| Show ad ild du lr lac als 10 starch gath 1898 aal d y fu sunday aad monday march t gt lh and nd the wisconsin conference conce ce was held in and all resent sent expressed themselves as be having ev ing it to be the best ever held in ih the e state both by way of inte interesting festl na the public and instruction to all in at all the meetings were well attim attended ded considering the condition ot tue weather er among those in attend gice were elder L A kelsch keisch of chicago president of the northern states mission 11 twelve elders laboring aa missionaries baries in the state saints and friends from osh kosh fond du lac f from the surround and many rom ja yron 1219 c country antry JQ w croft P president ident of conference presided the ime singing was waa one of the pleasing features ea of the gathering and was conducted condu acted by elder croft many of the veople expressed themselves as being inore than pleased with this part ot or the aie meting rn eteng and said we dont know kow it is we never heard such sing elder 13 S rupp sang there is a olace in utah elder E W croft crof t htoo 0 sang ang the old favorite israel wake from your long silent slumber Is of the sweet rider der croft who one of parts paris idaho did justice to angers Ht ners saturday evening elder H K christeneen spoke very interestingly upon church history elder B 8 winf followed upon faith and works eted elder E W croft upon the feces e affy of revelation i ame meetings on sunday were ad wed by the fo lowing elders jaa zo A larsen L A kelsch belach 0 K X ause LT jones H K christen eft B E W croft and on monday even effs elders J Y E boice and R M inti anti 11 who were followed by elder li al he kept the large eon con buvala for fai the hall was fined filled in arsted Ar eted for an hour many invitations were given the VI el amm to visit the people in their homes dd we were treated loyally by oak field enterprising e citizens fiorie fi oaie of our friends walked 6 miles and came by rail for 30 miles to be ent the various principles of the pel were expounded plainly and a spirit prevailed in all the meet c alere Pl ere re was a number of applications ator baptism at the priesthood meeting held on from t the h a above named place we were A Y f forenoon ore noon the elders reported condition of their fields and judg r from these reports some of the ale of the state are beginning to je mormonism and abid we find attie greatest drawback now is in that the bot its is great and the laborers few rd fid W we e sincerely hope to see some inore e of our brethren join us in the imar future jut just before leaving the tremont house bouse where we had been stopping we ig g some of our hymns which soon apon leered a large crowd in aud and around 0 building all of which followed us ahe e depot and insisted upon our doer in dm e waiting room the agent ahia a consent and we sang oh my ex and do bo what to is right these our friends that we were to sing again the waiting maj would scarcely hold the now rap kap gathering crowd and as the train id into the depot and the porter d all aboard many eyes ayee were bened a at bidding tare farewell to those tar for three days ho had done all in power tp to u make alge us happy and our fere e success suo cess wab wj w hold our ference in the p ut lit which Is the home bothe of df a good i A jt many of the sturdy ciuni of the sial all but who ho now art are quietly spending nn jhb evening of life ilfe in afke e comfortable and beautifully furnished houses built by moaby honestly earned through thrift and ana industry there were a few very few when we went into the village saturday that were ready to assist in driving us out of town but upon our leaving gave several of the elders invitations to come and see them it if they ever come that way again the proceedings of our conference published in all of the pond du lac papers the elders were assigned to the following fields green bay W als I 1 B H ak K christensen Christen Ben and 0 D balls appleton wis E R lindsey 0 K hansen oshkosh Oah kosh wis J E bocce R M lynn pond fond du lac B C rupp L T jones milwaukee als E W croft A larsen lareen jas jam and jag jaa C mu dock the last four will labor in pond du lac county for a few prior to going to their new field saints having friends in this state will please send their addresses to the president of the conference your brethren in the goabel E W CROPT pleat conf coat B S rupp clerk |
