Show A HAPPY BIRTHDAY gum springs rusk co tex tem feb 14 1898 elder john 1 J gallacher of salt lake ciak city traveling in the indian territory mission now in rusk busk county texas was honored by a beautiful birthday dinner served at mr and mrs david hoskins whose home is ever open to the elders elders gallacher and newman from prospect idaho have been laboring in rusk county for about three months during this time they have succeeded in making very many warm friends and investigators elder hyrum andrus of the lone star conference and elder R J harding of malad idaho why are traveling as meteoric elders called on elders gallacher and newman friday feb and exchanged a merry shake of the hand and a hearty god bless blesa you elder gallacher led us to a friends place where a meeting had been appointed we were all welcomed in and atter after supper preparations for meeting were made elders andrus and gallacher were ere the speakers the following evening was spent in a similar manner but elders harding and andrus were the speakers sunday we were invited to occupy the baptist church at 11 the horae was packed elder andrus presided and introduced elder harding who occupied the forenoon and presented the subjects of faith and repentance pen tance in the afternoon elder newman was the first speaker followed by elder andrus who followed up the remarks of the forenoon services and present ed the subject of baptism in the evening elder gallacher took up the subject of the holy ghost showing the necessity of being born of the spirit as well as of water elder harding spoke on the same subject and particularly particular lyon on the powers of the holy ghost after meeting we were preparing to take our departure when elder gallacher announced it was his birthday on the morrow and insisted that we shoula not leave until after that day on leaving here elders andrus and harding will visit elders in the adjoining counties at present there are 17 elders laboring in the lone lione star conference elders jardine and workman in shelby county anderson and coleman in panola a county young and dean in cherokee county hansen and hansen in smith county ash mid billingsley in henderson county gallacher and newman in rusk county and elders harris and lee in caldwell county elder john M white is stationed at athens texas as secretary of the conference HYRUM ANDRUS JOHN J GALLACHER ALBERT S NEWMAN RALPH J HARDING |