| Show SAMOA conference the semiannual semi bemi annual anoual conference of the upolu saints commenced at Fa gaill alii upolu samoa on october seb at an early hour in the morning the boat arrived bringing a number of the baluto from tha the south bouth side of the island shortly afterwards the lalovi boat well filled with saints arrived from the west end of the island i alter after the costoma customary and the drinking of the ava the morning meeting began president george E browning presiding the foil wing mission arles ariee were present pr eBent president george georg 69 E browning R M stevens H L li bassett george E abel L A bailey A twitchell gorge evorg mccune 0 W poole thomas H hilton ifton and 0 E rhay president george E BrOW browning DIUg made a few opening remarks and then elder 0 W poole was waa called von upon to address the congregation el elder er george georee E abel followed bone diction by elder george mccune at the afternoon meeting elder L A bailey was the first speaker next came elders C E and B R M stevens stevene benediction by thoe H hilton after this meeting the saints in bulged in athletic sports competing for small prizes furnished by the mission aries in the evening the company gathered in the meeting house bouse to wit new nebb the siva or native dancing the missionaries missions ries sang some english hymns and played selections on the harmonica after drinking a bowl of adap ava the meeting broke up on sunday morning meeting was called to order by president george E browning elder H L bassett presented the names of the apostles of the authorities both local and general and of the missionaries laboring in samoa these were all sustained by unanimous vote after reading a re port of the mission brother bassett made a few remarks and exhorted the saints to faithfulness elder george mccune spoke poke on the plan of salvation benediction by brother ifopo afternoon meeting was also called to order by president george E brown ing who announced the ordination of brother faalogo to the office of teacher the ordinance was performed eri ormed at the hands of elders browning stevens twitchell and bassett the president then addressed the assembly instructing the saints sainte to put aside all thoughts of a temporal character and concentrate their minds on things of he be lord elder A twitchell endorsed the words of the former speaker and offered a few observations on baptism an evening meeting was hold held when president browning invited all who felt disposed to rise and make a few remark the following saints ra responded ifopo I 1 fop Pa papalii palli palem falesa faalogo balat and mala two others talisua and tale tala non members of the church also spoke elder T H hilton bore a faithful testimony conference adjourned adlour ned months benediction by elder george mccune macune H li BASSETT BABBETT clerk THE 11 SAINTS on the morning of Satur dry sept the tutuila saints assembled at also ajao in their new meeting house on the occasion of their semiannual semi annual con forence fe fo renoe brother A L green local president presiding the following named were present brother broiher george E browning president of the samoan mission and adjacent islands el lers ers A li green A W harding F B R E dimond william low and james rieke bicks of the native priesthood there were present loane manoa and lemafa Lems fis A congregation of about seventy assembled the first speaker was president browning he gave some excellent instructions congregational gat ional singing prayer by brother james rieke at 3 pm the saints assembled the speakers were brothers james bicks and wm low benediction by dent browning shortly after the close of this meeting I 1 three baptisms were performed brother robert dimond officiating in the ordinance ordina uce the remainder of tile the afternoon was pawed passed very pleasantly the saints engaging in n athletic sports on sunday morning the salute again met to continue their religious services set vices president green presided and presented the names of the general and local authorities traveling missionaries etc all of whom were sustained by a unanimous vote A report was read showing bowing that nineteen baptisms had bad been performed on tutuila in ID the lost last five president browning explained the duties of these holding the looser lesser priesthood four teachers and two deacons beacons were then ordained and tho three natives who had bad been baptized the day previous were confirmed addresses were given by brothers brother F V and loane benediction by brother S manoa at 10 am a m a sunday school metting meeting was hold held an interesting pro gramme was carried out consisting ing in 11 part art of reading answering questions and reciting the articles of faith SiB SiD ging gilig afternoon Alter noon meeting was called to order by president green interesting remarks were made by brothers B R B E dimond A W harding and A L green an evening me meeting etting was hold held and the following saints bore testimonies lemafa Lie mafa loane viall giuli lull fiatele Fiat elc talo sent benl and viga conference adjourned for six months |
