| Show TUE THE conference the Alin minnesota neso ta conference convened at rockford wright co minnesota october 11 1884 at 10 am elders from utah present wm win al palmer and J E booth of the presidency of the northwestern states mission nils Alls slon sion mads anderson president of cf the conference fr erice and ferdinand clark mark theodore brandley samuel 11 A youn toun young toung talma E pomeroy wm S johnson T S woodland AB A B strickland al jensen S J 11 II fillmore wm win boun bonn john C meller lewis anderson anders n and W W H R dickson the latter president of the branch after sing slug singing wing ging prayer was offered by elder eider clark mark elder palmer set f orth forth in plain and unmistakable language the principles of the everlasting gospel said that the same authority that existed in the days daya of jesus was again upon the earth and that it was held by the elders of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints bore a strong testimony of the truth of the latter day wor kand called u upon on all men to repent of their sins mers elders eiders brandle brandie brandley young and johnson bore faith falth faithful faithful fui fuT testimonies to the truth of the work in which they were en engaged maged and spoke of the goodness of ga god goa d to them on their present mission and rejoiced to know that signs f follow the believers in the gospel president booth the subject of authority showing that all authority comes from the source of power whether in an earthly government or that of god and could not be othen otherwise obtained said no one hadtke bad had the righetto right to nd minister administer in the things thing of god but he that was called of god as was aaron and that apostles and prophets ro are necessary and should r main in the church singing sinking benediction byeller by Elder whit 2 pm singing prayer by elder brown the sacrament was then administered by elders mads andersen and clark mark prest booth spoke to the saints in regard to partaking of the emblems of our lord and savior jesus christ and that it vlas vas in remembrance of his sufferings f fe brings ano and ane ant that nv ve c asked cod lod to witness that we are willing to take taue upon us his name and keep his commandments we should be careful and partake of this ordinance worthily otherwise we would come under condemnation we should forgive one another our trespasses prest palmer spoke on the same subject said if we partake of it unworthily we vve crucify the savior afresh if we huse huset an anything thida against our brother or sister forgive them and before besore partaking of it let iet us be reconciled toone another and take it with a broken heart and a contrite spirit explained the reason ef partaking of water in place of wine spoke upon of christ and aud the millennium of ancient and modern prophecy and of the temples of the lord belu bein built upon t this his and land and that god would gather His Is people in the mountains and greath greatly ly bless biess them and would gather israel f aiom rom the four quarters of the earth spoke of the resurrection of the dead and the quickening of our bodies by the spirit of ozithe the peace that would be on eartie when the time come when tho the people shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears luta pruning in hooks and all shall be peace in ills his holy oy mountain singing bened benediction cletion bv elder eider meller sunday october 10 am singing prayer by elder strickland president pr P palmer made a few opening remarks Ile he bald baid sald said we have met this day to worship G god od andio and to preach the word of the L lord 0 r d there were no people that hat had been lied about as as the latter day saints he bore his bis testimony that they were a pure upright virtuous god fearing people and as the apostle paul says this people are everywhere spoken against president booth then read fromi froim isaiah to the law and to the testimony if they the speak not according to this word it Ts Is because there Is no light in them he then delivered a powerful discourse upon the first principles pl es of the gospel showing that we will be judged by the law and the testimony and when we shall stand before the bar of god we will bo be judged according to the things written in tho cho books singing by elder eider mads anderson 2 rpm p m singing prayer Pra yerby by elder brandley singing arise oil oh glorious zion prest booth presented the general authorities of the church as sustained at the last general conference at salt lake city and also wm win al M palmer as president of the northwestern north western states mission and J X E booth as his assistant mads mada Anderso anderson 4 president of the minnesota conference and the before mentioned list of bf elders also C W peterson N L lund and geo L brienholt as tra traveling ellal elders in the minnesota conference lewis anderson clerk of conference elder geo IV riggs higgs as president of the monti celle branch W H dickson rickson presiding priest of the south bend B ranch branch geo W irl biggs s jr and WH W H dickson traveling priests in the minnesota conference all of which were unanimously sustained by the conference prest raimer palmer continued the subject taken up by prest booth in the forenoon spoke upon the office of the holy ghost which is obtained by the laying on of hands by those having authority said now can a man say that jesus is the christ but by the holy ghost the world say these things are done away but I 1 to that the blessings of the gospel the gifts and graces are arc now upon the eaith earth and follow those that believe prest booth followed upon the organization of the church of christ as it existed in the days of christ and ills his apostles and showed that the s same a me organization was necessary today d to 0 e exist is t in in gods kingdom in this di dispensation Pt loil if we take away the officers of the church we take away the foundation of the kingdom christ being the chief corner stone upon this foundation the church oi of christ shall be built he then read the prophecy of joseph smith in regard to tho the I 1 late civil war 1 and all could