Show conference IN IOWA NICOLA iowa sept editor deseret news fl 3 the iowa conference convened ie according to appointment in the ransom school house about five miles northwest of this city on saturday be sept t 22 at 10 a m there were in atte attendance nUnce D E harris president of the north western states mission and the following traveling elders of the iowa conference F T gunn chas H grace J M murdock mardock parley christ lansen iansen M M miner E udall A hunt huntck CF F chadwick chadwicke W A taylor W H Nel baur J B morrison and E mace also a number of saluta and friends tri enda ends conference was called to order by president harris prayer by elder F T gunn singing president D E hanis stated the object of these conferences said there was a great responsibility resting res H ing upon 0 o the ne elders in preaching the gospel ad d wanlung ning the people of the I 1 ud 9 of god that thai await them in it if the they ley Hect act the teaching of hiss his servants r va ats eldr elder parley C r Is related some of his missionary missi ondry experience and said the lord had blessed him ir in I 1 his labors ile he bore a strong testimony to the truth of the gospel elder 0 11 grace said that faith laith was the moving cause of all action by it we are enabled to become beckma the sons and daughters of god by observing his commandments elder 0 F chadwick spoke upon the principle of faith without which ic is impossible to please god and said that fat it was the principle actuated us in all our oar undertakings elder edwin mace bore his testimony singing benediction by elder wm win A taylor 2 p in singing prayer by elder W H singing elder martin miner was the first speaker said he had a testimony of the gospel to biar bear before the world and was not depend depending im upon the assertions sert ions of others he H e exhorted exnor ted all to be diligent in searching for truth elder F T gunn read the first chapter of treated upon the lir first st principles of the gospel said to become a in niber of the church chuoc of god it was rec necessary essary to comply with the laws of adoo adoption ado olion tion sinking benediction by elder am mou hunt p m president harris ilardi read from S verse and spoke upon the organization of che be charen as it axi ta lu in the days of canse and his apostles apost lei sunday sunda sept 23 1 I li m slinging nging Ki prayer drayer by elder J 11 morrison sing ns elder wms A taylor taylors H inferred berred to the 21 31 of st jhai 9 a h verde broyl praying ag that bioc aiau abide IH the doctrine of bildt oens it hata both bolh the vather father and abe son aon aul au 1 showed the doctrine laid down add practiced by the ancient apostles brielly explained the apostasy apo stacy from the ive church president harris hairis from st pauls i that tae mystery of iniquity bad already began to work ana lead away tho saints in his day and that cariie amid w ull sot not cume come except there come a fill fal tog log away first Slog gini inic Benedic benediction tiou by elder john M murdock Mun lock 2 p m singing prayer by president D EJ harris singing elder 14 udall quoted the lords prayer said gaid the christian world had been praying for the last eighteen hundred years thy kingdom come but s since nee the kingdom had come they will not comply with the requirements the thereof teof elder F T gunn followed by speaking upon the restoration of the gospel he elucidated very clearly that the church ot of god is built upon revelation and had been established for the last time singing benediction by elder W H p in after the opening exercises president harris spoke upon the divine authentic authenticity ky of joseph smiths mis mission and explained the manner in which he received the records containing the book of mormon the conference concluded by y singing sing trig we thank godlop a prophet benediction by elder F T gunn C 11 GRACE clerk of conf conference arence |