Show m z Mi MiB B I I j I II I I 1 JI 4 t J p pJ l lj j j If Ift i t If I J Jr t I IJ It I II I II J t IN TIm TUP FIELD FIELDA f A of Missionaries MI at nt Hili CUo III I 1 In n letter dated Lincoln III Pcb Feb Febi i 18 by II Frederick M MAbbott 1 Abbott mill lOll I Josuph A Horne Home tho fol tol following toli lowing Items Item occur I The Tho of Illinois do doI i I parted from their usual custom by byJ y conference not In nn ele de deI J I hall with carpeted In on onor one 1 or ot the larger cities but In n I country r Thu of ot mooting was WM t Hill l county about sow lown mile from tho station It I of ot Clio Tho Elder 14 it In number wore were eon con conveyed l from Clio to destination d In Inn n R hack huck n II farm wagon und on th ft of ot another wagon Tho rho Journey en cn route was IM enlivened by sing BIns singing ing In for Its tremolo t Tho first meeting held Saturday evening Fob I ob 13 TUo Tho people began to arrive nt 0 II by nil the regular and somo hastily construct od o seats occupied by b nn IU honest l I and crowd of It people se seI t I of oC resl Il IlI I deut dents of ot tho community being h among the number Conference President P I SI II Abbott I rolled called tho to order nt p pin in JIl rondo II i snort address n dress of at wel welcome welt come l J A J Homo was tho first t r i and dwelt upon the subject of ot baptism Elder W H II tarry then favored too tho congregation with a 1 violin nolo fIOlo Nearer My to rhoe Ho J I was followed by hy J Ashael H Wood Woodruff ruff president of ot tho Northern Stats States mission Jj Elder J M II was the last lI his being the Holy Oh t tl The next morning at nt 9 nil all the l Elders except David 1 K J Sargent lIt who 1 was Willi absent on account of at physical ph In In l l mot met together I mooting and for tor tour four und and It hours hourI enjoyed a feast After Atter the was e ed ell Elder Woodruff addressed tho Kl m dent deN deNIt It was as voted unanimously to sustain the mission and conference authorities and the General Church Authorities ties Elders M i Alpha H n and John AV W I WON honorably to return home In doling clo his I Woodruff appreciation I r of at tho good gooel works of these Elders and I them not to In relax their after returning homo because e wild 1 I j lie he you are not relented from tho work wore of tho but only from Crom labor laboring inK ing In this part art of ot tho vineyard The Elders In turn tho con conditions I f prevailing pr In their respective Holds related experiences e time timely ly 1 exchanged mutual 1 iX of love and I lilt esteem It the prevailing opinion among them 1 the tho conference Ix III In i 1 most promis promising J f ing condition I Clement Y Lowry Lo had traveled in the southern j 1 of oC tho for months 1 and repotted conditions very 01 I tory torr considering cOll the scattered of at In III homes vc e found V the tho J News they said theN thera J I vc We found the tho Others reported the melting I avny of ot prejudice and the discovery of oC honest hearted people In III Jack JArk Jacksonville sonville Lincoln and Danville That tho thoi i J work of ot till the In JIt not In vain Is IJ evident from the treatment nf at i them In III places where j had formerly former labored In liln remarks I nt Abbott expressed liln for tor HID tho sterling of oC his hlA I corps of oC workers He Ho emphasized tho for tor prayer and humility advised the to Blum Ahun tho let I of ot the tho kingdom or they could uhl not l ri irh the principle In that sim Im Imi i that IB 18 so PO necessary nr for tur the O congregation At 2 the t hI second meet meetIng i Ing was convened After ACler tho opening II J Nells Neils 0 C gave gnOon nn on exposition of ot an liB 1 Pl II 1 l I to 10 temporal OH aM well an spiritual things r p and the necessity of works in connu lion th faith I ur Kaston Clement argued lh the i in n c 1811 of oC Elder Lowry Lowr then favored the con willi a II on the violin made malic n a few tew on Ha was by b Fader eron Hobson who brought to minds of his the tit that a n tho proper before in any of or or political The audi audience ence 11 9 were tore next treated to n 11 quartet School 8 hool Thy rhy by l Ward Unwell and Toone Elder W II 11 Lowry for n 11 hort 11 limo mo on the offices and powers of or the Holy Ghost After a 1 few remarks by uy Elder Giller rnest I Ider Abbott made a II Calling in Ih attention of his to a n mm mn In front ho hl Mid That man has hll spent his lICe In good to his fellows his course courso has been h n marked by b honesty and so sobriety 0 briety he Is 13 one of tho honorable men menor of or the earth eurth God will wll reward him for the good ha has haR done llone Out Hut ho hi went Yent on to state thAt no matter how Rood flood ft 1 man wan t to every everyday day affair he still had hael n a religious loUII duty dUly