| Show ST LOUIS CONFER conference ENOE minutes of the conference 0 o the y S cottis district held in cant ton on in march loth 1877 present of the elders from utah I 1 D DM INI stuart C F middleton Middle middie ton tou jno jao fords ford and jos luporter rt lt Porter E elder ider lder stuart presiding services commenced with singing and prayer r J B R porter was chosen cie cle clerk elerk ik and david J williams assistant clerk of the conference pa aident stuart stated ho be had le letters exra from elder laboring in in lui diana dlana ohio and missouri inform i i ing him that they could not b ba present with us in jp reison erson but were present in spirit and wished to ba be represented in the conference i rei rEl bellers elders ders lers nicholas smith anil and zebe tivo ilao Coltri ii had hid been traveling and iho laboring ring in indiana the tho 6 entire tire win ter with moderate success al though baptizing none done they felt was aj 1 e r John lohia cooke reported teat that t elders john fitzgerald chester lov bov eland and wm win th had been labori laboring bg with him bim in ohio preaching g wherever they could get aul opening g they had succeeded ill iii in ili breaking down prejudice and pit 1 thi way for the of the elders thurgood and lovel Lovet auli auti having travelled iwand iland land labored in several states bt bearing hearing axing heir their own expenses in common with all other elders were io Gao anop ivon jvon on their way home hom e feeling they had done their duty duly to the thu best of their ir ability oT erler EIder elder IV V IV V jackson had been heen lecturing in st louire during daring the winter months to large con grega f lions of intelligent people hp here xe ported that andrew Bur manTre jre bided sided over the st louis louls branch j cb composed eight members like including one seventy six eiders elders one teach teacher erand evand and aud idne one deacon ten have been added and ten have emigrated during the year finali financially clail y the branch was out of debt it had hd a well attended sunday school and was wab io in the enjoyment of bf tha the spirit of the gospel f Bi brother other jackson jacks on further fiher reported pored re L elders eiders marlow ii Cumming gumming sf and joel ricks bicks laboring with him bim in aud i and abd ennd a st louis with success min XIN elders rg maycock and george hackett were laboring hithe northwest of missouri among the latter iatter lattern lat terp lp relatives in iri illinois were y p rp eara earnestly laboring among who received and treated t thiem m kindly kindl E elders eiders I 1 d ers rs N V jones and samuel K 13 bennion ennion were traveling td geiber gether and at present whiting and ano preaching among relatives in ohio they were feeling well in the work elders alonzo winters and doni dond snow were laboring in hancock county illinois they had several openings to preach and were generally andly received elders eldera samuel samu elt eit J wing and philip hurst were werd laboring labo ring together bro wing had favorably impressed his fathers family and they would all ail return with him to utah this spring elders joel joa pariah parish joseph B R porter milton muton hammond john ford and 0 F middleton Midd leton lefon tire lire present a and would report their thein labors I 1 elder C F middleton Midd diet leton Jeton on reported the illinois as b e D r taa vii health fur far condition canton branch numbered 51 members member iu cl eluding seven elders two priests one teacher achec te and three aea deacons cons three had bad emigrated and one had di died I 1 ed C luring during the year ending march jtb 1877 braidwood branch was organized january 1877 with seven seven slumbers by elders D M stuart and 0 F middleton Middie Middle tOD ton had since increased to fourteen including two elderd eldera one priest one teacher and one deacon john A 3 21 lason mason iason presided with james jamea wil clym his counselor president further reported the tho canton branch brauc hias hlas as being very nearly out of debt lie he gave a brief history of the bowin sowing g bof ant the tho the tho seed eced by elder B F cummings jr the organization of the branch by E elder eider der stuart on the ath of march 1876 the 06 fe general progress orthe odthe of the same the successful hoper toper operation atlon of the sunday school relief belief society and young mens mutual improvement association 14 singing and benediction i Confer conference enco ence adjourned till two pm S W 2 k pm lilily met let iet pursuant to adjourn adjournment adjourns 6 nt opened with singing and prayer elder Jqhn juhn fond ford spoke of his experience peri perl ence in the ministry in traveling ho be had enjoyed himself well ills his kib lib absence sence of two months from the had caused him to better appreciate re clate clato their company elder elden E idee joel parish had bad traveled most of the time alone visiting gand and preaching among lis bis relatives ivea in iowa lowa and illinois in many places he found much prejudice existing he had baptized thre c persons lie he felt assured that in time hime sonia some of his hia friends would receive the go gospel 3 in accordance with expressions made ma 0 e to t 0 him 1 he lo 10 had met sand g nd made many frien friend dg but few were vere at present ire lre prepared pared fora A r the gospel elder Eldee middleton had spent aboul about three thrpo weeks among his h is relatives in washington and jackson counties of this 86 state ite iff company with elder stuart he be had held a number 9 of f meet meetings ingv all 01 of which were well weh attended they went to braidwood will county preached and visited among the saints traveled lome some la morgan scott and sari sart sanga al inon caon counties visited springfield and jacksonville A very few ex P a desire to learn the truth brother stuart was suddenly attacked with the rheumatism and they wera oblige obliged Uto to proceed to st louis hemet he met in meeting beveral several tunes with the saints and arrived at tills place in company with bro stuart on the uit the latter being so