| Show FROM THE missionary FIELDS in swany sunny kansas I 1 lawrence Law rente oot oct 31 1898 1 the work 0 of the lord is progressing in this part of the vineyard saor aly but surely those who are honest at heart receive the gospel goepel by saying those that are ard honest at heart I 1 do not desire to have people inter infer that we mean that just those that are converted tho principles of the gospel goepel and obey those are financially honest boneet men may be I 1 ever to ao honest between bet tween themselves and yet not honest between themselves and god the recent rains mine and snows in this vicinity have rendered it almost impossible to perform missionary iDary work we had bad a very severe snow storm here october Oc 16 followed by a warm rain made the roads so muddy that an empty wagon was a load for a team nevertheless we are endeavor ng to do sour our duty ditty and magnify the calling whereunto we have been called we realize that should we neglect to magnify the calling of our priesthood great would be our condemnation and fall it was evidently this that caused this remark from that great apostle to the gentiles who endured so much for the cause of truth I 1 por for though I 1 preach the gospel I 1 have nothing g to glory ot of for necessity Is laid upon me yea woe Is unto me if I 1 preach not the gospel I 1 corinth 9 16 this should be the motto of all for though I 1 preach the gospel I 1 have nothing to glory of whether in the mission mise toai field or in the peaceful vales of dear zion shon we pray ever for the advancement vant van cement ment af the holy faith and for the prosperity of zion yours for truth OHA W GOODLIFFE ISAAC JONES ohio conference east liverpool ohio oct 31 1898 the ohio semiannual semi annual conference was held in the fergerson Ferger aoh soh hill hall saturday p m october 29 1898 sunday 10 a m 8 and 7 p m oct monday 9 a m priesthood meeting was held at p m and finished our conference meetings meeting rs we were blessed with the presence of elder loul A kelsch kel sch president of the northern states mission we had a most enjoyable time both in our public and priesthood meetings the spirit of god was with us and we indeed had a spiritual feast as is well as a temporal one people who came out to listen to the gospel truths truthe disseminated by the elders of israel were highly edif edified ted in our meetings the first principles principle authority church organization apostasy and restoration were treated upon the eiders showed the condition of the christian world today and the necessity of inspired apo apostles sties and prophets to guide the people in a straight way the apostle paul speaking to the galatzan Gal atlan saints said but though we or an angel from heaven pre preach ach any other gospel then than that which we have preached unto you let him be accursed elder louis A kelsch bore a faithful testimony of the appearing of god to ancient patriarchs we were favored with the company of elder barnes leander S harris and B F llewellyn from the west pennsylvania syl vanla conference the priesthood meeting was a time of rejoicing the elders received Fec elved their companions after which each elder reported his ais labors during the past eight months all felt encouraged and were fired with re dewed determination to press st stronger ahead in the fluture for the proclamation of truth elder david J davis was honorably released to return home elder william P F burton was sustained as president of the ohio conference with el elx der john B erekson as his assistant and elder edward P F turley as clerk of the conference elder david J davis was tendered a vote of thanks for his labors in the ohio conference elder louis A kelsch encouraged the taie elders to faithfulness the elders were given their companions and assigned to their respective fields field of labor as follows elder william P F burton john B erekson salem col co ohio elders edward F turley and george christensen youngstown mahoning Ma honing co 0 elders P F malan and james sanders ganders warren co ohio elders george J shurtliff and john na M boothe jefferson ashtabula Ashta ibula co ohio elders joseph E wilson jr and edward A hardy chardon geauga geaugh co ohio mio elders fredrick Fredr iok J wadsworth and liars lars nelson ravenna portage am ohio elders anders K X hansen and thos E cottle canton stark co ohio elders william C behunin and thom warnock benville jefferson co ohio elders R garn dark clark and alme alma hansen cincinnati H hamilton co ohio any ot of the saints having relative or friends living in this neighborhood and ad desire the elders to call upon them please send full address and introduction the news is a welcome visitor we remain your brethren in the cause of christ WILLIAM P BURTON president JOHN B EREKSON assistant EDWARD P F TURLEY clerk conference report As we are now just holding our closing conferences prior to going to we late headquarters for the general amian AMI an val ual conference coni terence there we thought afew lines from the pride of the pacific land of persistent summer would be acceptable to the valuable columns of the news we must say to be div with that this has indeed been a prosperous term in hilo conference coni terence quite a have coined the latter day saints others are sincerely investigating these new converts are just boit confined to the natives only but a portion of at them are i whites another feature which causes us bo feel 61 that god has blessed our efforts effort aha the saints annon whom we bal bebin laboring are in a measure iftode enoki energetic r than heretofore aad seem jo to be ba trying harder to live up to their duties dirties as saints there are of couise course lick sheep in every fold and our fold Is not without its few A new meeting house is being erected here lit in hilo CRY which should have been completed and dedicated this hla term but for various drawbacks it will go over ever until some time next term when we anticipate a splendid time the work of o f the lord is spreading and eular enlarging gIng in this part of the vineyard and we feel greatly blessed we have been well and have haive realized realize the spirit of joy and ini in our eur labots labors of love the treat us as lids hoa pit pitiably pita toly ably and food is always thedr first thought and m when one me eitens elders asa rule in a pleasant happy way and do not begrudge the best they have we receive the news and are keyt kept well edified upon church state and foreign transpiring and we are pleased to note that in all the different mission fields of the church aloa is uppermost CHARLES