Show THE IOWA conference convened in the opera house belle ville kansas on saturday and sun day april ath and meeting on saturday began bean at 2 pm there then were present C W stayner president of the northern states mission president 3 M porter president of the iowa conference traveling elders W B R bohnson roh Foh DOOD W W A walker N J niel aen J A walker J E lewis lewie G T marshall jr also elders J Q G giles and john christenson Chrls who arrived saturday night president 0 M porter made the opening address he spoke upon the tb necessity of true faith in the godhead andoff living faith with works to make it perfect he was followed by president stayner who spoke upon the subject ot of baptism showing by many scrip ture texts that it was essential in the afternoon elder W B R johnson spoke upon the bame subject president stayner then spoke upon the apostasy apo stacy from the primitive church spoke of john wesley calvin and others as being good men but they lacked authority which they could not obtain without new revelation sunday morning elder giles spoke upon the holy ghost chewing that a man must nave have the spirit of god to know the things thing of god showed how the holy ghost was given president porter dwelt upon the organization of the primitive church showing by scripture what the body of christ consisted consist pd of and how it may be known proved that the holy ghost made himself hi meek manifest in many gifts president stayner spoke of the foreordination of christ and how his mission was to come on the earth and be crucified dwelt at some length up anthe on the spirit of god that enlightened every man that cometh into the world bore testimony of the heling healing power of god in our day sunday evening W A walker spoke upon faith and the justice of god explaining pla ining the difference between true and false faith president C W stayner spoke upon the second advent of christ and the restoration of te oe priesthood before his second coming elders JE J E lewis J awalter A walker G T marshall marahall jr N J nielsen and john christensen Chrls bore their testimony to the work of gud god saturday afternoon a priesthood meeting was held and many good instructions were given by president stayner the elders were assigned as follows president D M porter and W A walker in and around republic county kansas J E lewis and J ab n christensen the western part of iowa elders john G giles and N J nielsen in and around decatur nebraska elders J A walker and G T mr mar khz jr arleton carleton nebraska el elder jer W R johnson was relea released fied to return home we had bad a fair attendance and a good spirit prevailed W A WALKER clerk of conference belleville republic sas ass april 10 1892 |