| Show U IN IS Held III DC in DP Much I 1 J B I Wilson In III a letter 25 2 worn rt lIrt Our conference for tor Kait I t h nt III ml alon lon SI 21 tew te In D nv r at 10 a in March lon and another at III I 1 p I m t 1 of the devoted to lo reports wre for the t palt t sl lx month the giving of Instruction by the dent d nt Hiller Joseph A On Sunday SUndA the 2nd the Sunday eulon held as RS usual and school chool Will was af afternoon f of the Iho conference were held In the evening Tho e pre ent A president of o oth were werl JO th Colorado mission Joseph H 1 Wilson WU on Merrill ml lon secretary H II fat Kast Colorado conference Loren M 1 md r Denver brunch and the following El Elders ders Wm Will O David JI H HWard Ward D Smith Andrew R E Jen pen Fen 8 S Han en Wm T r Stevens George A Heslop 11 H lingers A Lee Iee Wm Everett l and John JohnK K I le and Sinters SIMien Nel I IFon fon S 8 Leonard M Bu y King mn J I 1 of or St Jo JoHeph Ariz on hU his way WI to Salt Halt Lake City to be sot not for n a ml to was wn with us m and some ollie hl tors from Pueblo San Sau Luis stake The Tho meeting were werl fairly well attend attended ed cd The remarks were ore stilled to the occasion The strangers present as well noil na al our own people r Mined to en enJoy enjoy Joy the meeting from Den en vcrs vers two Mt dailies visited us and andave gave ave very vory favorable reports of our con work A Priesthood meeting nt at 10 a It m testimony meeting at nt 2 p 11 in III Monday the 23 1 the conference On at 11 10 n m the I 10 Ie thel appointment The t Colorado conference was divided into two that portion south of Palmer lake lako to lie called calle 1 e with n II Merrill All Tre the 1111 north portion to be he culled Denver conference the president not lot yet chosen Loren M I Mil hall will as presiding Elder Eldor of tho ho Denver Dener branch Elder Isaac S Hansen Is released to return home At the close of or thin conference there seems a II determination manifest to tomake make this year ear ghow nn advance In the amount of or work done donI and In methods employed The reports from nil all part of at the conference are encouraging GO FI IU CI IN li MINNESOTA A of or Well Attended Meeting Ulder r Alfred M Croft writing from I St Paul laul Minn March h M says ays The fhe annual conference of Minnesota wag B hold In the Twin Twill Cities on March 14 K 15 H 11 Woodruff Woo of the Northern mission and antl Prof Jno M t 1111 of or th the University were wert In III attendance I On Saturday the brethren and ancI the U In state met In meeting RIder A H II Woodruff presiding The of or the Church mission con COli conference ference and bram brandl h were au and the usual business such aa Ra making the ft and 1 hearin the rt rl porta of or the Ulder etc dC WI Y S Kone over oer The Riders reported portell very ver encouraging encouragingly ly Iy Instead of ot assigning two Kl m dan cIrI to a city four fOll were ere given Iven n 1 coun I U to work ork with fUh their h td In Ina a II It one pall pair of art are artIn In the city cat mid Am tract Ing th r Elders will be In the country traveling without purse flu or Iden will about Abo t Yer two vi i ks In this WRY they the will wUl lie b able to tv work both city and county count completely Rider Mill and Woodruff spoke poke very vel to the Elder Elden Saturday at the Ih first public meet Inept In a held In Minneapolis M comer Fourth anti Blid Ave X II Ie Many Iny were present a well A must moet of Df the and friend of ot two cUI Kieler Hyrum Byrum W Smith WM W the first speaker r He spoke ery er upon our to 10 ellch other Prof John M Mill who WAI the I speaker followed toll II the line of or re reo made by speaker i eaker Elder r A II Woodruff W Wo the con concluding chilling He lie talked upon the Ihl mat of at the Gospel on un Sunday morning at 1030 n Sun Sunday day tIn was WM held In St laul the tho usual class clan words were curried 11 out The brethren loke of ot the work of fhe Che Sunday schools The rh second meeting of ot conference convened In III St Sl Paul at 2 p I m The hall waa nearly near many strangers were proem The wore were Elder Ehler Jno A Hyde who discussed the principle of revelation Jno W Kill who spoke on the organisation of ot the and A AH An H n on the prophecies uttered by the Prophet Jo eph ph The flit closing session lelon vas held In St StPaul Paul laul Sunday at p II m Prof Jno M 1 Mill addressed ed the meeting giving ing In a very vel Interesting and Instructive lecture on the nook Dooh of ot Mormon and It Ill Indian tradition Uhler A H n Wood Woodruff ruff explained some of ot the prophecies uttered by b the ancient prophet con COli concerning the coming forth of or the Hook of Mormon On Monday evening the and friend gathered at the homo home of Mr where a very er pleasant evening WAR wall spent The Tha report purt and ami mall made of or th the conference by the pr J were very good und and highly appreciated Woodruff having a It few day limn before going to attend the confer erne In La rA Cross Cros Wl desired to meet Mme ome of the Saint of or the tho adjoining cities In their homes hOllies Accompanied by the Ihl writer he visited v Hudson Mrs Hasting and lInn Minn The Saints and aull dors of the con can terence ference are fair health at nt pres present ent Int There hits been