| Show ORGANIZED IN CHICAGO CHICAGO june fth 1896 feeling that it would be like placing a I 1 light under a bushel to withold from the many readers of your widely circulated paper the fact that last evening june ath a branch of the church of jesus christ was organized known as the I 1 chicago branch of said church bring the first branch organized in chicago I 1 take the liberty of sending these items elders joshua R dark clark C D fjeldsted Fjeld sed and several elders favored us with their pre presence ence the brethren and saints met at 1469 milwaukee avenue north chicago the headquarters of the elders and the following brethren were sustained officers of the branch by unanimous vote of all present lars F Lod erlund address W black hawk street chicago I 1 president joseph and R V edholm teachers elder eder dorius will assist in the branch clerkship joseph S and joseph assistant in the sunday school agnes eriksen secretary of sunday school A selection of teachers will be made when school convenes many new members have been added recently to the church and others are interested in the everlasting gospel all rejoice that a branch is organized and are determined to let their light so s shine that some ut of the honest in h heart art may be led to walk in it we are favored with the presence of two ol of our utah young sisters miss jennie hubbard and annie lloyd respectively ively who are here for the special purpose oi of taking notes by the way as they visit cook county and other high schools they will also visit new yi rk schools before returning to utah they wera also set apart and given a mission to aid in the work of the ministry in their travels which we take pride in saying they are faithfully and practically doing young ladies who will attend their prayer drink neither apa tea nor coffee and when abroad take a pride in informing strangers of home are a great credit to utah the saints as well as the elders who are located in chicago would be pleased and kindly invite friends who may chance to visit chicago to give them a call elders headquarters 1469 milwaukee avenue chicago regular meetings every sunday robey st SL 2 p m and p m sunday school lo 10 a m not only are the glad tidings of great joy finding some of the honest hearted people ot of this city but other parts of the conference are also budding forth gospel blossoms no less than about aboia forty have been baptized since april irth 1896 and many others are ready in some fields where reone one year ago there were but seven members we have over J forty members with as many more applicants with all ot of these great blessings tot for t which all good people feel thankful we have one sad regret elder J R clarks having to leave us having been released to return home because ot of the ci ideal critical illness of his wite wife when elder dark clark s was appointed to take charge of the mission there were about thirty six elders in the mission today there are about ninety elders in the field mem hers bers have proportionately increased he has taken a course to win the love and esteem not only of the elders but of the saints and ot of strangers and it is with regretful feelings that they give ive the parting hand there is not a saint or elder throughout the entire mission but extends kindly feelings towards elder dark clark and offers earnest prayers for the spee speedy y and complete recovery of his wife SAMUEL G SPENCER president indiana conference |
