| Show I 1 OKLAHOMA conference MARSHALL 0 T october there was held at the residence ot of IF uder elder david holt of marshall a quarterly conference or of the church of jesus chaiet of latter day saints on sunday october 6 auh h 1894 at 7 30 pm elder goo geo S ashton called the meeting to order there being eight elders eldera and many saints present all joined heartily in tb beautiful hymn go ye ya messengers of glory t prayer was offered by elder W D bowring Bow and then we sang bang aan an angel from on high which caused happy thoughts to penetrate our very souls elder J A Steph stephens was very interesting and instructive in his address subject sub apostasy and authority elder J M fullmer illmer Ft spoke to us at some length upon the authority conferred upon the prophet joseph joeeph smith by our heavenly father and gave some suggest suggestions loBs long to be remembered by all present elder E M mcarthur Mo Arthur pointed out the beauties and essentiality of the holy gloat ghost and had no difficulty in proving from holy writ ane assertions made elder goo geo 18 B ashton followed in a brief review of what had taken place in this meeting a after which we sang bang we thank thee 0 god for a prophett prophet P etc and elder levi J holt offered benediction on sunday oct 7 1894 conference again convened at 1130 a m elder E R M mcarthur Mo Arthur presiding after singing and prayer by elder J JM ja flumer elders A N wallace E F M mcarthur and J H vincent confirmed as members of the church brother and sister smith who had bad been baptized this morning by elder george 8 ashton A sacramental hymn was wag fung and the sacrament was administered to the saints eldr ashton ash ton briefly on the koblect of the be sacrament full followed owed by some re marks from elder vincent who said he a desired to become more proficient IQ in his duties in godys gods service and in evoked heavens upon israel everywhere elder wm newman awman gave some reminiscences of his bis past life in the work of the lord which caused great emotion to everyone pros pres ent elder mcarthur explained why we partake of water in the place of wine in administering the sacrament Bac and brother david holt closed the meeting if by prayer sunday afternoon at 3 p m conference again convened the barr meet ing house bouse being given freely for the purpose here assembled many of ene cue scattered saints saintes and many friends friend elder mcarthur McArt bur spoke for nearly one hour on the first principles aud good order prevailed throughout elder W D bowring encouraged the saints by pointing them to a time when the church was in its infancy and how it had bad grown until it now numbered its ot thousands he orew drew by way of comparison a small iree slone alone in the desert which bad now grown to great strength and its if branches afforded shelter to all who would obey god gods goda a commandments come all ye sons of god was then sung and benediction was pronounced by elder A N wallace at pm the saints again met at the ibe barr meeting house bouse the building was crowded many strangers having congregated elder wallace took look charge of the meeting fand ad after singing and prayer he spoke to us for one hour laying batore the people the first principles of the gospel and also a ave ve great light to our friends upon the apostasy stany and restoration of the gospel during his entire remar remarks k strict attention was wee given and through such sermons we may expect good results alt elder ashton drew the comparison between catholicism protestantism and mormonism one could have heard a pin drop during his bis entire discourse as it was w as trace I 1 from the dark ages until the present time with great skill and decisiveness none could have taken exception to his remarks and yet he be gave the true history of christians denying the be very absence of all revealed religion or revelation all joined in singing praise to the mau who communed with jehovah benediction by elder newman priesthood meeting on monday the ath dinst at 3 pm p m a general priesthood meeting was held bold at the residence of brother holt elder A hwallace NW N wallace allace presiding meeting being called to ordet we sang a hymn h amo anil and prayer was offered by elder vincent elder wallace then spoke at some length pointing out the duties of the elders and gave some timely instruction respecting the best beat interests of this thin miss mission iOD aleo called upon each elder present lor for any suggestions be might nave to offe reach 9 one no respond in ina and a general good deliberation of aur duties was given we held our meeting three hours boure and throughout the spirit of god was poured out abundantly upon all present pree this thia mission la Is in a very prosperous condition and we have several I 1 more applicants for baptism we are waiting giving all a chance of being thoroughly converted before we baptize them our conference closed after we had held a testimony meeting at tue the residence of brother burns I 1 in the evening at 8 p m elder fullmer presiding there were present seventeen persons and no time was lost in the meeting it seemed as though another pentecost had bad come for every one was fl filled I 1 led with the spirit of our heavenly father and aad strong testimonies were given by male anu female concerning his work our conferee con conference feren ce throughout has been of a most pleasant nature as the elders and saints are enjoying good health and spirits and we see a bright future for zion in this part of gods goda god a vineyard trusting we may have the constant prayer of the saints and that our labors may be acceptable to our eternal father tuesday october ath our elders have separated going to their respective places of labor it was truly sad ead to may day good by to them as it seemed as if our very heart strings were torn sunder asunder a our few days daya in conference cn ference having been so pleasantly and pro spent at I 1 p m we all united in singing binding farewell ap and many were moved to tears team to see the elders with grip and umbrella trudging away seeming seer ning almost as our savior was when he made the solemn expression the foxes have holes and the birds ol at the air have nests but the son of man hath bath not to lay his head trusting the saints sainta will ever pray for our I 1 remain yours in the gospel of peace ARTHUR N WALLACE presiding elder eider |