to perform He lie the MUle case of or the devout Cornelius us nI Illustrating hU point AH All the th extra plank dry goods box boc reals feRt drafted Into for tOl this oc oe wore were Inadequate for tor the thet people of or whom lm 1111 l come five miles or a more When tin th meeting was called to o order nt at 73 j 1 standing room was Willi at n premium Af M After ter the tho preliminary John C Dyer was waR requested to Brother Dyer D Is a II resident of ot ham county too much b lie mid In praise of oC his hili energetic labors labora there Previous to with thi tM Saints lie ho was n 11 Methodic loader and Ince that Woe time has hns been n busily l In preaching the of Jesus Christ He Ho spoke In a forceful testified fied 01 to the truthfulness of tho cause ho had hoel The quartet accompanied by Elder I on un the tho violin sang O 0 My II Filth Fath Father er or Some members m of ot the congregation Inclined to show their appreciation but restrained by br applauding wore wort Salvation for tho was wl the sub Bub subject I of ot a 1 short by John JohnW I W Lowry then played a n pollution on the tho violin to the delight of or his hili hearers In a n few tew well chosen words ortIs Woodruff brought home to his listen listeners ers the necessity of oC repentance the of ot a n devoted to tho taUPe cause of truth After another violin olo l I y Eldir Lowry the conference was brought to ton n 1 lIO I by br singing Hock of My II Het ugo UIt was pronounced by Elder Orson The ho next morning the Iho I walked to Clio boarded cd tho train sOllie to return to their loved ones nt at home others to their Held of ot labor to take up Ul tho work where It Il had been beell left II ort off G A The Elders EllIel Labor With Trowel in One Olle Hand Sword In hI the Other Brother Jeremiah F writes from Tomstown Franklin county count Jan 17 Ii Thero lias been a II branch of ot V Church of Jesus Christ of ot l near Tomstown In southern Franklin county of Pennsylvania for fill more mol than n IL of ot years Many Killers hove hao labored there Conference was heM held there twice Tho branch haa hM for tor had hul an all average membership of oC is 18 members They rhey held preaching services wherever they the could obtain leave In the tho spring of ot at a IL con conference ference held In western two were assigned to labor In Franklin county by h the names of or Jesse JesseL Je se L IJ Smith Joseph Glover not long after tho had ha arrived they no noticed a lack of union In the tho branch and greatly grea on account t of ot not having ha 1 II Ir n rou reg ular lor tu worship 1 Smith said he h believed IH II If the branch had a meet meetinghouse they would attend to the tho duty of oC worship grow row stronger In 11 and union A meeting called to consider the matter of ot building a 1 met metIn In The offered their some money Some of oC the tho Points also ed to help by hy Riving money mone labor Thus Thull the en to go 10 on A site RIte was selected and the tho work of or building com commenced The manifesting faith h Smith In his good la began to make friends among the tho ilch 1 The rs laid their theil ministerial costumes put on over ollA nils plain shirts straw shaw hats took pick Irk rOw crow bar hor In III their Smith supervised ll the tho work A of stones to build tho gotten to the site lime sand wore procured Iho maron wok commenced On account of tho v rr ry busy tho work slowly for tor the t hI vails had hlll to bo hullt by h Thus tho Elders 1 worked studied and until tho Iho lm cumo to RO no bark to o conference Tim Lord In Ills wisdom saw aw to tl Bond Smith EMilI EMilII I to try and finish tho nd teach the people tho thou thoy j u By y money was WIS raised el and building purchased Elder Smith would try tr to Impress Impre upon the minds nf II the people th great blessing the tn would be he to our com community He even een that tho house houe would be 1111 11 In course of time good Saints The mem members bers treated the as liS nn on Ito Idle lolI but today tOIl a the writer can my UI th thera r Is I nn nil encouraging sign of oC oCI I fulfilment nt Therefore we hope the moro mora I earnet that the meetinghouse will soon be finished A Testimony 1 The following testimony 1 14 only ono one among t as II to the efficacy of oC oCI I prayer tho power of ot tho Priest Priesthood hood Osborn Pa S C Feb Jau 17 li the undersigned under havo hao witnessed tho testimony of ot the tho I rd through h one of ot Ills His servants We Wa had pix Fix children suf luf suffering fering from whooping cough of oC them wore were quit sick II k C B 11 Greenwood to our house houle on a visit He Ie prayed oel with us II rebuked th I disease from that until Is tour four months month the chil children dren have hn e not been worried with It Your brother Rn sister In the tho causo of oC Christ J K FOX I OX and |