| Show TEXAS conference the texas conference was waa held at van bide near greenville hunts hunte county november 2nd and and 3rd ard 1895 there were present liaa 8 kimbau kimball president preal dent of the southern states mission and S Cam campbell president preside ut ol of the texas confer conference euce and SH wetle well A A kimball Kim Kimb baLM allM 0 miner R smith P F smith D P Overa Ove raon OD D H W perry A yancey L tolma Tol naan C A memmert Mem mort 8 B R aud A C daulty traveling elders eldera in the he texas texada cou conference terence the first meeting was waa held on Astur saturday day even evening ing commencing at 7 elder wella presiding alter after singing and prayer the object of our meeting was given by elder eider campbell he explained the u atles of boose who are called to the ministry and showed clearly the position poRi tiou that an elder to la taking he be deviates deviate from we plan of salvation given by our savior elder dalley dailey depore on OB ithe godhead tried to impress on the winds minda of the people that it la Is impossible to worship god intelligently without an understanding ol of who he is and the requirements he makes of us tae fact that without faith it to is impossible to please god was waa very plainly set forth by elder miner sunday 11 am After opening ex ercle erola ec ep elder perry said bald alter faith in god and his hia revea revealed leti lawone bam ba a natural desire to know what la in the next safe bep to take while we all agree that repentance la Is necessary the narrow borrow of the abe world which death la in too prevalent in this day A diagram of the church organization was waa drawn on the board and by elder wells welle he be sait since the differ different erit bembera member of ane were placed there by god and he hastwold has hae told no one to te do away with thew hem and si eiloe nee a jaw la in binding on a people till re pealed by the same authority that gave it we come to the conclusion that each member to la necessary and it cod cn not be denied elder IS B S kimball next addressed the congregation he caiti the idea prevails in the north that the texan Is a wild rough person who cares nothing for law or order many texans think thick the same of utah etab hut but I 1 wish to say that the people 0 utah are cultivated and taught as you are not her school system takes the lead and her people you can pattern af after ter 1 he spoke of the order I 1 in n w which b lob the cities of the dainis are laid other matters of much interest at the bunday night services elder dester deater called the people to repentance and elder wilcox proved that baptism is a principle ol of the doctrine of christ and it if we transgress and abide not in this doctrine we cannot expect to obtain salvation elder eider kimball warned the people of the judgments that will follow the testimonies of the elders and in conclusion said we will leave you now in the bands of god elder dailey thanked the people for their kindness to the elders aldere in addition to the three public meetings the elders held their priesthood meetings in which were given givan reports of labor and suggestions as to the best beat methods of getting the gospel before the people this was cur first opportunity to be instructed by president kimball kimbal it if we follow out his instruct lions there is no reason why we should shoula not organize cu c j arches in texas before another year passe elders H W perry and adam young were honorably released to return home on the ath enst dinst on account of sickness elder A 8 campbell was released trum from acting as president of the texas conference encel to labor in the office at chattanooga and A C dalley dailey was appointed to act in h his Is stead A C DALLEY seely secy |
