Show IN NORTH ALABAMA chattanooga tenn oct 99 1894 elders laboring in the north ala bama conference have had for the he post past few weeks cheerful anticipations regarding the approaching conference confere oce and these were amply realized on saturday and sunday september Septem bor 29 and 30 in the happy association of brothers and in the divine spirit that prevailed there were present at the meeting ellas elias S kimball president of the southern states mission conference president brid murphy and traveling elders eiders A M beecher james I 1 B mason alonzo BUDker boft walter 0 Mito mitchell hello francis M beinas alexander 0 campbell ben P F lebaron Lie Baron wm T ditson anu and stephen A smith all of whom assembled one day before conference as a musical body and practiced hymns preparatory to the meetings being unable to secure a church house bouse the want was wars supplied by brother W F kennedy who with the assistance ot an obliging frion fribus J made ready a vacant store hube and provided it with commodious seats making everything comfortable and pleasant for the occasion the elders had been in here at times for the past year had bad preached many times gained a number of friends and baptized the leading citizen bro kennedy into the fold of christ this success was by no means agreeable to the adverse powers power consequently the public sentiment towards us was scarcely as favorable in this section as la in other parts of the vineyard and we could hear bear the distant rumblings gs and threatening of a storm fruna the unfriendly element this was so far the case that at our first day dayla a meeting very few were present and when we adjourned in the evening invitations to the peoples P homes were not a ai numerous ai a 3 could have been desired however our steadfast friends were equal to the emergency and we fared mt excellently the fatted batted yearling had bad been kil ledwith his bis neighbor the how hog and a number of pigs cakes and custards bustards cus tards of various kinds besides the many other good things prepared far the occasion were equally wonderful and gratifying all that kind hearts and skillful bands could do was waa done for our comfort and happl noa D on the night of the while we wire wen enjoying these luxuries lax urie our oar much prized tabernacle fell a prey to the vandalo vandal ld torch this thia little ast of wantonness only resulted the next morning in a new clearing FP F where on well arranged seats not a very ty large nor appreciative audience came toge together lher elder kimball and others laid before those present many precious truths and called upon them to repent of the evin evils that existed among them in our council meetings we enjoyed much uch of the holy spirit elder kirn kim ball gave instructions in our duties after we received our appointments we departed tor for our various fields of labor each feeling that he was prepared to do more and better work than heretofore since our last conference hold held in october 1893 we have walked 6 miles held meetings visited am 2701 families been refused entertainment times distributed tract tracee baptized 29 now new members and blessed nine obil children drel the next day after conference closed four members were added to the church of jesus christ of lat ter day saints the elders eldera in this conference are enjoying good health and are inspired with a zealous desire to push forward as heralds of the gospel message me yours in the cause of truth BEN F |