saints Saint present Irl We e had an 1111 excellent IK In III which all tho Riders many of ot tilt the Saints and bon 10 ti 10 the truth Tho rhu pr s till WHO were John H Sharp Kd Id HoMard 11 C Oeo Oto J March Ilar h P 1 P William N 0 Barker Julius C and U Bogert The was by b J Mandi Marh Howard J A Me But president of ot the tha On wan Willi hold and tho Riven by h President Mc Ic tu During the tho meeting nil all of ot the HIP stated that they felt elt well In HIP cause CIU C Two 1110 nubile were held ono at III 2 p 1 rn till thu other if at 8 II p in Thy W Ire T better attend pd e than the th two In 1 the noon the meeting was lIIM Mid by h I Nielsen John Sharp and Kl JoI iW Jers P P 1 r Julius C Frederick U I and Willi II III N the Hit In hi tho owning Nielsen and Oh My II Monday further Instructions III were 1111 thu were WIO as nH assigned signed their ileitis fields of or labor President John 9 H Julius C e IU a 1 companion to tn visit I II friends and Saints Jo Rdward if 9 Howard and Frederick I 1 i wore ul nell to labor In III lint Kear Kearney r ney ne Kitten J Marsh P PP 1 P 1 Were 1 1111 li labor laborIn i In and around th thu Hills South in Dakota I e e hI ln and I William N Barker were to 10 il i labor In mid around Tho JJ started for their Holds of ot labor On 01 Thoy lh w ro all fuel Iel Ing Rider en had been J quite alck Iek but I he ha Is III Improving rapidly N 1 It OKLAHOMA The Ih Oklahoma WOK was held l lat i at O T 1 Thursday and Fri Friday rl day May 11 17 and 18 President JO O G Gt t 14 Ii traveling Ehler and 1111 about abouL I 49 40 Saints being In attendance 10 Priesthood anti and IIvo public meet ln 8 were held in nil 1111 ami a II spirit prevailed the entire con I President Rave IlIve many valuable Instructions to 10 tho Iho In III IIII I to their work nHI d ti them to taki lak every I r advantage In III pine the of O the dospel o before the tho people At till the public pUhl he do II two Iwo very forcible and Ins dl cour e on 01 tho kingdom of nod md the Ibe to obey Its laws lal that they might he hI saved In It Friday morning nt at Priesthood meet InK Ing Elder Bam J I Lindsay president of or the Oklahoma conference and David A Meridian cro honorably released to return to IQ homes li 11 ler P lr d I vas WIS us a pr H ld nt o of the conference and Elder EIl r Lo V V rho cho en ell as IH roun und superintendent of fit Sunday wore were such that It II for President l to rs Ie with us 1 until our conference wan ns 1111 he hI left for or Kansas rity di directly rellI after arte Priesthood meeting Friday Saturday the tI met with President and were ed I their companions and III III of at la labor bor hol most of them are 1111 to canvass K In Inthe the tho of ot Oklahoma ma In the 1111 afternoon three more welo added to 10 the told fold of ot Christ by b obeying thu of or II III ElIr I 1 A McClellin Tho Iho all 1111 report ri that they Unit many people In this conference who tire willing to inko them into their listen to the tI principles which have hll beun he ell from heaven for 01 the salvation of or the children of ot Grill God Prejudice Is III being tho broad minded thinking people of ot Okla Oklahoma 01 homa Indian Territory are becom becoming ing morn mom friendly H It would be ho unjust not lIot to mention the of ot the and friends In community There Ther Is 1 1 also a n Sunday SlIn school her hern which Is I a II good work the workers deserve great credit The rhe all for Cor their fields of ot labor with n a renewed determination to he in mo diligent ami faithful In lu tho performance of or their duties to 10 both hoth On lt Minn than thun they thc have ha C been beell In III thu tho past The rh NiMs NII Era 1 ire welcomed by till Hie ot or this conference ISAAC P fD Prest f WEST COLO CONFERENCE The West Wesl Colorado conference con convened Sunday f April 23 29 at III Montrose Colo 00 Three public meetings were heM held during the day all of ut which were well lel attended About DOO personal Invitations had been b n left with the people of or orthe the tho city during the week and many of or them thern brought At the morning service President Win Bradford welcomed the