Show OAHU ference conference oon CON the oahu bahu conference of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints sainte was wag held at Awal awai honolulu S H L on saturday and ana sunday lath and of october 1882 there were present on au the stand elder edword edward partridge president of the hawaiian mission elders franklin wm marchant 0 D alien allen B S A coray 0 anderson andersen S gentry jas jae B and W V Q CL farrell after the usual opening exercises elder coray explained briefly to the assemblage the object of the confer ence and asked for good order and their faith and pr prayers ayere that we might havo have an abundance of the tho spirl t to attend us during our meetings the remainder of the forenoon was occupied by rive five native elders eldera who spoke well one of whom handi handl ed ably able the text eis els fishers Fis hera bera of men s remarking what great skill and caution it required to become a successful fisher in the various winds and tides among all kinds of nish fish and in all depths of water vater inferring feiring that in ilka lika manner christ had taught ua us to be wise as SS serpents and harms harmless as doves dovea in fishing for men conference was then adjourned till sunday 10 a m bunday sunday ben sen day 10 a jn large attendance meeting opened with singing by the waikiki choir prayer by B S gentry nging singing Bi 1 the reports from the native E elders presiding fresl prebi dinn at the different branches on oahu bahu were called for they represented their branches as flourishing and eider elder coray gave a report of his labors on oahu bahu and proceeded to answer a charge made him hiru in a honolulu paper for attempting to preach mormonism in a it Calva calvn rot TOt church ho he remarked that thoad called him in connection with joseph smith and all his followers serpents liars devils devila and enemies to the church of christ he then related some of joseph josephs a prophecies and cited the people to the fulfillment fulfilment of the samey sames same spoke of the prophesies that the el ders were continually makins to them to repent and be baptized and ye shall receive the holy ghost asking the saints if they had received received it to which all responded yea he then compared brother josephs joseph jos Joa ephs s teachings with those of the bible after which was shown on the other hand where the Calv anista did not preach the doc af c sra accio hv mild closed hy by warning all those who dared to fight against the lord saying the fierce wrath of an angry god would be upon thom them exhorted the saints to remember their testimony from above and listen to the whis whisperings of the spirit by obey obeying I 1 n g the laws and commandments of t the e lord as fast as they could find them out he thanked the saints of oahu bahu for their kindness during his labors among them asked for their faith and prayers to attend him and brother pack while on their thein mission tor toK to the names of the authorities were then presented and unanimously sustained the native elders occupied pied the remainder of the forenoon speaking well and bearing a power aul testimony to the truth of the work 2 p pm m after the usual opening exercises brother anderson addressed the people peoples exhorting them to do right and be faithful unto the obtaining of a good reward elders marchant allen alien gentry pack and farrell each bore testimony to the truth of the work all remarking that they felt well wall in their labors and asked for the faith and prayers of the saints president partridge made mado the closing spee ech baying saying that he had been much edified in the remarks of the brethren exhorted the tho people to be faithful and attend to their duties praying the lord to bless them in their righteous endeavors at all times conference adjourned sino sine die clerk |