| Show WORK IN ARKANSAS denmark white county ark aik oct 6 1897 18 9 7 the elders of the arkansas calil conference I have just had another 1 al feast in their conference ahl convened sept 28 29 and 30 n denmark white county ark besides the elders who labored in the conference during summer there were present I 1 IM william T jack president of the than dlan territory mission and four abhi el just from zion viz sydney 0 RR hi herbert W webster jos A L L son and william burton they hm ha the appearance of bright young rot and we think them a valuable ac to our conference the saints and friends did their aei to entertain us and their hospi will not be forgotten KS the elders all appreciated appreciated J timely counsel and instruction t elder jack it came to us As aa for experience had tat its necessity and wisdom and hope to be able to appropriate it fl our future efforts there has been some sickness am the elders during the summer none of them have had to return h on that account the good results of our labors everywhere manifest we freau fresques receive letters from different parta the state asking for elders to be to their section of country at the close of conference one fit applied for baptism pour four ahli were blessed the undersigned undersigner under signed had the pleasure pleasa accompanying elder jack on 1 visit to saints and friends in ca county they were happy to meet and we were pleased to find them hoying the spirit of the gospel a so 1 l our sympathy goes out to them 0 aft count of the trying circumstanced which they are placed we had b that their enemies had sworn to any elders who came there again we made it a matter of earnest pr and were permitted to come an and peace we had the pleasure of b ba ing six persons and blessing tour four dren that makes thirteen m kemt in that section i while here elder jack fah 7 ta state into two conferences viz the and the western elder e ening was appointed to preside over western estern and I 1 the eastern pl 45 abe e following elders now comprise ahe he western arkansas conference rank prank L copening geo E brim A wright thomas H gleason il Sward I 1 cox cos and joseph A L lar the following are the eastern arp kingas conference john H peterson jas P anderson georke N atkinson david M nelson te ge B R D brown sydney 0 rust nerbert herbert W webster and wm burton we expect a new force of elders in ac near future both conferences now the threshold of a new era etter dater upon ath th bright prospects in view our ur friends at home need not conr utter joer themselves unfortunate if they be called t to 0 labor in this part 4 the vineyard for we think it a very place the elfers elders here are wt at all sorry that their lot has been hills and hollows and the best amo among ng acks and stumps and hospitable people aw of or arkansas AIB AI B F I 1 COPENING stag western w arkansas conference y j Q H PETERSON ac Ts pies eastern Ak arkansas kansas conference |
