Show SOUTHERN ALABAMA conference welville VILLE florius florida oct 15 1894 this is ia one ol of the hobt prosperous iu in the mission mis aion and at present p I 1 embraces the southern balcof half of alabama and the whole state of tropical florida at 1030 1080 am saturday oct lath conference convened with wiio eider bita 8 13 kimbail presiding aud and the follow lug elders present W 0 ridges presiding prefixing elder bider geo W Rod gerns aeo irvine jr it david farr charlton chariton 0 V nelson 0 A williams B R F allen alien ephraim Ephr alaa gatiss edward newton and A T allen alien prior to this time however no wever a beautiful spot carpeted wita gross grass and shaded with high towering pines had been designated as the abe place where the ser r vanto vanta ot god would preach the truth as aa did paul and peter of old eld here 14 mid amid the glowing of fatafe where flowers bloom in rich profusion rom from spring to spring was wae erected 1 a commodious arbor fully juliy capacitated to seat people or more the people came from far and near to hear bear the in truths ot of the bible expounded expound iad in plain and simple language it lg in not an unusual thing to see these theae people yoke up the oxen put the Whilo whale bamily upon a queer looking wagon with a low bed and go from I 1 wagin to 12 2 miles to preaching conference consisted oon aisted of four meet ings inga bold heid at the arbor at wh which iob fally fairly good audiences were present anti and were addressed by the above named sp ore ere upon whom the spirit and power of the goaper seemed to rest reet in griat great abundance the singing led by an organ which was wag furnished furnia hed for the occasion by mr N B 0 don boa oho a member of the reorganized church of jesus christ ot 01 latte rd saints was enjoyed equally as munh much aa a the preaching the editor of awe the county paper mr W D william proposed to publish free an account oil of me be time and place at which cou conference ference would be held on the first day of meeting the speakers and those in attendance were sumptuously dined by those living in the immediate vicinity the program for sunday noon the last day of confer enoe ence however was materially changed and at abe close of the forenoon vices could be seen the hospitable and generous friends and visitors spreading gab leswith table with luxuriant bounties which 12 of flowers oan can ablord ord jo not suppose that we subsisted on onla upon a the sweet nectar of the flowers for fak the I 1 bonsy boney was only one of tho 1 abany any dainties which be decked the wiles the guests all seemed to possess vigorous appetites and the i numerous luxuries could be seen van 1 labing like the sparkling mist before the mornings morning Is sun besides the public meetings seven council meetings were held for the stecial special benefit of elders at these a number of new plans plane of work were adopted as ion im guides to be followed closely 7 by elders in the future many valuable instructions and encouraging re marks were also listened to with great interest by us reports deports of the various fields fielde of labor were given in showing a total of 42 baptisms performed since the lost last report of a year ago at the conclusion of 0 conference cou ference the saints saint friends and visitors were kindly thanked for their presence and hospitable kindness kl early next morning before the smiling sun had bad shed his rays upon the sunny sunoy south the elders bould be seen like busy bees wending their ways to new fields there to remain for another year in searching out we the honest of heart B R P F ALLES ALLEN clerk ot of conference Conie rence |