| Show INDIANA conference minutes of a conference held at johnsonville John sonville warren county indi ana on saturday and sunday december cember esth and jtb 1883 elders present from utah wm win M palmer preat prest of the north wes web tern states mission john E booth Asil assistant stant president of the mission D F davis K R B R farnsworth Farna worth E ii ys jos Lap labH H H mcconnell jas jaa A anderson E F durfee thos butler mormon miner J G M barnes and john J ashley traveling elders in the indiana conference saturday 1030 1080 a m singing what was witnessed in the heavens opening prayer by president john E booth singing president Pre aident palmer made opening remarks elders jog joi impish mormon miner and B R R farnsworth farns worth gave reports of their labors since last conference and though their fields were not the best they could wish for they had enjoyed their labors and felt that much rood good had been done elder D F davis spoke of the blessings of god that have attended the elders in their labors president palmer spoke on the I 1 coming of christ as aa being near at hand p m singing and prayer elders E L and D F davis reported their fields of labor at some length each found some few who were desirous of learning the truth and left them investigating while the great majority were vete either indifferent or strongly opposed to the principles of the gospel difficulty was experienced in obtaining houses jn in which to preach because of the great prejudice which exists among the people elder reuben Farnswor farnsworth tb delivered a gospel discourse elder jos jes spoke ion on the necessity of personal purity to insure the companionship of te the holy spirit president palmer said the world bas has the ideale idea we auevery bre are very anxious to increase our oar num numbers berss from comm corn ithe j the fact that we send out many missionaries but in this thih the are mistaken for we want no one but the honest jn heart those we repent of thein their sins bins and come forth with a broken heart and a contrite spirit we would receive and baptize no one if we knew he had not sincerely repented of his sins sine 0 saturday 7 p m after the usual opening exercises elder john 0 M barnes barnea spoke of the great blessings we as latter day saints salutes enjoyed president wm N palmer spoke of the restoration of the gospel and gave give much scripture in proof of the same prest prost john E booth made a few remarks upon the same subject that prest preat palmer had dwelt upon and gave his own testimony of the truth of the gos dospel pe sunday gih 1030 a in president john E booth did not merely believe the gospel to be true but knew it positively had proven it is for himself he then gave reasons for his positive position on the subject president palmer bore testimony to the remarks of president booth said he had bad a great many testimonies of the truth of the gospel and related several interesting incidents in his missionary experience p m the sacrament of the lords supper was administered by elders B R arnsworth RF worth and J G M barnes bames after which president Pre aident booth presented the general authorities of the as they were presented at the last general conference also wm win M palmer as president of the north western states masslon Mis mib slon sion john debooth as assistant to elder palmer in the presidency of the mission D F davis as Preal president clent of the indiana conference to succeed elder 8 B marks marka who was recently released to return home bome DF D F davis R BB R farnsworth Farnswor tb E L job jos lapish H H mcconnell jag jas A anderson E F durfee darres thos butler mormon miner J G M barnes barnea and john J ashby as traveling lin 9 elders eiders in this conference 1 wm win B R newell as clerk of th iha tha 13 johnsonville John johnb onville sonville branch and antt E L STo okey ohey as clerk of thia conference 11 1 of which were unanimously bub sus ned ried president palmer addressed the meeting taking for his text hobe hob honea hote e a 3 iv 1 hear the word of the lor jorj J ye children of israel for the lord hath a controversy contro veray with the inhabitants of the land because there Is no truth truths no mercy nor the knowledge of god in the land s and delivered d e an able discourse p m elder reuben farnsworth iwas was the first speaker president wm palmer sald bald the spirit constrained him to speak for a short time defined the kingdom of god and what steps are necessary to be taken to become a citizen of that kingdom dwelt upon the subject of divine authority said if we will be content to follow jesus I 1 instead of trying to find a new way we will have no trouble in getting into the kingdom president davis showed the feces eity elty of new revelation in this age and without it we cannot know the mind and will of god concerning us ns and therefore would not be lye able to please him in order fo foz for a man to officiate in the ordinances of the gospel he must be called of god as was waa aaron conference adjourned sine die ENOS emos ii clerk of conference |