sOllie sickness the The fh und antI Era are highly high ap 1111 OKLAHOMA gillen Their l In III 1111 Held 1 Elders WOI J Frank Fronk Hoover wend nl the following dated Am l ho March 3 Twelve now no laboring In Inthe till the Oklahoma conference Our OUI spring conference was heM held on tho and of and we nil all had nn en time At I to labor with 1 Frank Hoover of Prove We were Werl ent to 10 labor In Custor county In III Inthe the western walt ern part of ot the Oklahoma ter territory We left In the Choctaw na nation tion v hore our conference was all held heldon on the At 1 we found n kind family that provided for tor the arlell of or life 11 f In the morning we pushed on again Soon after noon we came Mille to a town we Wore were then wet to 10 the akin as 18 It had b oon cn raining In torr for over oer half an nn hour fly Ily the time It stopped etl raining It wu Will getting dark We could not t fillY uny fur tur further the ther The next morning the rain turned to III IIi t I and having no friends to stay with we IS 11 mlle miles through a fI blinding snow to the railroad elation where bere We the train to our Held of In o r We readied our field of labor Cus us Ur counts In rAh we WI havo been here We ve i t met many man tint fine peo people people mad many man good friends and fonio tl We had up on every side to provide for u to pro protect no from the weather We many honest that are to hear the Gospel and are aru willing to listen to 10 our Of we w find of or th too Last Tuesday the wu the Ih little town of Parker Park We mw MaW the directors and tried to get t the school house houle to preach mach Ih re reo We then the I lArd ord to open up UI the way WB If It It wa Will HI for us 1111 to preach there and He lie It for our good i We VI had not traveled tra far when we mot mota a Mr and he asked ui If Ir we were Itol to preach In III th town tonn We him our i He In I K it man mati mid uld leI very ery rough language KI about the board He said If you want to tl 1 will get the houm for you W thanked him hlll and told him we would woula preach Saturday night If he hc would get Ket the houte houle The result Will was h he got the a that we would preach II roach there Ire t We WI hud h d the privilege of or stand over a Ii hundred bundred i people eople on Saturday night nil lit and mo mOlt t of or them bad nier n ho a Mormon Jarmon sermon before forI Prom Frum here we went to the county at of county Tills If Ifa a neat little town of one hundred 1 and fifty families We hall had heard h Aro that It II wan OM a II rough town ton on preacher but friend were raised d u on every err Ide We W four day daya among amon people there The lh thing thin we did waa to If tee Iff the th city council and ir t their consent to work th the town Then w MW W the and nd ft lOt his hili protection and the ue Ulle of th h hou nuM a meet meetIng Ing In for tor the next nul Then we n nour our anva from hou to III ami had bad IOe in setting Into the M explaining the Our m wn not very vry well attended but the people gave us U the best t of or at attention a It man stepped l il 11 to U and uti said lah You hae ht the the WRY way I read It We af at afterwards had a 1 lun IT with him The he next w W had hac I another ap Rp but bill about 0 r k a storm Itom ol or rain and hall ami up kept the People fIolle and anI we Wf h d given up UI lilt Idea of i II m when the of or we Wf were laving asked u if It we Wf would preach there We gladly accepted tm opportunity and In a short time about turtle were wert in the dining ro nom m ami DIk we talked to them for tor over oer an hour W o are ft both enjoying the tM beat of h hulth with and tae Lord lArd I bleating u UI greatly In our labor IN Ji Ins A Tl Prill fur Ilia ho I In a leter dated n V 1 March Marchi i James Jam P I JI k write 1 The Elder Elden aad at eC the New NewYork I York conference an r enjoying health and the spirit of the At pres present ent nt there are tx 11 ln In Albany Alban vl vis 14 T 1 I 1 Richardson R Jimes H 1 Ck H W Brutt J JAm ri H Holtey Holley Je T e 8 S John JohnO O 0 rOld A tile the city eft ia b n tract rl rI tI ago alO our oar work I la prin lIy l lUng friend and uti Investigator ton tor holding MM HaH and rott Un and ihlo Is II done with lIh 1 RIt We Wf ar anxiously waiting for a per permit mit from tym t tI f A inv 10 o can CUI hotel hold in In n air I Thi Th city hll u 1 ry kind h In III the p PI t Mi public I hi iw Ui the work K e nicely I 18 Ih t t I fir f majority of ot he h ti n II j lh th emphatically d iare that polygamy is s by the authorities of tho Church Our hall which ore are held at nt cur rooms am proving a 1 grand e Sunday morning willed ti meeting l n 0 Brothel A All II und Higher K I W Weed to the office of or fIcher At G J j 1 m tc meeting n At p II m the Saints from Albany and together with a number of ot our friends Investigators nM at nt our rooms ITS Hamilton t Jre ve we hold r ulal Sunday I T 1 I r Ing IlIg 1 Jessie Jesse S W addressed thc tho assembly Tho main feature of or till the meeting wan warl ic testimonies I of Sister Hillier OIl Sister Hannah Adey who Wh have lived 1 faithful to the Gospel for fo over 50 60 Tr Th y l th embraced the In III while very young and emigrated to In the duys while in tn the midst of or persecution they the continued 1 to the tho