| Show conferences CONFERENCE AT birmingham i there was a genral council of the E F ders connected wih the ibe european mi masilon miss misi silon ion lon held in birmingham engl engi nd commencing 0 january 1862 1802 from the minutes of ab lisben in the millennial star stay we make the f following ol lowin extracts PRESENT presidency OF THE EUROPEAN MISSION amasa M lyman charles C rich and george Q cannon cf the twelve apostles PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH MISSION louis A bertrand presidency OF THE WELSH MISSION thomas E jeremy G G bywate and D M davies dayles presidency or OF THE IRISH MISSION jacob G bigler and thomas crawley presidents OF DISTRICTS london john brown david da M stuart Not nottingham james S brown C cheltenham helten heiten harn wm win gibson norwich elias 11 blackburn new nw ca castle john S gleason Gf eason Birmig birmingham liam llam wm writ G MIs mils manchester john 31 kiy sheffield joseph F r smith southampton wm won bramall south G orge halliday channel islands philip de la mare blare P presidents RESIDENTS or OF conferences london william C staines Sta ines inea essex george J taylor Stafford sh re edward cliff dundee wm win S baxter liverpool E edward L sl an nottingham ham john D chase leicester abraham 0 me norwich achard bentley mauk mark Barnes darnes I 1 leeds samuel 11 B smith sheffield john clark oark durham samuel hargraves cheltenham willard G smith worcester william thurgood lands end william 11 pitts pats 1 Pembroke shire john gibbs kent john needham 1 warwickshire Warwick shire samuel L adams william hopwood IIo llo manchester william H 11 dame preston thimas liez aliez derbyshire aaron nelson Bedford shire joseph bull southampton eugene henriod reading george red y hull huli uil ull charles welch newcastle william dallin carlisle henry W barnett herefordshire Hereford shire william 0 owen wiltshire thomas 0 eln eld king eing 0 west glamorgan john griffi hs hg east glamorgan alio nas IV rees beeg Monmouth shire richard palmer TRAVELING ELDERS thomas C stayne sayne warren S snow geo peacock feancis M lyman reuben A mcbride parley P Pratt George W grant joseph C rich henry duce G orge reynolds reynold q george cooper joseph IV morgan john R j morgan israel bale charles R jones john lindsa lindsay I 1 IV lliam shires edward pugh W IV reffa jeffa J ez E T edwards james lames payne J D T mcalliste council was called to order by sing singing 1 i ng come let us anew our journey pursue kursu e i prayer by pres dent lyman elders kay and mcallister McA nister Hister sang the standard of Z zion on president lyman then addressed the conference at some length sating the objects for f which the meeting had been called some of the principal of which were to hear bear from the elders concerning their respective fields of labor and to impart to them such instructions as might be considered necessary for their goo good lood 1 I in in prea preaching ching t the gospel and p over the saints that when their work should be accomplish acco mph edit might be well done I 1 after the close of prest clymans remark remarks s he called upon the elders for a re representation p resen tation of the respective district over which they pres preb p e 11 ded dea elder wm win G mills represented i the birmingham am district which co app pp isea the birmingham n gh am warwickshire Warwick shire staffordshire and ab ro conferences ile he said in the warwickshire Warwick shire conte encee ence presided over by elder samuel L adams the saints are increasing crea n in the possession of the holy spirit and are wil wll willing ling to do the will of god there is a good feeling ested by the strangers stra who attend ai the meetings and they are baptizing steadily the Fr traveling draveling aveling ministry are do doing in E everything el in their power for the spread of the work and the saints administer what they can for the same object and if they have any sorrow with regard to what they do it is because they cannot do more the stif rord mord shire conf conference rence was presided over by elder edward cliff whom the saints love the I 1 blessings of the covenant are enjoyed by them and though they are not baptizing 1 many in that conference they arel are steadily adding to their ri timbers numbers they kii iff are a good pe people andare I 1 glad giad to havet pave raulan lakian man as aa brother ciff clifto to pres preb de over them themy because he is s economical m his expenditure and consults fhe he the inhere ti and well weli benig behig of the people the work there is on the increase the shrol shire conference has bas elder IT hopwood for its president whom thi saints sainta love lie he does as much good as he can under the circum stan es it is but the fragment of a conference compared with what it was some some bome length of time ago there too they are baptizing some birmingham conference is pres presided laed over by myself and is an important pl pi ce the cor coi conference is ia large and influential