| Show A VOICE FROM N BRASKA omaha neb may 1898 A very pleasant and instructive conference was held on saturday and sunday april and may the during which time there were four public meetings all of which were well attended notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather and the greater por tion tian of those in attendance both saints and visitors at the close of the confers confer ence expressed themselves as having been spiritually fed and this like all other good conferences was said by them to have been the best they had ever attended the various elders though of themselves very weak were made strong by the presence of the divine influence ot that spirit which guides into all truth and they discoursed upon the principles of the gospel in power and such clearness as to merit tre the res respect hect of all thinking christians and bible students tb whose privilege it was to hear them I 1 there wire were thirteen elders present among whom was the president of the northern states state bialson Ml Mi oison alson L A kelsch for a few days preceding the thirtieth alt the elders laboring in the city assisted by those newly arrived held meetings upon the street sang hymns and announced openly the time and place of said conference and on friday the they distributed nearly hand biais bills in the near vicinity of the hall haal in which the saints hold services on monday following the public con ference a priesthood meeting con slating of the traveling elders and one elder was held between the hours of 9 a 9 m and 12 m in which the elders were assigned their partners and various fields of labor the privilege being given the elders in turn bore testimony to the truthfulness of the message they axe are called to tb bear and expressed a desire to continue in the noble work of carrying the glad tidings of great joy to those who are sitting in spiritual darkness all had not been sunshine with them in the past but the thought that now and again an am honest soul is being brought to an understanding of the principles of the gospel and given power to embrace the same excites 9 a new energy and the harvesters feel to thrust in their sickle and reap with their might while it is yet called day the branch here in the city is in a flourishing condition cond tion the saints are quite energetic in the performance ot of their duties and the number Is being increased at such a rate as to entourage encourage those laboring in their midst and the time is looked for forward wAArd to when a a great many more will see the necessity of following him who said my yoke is easy and my burden is light A word before closing to those who expect to visit the city during the Exposi expositor ton you will no doubt enhance the cause of truth by calling upon the elders at headquarters and taking some of them with you to visit your friends frienda and relatives said and thus enlarge the circle ot of acquaintance and open up a field for the elders to labor in that otherwise might remain closed at levi beart for a season beason following are the addresses of the elders now laboring in the nebraska conference P J williams and J I 1 L hatch T J howell south seventeenth avenue omaha L P mecham and martin christensen jr omaha neb R E and andrew anderson And ereon fremont dodge county neb S C jones and H W valentine ntine schuyler colfax county neb J W jones and M P sorensen wahoo sanders county neb elder W A fawson was released to return home to grantsville Grants ville utah he having been in the field for 27 months he has fulfilled a masison that is and will continue to be an honor unto him and to the cause he was called to represent the news is always welcome P J WILLIAMS president of nebraska conference T J HOWELL clerk of nebraska conference |
