| Show evangelistic WORK IN MONTANA anaconda montana november 1 1897 on oct 23 4 was vas held a conference of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints of the montana mission present on the stand were elder john henry smith of the apostles quorum T E ricks president of the bannock stake and of this mission traveling elders P tempest H Br amwel C R J harris ben E rich C J black wm thornley rolla harris H S jackson A D miller jr geo S young wm Wid derson and W H carbine A short president of the anaconda branch and wm hopkins president of the lima branch three meetings were held each day on saturday forenoon the time was taken up by elder john henry smith and elder P F S brambel Br amwel A most excellent spirit prevailed the afternoon meeting was devoted to the hearing of reports of the traveling elders which indicated that good results were realized in the evening elder ben E rich spoke for a short time after which elder john henry smith bore a powerful testimony to the restoration of the gospel on sunday at 9 a m a sunday school was held brother geo mcneal was honorably released as superintendent and william king installed at 10 a m the conference reconvened elder ricks spoke at some length and gave valuable instruction 1 to the saints he bore a faithful i mony as to the divinity of the gospel several of the traveling elders reported their labors and all testified to the gospel of christ being upon the earth at 2 p m a large congregation was present elders brambel and john henry smith occupied the entire time of the meeting an elucidation of the principles of the gospel was given at there was another large gathering elders rich and john henry smith explained the doctrines or of the gospel of jesus both warned the people that gods judgments would purify the each and burn all proud and ana ungodly on monday at nine a a m a priesthood meeting was held elder ricks and john henry smith encouraged the elders to labor ardently for the spread of the truth F S bramwell was called and set apart by elder john henry smith to preside over the montana mission and was instructed to make a personal visit to all ail the districts now being worked and to push the spread of the gospel as fast as possible elders T E rick and ach beturne home while the elders were assigned their fields of labor elders john henry sm smith ith F IL bramwell geo S young and AD MR MB bys repaired to helena the capital of montana the governor of the state was interviewed as was the mayor of at the city both gentlemen assured us u perfect freedom in our labors elder john henry smith proceeded to canada while the others set to wa work at once to canvass tho town the editor of the helena Tn independent dependent 40 the editor of the dally daily herald 7 tia informed fo rm ed us th they 6 y were e rd on h hand 4 nd to anstet t in any possible way the independent gave bite bulte a lengthy account of t our visit as well as a summarized summarised ab count of the remarks of t ehte brethren made at a meeting held oh sunday M evening in Engel hams business int college we desire now to say a aft word rd eh T to the people of bf utah we IL acre here to preach the gospel on and in new fields meet with baay obstacles which can be removed wron 1 n enter a town or village and emu flo ot kno kiowa a soul there we find it biard to get an inroad you who have frienda or relatives either residing in or VM ing montana please let us have ave t aber names and address and we will h Z t them up this means much to the spread of the work ande and we fondly aak a hearty response address alt all comment communications to me at box anaconda montana yours in the lord F S BRAMWELL BRAMWE |