judge whether it had e ome come to pass bore his I 1 testimony that prophets and apostles are now nov upon the earth I 1 linzing sinzing Sin eing cing benediction by fillmore rill more 7 p in singing prayer by elder lewis ande anderson fe prest singing st amer palmer spoke upon the restoration of the everlasting gospel and that the angel that john saw that should come in the last days with the everlasting gospel had come a and nd regg reft revealed himself to the youthful prophet pr ophee joseph Josep smith hSmith gave a brief history of the coming forth of the book of mormon spoke of the perse persecutions persecute cuti 0 ns of the church in id missouri and illinois and the sufferings of the elders and the saints for the word of god and the testimony of jesus christ showed how god gud had gathered ills his people irom from them in the mountains and had greatly blessed them accordia accordi ag to the predictions of all the holy prophets since the world was how that joseph smith had sealed with his blood he bore a powerful powers ua testimony of the iest fest restoration oration of the gospel of christ and called upon all people to repent of their sins and be baptized for the remission thereof and they should receive the holy ghost he then called upon uton the elders present who knew lor themselves that joseph smith was a prophet of god to hold up their right hands the hands of every elder eider present was raised here there are arello living witnesses and who can say they are agle aide not president booth read the testimonies of the eleven witnesses to the book of mormon and also said I 1 can bear witness that the been preached to the people of Rockford Rock fordon son lon this day of october 1884 bore his testimony to what had been said as being true and was not afraid to meet them before the judgment seat 0 of f christ singing Sin ginz gins benediction by H A young council cou acu meetings were held on saturday october lith and between meetings and also one on the morning of the thy president mads anderson had labored in connection with elder clark dark since last conference con Cou terence in various counties of minnesota had held a numer num ser of meetings and baptized thirteen persons blessed seven children had made some friends reported the conference in a good condition generally elder theo brandly and samuel Witt witti iwer had been specially spec lally called to labor among the mennonites and labored in cottonwood county minnesota T and dakota found no opening for the gospel they then went to manitoba Alani toba visited some sixty six villages of that people there but houses could not be had to preach in they wend went to kansas and visited the mennonites no settlements there but with no success however they distributed many maily tracts and bore testimony to many families in their houses elders L anderson and CW peterson labored in Minne minnesota soul soUt for a short time and baptized two persons and blessed one child they labored some in illinois elder Elde anderson also labored with elder 11 A young in wisconsin a short time and baptized nive nire persons there reported openings for the gospel in minnesota and wisconsin elder 11 A young and elder C M nielsen labored in minnesota and wisconsin baptized six persons and blessed six children elder nielsen was released a short time ago and has returned home having filled his mission presta prest Pres tJ J E booth reported that shortly after last april conference he released elder hopkins Hopkin sto to return home on account of sickness also arranged for the emigration of 20 persons baptized ba chri two persons blessed two children and held nine meetings in this conference released elder jos jod M jensen on account of ill lii health also aiso elder NY R R stowell was released having flitter flitted his mission elders T E pomeroy and W S johnson had been laboring in iowa held il 11 meetings found three families of saints there elders ehlers strickland and woodland labored principally iu in todd countz county minn baptized six persons person sandre and reported a good rood field of labor in that part of the country win wro 11 dickson was blessed and set apart under the hands of prest palmer as a traveling priest in this conference to labor under the direction of the presidency of the conference elder eider J reported that he had labored with elder cloward in racine Otta gamma and door counties wis had ibid held eight meetings and some were investigating our principles elder eider CIo clo wards health being poor he had been released and return ed home elders 31 jenson has traveled in blue earth co and western minnesota and eastern dakota elder P loutensock his com coln oder anion anlon they baptized one person elder eider Louter loutensock sock also reports four tour other baptisms while laboring alone elder loutensock being released had returned home elder jensen then labored with with elder eider J C miller they held eight meeting elders eiders wm bonn and C labored in martin jackson and nobles cos gos minn Min nand and had been well treated one family nep rep reporter ready for baptism baptis nl 1 report a good field elders S and aud 11 bennion labored for a short time in minnesota and wisconsin and held several meetings meet elder bennion was wag released and returned home in june W V 11 dickson reported the south bend branch in good condition generally ile ho had labored one month mouth in the field heid preaching the gospel the reports of the ilic elders were encouraging cou raging and sho showed wed the conference to be in a prosperous condition the elders were then assigned to their fields of labor presidents palmer and booth gave eve much valuable instruction to the elders ile he wished them to canvas for the dr DESERET serri T news utah journal and ogden herald elders eiders lund and Br imholt reports by letter to the conference that they b have ive lve ba baptized sized two person phe the the conference was held on saturday at the house of bro Z P F rawlins near rockford on sunday in centennial hall the largest in the town of rockford ord the meetings were well attended attend ed LEWIS AN ANDERSON beltson clerk of conference |