people and explained e the object of or the gath gaUI gathering ering Tho following spoke upon the tho principles of or the Gospel David 1 el on ono F o A Geo L I Johnson K g KW W Ward and 8 H P 1 Bee All bore 1010 testimonies to thu truthfulness of uC of or JOSUB Christ At the afternoon President Win II I Bradford Win W l and 1 A J Child wro the speakers O 0 My 11 Father was RUHR very 11 hy President Wm Will C l Bradford after which J A president of ot the Colorado mission addressed the congregation on 1111 the thu great disaster at III San 1111 net The evening session convened at lit 8 S i F 1 A was the first speaker dilating upon the necessity sity HII of Prophets A Memories of ot was wall sung by t Wm C Bradford and W W Child an 1 Sisters Ivy Iv and Humes President Wm Will C e Bradford spoke poke upon the ethical value olne of 0 faith faithA A duet was las sung by 11 C II Ivy Barnes entitled Theres Hope Beyond the Grave President lr J A spoke upon for tho dead tho union ot loved loed ones In III the tho lito beyond A Priesthood meeting was IUM held hll Mon 1011 Monday day hy morning where the received some very Cry good Instructions from Pres President ident l All AI the Ih t are 1110 well 11 and left for or their different fields of ot labor with a anew 1 new lew determination to 10 spread the truth F I A secy HII NEBRASKA CONFERENCE Omaha Neb S SA A most mic conference of ot the East r allt Nebraska district of ot the th Colorado mission lolI was IIII May Ia D j uri In 6 Ii at the th W P I hall and Charles streets nt lit which 12 1110 present three of ot whom IM from the Iowa confer conference 0 lifer ence Four public nd two Priesthood 1 meeting were held during which time many hM the tho privilege of ot hearing principles of lOr expounded from their true standpoint ollIt The flit series lIerl if Ir meetings commenced In 6 Ii at p IJ in III with President Al ent J A ItHa In charge chare The following roll ln w ra rathe the speakers of the st Ai I IPU ders PU Arthur Charles F P Perry and Rud J 0 n Pate nt It 10 to a II in 11 Saints and mIl met In testimony meeting After tho Hu morning Million the Killers met In Priesthood council meeting many man valuable Instructions were wen given At t 2 p I in an nn attentive congregation Again I aln MM II 1 tn to be further cd ell upon the principle of or Elders M 1 A Minor It A Drawer M MM I II M I tefle t and JIo J A lt were the sp aker lllA Again A at nt p 11 m III with an all the last public meeting of or orthe the conference Tl rh time walt wai occupied by II Alma Kny tuy liny no Conference rt 1 H HButler Butler and President Tho Th News Zo and l Kra are ure very h appreciated tl by b the of ot this con conference ference O I II 11 Bl Ion t tIIS CHAS F Y Secretory I FOREIGN MISSION FIELDS CONFERENCE J I IPOS Con 1114 hlll hore hrolf HUll Him day IR and Monday April 1111 21 21 2 In 11 ro from illon Ion Id of or the Ihl Swe HII dish 1111 lImn c I Smith U O nl President Andrew iii all 1111 the Ihl ins la Ja In III rp loll II ul III S p 1 in III presided O by h President lIt Thi 1111 under the I Iship ship of or render rendered ed II u II Fung of lIt NII a n few rl r nf The Kl 11 I r II r over thell respective districts ft and the previous six HII months and testimonies to lu Hie IIII truth or if tho th Gospel and tin Joy JOI they hud In III of II Christ ilK follows H II branch John O n In Venn h K t T I nn brand II A Boras Ill I brunch A K 11 mill C Smith made u II few remarks mi oil Church hunh organization anil persecution tion till II Sunday nt in 10 K n m school Ia held presided over OWr by II August t Hanson At t 3 I 11 1 in In t presented names of ot HIP of or tho Ihl who were wIe sus sustained MU He Ie also 11 0 Ih to ot or labor as IIA fol Col Androw son president A A con In clerk Bernard pro filling ng Elder Gothenburg brunch also Ilpo song louder with A A mi us IH A F presiding El Elder der brunch T II JI presiding and rOM Jos Carlson II 1 A F J 1101 presiding EI r branch S H V assistant I H I A presiding pre Boras branch branchA A solo pol was rendered by h Sister Olson mid the choir hol 1 A A and 1111 0 O Johnson made ld II 18 Another meeting was