| Show 1 ALABAMA conference the past year was one of success and 1 progression to us and we anticipate no hm advancement during the new year f chich has just been ushered in previous to october our conference comprised that part of alabama south fat montgomery gomery city and all the state of florida at that date it was thought prudent to divide our conference conle rence and muke make a new and separate one of florida skwe then our limits have been confined to the southern half of alabama upon the arrival of heber ricks in our conference august our workers numbered twenty four which was increased by elders george A and aad john C poulson also williim william E I 1 leal jenkins fins and edward L black about the ask of october when the oi ci vision took place elder eider joseph A west of salt lake city who had been laboring in I 1 crensham Cren shau co alabama with elder joseph S geddes was called to the 1 presidency ency ot of the florida conference K uki taking a g with him thirteen of our noble I 1 band 9 leaving twelve in our domains F we are e now numbering eighteen there having arrived on october sl 1 A porter and C H alley novem ik ber lith george A reid reidland and charles A CV ar ariey y december irth lewis E bar bai tey and J F wakefield and we expect v wo attro new recruits about the dinst oaring the past year we have baptized ninety nicety one souls into the told fold of christ hessed forty children held a great nany meetings and distributed a large of literature which is greatly in excess of bf the work done in 1894 and lqis year we will do a much greater L work judging by the present outlook about two weeks ago our worthy bres president ident joseph S geddes was obliged to return home for a season on acco account tint of the death of his bis little daugh ter and we will hail with delight his return to our midst j JOSEPH S GEDDES president p D H THOMAS I 1 clerk of bouth alabama conference Con terence t LA PIKE ala january lath 1896 |
