| Show 1 j f fI I 1 It r i n H III orl 4 J i 41 1 i I I F jJ 1 If Iff I i J I f NI W ZI MISSION I i The flu Work Wor of the thc Lord J Is h U tn lie Progressing D K I DI erre lr of oC the thi writes riles dot of or Auckland N Z 26 During 1 Uio tho year IRr 1003 the orrell oJ or a new conference was known bown ns the Conference I There a 1 number o of I to two branches of oC tin the Church and thee new member I played their Integrity and Interest li lithe In i ithe the work by a that Im tho J annual of 1301 be held lr tn their Their deslie piled with and wo WI accordingly 1 look I forward Id to a 1 time LIllie of oC rejoicing ni at atit it Ai 1 u 2 am un uni i 3 Two fo conferences havu al already alJ J ready been held anil 1111 ouch branch U tn tho has u tL society or The fhe president t Oeo T HIlop and OlIO counselor In the have have recently n tour r Uio Taupo and lluy 1 of and returning to by w VII of Neat Ngat r and Sisters K JJ and Tale TaK o 1 ItO arc presidency of oC the societies In company C with Gen 13 B Adams of Oakley Mariana I i of or have hao made n IL visit to nil the tho Holler societies In the northern of the mission re report ret h port them nil all In a IL healthy condition t the tho sisters hero thero 1111 wore vote a IL number of ot Saints from tho Auckland and Hay of Islands confer Ii ft In III attendance at the annual J northern conference which convened at ati gu t I JIll ny of ot Islands con conj j i terence Jan 29 2 30 31 The conference was characterized by bythe X the attendance being almost exclusive exclusively ij ly h Church members and had It not been heen Hut tho messenger of aC sorrow arrived Sunday morning Jn Jail 31 bearing the tho thoI I I wad Intelligence that HI 11 tho old daughter of oC and Perl PerlI I liml been claimed by II tho Humes lIumes tho 1 4 night previous the tho conference would I P hall had nothing to mar mur the quiet and rye comfort of or those thoo assembled child chilli with others been left lert In III the care of oC 1 Ii 1 Ho III grandparents nt nl Awarua A lira commenced In the tho cookhouse and as us ft 1 result tho house U l missing one spirit has taken its 1111 light n II mortal body boI Is Isi i reduced to ashou and several others In Inc c their endeavor to narrowly es ta escaped the reaching arms of the tho hungry i lames The parents and relatives of oC oCtile tile the child who sho are among tho shining lights boro bOra the tho trial bravely u 1 At t conference seven regular sessions were Mid held besides a 11 society eon con conference ference n meeting Tho former wan presided over oer by 11 Mission President J of Keller ocl K I Wright The Emilia K J Wright Geneva K I Ad Adam 11 am Mariana ami many others among whom ve we ICaro Inra Welch who has hM a daughter in III Utah Ana Ane Tho former boll boro n II powerful tell tes testimony in regard r to the truth of oC the tho Gospel the latter III Iter made very Cry remarks The work of tho Ihl Bisters In this part In lo and andall all aro energetic In tho discharge of oC their duties Among the speakers of ot tho Kru I ru of ot again himself master of or nil In n short of imd wit Wll Many of ot the formerly weak Saints were ero present at lit the full Cull of oC energy desirous of oC living In ac lie accordance with tho ero to the tho fact branches brancheR have Yo been ready for Cor tho have hll C seen Slen th the of their Ill arc now their thell st ps the tho Day of ot lul 1111 In h lug prospects h Jf one of oC the most prosperous conference In tn the mission Bider 1 P S r e of ot Whan arc conveyed Bisters Emma K I Wright and Geneva I from to a of oC 17 I mill And Saints were WIrt conveyed from to the pinco of n a din I nf of M miles ty IJ Anderson Chris Christy I ty Iy of Town Tho J cant Olt t of ot with an area of derm not having the Gospel carried to 10 them Hider 1 I Karl Q Lannon was d to bear b lIr the m 1111 f sago ano of truth unto tho people there here M t 0 e H wa as lon ll 1 1 to in III lluy 1111 Geneva K