Show 0 cb THE MINNESOTA CONRE conference nence RENCE the minnesota conference cony conT convened ened at monticello wright county minn april 19 1884 at 10 a in elders from utah present J E booth of the presidency of the northwestern states mission heber bennion president of the eon don conference conference ference and neils L lund charles M nielson peter loutensock T S woodland A B strickland rad mads tan andersen dersen G L breinholt monnon morton jenson soren christensen neils bengtson jas jag 11 fillmore Fill more geo A cloward harry A young lewi lewis anderson alderson canute W petersen chas IV hopkins ferdinand clark mark and wm win 11 R stowell and geo W riggs higgs presiding elder of monticello branch prayer was offered by elder A 13 strickland president J E booth made a few opening openly remarks called callea upon ders to report their different fields of labor and stated that elder josepn joseph st jensen not being quite well was unable to attend our conference elders eldens on densock and NL lund had been laboring mostly in brown C county since our last conference they had not been able to obtain many houses to preach in but had bad done considerable sid erable traveling from house to house hoube and bore their testimony to the people they felt confident that a few would ean ern embrace brace the truth in the near fluture there had been onel baptism elder C felt pleased to state that the lord had blessed his la bor bon although he had met with some opposition ile he 11 had lad labored in wisconsin since last conference held heid some twenty six meetings and eleven had been added to the church by baptism several were investigating the gos gospel el lepsa leksa El elders eiders A B h strickland aland and T S woodland had been in sterns county since last fall had been able kohold hul bul meeting but had visit led A from house to house and offered t them hem the principles of life ilfe and salvat tion lon A few investigating our doctrines elder eider ii andersen made a few appropriate remarks president J E booth said he was very much pleased with tile tiie reports of tile the elders gave some good counsel in regard to tho tile best course to pursue in promulgating the gospel lie ile spoke upon the subject of the priesthood and proved from the tle scriptures that no man moan can act in it without being called of god as was aaron bore his testimony to the restoration of the priesthood in these the latter days 14 luin inin fand and benediction by elder 31 jonsen 4 41 2 p in opened with prayer by elder P lon t densock elder 11 bennion reported his nield feld of labor ile he had been traveling together ether with elder J 11 jensen in wright ri lit meeker leeker 16 and partly part lynn iyan in blue eara earth qunties counties they had heid held several meetings cs and visited a number of their old friends who seems to be very much pleased to see sec them they ves h had also visited la crosse wisconsin and held a few meetings together with elder neilson nellson Nc ilson lison and baptized three per sons several seems to be investigating til the tho gospel but found considerable prejudice against the truth elder lewis anderson spoke ficon upon the llast principles principle s of the gospel prest Pres presta tJ J E booth delivered an able gospel discourse referred to the promise 11 I 1 se ofa 0 t the a savior salor in regard to the dens agns that t at sh should ouid follow the true be liever ae ens eng sot of the gospel bore testimony n to thel es establishment of the tile kingdom OJ of god in fulfillment fulfilment of the predictions of the ancient prophets benediction by elder eider H A young 7 pm Open opened edwith with prayer by ason elders G GA A oward cloward CI S and J it IL fillmore bore a faithful testimony to the truthfulness of the work in which we are engaged elders eiders CW peterson and add al jenson said if it were not for tile the knowledge they possessed with regard to the divinity of this work vork they would not have eft their families and aud friend friends expressed p their desire to go ahead and do the t ile lle best they can to warn varn virn their fellow follow men president booth gave some instructions to the elders benediction by elder N L lund april 10 a m prayer by elder wm win it 11 K R stowell elder geo W riggs represented the monticello branch as being in a pretty good condition president booth said he had visited ra la crosse wis on his way up to this place and ai ranged arranged for the emira ellra emigration of a small company of saint sahit elor for utah after atter which iii lii accompanied elder nielson to anoska ano County where they held heid two meetings and baptized two persons another family is ines in estimating ti the gospel also aiso baptized one in in this place elders F clark mark and H A young bore a faithful testimony to the divinity of the work elder JL 11 bennion preached on the restoration of the gos gospel at and setting betting up of the kingdom kin dom of god d in the latter d days s benediction by elder C W peterson 2 y PM m prayer by elder al anderson the sacrament was administered by elders bennion and lund prest J E booth delivered dapower ful discourse upon the persecution and opposition we meet as messengers of the everlasting godgel gospel ile he said it was no use for the C christian world to slander and abuse our elders for it if we are false prophets as the world term us our condemnation will be great enough to endure in the world to come we are constantly proving provin to the world that we are sincere and likye haye the salvation of the souls of men at heart for we leave our families and friends and all that is arand ne dear to us and travel without purse or scrip like the apostles of old and preach tho the gospel of christ elder W R stowel bore testimony to the remarks that had been made and referred to some of his experience in the church elder C IV nielsen represented the general authorities of the church as sustained at the last general conference at salt lake city and also aiso wm 31 palmer as president of the northwestern states mission and J E booth his als assistant H 11 Ben president of the conference and 11 jl lio iio anderson llis liis successor charles v nielsen nie Nic lsen isen clerk of conference and y b tb i W riggs jigs as president of the mouth d cello branch and the above list of 1 IL ders lers as traveling elders in th the minim sota conference all of which wh W e du unanimously sustained b the euce ence the elders were then t en assigns assi it tb vb president to their different booth fields 0 of f bagri laborim AP th tik benediction byeller by elder eider C W q de 7 pau pak ile lle prayer by elder lewis andersen he be eldera eldena elder eider A B strickland delivered address w elder C 31 nielson spoke at so 10 length upon the judgments of which are about to be poured out ya ht qc 0 this ge and other subjects ca ben Ban diction by president bennion co chanles CHARLES AI 31 NIELSE nielsen af ret rel clerk of conference an ai I 1 lufi luul |