| Show conference IN MARYLAND AMANDA grant co W va august 81 1888 editor deseret news the maryland Confer conference euce convened a at t star sta r place pendleton co W va august and all the elders of the conference together with wm spry pry president of the southern states mission were present although the country was rough and broken the elders were thankful for the privilege lege of meeting in safely to worship worship god the first meeting was called to order on saturday ata at 2 p m by H W miller president of tue ane conference Sio ging prayer oy by elder joshua homer singing president H W miller stated the immediate object ot the conference was to give the elders a chance to meet and receive counsel and instruction while the elders were meeting together they gave the people the advantage of a few few meetings tile the speaker theu proceeded to aliver deliver a discourse on certain principles of the gospel elder C S wood spoke on the necessity of baptism by rs showing howing LIM christ himself complied with this jr r denance di nance elder A J higgs said that christ compared the gospel to a net which gathers in good and bad fish the good are retained inci and the bad cast out president Preside ut william spry expressed his satisfaction at privilege ot of meeting with the people in a conference capacity the spirit of truth has been couf conferred erred upon the elders and if they do nothing to cause it to leave them they can but advance true doctrine the elders occupy a prominent anent position in rolling on the cause of and righteousness here ou barta they areas are as lights set on a hill bill that men seeing their good works may follow A trust has been reposed in them to warn mankind it they do not magnify that trust the blood of the wicked will be required at their hands but if the wicken wicked be warned and repent not then the elders garments are clean elder D H ensign showed the harmony existing between the gospel as taught by christ arim aim his apostles and by the latter day saints singing benediction by elder robt rob t shields Sh lelda sunday aug 26 2 p m meeting called to order by pres H R W miller fA iller singing prayer by pres pees wm win spry A elder joshua homer beida called on to address the congregation spoke on the necessity of faith and works going hand band in hand in order to gain salvation elder eider robert kobert G shields spoke on the necessity of a firm foundation for toe the saints to build on elder jno hansen referred to the importance attached to the covenants made with god on going into waters of baptism president wm spry promised the people it if the would obey the laws of adoption and live righteous lives for ever afterwards they should know of the doctrine taught by the lamer day saints whether it is of god or of man spoke on the necessity of direct mv revelation elation from heaven heaved to preserve people broft destruction des tructien the written word never was ia intended tended to supersede the spoken and it is only evidence to substantiate the apostasy from the true gospel when lae chris ian world claim that god has been silent for so many hundred years president H W miller had been interested te in remarks of the speakers because he knew they had been directed by the spirit of god ged and abd were according to the law and the testimony mo urged the necessity of taking the Lip scriptures tures in their literal meaning and sh showed ed the punishment pronounced on those who put private interpretations on any part of them the elders reported everything in their various fields of labor in a prosperous condition timely and instructive counsel was given the elders by president wm spry respecting their duties conference passed off peacefully and was a spiritual f feast east for J HANSEN clerk of conference |
