| Show VIRGINIA conference CONFES enoe ency minutes of a Con Confere conference feruce aoe doe belah burks garden tazewell co bali var august loth lith and 12 tb conference convened on dayi 10 loam am missionaries preb pree present ent BE ro roberts berts ottha orthe presidency eff etl ol 01 southern states mission I 1 J heninger president ot at the cirp conference and elders J M rd sai N W kimball J E woollen Wool wooi lej I 1 taylor E R W V soule boule B F 11 kanney rinney G A bigelow jens Js sen 4 J H maughan A M spew J JG 1 I kimball L J leichtt rich elch thi Tt vickers vic Vio kers JOB smith J 6 tiff and C A welch elden eiden G GA A bigelow reputed reported li labors and spoke upon the 2 principles of the gospel tile tild hem bem sity of yielding obedience to to the same for without person can enter the aid rid ts iod god elder B P F mckinney mekin McKin noy ncy apol ep 0 the order of the kingdom of K w expressed a desire dire to fulfil fullil mw aate diable mission bere tho the truth odthe of the gospel the remainder of tho the timao occupied by the elders eiders their reports 3 PS p elder EW E W benle apol apolo e dv do arv privileged privilege inari leges a of the gospel and of N 1 bles bies blessing ingri enjoyed by mom mow tho obey tho the bame same feit felt deshmu 1 searching out the honest fabela I 1 I 1 eider elder J J G kimball showed shored necessity necee sity of cultivating prayer W t we may enjoy the spirit of the K 10 idour in oun cun labors elder eider J Jons ns J jeneen no n said the p salvation of Is ia the samo esmo today to th day it has been in all ages of the w and felt deal desimona de sirona rous of making ff bame same known to his fellow men president B H roberts read zead tto ezek enels arg aro chapter lith lih to olst slat TO T s and discoursed upon it said bald e eit e must expect opposition we lot hould agold do our duty and leave the ini ins n ait dit dult duit alt with the people and the lord oa oai f ader 0 awelch A welch spoke upon the ose e of the gospel aia ala a rell reid estrous of prosecuting his isas W asa as a servant of the lord ilia tile dd saturday aug lith 10 a in m be e elder eider L J eich rioh spoke of the or ea 0 o bences to be complied with in tea tee e dar rie to become citizens of the he a and upon the free agency dan man ch eider eljer J G kimball dwelt for i retime e time on the t e nature and mid office ed the a holy ghost on i 11 lder ilder J 0 wood related his exo he 0 enoa neb enca as aa a cervant of the lord is att e testimony to 10 the truth and felt feit x vrona one of continuing his labors in of p ministry ya YIN insider idera J H maughan apoe on the or ism of the water feit felt well weli in 0 0 labors n ea p m 0 0 elde A M spence probe on an ting dhority tho rity and the neceia asty aty of men as aing divinely commissioned t au ewh 4 esch the he I 1 U and aud al aicala ter tar aa ae e ordinances ordinance ar t elder ij J taylor spoke upon the As pt t principles of the gospel quoted al berous pabs paes ages ageg of scripture vida that there la Is but one correct 38 ny for them to be administered of 31 ij 11 testified that the th a gifts and bless 1 ris lis promised would be enjoyed by t those who yielded to the sa bame me n elder J E Wool wooi woolley leyb leye spoke poke on the ot oration of all ali things predicted rk ithe athe prophets and bore a faithful laith ful e alimony frest B H roberts read the iloth 8 verses of isaiah aoth both chaja r chowing the promise of god to ris pis people eople and portrayed the man irin itin erin irin which the holy ghost is ia con u meed teed ita office and power and y v to retain the same sunday aug 12 idio 1210 10 a m elder eider thos vickers vicker fl bore teti diony mony to the oruth truth felt well la in hm labom labon and desired to ta bame hame ledern JEde eldern tN W kimball showed the manner er in which the Ber bar servants of the he lord their authority ind bore a strong testimony to the ivinity of the mission of joseph Jo serin serio I 1 mith alth anith feider felder f elder eider J M smith spoke on an the apostasy awo Apo staey stacy of the primitive church sand ald the restoration of the everlasting gospel through the prophet joseph smith i prest B H roberts roberta explained the order of sustaining the authorities of the church presented the general otene ral rai authorities also aiso elder vin lin let lee morgan as aa president of the whenn mission and elder B H eta as his asas asa ash taut latam elder rider J T as president of the vir st conference also the above filed nned missionaries as aa traveling elders eiders elder mathias beavers nen Ben verb vers as pred pled prudent dent of the clinch valley banch baach and elder C A welch as aa derk elerk ot of the Cou oon conference terence all were unanimously sustained prest J T heninger henf Heni nger ngor read the ath teree of the ad chapter of amos doko doke upon continuous revelations revelation I 1 that joseph smith was an inspired prophet of god 3 rpm P m joseph smith felt well in ik ij missionary labors desired to do ua ilk duty and fill an honorable miss oa in n tte the earth P president r 1 13 H roberts read n I 1 chapter 16 1 6 verbea versea showing that there was to be an ipos tacy portrayed the difference letteen le tween the church organized by joeeph smith and the churches of so called reformers of christian ity J proved the divinity of the church chuich it ift being a facsimile dac dae simile of the one oae organized by the savior closed arith ith a powerful testimony 7 rpm p m elder J E addressed the people on the orist brist principles of the gospel goepel and warned them of their doom if they rejected the testimony president J T heninger read the tieh and sixth verses of the fourth chapter of malachi and explained te ute vicarious work to be done for to ele dead testified that elijah had slivered vered thesa thebe keys to joseph joeeph hith elder J G kimbau portrayed le condition of the christian world r 1 d hit hii dt horry borry for them prayed t that b at they y would turn from their evil ya meetings were held ayery morning during conference vh here heie heio many valuable instructions vere tel rel riven given ven on OIL sunday bunday a basket dinner was of which all freely fresly there was a goodly number of strangers present and we all bad a time of rejoicing our conference was in every way a suc success ceRs charnes CHARLES A WELCH clerk of conference jeffersonville Jeffer Jeffere sonville onville tazewell taz Taa awell county august 1883 1833 |