and the work ha has spread rapidly in it I 1 do not say thui ihl be because le ause I 1 am laboring in it myself but the blessin blessing I 1 of god has attended our efforts toe tere saints as a general thing love their deits and are increasing in f faith aith and good works Bap baptisms are frequent in every branch and we could not get a better hearing anywhere than we do here strangers cometo our meetings bringing their bibles with wih them and follow the remarks and qu lations made and after a few times limes att nil ni ing get baptized tle TLC spirit of the lord is with asp us and the brethren manifest confidence in all the authorities I 1 can say that tak ng n 0 the district ao a a whole it is in strate fir condition E Ede der rJohn john bro bron an represented the london district lie he said I 1 have been laborin laboring during the past twelve months as president of oe the district D i astric which comprises the london kent and essex conference conferences presided over by elders IV C staines john needham anti antl george J taylor I 1 have had much pleasure in ial lat foring loring wi h th brethren in that dis rit artt an I 1 lour our labors have had bad a good effect A gool feeling preva Is which is manifested not only among the T aveling also the local phie Prie shod and the saints and all are cn deavo ing to spead spread sp ead the work we have been at considerable expense in keeli g halls halis open to td the public the brethren have been successful in preaching plea piea ching outdoors out ont doors ald aud indoors many having been baptized in outdoor out door preaching many would stop and listen and pass on yet a few stopped ind and inquired who have since embraced the truth the saints feel well towa to va ds those labor laboring hll hil in their inid t and obey the r counsel they desire to gather home and a nd answer liberally to the calls made upon them it gives me much pleasure to labor among such a people tie tre tie tse brethren are united together and their efross are directed to the spread of the work in their fields of labor everything is in good working order in the conferences comprising the district and antl it il it is nt n t boiking right I 1 do not kno inov v of it I 1 feel hirst birst rae rate myself in the volk voik of god and desire to keep peace with it in its onward progress not having hiving received a later number of the star than jan letb in which number the conference minutes were commenced but not concluded the reports from the other presidents of districts cannot be g ven but in a notice of the conference made by the birmingham daily post of jan is ia stated that cin in the afternoon elder D ba M stuart reported the scotland district containing three confer ence in n good condition that hundreds added to the church in that country during duri durl rg the past year yea jand ranJ the prospects were good for a future increase also that elder wm win gibson reported the cheltenham district elder james S brown the nottingham dist lc ic elder john 31 kay eay the manchester districts district and george halliday the south district in each of which the work was pro progressing an address from president lyman on the importance of continually acquiring knowle that the power of thy elders to do good might be increased and a brief account by eider eldes J D T mcallister of the prospects in the states where he be had bern laboring and from whence he had bul recently arrived in ell eli england concluded the first days sess sessi n the post concludes its ita notice of the conference as follows the conference resumed its satin batin B on thurs Thura day when elder B gler reported the irish ir ish he sall sali had been attended with unfavorable results elder blackburn from the norwich district said they h d steadily increased their numbers a and nd elder gleasom represented the newcastle on tyne district as aa being in a good condition representatives of the welsh sheffield channel ls Is allds ands ani and southampton districts also spoke and mr lyman followed w v th an address on pra practical cli religion and the importance of formin forming correct h habits P addresses were deliver edby r hiess bless rs cannon an ani I 1 lyman on the practical duties of the elders in which they looked ath confident anticipations to the future which lay bea beaure re them for usefulness use funess and gre greatness atnes on friday the foreign reports were receive d and it was rep arted that the baat baptisms sins during the past year in in connection v with ith the scandinavian mission numbered 2000 from ie re turns in some cases imperfect handed in at close of the coonc 1 it appeared that 2500 ba had I 1 been baptized baptised sed in the past 5 3 ear in great britain and 2200 in the continental missions making the increase 1976 persons had emigrated in the year amr and a much larger number would go th this spring ing while the number of latter day S saints now in great britain vas 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