| Show conference IN WISCONSIN oshkosh wis oct 8 1897 the wisconsin conference of the northern states mission of the church of jesus christ of later day dav saints was held in pond fond du lac wis oct 2nd and 3rd ard and ath in the temperance hall there were present from chicago elder louis A kelsch president of the northern states mission and elder E M boyer president of the northern illinois conference with all the elders of the wisconsin conference elder john J simmon at their head seven meetings were held and fairly well attended by the public the first principles of the gospel were taken up and thoroughly ventilated by the elders eiders present faith was ably harld handled led by elders croft and jones repentance by elders H K and H christensen Chrls baptism by elder kupp boice and lynn the holy ghost by elders nealson and larsen also the following subject what is mormonism and the authenticity of the book of mormon as proven by the bible by elder E M boyer and an Is god a personal being by elder louis A kelsch apostasy Apo stacy and the restoration of the gospel by elder croft and closing remarks by elder john J simmons this with the beautiful singing of the saints and elders elder under the able leader elder E W croft constituted the program carried out at our conference our priesthood meeting was held on the ath and very encouraging reports were made by the elders of some of the fields they had been laboring in many timely suggestions were made and good counsel given b by Y the brethren for the advancement of the cause of truth we truly had a spiritual feast while we were together and it will long be remembered by those that were present we hear of the good times our brethren of the south have and the beautiful field they have to labor in but we of the north do not envy them because we think we have the best field in the world it would be unjust if I 1 did not mention the kindness of the saints and friends of fond du lac who spread before us the rich bounties of life and bade us partake which ican say all did to the satisfaction of the inner man the presiding authorities of th ohp church were unanimously sustained the elders received their appointments as follows elders john J simmons and john E boice appleton outagamie Out agamie co wis andrew larsen and hatch pond fond du lac wis hyrum christensen and edward W croft fond du lac wis herman K christensen and R M lynn manasha Winne winnebago bego co wis L T jones and james neilson racine wis B S rupp and fred brooks oshkosh winnebago Winne bego co wis all the elders are enjoying good health your brother B S RUPP sec con |