Adams lIal appointed In to tin Ih Buy of or Islands J t j Silver ill 11 nH nil traveling Rider aiming the natives of the IIII South Island Inland to labor principally In hI 1111 and the tho districts A delegation from wits Will pres present out ent n re that tho ron of oC im 1905 bo 11 In district Tho rho After th clow o Dr the noe lil lillers I lers clors L I L Hates J W 0 O T I and two loral local native HI W tiers lh the II to their home The rhe Will wai mott aol aul dim year 19 1993 S on was by II the tM New Nel us liS un minister Viz Iz n D K Jo At t the of M 1901 an all application cation that six Ix of ot th be lie reIO by h thlu wu 11 de Ie but after MORU ome we uil sur In III having for the ehr vi 11 tJi l n and D K It naI Many of tho Ihl returned will well 1011 1 tho kind MISS shown them by a 1 of at v nf or th We r rit in to inform them of ot Ills his career Iwen Ien brought to ton n 1 I OJ HR has r wry ns tn the Saints for tor many years Wo th of ll nar n chief of oC Day We IO Elders Eldera anil ont sitters In n at nt thi mentioned WN w rl HH I U II 1 K I Davis President lre l K Wright K l Adam Mil J W A 1 Y I T r J P needer J P 1 O 0 James E F H HawkeR A AV W Asper 0 O U I I InatO natO W jr r r J Bowen on J I IC 0 C Woods also IIII Hewl und and Hall ma native IV IN NORTH An n and J Jo b 1 IO following U I dated Wilmington ton Nr 15 lr and Is t signed sl by b K B 8 S Jr nil and A W Kartchner Tho of North Carolina Confer conter euro assembled on Markers Island 01 the Mil und and of oC March held con rence the fifteen Pren IrtI H Ben n K R Was In attendant the tho AUse of oC truth The fhe first meeting was held nt 3 p II m K B S Greenwood pr p lilt e In n brief ml all nl On Sunday mating Yore were with large attentive II cell Tho of at was n a neat little meeting houw recently erected by th the Saints and friends l of ot tho Island mc was ns held In which the th J reported their work ld r instructed Uio tho In the duty Tho people of ot the Island furnish i n fruitful field of ot labor for Cor the o oC Many hao the ao The Tho 1 very cry hospitably bly en by tho people After Arter tour fou days s among n 1 small sailing ves e eel 1111 boarded by b the and the th y were werl carried CArrll l hock back to 10 the main land aid took their departure In different tons lion Wiley Dalton Edwin Spencer Joseph D Lester Othello Hound Boundy having filled honorable missions wen to return home The Tho many good articles found In thi tho News New lira rn furnish turn Ish much plean uro to us while laboring In the ministry IN VIRGINIA Ehlers In the Fluid leILI lolL Hold nn an In Conference I P I J Sorensen writing from Vo 0 March 18 reports ni ns follows Twentysix Elders Including lien Hen U met ut BagleYs Mills Co VII In Iri conference 01 on the tho and lUh of oC March 1901 Six very ory Interesting meetings were hell held In which many timely Instruction were Riven A good portion of oC tho Spirit nf ot the Lord was present At Priesthood meeting held hel morning all aU the I In turn tum were serc Riven the tho of oC expressing feelings liu III regard lg l to work also of oC stating the condition of oC health which with but ono one or two ex cX exceptions was good Bach boro a IL faithful testimony t to tho restoration of ot the dowel All enjoyed ell the remarks s of oC President who occupied the tho greater portion of oC the 11 mo In our Sunday meetings m Many of ot our most experienced Kl m I tiers ders have huo been released to return home the past few Cow months hut but our ranks been LIcon replenished by the tho ar lr arrival rival of new from Crom Zion Klon I John lately from Key KeyWest I ey West has hus been Jeen chosen to 0 1111 the tho vacancy caused by the tho release of or our former torm r president 1 was unanimously sustained as such nt III our conference While assembled President the who had labored under tho direction of 1 Crosby felt Celt It their duty to send lond to the anti and family mother mothr anil father und brothers