lame fame that with difficulty he moved about the room where he had been cou coa confined fined till today to day E had bad devoted most of the ohe tima lima since his hig arrival in iti administering comfort lo Elder eider stuart in hla hia affliction and anit in meeting 9 and associating with mhd saints 0 E erder ader J R porter norten in company with elders 0 11 ji J i Pari parrish iila and john mord ford had traveled and alid preached in iowa northern part r 0 of and kentucky the major part being in the iatter latter in vicinity of big boon lick bonn county he had been very well received generally by his hia people the different sects had almost invariably refused to open their churches for preaching but otherwise had treated the eiders elders kindly very few felt an inclination to search after religion reli rell gil gim A few had believed and baptism they anticipated not notkar far in the future he had haa come to anton canton via cincinnati and st thew theady the way dy I 1 singing and boned benediction lotion adjourned d stift till 7 ae clocy ol ll 11 ocke oey ocy m 1 r f i f 1 7 Oc luck ii nj i met fla per adjournment opened by prayer i Tres jP resident ident stuart stoart occupied the entire timea speaking pu the e establishing of the and it continuation through the oracles of god up to the present time cinq bloed by singing and benedic c lion in i r I 1 i i adjourned till ip 10 a m lith 1 I 1 sunday ll 11 10 eick dick am a m Servi services eds commenced by singing and auff prayer grayer elder middleton said his hia had been and he nwe wished it would be amonn among the tho saints associating together in their meetings quo quorum and other organizations in in the afie priesthood they formed an au affection tb atwould bat would continue while lile life and thought and being lasted isted it wm wag the duty of bf the sain ts to be bo obedient whether ih preaching I 1 ng gat gathering bering laboring in n md or pioneering in itol abed districts of country A creat great testimony odthe of the divinity of the bogk of mormon was the hp application of the vast numbers of the Lama to be baptized in fulfillment fulfilment of prophetic words therein contained he most assuredly assure assuredly adly did kunow that the nhe doctrine was I 1 true and that there here was scriptural proof for every principle taught or believed in by the he latter day saints elder juel joel parish knew tho the go gos pel was true and faithful faitha ul he exhorted the saints to faithfulness 8 warned the people to acs flee from froni babylon bal bai alon that they partook not of her sins and received not of her plagues in fulfillment fulfilment of tho the prophets and closed by bearing a faithful testimony to the tho truth of the dos gos gospel pa 1 elder stuart addressed the amidi enco ence over overman an hour in laa bis usual powerful lanner manner A 1 l discourse fult full of judgment and alid do doc doe trine anne given f to the entire satisfaction lof lot ia all present idzent closed by singing slaw hn and aud d benedic I 1 n T 1 I 1 lindl until 2 p in 1 I m opened by singing and prayer the c sacrament was administered elders U C F middleton Jiddle ton and ed ward Vau vaughan ghitti officiating i president stuart spoke ai at length on the gov government emment of god the tho ultimate dissolution of man ruan made mades systems tho the reception of the gov ern crement ment by joseph smith the restoration to of the gospel to the in deans I 1 the order of the priesthood and t the he authority 0 of f th the 0 III lii high 0 h council ile he presented the authorities of the church iu iii their order which were unanimously sustained D M auar t was presented and t I 1 sustain nedas edus dent of the st louis louls district C F middleton of the illinois john cooke cooko of the ohio and W V W jackson of the missouri conferences david wil liams iiams of the fulgona Ful tonA burman nurman ox of the st Loul loui louisiana Louisi siu sla aud and d jno A mason alason of the braidwood branches I 1 1 closed by singing and aud benediction 1 OP j a adjourned till p ru 7 p in services commenced by singing and prayer elder mllton milton i not be ling ing present beginning of the conference reported his ebora he ahad had travelled in michigan in III company any with E eider elder ider lder joel joc 1 ricki P aund found the people generally gen bla bia lly averse a e to religious and particularly pr pre 0 nitter litter day saints of late hal hah jd been travel trav e I 1 ing and visiting among relative relatives 1 ls in the state stale of illinois who trea treal i ed pd him kindly butu ared ve very ry little about the principles he be had taught them he felt well jn in his labors labor president stuart fol foi followed lowed treating lupori the godhead in ln answer to request re mst siti singing ng and benediction bene dle die tion conference adjourned sint sine die A good spirit prevailed throughout the conference the eiders eldera manifesting a determination to pass through 0 opposing elements to their honorable those returning home hoine having wor worked hed ked zealously in the cause causa during their s sojourn j ou rd feel that they have done a good work and pre prepared pared the way iora tora lor a goodly harvest for forthome those that may follow after the doctrine of plural marriage iso eing much agitated throughout the united states men blen and women in many circles ci talk freely on the subject t the prejudice that formerly existed jn in relation id it is rost ast giving ng way before conversa lobs lohs and the influence of the elders who are performing a good aud and a if valuable labor in this way aimel time are hard a and nd tha the saints are desirous to gather abood A good chancelor chance for the tho brethren and bisters sisters jo 0 o assist their frien friends elg tIg la is and writing of jetters letters and the circulation cu 1 of the NEWS and other home horne pia pla papers ers eis among friends andre andie and relatives la tives this rhia would be the means much good your brother in the gospel D 11 STUART I 1 prest rest jos ri R clerk of conference |
