| Show NORTHERN STATES MISSION the indiana conference jon ference of this mission commenced at taswell crawford county on june owing ng to a misunderstanding in the dates all the elders were not pres pree ent there were present president C W stayner president C G hyde elders C W rockwood C D adams T A nixon and B A thorley after the opening exercises president hyde 19 spoke ke 1 upon free agency and charity evo showing wing the object of god in placing man on the earth and why he had given him free agency he pointed out that men should be allowed to worship god according to the dictates of their conscience so 80 long as they did not infringe upon the rights and privileges leg of other R elder C D adams took his bis text from the second chapter of daniel and spoke on the restoration of the gospel elder C W Bock wood ocl followed on the subject of the mis sion of the savior and the setting up of the church of god in that day he touched upon authority and said that this must be received from the same source and in ila the same way in any dispensation no man could take this to himself except he be called of god as wai was aaron at 2 pm president C 0 hyde took up the plan of salvation went over the first principles of the gospel ej 1 and showed the necessity of thithi faith and repentance also the object and necessity of ba baptism cism 7 president C W stayner stated the object which the el elders ere had in coming among the people they received no remuneration forthie for thir labor but performed ajust the some same as did the ancient apostles because they believed it their duty the gospel they were bearing was no new Gosp gospel elbut but the old one restored he hefte his testimony that the gifts signs and blese blessings tings followed the church of jesus christ of latter day saints and concluded wm with a strong testimony that joseph smith was waa a prophet of god at 8 pm elder T A nixon spoke on the first principles of the gospel beginning with faith and showing the faith necessary also the necessity of repentance the object of baptism the way the holy ghost was conferred and what it would do for us when so received june 2 at 10 am elder eldeir C D adams took for his text eek first the xi kingdom egdom of god and his righteousness 11 showing what constituted the kingdom of god when it was thoroughly organized elder C W rockwood bock wood followed on the same subject at 2 pm elder nl nixon ixon spoke on helps of governments and the mode of settling differences among the latter day saints at 8 p m president hyde des canted on n the book of mormon gave a sketch of what that book contains and how bow it was brought forth elder B R A thorley dwelt upon the different grades and callings of the priesthood at the priesthood meeting president C U G hyde and elder C D adams were released to return home elder C W rockwood and will travel in green lawrence and monroe county Y indian and elder joseph H armstrong in southern illinois A I 1 nixon n in crawford and adjoining counties indiana elder B R A thorley in northern ohio the last three named elders will receive their companions from home probably in the near future elder eldera rJ C W rockwood Bock wood was appointed to fill the vacancy occasioned by the release of president C G hyde the elders feel grateful for the hearty welcome accorded them by the people of taswell C W ROOKWOOD BOOKWOOD clerk of indiana conference |
