| Show GEORGIA conference the georgia conference Confer enca was held in haywood valley chattanooga county june jane the and july the 1883 elders present president 13 BH R roberts elders S J parrish 0 M wilson samuel echolds W F rigby bigby john H mowers and W H kirby elder parrish farrish presiding 10 03 ClOck f ft m after singing and prayer prayers elder eider parrish said we have met to confer one with the other that the saints may be strengthen strengthener etl eu to instruct and encourage our co labarere the elder eiders in the spread of the gospel to acquaint ourselves more fully with the circumstances and situation in which we find ourselves desired the spirit of god to lead us exhorted all to faithfulness elder rigby exhorted all to secret prayer player that we may have the spirit continually contin to lead us in the light compared the doctrines of the for mer day saints with those of the latter day bainte sainte the opposition also being alike I 1 president bobberts roberts read the verse veree of the chapter of lealah isaiah making a very im impressive arguments argument exhorting the saints to an upright walk and pure lives ilvess that we ve are not saved till we have fought the fight and gained for foi ourselves a body redeemed in the presence of our god 2 rpm pm singing and prayer elder W H kirby kinby thanked god that he knew of the tho truth of the work we are bre engaged in and gave his experience and testimony to the latter iatter day work elder mowers desired truth from whatever source we must leam the objects of this probation t that at we may intelligently do the work required of us said the gospel was restored through joseph joeeph the prophet president roberts read the noth nuth verse of the chapter of lona tona and with other scripture bot sot forth the elect object ot of gathering the tho saints spoke of the judgments to I 1 comes come and exhorted the saints to obey the commandments of god july lat 10 am after and prayer president roberts showed the apostasy apo stacy of the primitive church and th the 1 I restoration of the gospel with its powers and blessing compared the tha blesa bles aings lugg of the former and latter day church vindicated the alvino calling of joseph the prophet pm after singing and prayer tho the sacrament wag was administered john J barber sald said the gospel in effect wab waa alike in nil nii ages referred to the objections anciently elder wilson bore his testimony Y to the truth troth of the gospel echo exhorting rt all to prayer for tho lord would bear and answer elder samuel echolds sald said it certainly required a determined effort to resist the truths that had been presented education agee node would not lead any one to n know led ledge e of life and salvation buethe but the sp rit tit of god made a clear exposi tion of those having a form of godal nees ness without the power prest roberts explained to the people the doctrines of devil rea ren read d first chapter of acts of cf the ascension of the savior referred to the second coming testified to the restoration of the gospel by an angel he presented the general authorities of the church and those above mentioned as traveling eldera of the georgia conference elder john morgan as Pres president of the northern mission B H rob bob erts as adeis arole assistant tant all sustained a and d john J barber as cler |