coven coen which they hey had made with their heavenly hp Father They their arly experience in the Church and boro bOT testimonies of the power of ot Gorl made manifest through the In n healing the nIl and they sold lull they Ird h 11 been bee II raised tram from their beds of sick 1011 when deaths door Ehler and called or Mayor 1001 of or Albany Wednes u 11 y afternoon and had n CI very with him We handed him our cards and told him what wo we vi iv doing and asked permission to ton n our open air meetings Ho He Mid he ht did nut not Issue any written per por permits mits but said he ht could offer no objection tion and that we WI wore were American gens us uch we WI have the tho privilege of ot on the tho streets street night Match 26 1903 J JP Jp P Herrick Jams James 11 n Holley S R and John Johll 0 O a Bem bid on one of lit tur Berlos of ot street met meet meetIngs Ings two songs driven ti 11 another A two wo more hymn wo 0 started our While I 1 was wall announcing our mission lon a c drunken man tried to stop us with his remarks and the th childrens tin pun band making all the noise they the possibly could Wo WA managed to make mol heard the rest I James II n was the speaker James P 1 Herrick followed with n II few remarks In regard to our street and nd explained the apostasy l restoration The people seemingly ere fere nil all interested In what was saId paid They accepted our literature and nn 1 asked hi me Tho rho work of ot the tho Lord U Is progressing In part of the tho Lord s vino The News Is rend read with Interest by till ull A 1 Correction nider John W Hess resilient president of ot tho Davis Stake calls attention to nn error In III the report of the Davis con conf f which appeared on this page JIngo pagen n week w k ago aro It 11 occurred In the thc follow following ing In paragraph In the letter of o the stake sinko president We Inking care of our worthy poor with ho he fust offerings without calling on the tithing for tor uld Il a small surplus on hand We are supporting in III our Blake about 14 mis missionaries preaching the Gospel In dif different ferent parts nuts of tho world at nn ap approximate proximate cash outlay of u jf ar lIr Hess says It should read 70 missionaries Instead ad of 14 H of or Meeting In III I I That Field The subjoined report Is dated Hull March 20 0 and antl Is signed by dr Oeo Geo T The semiannual confer conference conference ence was held heh In the Lecture Hall Kingston Square null Hull Eng Sunday Sundar the In t tIn In attendance Francis 31 1 Lyman of the thc l mission and the Ih following hlo who are In boring In Hull York 1011 Goole anti and 1 E Le Hoy Ita Harrison C II 11 Hanks Gee Oeo F P Bvans I van Jas lUrle Alfred Cordon Hyrum Hull Hugh C Watson James Jamel 15 E Wray Albert F Jo E ln A and amI Henry Hone After the opening exercises and the i administering of the Sacrament ment FJ I r Groer delivered n u short of wel welcome welcome come Elder Ider James Jam E spoke on the of the Saints Saint set Ret setting ting line a fOOl food example to the people of or orthe the world A called 1 at attention to the way WB the sects of the day had departed from the teachings of the Savior President Ire Lyman Irman gave valuable In Instruction to the Saints and am Impressed upon ulOn their mind the n t of f their working whenever an opportunity pre presented to help In the spreading of If the th Gopel At the afternoon meeting Jo Joseph seph spoke of the lder 1 Hugh C Wat n quote pas pac ragi from the the res restoration of or the Elder Andrew Jenson who la III on his hl way from Scandinavia spoke II oke of or the re rt liberty libel now being enjoyed In nearly all of lit the world orld and of or the Ibe progress being made In p the At the closing Hyrum null Hull said he wan Willi for hi testimony mony of the he I President Lyman showed I how ho th the truth In the sects ts of the day had lone done much good even enn to the heathens but bul asked why there was need of Jt more Inure than one sect If t If they had all al the He III touched upon UlOn the great work done clone by bythe b the Savior and tho magnitude of he ht mission of man His 1118 association the Prophet Joseph amI all the lenders leaders of or the Church down to President Jo F Smith had caused him to love and revere them for their Integrity Andrew Jenson commented on the tho work worl of or the throughout the world and the satisfaction they take In their work After fter The Ole benediction tile the conference was adjourned for six months On Saturday the the trav traveling eling KUers f l enl met In council meeting with President Lyman and received valuable Instructions In Each Kach Elder read reada a n detailed report of or his labors The 13 I had distributed tracts tram from door to door and 11 97 In tho open meetings They had 4 Gospel conversations with strangers and distributed books booksOn booksOn On Monday Monda night many of or the Saints and their friends enjoyed a concert gl glen en as a fitting ending of the confer conference ence From Louisiana Warren and F M Peterson send this report from Ascension Ph Louisiana March 15 Tho Elders met with much In bringing souls Into the fold of ot Christ Wo always have some kind ft lend to us In and antl therefore can enn speak well wellor of or the people In Louisiana Toul One thing that |
