| Show OF for the southern minion mission held in st george nov ath oth and ath 1869 ELDER ERASTUS SNOW presiding friday nov 5 10 a m meeting called to order by president president henry herriman after singing and prayer elder marius ensign expressed gratitude for the privilege of returning safely from his recent mission to europe and related some of his experience while there president E snow related the navajo indian news of the past ast week and stated ac the measures that rad ead had been teen adopted to the navajos cavajos Nava jos benediction by president E snow 2 2 rpm P in singing and prayer bishop williaa Wll wil liani snow of the I 1 dences of the lord in the thelast past and ald aid aalde they taught that when evil ap aelred about to descend upon the latter day saints the power othe almighty aad intervened and had overruled all hinga things for tha good of the people and tor or the advancement of his cause he concluded by advising the people increase the productions of home industries elder jesse W re returned returned returnee from a mission to t 0 the southern states related some of his missionary experience experienc et president snow related some of afi the proceedings of the semiannual semi annual conference ference at salt lake city he spoke of ae he happy influences influence a of the gospel in developing the noblest powers of man and conclude concluded dby by testifying that the letter day saints as a whole are increasing iner er it ir faith integrity and self belt control control adjourned to 10 am vember november Ko ath benediction Mo november vember ath 10 loarn am conference called to order lorder by elder jos W young after singing an 4 prayer elder john E pace recently from a emission to england bore his hia testimony iao iab f to the truth of the gospel and exhorted the saints to be praye prayerful ifal and seek for the light of bishop james Leith leithead ead sad ad gave an account of matters on the muddy said that the average of wheat pa per acre sere under favorable circumstances ia is 25 23 bushels this season crops were light generally owin owing to the drouth st thomss thomaa i contains a population of about 0 souls the majority of whom feel 1 like ike remaining there until otherwise ordered bishop meltiah hatch gave a good report of the condition of his hia ward he I 1 sald said the people as a general thing sustained t their thair ein eln own operative cooperative co movements president henry herriman I 1 exhorted the people to increased faithfulness gods power had always been manifest in the defense of the tha Latt erday saina but to triumph they must in hinline inline we strength of the the lord seek continually for the light of the holy spirit elder joseph W young spoke of the influences and powers of the gospel amon among the latter day saints he spoke of th the condit condition lon ion ot the settlers on the muddy and testified that those who had ought sought after th espirit of their mission and had walked in the fear of the lord had sustained themselves in food and clothing he strongly advocated that we mako make use of the facilities within our reach and thus make ourselves prosperous and happy president ieh IEL snow said sald he desired theunis theUn tha the saints ts tobe tabo fed with spiritual food that in the strength of or the lord they may increase in might and power he spoke of the persistent and continued efforts of the wicked to annoy and persecute the workers of righteousness he spoke at considerable length on our oar spiritual existence before v we came here our mortal career now that we ar arphere ebere are bre herb berb here and ot of our existence hereafter he aiso also ISO spoke of the personages of the feather and nf the ron boa and on ion the office work of the holy ghost and concluded ly by showing forth the necessity of continued revelation from god saturday 3 pm school of the prophets met and among other business the following resolution alution was passed resolved Be solved anani bously laou aly that we sustain the presidency and bishops of the southern mission in calling in question the fellowship 0 of men who absent themselves from this rals rais mission slon sion without leave or for changing their location pr gr leavina leaving the mission phout the approval oft ost of their leaders sunday nov fth 10 am singing and prayer i elder D H cannon spoke on om the necessity of walking in obedience to the counsels of the lord and on the 04 honn hown 3 ti J A f L necessity of entering more extensively on the practice of home manufactures elder eider J G bleak rehearsed some of the teachings of the general conference elder J W youn young read from the listh page of the book boob of mormon and made some remarks on the history of david and solomon and on plural marriage prest snow continued remarks on the last passage read from the book of mormon relating to the 2000 young men he compared the effects of plural marriage among thia this people with the effects of monogamy in the world and concluded by reading the section relating to marriage from the book of doctrine and covenants coven antil and made remarks thereon repeating the explanation given by president young at tile the general confer ence in salt lake city 2 0 pm bie Afe meeting eting opened with singing and prayer when bp wm win snow expressed opre ased his bla gratification at meeting with the saints in conference and related soine some bome of his experience in the church I 1 prest I 1 E snow said it was now necessary that we should transact some bome local business such as more completely organizing gant gan izing zing this stake of ofelon zion and presenting our general and local authorities the general authorities of the church were then LOCAL E snow president of the southern mission joseph W young president of this stake of zion robert gardner and jas Q G bleak as counselors counselors A members of the high council 4 W 1 E dodge john 0 angus T B R bird wm win empy emmye E W mcintire S miles john B R young marius ensign joseph birch jessee wm win crosby jr richard riehard bentley and miles P romney win fawcett acting president of the high priests and walter granger president of the elders quorum daniel D mcarthur presiding bishop of st george wm win carter and sud david H cannon his counselors david milne bishop of the first ward st george henry eyring bishop of the second ward st george walter granger bishop of the third ward st george nathaniel ashby bishop of the fourth ward bt st george ati and d H J platt blatt and mahonri snow his counselors some objections having been raised to walter granger as bishop of the third ward ard the matter atter wiil will ba be reconsidered b by the members of that ward ard bishops and residing presiding high fth priests edward dward bunker Santa Clara joshua T wallis illis To ok kerville erville john parker virgen city charles N smith rock docte valle L W roundy raa Kaa narra arra W D pace harmony it 8 robinson pinto wm win snow know riny piny valley hatch evlie evile and spring I 1 tiley aliey alley settlements jas leithead on the luddy liuddy and junction city henry lunt cedar president E snow proposed that he bron and clover valley be coupled and made a ward and that geo H crosby be bishop stained sustained So unanimously fort hamblin and the iron works in jn little pinto will be unit edwith pinto ward president snow aia nid eaid he 68 accepted the resignation of bishop aud and proposed that harrisburg and leeds be attached to toquerville wm F butler was appointed appoint eda eds a mission to the states I 1 john W breeman to take charge charts of ashing washington athing toufi and adolphus B whitehead to be cownsellor and assistant henry eyring president debt odthe of the priests quorum jno larson president 61 the teacher BI quorum ephraim wilson preside president of the th deacons p quorum jas G bleak as clerk blerk nhoi abol historian of the southern mission wm win GP gherkins erkins 0 of st george as a patriarch of the church of jesus jesua christ of latter da day y saints I 1 on motion motton of bishop B R 13 robinson Kobl robi robert richey of little pinto was cut church for unbelief president E snow io keep beep up their day schools bati bail day schools relief societies and fast days blessed the people and dismissed the conference by imploring the blessings of heaven and earth upon the people and slid their labors in this jand conference adjourned until jhb th gir fir first st friday in may next JAMES 0 blizak IlL BlI ealr iAK clerk of the Southern bouthern Mission sr st george nov NOT ath 1869 0 1 1 represent me JU n my portrait ast aft sald said III ici a gentie gentle gentleman malito to a painter with a book in my hand and reading aloud paint my servant also in a corner where he be cannot be seen but in such auch a manner hear when I 1 call him |