of oC our departed Elder Cros Crosby by hy a I nf of sympathy ns liS n 1 token I of oC tile the high esteem In which ho was WIS held hehl them for Cor while laboring hero horo ns nB an till ambassador of oC the Gospel his life liCe was one olle of activity exemplary and without blemish To Tl this message the name of oC each elLCh was lna attached The I l were assigned to their various of ot labor feeling strength strengthened ened by having been together wo 0 feel ell that with the help of ot the Lord 1011 good work worle can be accomplished tn In this part of oC tho vineyard throughout the tho pre ont year car Anyone Anone having friends or relatives living In Virginia that they would Ilka to have hae tho meet can d I their fh lr communications to Virginia Con Conference ference Va Ya JODI AI Conference Held nt lit St John Much Elder Cyrus Crus S R writes from Sit fa John Kan I nn March IS 18 The and members of tho Church Chulch of this conference met Int Monday March 13 and 14 tn their semiannual conference Call terence Fifteen I boro a 1 convincing testimony to tho dl vino 1110 of Joseph JO tho Prophet lIder James G n president of ot the Southwestern tern States mission of oC tho testimony of President Joseph F P FSmith Smith before the tho United s committee co We WI held meet meetIngs Ings hj In tho meeting meetinghouse house which were well attended also live fie Priesthood meetings 1 James U gave tho somo Rood Hood council In regard to their du DM In the field The re ro reported ported the tho In a IL prosperous can The of ot the St John branch were nUll by ordaining 1 Campbell und Sylvester to of an all anti and them apart n RS to lIler t W V r Brother N 1 Haker wan or ordained to 10 the oI co of ot a II priest and set n nl the th 1 dent of oC the Sunday school hool the omeera ot the wore were set W 8 S of I ph IMah Will WHO honorably rel lI after lining n t 28 mission In Kansas Tho attended the tho anniversary of oC the Hellet which wan held hehl In tho I Saints l where nil seemed to havo an enjoyable time II III e The fhe DAS rot News rid Improvement Km I oro good In this thle con oon conference ference An It In the th Ills tory tOI of the Colorado Mission The subjoined report I Iii tent It by J K I II It Is dated Denver Colo 15 1 The dedicatory serviced of ot the Colo Coto rAtio nulo were held Sunday 13 Tho Iho capacity of or the tho nu was taxed to h Heating room for tho ho o who In attendance n The rhe room had been beon tastefully decorated for tOI the occasion with plants lowers on Oil tho history of ot tho build Inn Ing were made by II 1 Joseph M 1 won lion who ho expressed a IL welcome to nil who were wre He lIe aln 1 e of ot dm Iho contributions which had hlll been be on making It IQ to pay 1110 ho J oi the by llY flitch th 1 1 tun vaN MIH fully tull i a Ih Ih n nth the th u let Till dedicatory prayer III el was offered b by A made by Jy M Mendenhall ni nithe nn the o pe by hy Ulder M MM M I Stifle on the history und growth o othe of the Chinch In the Iho w HI t Bieler gave tho tha closing address lI rell The presidents of ot conferences und tin the 1 not tOl on rill far distant from fron Denver came ramI to tet l bc present I at n t the er vices 1111 and enjoyed the privilege Fully half hair of at the congregation all 1118 made mad up III of ot Thus Is III a II vork ork of rOil e to the spread o or ort t Ie On the eastern border bor o of IL cu Is formed which ere eio long will no doubt prow row Into r n prosperous make of lit Zion In III consider considerIng Ing IlIg the growth of our borders one Is II re reminded reo minded of oC the words word of or the Ih i concerning th tabernacles of Israel namely Mi her borden ant strengthen her stakes An account of or thin f nt would not bi hI without giving credit to 1 lder M K owley Tor lor the al h hi has tn 11 soliciting conurbations from Ih hi Saints Ill and the th amP to 10 the th mission The aid 1 afford Ima run Into thousands of oC Is 19 l more than words can