Show SOUTHERN ILLINOIS NEWS benton franklin county III october 27 1897 the semiannual semi annual conference of the southern illinois conference convened in this city october and in the county court house there were in attendance elder louis A kelsch keisch of the Northern States nElder VE candland of the southern illinois conference and the following named elders J W francom john A coon geo A hill D A morris W E abbott J E bradshaw F R hepler E S sheets D A lowry M J ballard M stokey ezra P F durfee D M guest C E dinwoodey I 1 W mckahand McKa yand F W jones the last two fresh from utah there were also a number of saints present some of them coming a distance of forty nine miles the weather was all that could be expected and the meetings were well attended especially the evening meetings the people being somewhat after the style of nicodemus conference commenced october at p m presided over by elder candland and after the u usual 8 ual 0 opening pe ning exercises elder E S sheets occupied the time upon the subject of faith and faith and works at 7 p m the subjects of repentance and baptism were spoken upon by elders P F durfee and W E abbott abbatt respectively oct at 10 a m elders candland and dinwoodey spoke upon the subject of the holy ghost at p m elder J M ballard spoke upon divine authority and church organization at 7 p m elder ezra Christ lansen spoke upon apostasy Apo stacy and restoration followed by elder M on oct at 10 a m the history of the gospel was dwelt upon by elder D A loury and individual and general salvation by elder D M guest at 7 p m elder louis A kelsch keisch occupied the time upon the kingdom of god on the afternoon of the we held a four hour priesthood meeting where the elders received their a appointments po n en s and some very valuable instructions and advice were given by elders kelsch keisch and candland the work in the southern part of this state la Is progressing rapidly the elders are making better success and more friends than ever before even in this little town where we were treated very kindly the news is a roost most welcome visitor and its columns are read with much interest C E DINWOODEY clerk of conference the following is a list of elders and their respective fields of labor J W Fran francom corn and john A Co coon newton jasper county GeoA Hlll and A A morris effingham Effin ram county ill W E abbott and john A bradshaw bradsha w gallatin county ill C E dinwoodey and F R hepler mt vernon jefferson county edwin F sheets maudalia Va udalia fayette county ill D A lowry and F W jones xenia denla clay county ill M J ballard bailard vienna johnson coun I 1 ty ill M and ezra Christia mAwn montgomery county ill V E candland and P F durfee denton benton franklin county ill D M guest and I 1 W mckay olney richland county III |