| Show aw d I 1 os ehid heid efflo ri thata 1 4 ta jal V BT ST louis LOOTS mo april aprilo Ap rUlO 19 csc edito yd I 1 ito tl 1 iwo oc fet rel I 1 trees shrubs and tle I 1 u jarlett raj rat bety of 0 plants situa terin st ls nad cad surrounding country haveko have for the nest test two or three weeks been bein busy to in rod acing hn an plainly bespeaks the arrival of spring the markets abound with varieties of fish such as the majestic mississippi contains in profusion also cutone and asparagus strawberries straw ben iea lea and blackberries and other early fruits and vo vegetables ge tables interspersed and surrounded with florat floral exhibit tf carld hue bue and almost the several parks in different portions of the city have hate come out cut clothed in the raiment of spring and present a very attractive appearance with their statuary and other ornamental acquisitions but buh the pleasurable ben sensation produced while in ni lal ty of these thebe testily arranged spots abruptly terminates when you con line or march L beyond ta m to the narrow contracted streets of bf angies angles devoid of those pleasing fea features tures turea characterize the broad nud cleanly streets of salt bait nam lam city oui out labors in the city of st louis hawe havo been attended under the blessing of the biord with encouraging results rt suits since tince i our arrival here we have baptized I 1 12 1 1 persons and blessed a children besides scattering the seeds cf life among others of the inhabitants of this state which we have reason to believe beneve will sprout and produced fruit one of our num bt br 1 elder deoc parkinson whose when sat sst apart called ili lit him in to the tha states Statie sand and thence to england took his hia departure for europe jhb esth of last march after having labow labored labo labom W assiduously in the bouthern southern fa states mission between eleven and twelve months he left th the port pont of ef now new Neyr ab ablard ard the B S S nerada nevada trip 10 das daa oa oil tho thop mc riling of march 24 th president john morgan arrived in t iinuma inu mith vilh v ith a 3 company of zou zob eoula from the south and anil was waa lias joined at att alt altilia this llis point by eix ets more moio from prairie co tso Ar arkansas kansas kantas after attar transferring of them from their trains cu on the st li vv S P to kansas city president morgan placed the balance lanee of the company whose destination was utah in my charge with to see ste them safely aboard tho the U P BK ler B K with their baggage tage bage age tickets etc bre bro dro bro M FC owley accompanied ac compan compau led prest frest morgan bjorgan with the major part of tho iho ho company to Manassa Ii lanassa conejos co chiora Chlora dc they left st louis in th the 1 morning and the utah company il ana n il myself left in at owing olinc 0 to the K R tt bridge over ever bair tie tle missoura Mis uis sourS river eiver at bt st charles being considered unsafe to run over ever sour train was obliged to go by way of 11 abts through and cross eross Is the mississippi sl api at louisiana which greatly prolonged the hour of ot arival at council blun blan instead of making the trip in 14 ho choirs rave we livere were over 20 bringing us eo so near bear the time of the U 11 as s hour of departure ahn that t I 1 was obliged to prevail upon the it 11 IT 1 officials to defer the traico leaving until sufficient time had bad elapsed to enable me to rocine my tickets etc thail that I 1 the phe be necessity of having the sainta saints lay over a day at council bluff A great deai deal ct of credit la Is due thea the y R officials and employees wj opa ova I 1 mec mei while in abarge oe ot bun iun our on tois tells occasion for their af at hind kind treatment lre Ire I 1 XO the smoky metropolis of mis mia oun oud where I 1 labored in the ministry for or three truce weeks alone much to my joy and satisfaction on F friday lath lost lna brothers morgan and cowley arrived in st louis louls froin from colorado the same morning 1 brought elders charles F martin maram eai eal valter walter gpaul graul G paul raul nathaniel IV W i haggs and jos ii hunter four s tailed to the bouthern southern Bou sou thern thein Sta state teat at the recent conference elger eiger adam allcot of 0 bt st charles charies bebr beor law elso alio ailo al ai io 30 arrived the same morning I 1 it emte home homo having la in tile the state of ah alabama ibaynia for the lat laa la t Is 18 months 1 I he lie conference conven elat ei I 1 at union hall hail ialo 1810 broad Bread Br broadway cadway ways wayt saturday and I 1 bundro bunday april anil arlo will 1882 at and pm each day there were vere present eight L elders from zion including pre prest a t john morgan magan saturday 23 23 pm after tho iho insull insuk i I 1 i and ad prayer by hia als F cowley ullo tile ili til time was occupied by elder eider who madel made a new few remarks J onalle on tiie tile object in coming together torether ether in a conference capacity to followed wed lly liy eiser elder cowley coey who gave an interesting description of his visit to the tha saints in colorado Coi col orado reporting them as belag wells well weil both temporally nad cad spiritually and in a nour hour jiing wihib condition stated they had while absent assisted asi fated la jrr administer ing lag the ordinances of baptism and laying on of hands bands to 50 persons at pm the assembly was addressed by elders Hunter Martineau and wilcox in a very brief but spirited manner they were followed by irest morgan who bore boie a forcible testimony to the establishment of gods kingdom upon the earth never more to be thrown down I 1 read lead from I 1 corinthians foret cb chapter apter commencing at the verse and made bome some very ap appropriate p rop remarks thereon conference then ad j 0 4 r 11 ed t till 1 I 1 next day sunday pm the hall was well filled by saints and strangers following the usual services and arid administering of the tha sacrament pac prest morgan morgin alluded to the oneness of spirit always actuating the latter day saints in their conference deliberations erat ions lons and arid also the perfect free dom enjoyed by them in all these affairs the general authorities were then presented in order also aiso john morg morgan a 11 as president of the southern states matthias F cowley and geo E flowe howe as traveling elders eiders in 1 ha missouri conference all of whom were unanimously sustained brother morgan concluded by giving the saints some good advice brother cowley occupied the balance of the ume ome speaking though with power and precision upon the four fundamental the gospel of christ ata at pm the hall was again well filled with sainta saints and strangers who listened with rapt attention 0 to o a discourse delivered with power by president morgan who took for his text the ath verse of the ad chapter of st john the conference was waa then to 1 a close by elder I 1 lowe towe owe monday prita president ident morgan and the four elders biorn utah continued south to their respective i fields of labor they were well and jn in excellent spirits spir tua tta tho the health of the saints sainta aa as a whole in st lous low is quite gulte fair considering uhe the abrupt changes of tha weather which st ft louls louis has been heir hein ito this thia season the outlook for good resulting resul rebul tins from our conference la Is very verv promising ever praying pray ing for the welfare of zion and wishing to be remember remembert td d in the prayers of the saints I 1 ire lre re main your brothel in ja the gospel of love GEO E homm BOWE 1114 cass av st mo |
