| Show GEORGIA CONFERE conference noe NUE of the georgia conference held at hay haywood wood valley hatola 1 county ga july atti and alid 1879 elders present on the stand A TJohn seu president of the georgia conference raveling elders d S 0 stevens N L b Shurill shurtliff ff T VV El heward howard benjamin harker and 0 H bils local elders eiders T alawrence T J barber J B eulele Mu aniels ibis lele john N roberson rober Bober bou aou and M b 1 beed read elder AT johnson the object of the Conie Co merence rence and expressed his sad at not meeting elder joaeph joheph standing ng wh was waa recently murdered at the hauda hands of a ruthless mob of armed men in whitfield county an the but aalde buch euch work will not stop the spread of truth elder T V N howard spoke at upon the first nirol plem plea of the gospel and acid the persecution of the dalna elder eider 0 H bilas bliss testified stIfled te to toa a knowledge of the truth of the gos goa pei pel taught by day saints elder N V L shurtliff said all mankind should act as brethren as we all emanated from the game fame great parentage bore bis hia testimony to the truth of the great latter day work rpm pm elder J JJ J barber a spoke 0 k it at t i length e n g t h a u upon p 0 n t b e fi r t p principles r 1 n e I 1 ap pp I 1 e s of f t the h e g gos kos 0 s p pei pel e 1 q quoting u 0 t I 1 n g e extensively m t e from the scriptures exhorted the eiders elders of israel to stand firm and teach the truth regardless of all opposition elder beli Beit benjamin lamin harker barker bore his cs es to the truths of th the gospel gospe gaspe pe gospe and eaid except we have the thy spirit ef of god we are unable to do anything toward building up bis hla kingdom on the earth eider A T johnsen bore his hia testimony to the principles advanced by the brethren spoke of the beauties of at the gospel revealed from heaven iu in anis dispensa dispensation tio lu urged the saints to live up to their privileges and thus be enabled to receive the blessings of the almighty 10 am elderts elder elden T 8 stevens spoke upon the unity of the saints to be unit ed we must live in such a way that we can gain the respect and confidence of our brethren and those with whom we are associated treating all with due res peel ct whether belonging to the church or not the spirit of god teach a us to love our neighbors as ourselves elder N L shurtliff urged the to gather up to zion where we wa can receive instructions from the eer ter er vanta of god where we can bring up our children in the fear ot of the lord adjourned till 2 p m afternoon elder A B S johnson spoke speke of t the he use uee of the t hurch its organization with only six members and of the persecutions it had had to pass pabs through until the present day elder A 8 johnson presented the tha general authorities of the church who were unanimously buta Buta suta ined elder J morgan was sustained as president of the southern mission elder A 8 johnson was sustained as president of the georgia conference ferencek ference eg and aud the following as traveling elders N L shurtliff S C stevens badger clawson T W Hew ardC H bliss benjamin harker J J barber thomas A lawrence was waa sustained as presiding elder of the haywood hay wood valley branch and J J barber aa as counselor slater sister victoria faucett was sustained aa as president of the relief society with lildia lawrence and emeline faucett aa as counselors jonah nah C manning aa as secretary elder A S johnson read nead she the verme verae of the chapter of revelations and called the attention of the conference to the death of eider elder J oseph eseph dt anding who had recently been murdered in cold blood while iu in the discharge of his duty aa as a ministering ug servant of the most high god elder standing is thui thuy who has laid down him bin life tor the bake sake of the truth aud although be Is dead yet he still lives and arid is today to day carrying gid nid tidings ef of gleat joy to those who have passed behind the vail eie he has done his work here upon the earth and he has dune it well he waa kind aud and courie courteous ous to all yali vail ant and fearless in the defense at A the thu truth exhorted the saints to be faith falth ul and to put their trust in israels god who la is mighty to save bave buch such foul atrocious deeds will liot mot in the least degree impede the progress of the gospel the elders will with greater gre ater energy and more firm determination than heretofore puth forward to the mark ot of their high calling in christ jesus elder J J barber read the chapter of firel corinthians and aud in a forcible manner portrayed the organization of the primitive christian church the same bame had bad been restored to the earth by the administration of holy angels in these jast just days 2 21 pm eider elder T VV heward howard said there was a cementing power about the hospel gospel that is remarkable for all who are baptized partake of the same spirit is calculated to make us wiser and better elder benjamin harker urged the saints to train their children in the way in which they should go and impressed upon their minds the necessity of a godly walk and conversation and an example worthy of imitation elder 0 el bliss expressed his hia gratitude for the spirit of at the lord which had attended us thus far lu in our conference and arid urged the tho maluta saints to make evry ev ry effort possible to emigrate next fall elder EL 0 ri advised the paints saints who gather up to the valleys of the mountains moun tAns to go with bome some other motive than to get gain but rather to go to assist in building up the stakes of zion and rolling forth the work of god on the earth elder A 8 johnson urged the saints to strive earnestly for the faith falih once delivered to the saints 7 rpm pm elder N NM L shurtliff advised the latter day saints to live up to the pure principles of the goepel goh got pel pei elder J J barber stated bilat that tile the teachings of our savior were a kingdom divided against itself shall not stand alluded to the divisions of the political governments of the earth took up the subject of gathering and dwelt upon getting out of babylon elder A 8 johnson felt that instructions given at this conference would be a lasting benefit to the saints if carried out practically in their everyday life rayed prayed P that the spirit of israels israelis god might be with them to guide them into all truth choir sang think not when you gather to zion conference adjourned one baptism was waa attended to during conference picnic dinner waa was held on sunday sanday in the grove to which all the congregation were invited the majority of the saints of the georgia conference were in attendance statistical report of the southern states mission for the year sear ending july 1879 branch members august let 1878 scattering membership SO 80 additions to july 27 1879 total membership emigrated during the year 79 ped 4 died 2 total 85 present membership ordained to the priesthood 6 elders eiders during the year 2 priests total 8 traveling elders 37 local elders 20 priests 3 teachers 2 total priesthood 62 A S JOHNSON prest prost geargia conference S C STEVENS clerk |
