| Show MINUTES OF ail all australasian STRA LASIAN CONFERE conference NUE A conference of the australasian mission sion slon of the church of jesus jesua christ of latter day saints was held la in the knight knights s town library christchurch Christ chris tc church hurch canterbury new zealand oa ober U 2 1882 present from utah elder wm M brom ley president of australasian mission elder wm burnett president of district elder peter pater E hanen ren r sen ira N hinckley and walter B R barber traveling missionaries also presidents P J nordstrand and hans hana P jensen jeneen with a full attendance of other off omm meers officers and members ila iia 11 a m after singing and prayer president bromley stated that a council councle of the priesthood was held the previous evening in which matters of business pertaining to the tho Aus australasian mis 1119 ion ton were unanimously decided upon and the pame fame would be presented L eforo before this conference for the consideration of all the saints present it is the prerogative of the members to espre a by vote their approval or otherwise of all matters which are presented for their consideration always remembering that the covenants made cannot be disregarded or broken without the perl gereon on so doing te becoming coming subject to the displeasure of our heavenly father he also invited an intelligent consideration of all mattera matters presented arthur porter was appointed secretary and ira N hinckley as assistant secretary ecret ary and unanimously sustained by the meeting the first presidency general and local authorities of the tho church also the following appointments ware presented and sustained by unanimous vote elder alma greenwood to labor in auckland district elder lucien C Oj warr varr to labor in wellington district t to be assisted by elder P E hansen hanaan elder ElderT joseph oseph 8 S morris to labor in inversa gli xii ai strIct district to be ae bisted assisted by elder joseph bastow elder ephraim ralphs ralphb to labor in dunedin district to be assisted by elder nathau ricks richs elder ira N hinckley hineley jun JUD to labor in kimaru timaru district and elder eider walter waiter B R barber to vlot gmt le joe bons bay to recruit his health president Proal dent bromley stated that he had visited the above named dis tracts and established headquarters in each the total number of branches represented were eight consisting ef of thirty eiders elders eight priests three teachers two deacons one hundred and twenty two members one hundred and twelve children blesse blessed d showing an herease hc rense rease of thirty four since binea last conference one cut off orf alo al o twelve utah elders in the misi slon filon communications were read from the following branches viz auck land carterton casterton Car tenon alford forrest ti ili inar maru dunedin and showing showing that in these theta places the S ints were enjoying c the spirit of the gospel and energetic measure s were being taken to a 0 the principles piea plea of truth among the people president jensen reported the le bons bay branch witti with one ore excel tion in good stan ding there th ere la is but bu t little 11 atle interest in terest maui maul manifest festhy by thoe thue outside the ch rab although the elders have faithfully warned the i eople president nordstrand Norde reported the Christ christchurch church branch as follone fol lowe since hince last conference thi 4 branch has been visited and labored in more or lem leaa by the following utah ulah elders president mt dont bromley and elders morris burnett barnett barber ricks rieke hansen and sud hinckley A geat giest many tracts have been distributed and housh house visiting done but without any other apparent jesuit than bringing the tha gospel to their gotico we have tried faithfully to obtain a public ha I 1 for the elders to preach in but bat without the secret who hold the halls wills in this pace place have combined themselves against us and the people have no time for the gospel m money oney women and the honor of tle world appear tc td bs be their only aim the saints in this branch are doing well paying their tithing and ot otherwise berwise helping to promulgate the gospel caspel bupt porter reported the tha rt abbath school as being in a flourishing con and his hid assistant teachers energetic he was pleased to state that the number of L cullars was waa increasing and the interest maul eted by the children was abundantly evident by the pains they take tahe in committing to memory their jeg les eona and the instructions imparted to them ha he had adopted the plan of rewarding them according to merit issuing cards books etc ard acid found this cauree resulted was sorry the prizes issued ware not the production of the church fur although they conata bonata much that Is good atil error Is mixed with it president bromley said there were other sunday schools organized and likely to be more in the near future it was therefore wisdom to appoint a general superintendent to direct the whole whereupon whore whort upon elder porter wa 4 ap appointed pAnted to this po ilion and the appointment unanimous unanimously y sustained sister loulean porter bec see ratay of the female relief belief society presented a report which was read and on motion it was resolved ward a copy of the tho same to the 8 ex exponent the missionaries t all spoke testified of the of god extended to hem them an I 1 alo aho of the bitterness and ibn to the truth troth which they met although a few honest bouls souls received the truth the following omeera wro gro then unanimously sustained viz poter peter J nordstrand president of the clinter bury conference also preal president dent of the christchurch Christ church 13 brauch branch wm win john Mo mcdonnel Donnel president of the auckland branch wm wiley of the carter Cartor toj toi haub haus haus haub peter jeneen jensen of the le bons bay charles petersen of the Timas Tim ru joseph dyson of the dunedin henry williams of the invercargill Inver lover cargill alo al o elder ird Beino beindit inett inott it clerk to take charge of the alford forest branch until an elder la Is bet met apart to preside in place of of president Fres ident hutchison ir resigned I 1 1 g n ed prest frest bromley B r 0 1 1 e y explained the duties of the meers officers off omm ond and members mem bersand and urged all to be diligent in the dl dh charge of their duties 1 conference adjourned p m after singing and prayer the sacrament was administered by elder 0 larsen and erst mitchell after time ilme wag was occupied by the brethren and i aisters in bearing beating to testimony and speaking of the good ness nets of god towards them among other gifts gilts the meeting was blet biebl ble t with the spirit of prophecy adjourned jour ned p m conference again convened and after singing and prayer was ad dressed ly by eiders elders el ers Burne burnet tHanen t hamen haw en hinckley hinckle barben barber and prest brom I 1 ley there were very attentive congregations gregat lons ions atall the meeting spirit of god was wms enjoyed the spirit of love and unity charac tended the entire pro manent among which the excellent singing sinning led by elder porter was n noticeable oti ceable ceabie making the day one long to be remembered by all who were participants in its blessings r WILLIAM WIILIAM wil wll LIAM liau M BROMLEY president of conference ARTi artl aur I 1 porter korter secretary |
