| Show ahe OLD dominich DOMiNi Uh Go lansville golansville carolina co va march 7 1898 oftentimes through the columns of your paper our attention is arrested by interesting accounts of conferences held in the various missionary fields the saints in zion no doubt find considerable sid erable interest in perusing these short sketches as they in part convey the spirit of the mission and bring to their minds items of interest concerning absent ones saturday and sunday peb feb 26 and 27 elders samuel E taylor john P morris and M B shipp of utah met with the saints of the lansville golansville Go branch in conference they were beautiful days all nature seemed to lend a helping hand to make hearts light and cheerful this combined with the rich outpouring of the holy spirit filled the hearts of all present to almost overflowing conference convened saturday at 10 am elder taylor presiding in the absence of our beloved president elder john S blair all the saints of the vicinity were present two services were held each day elders taylor morris and shipp all gave many valuable instructions bearing strong testimonies of the truthfulness of the great latter day work the subjects of ful ailment of prophecy tithing obedience and book of mormon were ably discussed with much satisfaction to all present one of the most pleasing features to the natural man was the elegant spread which tempted the appetite of saints and sinners alike the saints had gone to no little trouble in preparing refreshments tor for the occasion A few items of history concerning this branch may prove interesting the conference held at the above time has some unusual characteristics more than two years ago two mormon elders the first to ever call in this vicinity visited the families that now compose the members of this branch they found but few friends among these friends were a mr lewis mr jones and mr carpenter these families are now almost as a whole members of the church As an is often the case these elders could not obtain a place to preach except one or two private houses where they held some few meetings mr lewis before any had been baptised baptized sed proposed the erection of a church others quickly responded spon ded land lumber money and labor were proffered the elders were active and earnest and pressed their work with so much spirit that soon most of the above named families were added to the church the erection of the meeting house was waa then a sure thing these three families assisted by a few friends erected and paid for the building it being completed preparations were made and the house was dedicated peb feb 27 at the morning service of our conference at eleven the services were called to order by elder taylor singing oh my father etc elder taylor stated the purpose for which we had assembled he said the saints of this branch should certainly be proud you are greatly pleased of the lord in having a place of your own in which you can meet and worship you tou have worked assiduously the lord has blessed you and will continue to bless you elder shipp then offered the dedicatory prayer singing I 1 ous things are sung of zion etc the lord WAS am present with 01 holy spirit the saints knew by the manifestations of the spirit that the labor of their hands was accept accepted edL all rejoiced elder taylor then addressed the congregation speaking ape akia upon obedience after prayer and singing the morning services were brought to a close we have reasons to be proud as we understand this is the first latter day saints place of worship ever dedicated to the lord in the old dominion the saints feel to rejoice that the lord has been so BO merciful and kind as to bless blesa them with a home of their own with ft a house where the lord will meet with them we rejoice with the saints in efm in the great latter day work out ewt desire is to ever lend a helping hand in building up zion the testimony of the saints of our branch as a whole IN that this Is the work of the lord we know we have accepted the trueland true Aad everlasting gospel with prayer for the triumph of truth I 1 remain yours truly ROSA JONES secretary Go lansville sunday school P 0 Hew letts hanover co va |
