| Show CENTRAL STATES MISSION ACTIVITIES ent John H Jones ot of the In Independence dependence stopped off lit ut mission office Monda Monday evening on hid WU to the tho southern part purt or of the tho con conference ference ha having Ing been lIeen visIting with tn th elders ehlers saints Paints or of St S1 Jo JI He reports the worK In that elt elta city a aa being its In n a vel ety flourishIng conditIOn There are 1 a ot of friends earnest In whom thom It Is 11 hoped the gospel will sum on b bear ar fruit Two Tho cottage one hall meeting and SL n Sunday school ar are held reg regularly u 1111 euch week Wo Vo are sorry to ann announce the h since our last wrIting or of Brother John Fost Foster r Officer or of Conway tto Mo After II a Illness ot of several months month hI bus departed this life Friday Frida Feb 4 Brother Officer has been a 11 members of the Church for some sonie three years errs and wao wac full rull or of faith In the gospel Ospel H Ha leaves a wife and large famIly or of sma small children to mourn his death The elders throughout the tho field have taken advantage o of oC the recent good goodweather weather for hol holding meeting und and t tInS InS ing From the various parL ot of the there comes come th the report or of good and well attended meetings In tile the cities street preaching has been morr favorable and halls and churches are aro becoming more und and more open to the tho elders eldors Hero are aro extracts from two letters which are only types ot of man many that come to us Vo Ve have held three street sheet me this week wIth large an and attentive audIences audience Toda Today we had the pleasure of explaining tile the gospel to more than l ho O attentive S Dun Dunyon yon yen Salina Ran Kan You will notice from our reports report that we are not selling so man many hooks hook but we are having better success In holdIng hall hail meetings than ever before We Ve have hae held 23 meetings In the tho last 18 days 5 and It has hns ben been the calise or of malting making friends or of many who Iio wore were je fore roro our enemies All were Itoh meet meetings In ings but L Galbraith Gaibraith Tish mingo The following elders have labored diligently lii In the field until It has bew said enough Samuel Butterfield N NIM IM I anti Sister Phoebe Hard Hanl HanlIng Harding Ing of Missouri conference Peter Mort ensen and W Y W or of East ICan sas conference Robert J Turner ot of Independence conference and Walter altor Cottle or of the thc St S1 Johns conference Elder Either Cottle hn has for the past few weeks presided ed over that conference Elders J L John Nuttall Peter Mort ensen anti and W Yo V Wilson lIson and Sister Phebe Harding hiving having fulfilled their missionary lonar term took advantage or of the opportunity to visit Nauvoo anti and Car Carthage thage before returning home President Peter of the East Kansas conference reports IsIs hIs field In good condition Elder Morton sen has been In the mission field for 0 29 9 months much or of which tIme he has belt the tho responsibility of tire pre presiding siding over oer the conference When hen lie he returns front Nauvoo lie he will set his face toward loved ones In Idaho I |
