| Show LETTER FROM LOS ANGELES westminster orange county cal may 27 1898 your most interesting magazine the deseret weekly frequently finds its way to my post postoffice office box through the kindness of the elders we are traveling missionaries in southern california it is always a welcome visitor so much so that I 1 feel lonely if it does not appear once a week I 1 find the weekly the most richest feast to attending conference I 1 had the pleasure of attending the last conference held in the city of los angeles which convened april and ended with the usual social on april 2 th it was to me one of the richest spiritual feasts that I 1 ever enjoyed in all my life every one present seemed to be filled with the holy spirit the music was excellent and the testimonies very earnest and edifying to all I 1 would like to mention some of the names of the brethren and sisters that I 1 met there it may be interesting to the elders abroad to hear of so many being present the following are the one that I 1 became best actual acquainted anted with president nye state president sister nye and little hattie elder and sister eldredge and their daughters susie and afton of utah out on a mission elders hansen W E hawkins W P F egan P madgty B A west E vauston VS uston of liberty idaho george J fox salt lake raymond stokes lunt coats matthews and others that I 1 cannot now call to mind the sisters from a distance were salt lake city sister louise edwards of san diago alago cal conference secretary sister anellie burler of calton cali cal ir I 1 cannot take time to mention all of the kind saints who made my stay in the city one to be long remembered I 1 feel it my duty to mention sister caroline Roth lisberger and daughter may for their kind hospitality to me and my visiting friend mr hattie bradburry of westminster sister may to is organist at the regular meetings and teacher in the sabbath school I 1 received a beautiful letter from her yesterday stating that the infant class had grown to such a number that they would have to grade and divide it she also said that they have extra regular tuesday evening service at the cottage home of brother and slater sister marsh whose names will be read with delight by some of the elders especially elder B A west who I 1 think it was that had the pleasure of leading brother and sister marsh into the waters of baptism in august last they are whole workers in the cause of truth chiae many dear faces that were seen in conference last october were absent this spring their places were filled with others and I 1 think I 1 can safely say aay a much larger congregation attended each session of the conference we missed the pleasant fac faces es of elder german E ellsworth and elder bossman boseman who were present last year at the october conference the mutual improvement association n the city to is presided over by sister ellza eliza cott who has been a member of the church tor for over forty five years she told me so herself and said every succeeding year was her happiest she Is ts indeed A mother in israel she has a beautiful home in the city where here f all the saints and elders feel perfectly at home brother and sister eldredge are quite comfortably situated at no grand avenue I 1 had the pleasure of dining ath them elder hansen was present at the dinner elders W W lunt and are at present laboring in orange mutual improvement association in and after the list of june they will have a postoffice post office box donations are promised by friends to pay for for the same the elders are making many new friends and I 1 think keeping the old ones some new baptisms will soon be performed I 1 am out in one corner as it were but have some honest hearted friends who are invests gating I 1 pray that our father will lead them into the glorious truth and light that I 1 now enjoy may the lord bless and keep the elders and all the saints in the fold and many more be added before the next conference is my earnest prayer your sister in the gospel A E BATES westminster cal |