call express lI of 11 n of Interesting in That flint Fluid Field The report Is dated St StPaul Paul Minn March 10 and signed by IJ I Facer and Deo Oco T f Cob Cobbley bley tle Tho fhe Minnesota conference was held In St Paul and Minneapolis on March r rand rand and 6 1904 Saturday afternoon nt lit j p II m moat of oC the met h In Minneapolis lre paired off orf to gc go hold street meetings nn Invite people to attend our conference meet meeting ing nt lit S In the evening After the tho street meetings we e gathered nt OUI hall Meeting was called to order b by byI I A M Croft There Th re was a n verj cr good attendance We ore to 10 have hac present with us from other Holds of oC labor Kl BI BIder der ler A H 11 Woodruff president of the mission and Elder John A Hyde branch president C L of oC Wisconsin i nho from Michigan conference The Tho wore were with the tho Spirit of ot Clod and gave to UM u n renal of good things On Sunday morning at 10 we all III met In St tH Paul Pa l Central in a fas mid testimony meeting Many nallY strong powerful testimonies were ero born bOIn by lIy the tho and aud Saints The officers o of oC tho Church were also sustained by bytho b tho and amI 1 Some SOllie changes were made A M Croft was honorably released to return home was Willi named as liS his suc successor cessor ceAsor meter John Sanders be ht beIng Ing called to do In another part of oC the tho conference I lder Oeo Geo T I Cob Cobbley Cobble bley ble was ns sustained ns liS his successor ns liS secretory of ot this conference ElderA Carter Corter and released to re return reo turn home Ihler II 11 Ostlund WOH transferred to Chicago Sunday after afternoon noon nt at 2 all met In the tho hall hallIn hallIn In the tho evening we assembled again nt nl tho hall Elder I A II n Woodruff was IM he tho main speaker cr taking for tor his nub Hub tho of or spirits Wo I also with us 1111 two reporters vere wele very 01 caRer canol to 10 catch every word that hat was Monday morning at nt 83 nil he the met mel In Priesthood meeting and received Inductions from our The Elders also reported their heir work Tuesday evening we were favored by bya I b tho ladles ladUs of a 1 picnic party given by this conference In our hull hall I WISCONSIN Agitation in Desire I to thc tho Gospel I Ashton In III a 1 letter dated Milwaukee Win Wis March 15 sub mils the following report Our semiannual Just clos closed Ios ed goes on record as liS an enjoyable lud successful gathering ea Services heM held heMa follows Saturday March na a J Sunday afternoon and ad evening March 13 theo In tho Lincoln a neat ane popular In tho center of oC tho city more hlll were held la In our hall at Fond duLac 1010 avenue u IL special fa t moot meet mooting meetIng morning Priesthood meet meeting ing Sunday lec ing Sunca Monday Monda morning and a r special gathering of or tho friends I Monday evening Lla to hear Bro Matthias i F I Conley CowIe who In II Milwaukee curly In the morning moring I Iery circumstance bent to tho thc suc success sue cess CS ot or our conference oven even tho weather er r man held hell up tho threatened snow until after the close ot oC our last session then thel It I cose began henn proved to bo botho bothe the tho heaviest fall tal for Cor 17 1 years In tho way of or we circulated Rev BOV iral thousand handbills and nd for Cor tho balanca wo are Ir Indebted to the Smoot Investigation nt nl Washington Tho rho news nalS newspapers papers were full of oC It I and of oC tho excitement It II created tho pres published everything wo wrote or HIU 11 and a I more cavo rayo space for Cor photon of oC visitors in II fact hud space for Cor everything that had ld the thC name fame Mormon to It I Thus our meeting wan Wil heralded far and wide wile resulting In an In attendance of or ho hl teen tween and 30 people at each In Lincoln hull I hh H Woodruff Secy Seey 0 G GH K H C e Snell Bnell Sister RItel Lizzie Chel Henry ln from frol ehl Joint John A Hyde 1110 and J H I Hartley |