at lt B 6 p IJ in I President occupied the th whole time ami his hiM discourse ami all limitation of Ir Scriptures proved that nf of them thero Is III no salvation fla t Priesthood meeting was 11 held Monday nt 11 a n m 1 a 1 full report from Kl 11 was rt given tho branches bring being In II good condition th prospect Ir p ct for forthe or orth the th Gospel In tho future was WIS King President Matron I gave C much luh valuable ble II advise and instructions to the Kl I I On 01 Tuesday a I branch meeting wan 11 held in connection with wih the tho conference Wednesday at It 8 p m a ocal was 11 given glen for o the missionaries with nn ap appropriate program and a pleasant even Ins Ing was waR enjoyed by I all ni present presentA presentA A A Conference Clerk CIerI MISSION LIFE IN AUSTRALIA Gibbon HI Ht Brisbane Queensland Australia April Apri M I re 10 received an In epistle Ue from a I young man of lt my I town some days Ins ago Igo stating that ho hail been called on 01 a 1 mission In Ids hil letter he said ha he IUS glad to tn think he have to 10 cross the dark blue bil bilI Sea I I come to tho land of or or lation 0 ns L he termed It II thu lie land of ot deso desolation Now that Is I JUt Just what many ny of nr our young OUI missionaries think They no doubt Imagine that thaI Australia Is the theland land did of at desolation as ni this young man This prompted me le to 10 write n short letter to the the New detailing some ome of ar my 1 experiences while laboring as lS a I missionary in this part of ot the Lords vineyard On the tie of ot April JI 1905 I 1 received a 11 call to come to 10 Australia to work wok for Cor the Lord On 01 the of the same month I landed Inn In Hun Han o bound for Australia Wo spent many Inny pleasant hours on the dark sea Landing In the tha beautiful city of ot Sydney on tha tm 29 th of or May 1905 I El Elders Jo I ders Ammon Green of West Wesl Weber und cers W J 1 St Steele elu of oC Idaho were at nt the boat hoat to meet UH 11 1 I In thu city et and 1111 associated d with wih tho Saints waiting for my 1 appointment for Cor about 10 days das dast At t last Jall my appointment camo and I sent to labor In this tw City of ot Ade Adelaide co laide about aholt 1109 IIO or 1200 miles les south southwest west of oC Sydney In this city ety we held some Mome good open air ni meetings having n a very tr large attendance of nr from about 2 to people We t had many Investigators und many good friends I can say that the Saints In this city lI are at Indeed workers trying to In bring their friends rela relatives ell tives to a 11 knowledge ge of o the thu truth Some SOI of the tha best hest M 11 I A meetings m and Sunday Sunda schools I lover over attended have been in this place lace The people are very ver bright and al especially tho children The work In 11 this part of or the vineyard Is II growing Onu OlO day a 1 letter Ilter that I transferred from Adelaide to Syd Sydney ney n In II Sydney Ht II 0 tho Sunday night meet meetIngs Ings well by hy Saints investigators From this city cly Elter Iverson of nt City CI myself w o sent without purse and scrip er to the city ell of or Goulbourn a 11 distance of ot otI I miles On Oi this trip we met some very 01 nice people J ople who gladly gave us S n a home lome but others athers refused Wo f stayed In II this city about two weeks and all In Inthe Inthe the w WP held one street meeting und it bad hae more Invitations than we e could accept nept When I returned I Iwas IIII was III appointed to labor In the city ell of ot Brisbane about COO G O miles tl s north tram from Sydney In n this conference tho ti Saints have erected u I good oot church on QU the Iho of ot April 1106 It II wa il dedicated ed by b President Duckworth of tt Halt Lake City CI Many nn of ot the tho Saints here are deliver delivering delver ing In tracts to 10 their friends and relatives where It Is hi impossible for forts or ts 18 to 10 do so 80 Wo have ha about I Saints In II this conference most of ot them the I O true Saints Kl m der Prof John of t Arizona has his started n night school chool for tor tho Ihl benefit hele III of the young OU people Many Inn pleasant |