C BUSH HENRY H greensides sowing the la fayette macon co tenn nov 1 1898 to the editor we commenced laboring in this county on july 30 1898 at the red boiling springs which is a pleasure resort and a place of amusement calling at one of the stores we inquired for a church to preach in when a gentleman said there were no churches he believed only in spiritual baptism said christ was baptized to fulfill an old jewish law and peter thought he had to do the same on all of travels travel s throughout this county we have had permission to preach in all their school buildings and several churches receiving good treatment and being invited to return again we have visited the homes of many families held family meetings and public meetings and sold books and have a good many warm friends your paper is perused with much pleasure ever praying for the welfare of zion your brethren in christ SHEPHERD CROWTHER JOHN L BERGESON report of the Hawaii jan conference late laie kahu oahu H I 1 oct 11 1898 during the past few days d ays the elders and saints of the hawaiian mission have enjoyed the outpourings ot of the holy spirit in the semiannual semi annual conference which was held here at late lale oct ath ath ath th and ath on the stand were the f following elders samuel B E woolley president lewis R jenkins jno D hooper geo P garv garff wm D hill edwin W fifield ld samuel paget chas cha s W hanco hancook ok jno A AhI ahlstrom strom chas C bush thos A wm A williams wm B davis davia jos G maughan parley P musser robert R sant jos H fisher henry H greensides altred alfred H belliston wm pardoe W J cole and M marion bush together with sister all alice ce R woolley elizabeth C nie musser and ellen cole altogether eleven aleven meetings were held elder woolley gave timely instruct olna to the people exhorting them to exercise faith in god and strengthen selves against the trials that are soon to overtake us to obey the word of wisdom pay their tithes and listen to the fine counsels of the elders who travel among them he showed the great blemings bles ble angs sIngs to be gained by linnig a a saintly life before god and warned the people against abusing the priesthood of god by using the sorcery of their an pesters pe all the elders spoke relating delatin their experiences in the past and bearing their testimonies of the gospel many n native elders also spoke expressing their joy in the gospel and bearing faithful testimonies to truthfulness ful ness interesting of the mutual improvement pro associations sunday schools and relief societies presided over by elders jenkins hooper and sister woolley respectively were held at which instructive review lessons from late laie honolulu waikiki and kahuanui kaluanui Kalu anui anul tr anches together with reports from several branches of the diff different erent islands were listened to at the closing ses se coln sunday evening the general authorities thorit ties les with the island appointments for the following six months were aerated and unanimously sustained the latter being as f follows temporal samuel E walley Wai ey manager of the late laie plantation W J cole assistant manager edwin W fifield ld store keeper and bookkeeper M marion bush buah school teacher jennie musser assistant school teacher sisters wool lely williams musser and cole to assist in the domestic affairs joseph H HI fisher and wiliam B davis to go to hilo to complete the meeting house started last term thomas A abraham bernandez and S B jona to labor in honolulu conference william A and M K kou oahu bahu conference charles W hancock and joseph G maughan kanat kanai alfred H belliston bel listen and robert R sant west maul maui and molokai john A ahlstrom and william kekac fast east maul maui parley P musser and henry H greensides north hawaii charles C bush and aind william pardoe hilo william D hill samuel paget and john kalauawa south hawaii edwin WF ifield and charles C bush clerks of mission the following were honorably released to return home lewis R jenkins john D hooper george P garff and wife the former two have spent three and one half years inthe anthe mission field while brother and sister garff have labored two years and tour four months the latter two having received an early release on account the he poor health of sister garft garff since last conference the new pumping plant iab ta iwen started l aluch gies good mid inar at affa a ovealy oveal Y the work for the saints gathered at late laie saturday evening a concert wu well uttel att nl 3 was divri in ile til alt ait ni no fu hout houf I 1 uio I 1 it at af the new organ just purchased generally speaking contentment and happiness axe are to be found among the saints elders are well treated among the saints and those not of us as well many of the last named class are earnestly investigating the gospel we feel pleased to report the hawaiian mission in a prosperous condition and the beginning of this term feel like going ahead with renewed efforts in the cause of truth EDWIN W FIFIELD clerk from chicago chicago ill oct 29 1898 chicago has been looked upon as the tall tail end of the mission there is some reason for this it has not bee been n because of slack work on the part of the elders but because of 0 the attitude of the people some very indifferent and many very much prejudiced I 1 am glad to say that conditions are becoming more favorable yet the old the foe to is not asleep much prejudice has been allayed and the way to is being opened up that the gospel may be preached in th tho homes of many of the people by way of conversations and meetings much more so than in da the past our summer street meetings have been held nightly have done a great deal towards allaying prejudice by these means much available seed has been sown and will bear fruit in the future the wayfarer curious of what to is goding on stops a moment to get an idea of the proceedings frequently becomes interested and remains during the session he comes again and ere he is amaie aware has learned something of the mormons cormons and mormonism and declares he has never heard such beautiful doctrines the cant be the awful people they are represented to be As a rule our street meetings have been well attended prom a few to several hundred stop and listen to the preaching itna ind singing each sunday we hold three sesel sess lna quo i a sunday school and two 01 a hall rented for that purpose S M J S carlisle is sunday school superintend ent and is assisted by other travel elders who have charge of the claspell clas aeo pelf the school is pretty well attended aba the saints and their children cosat stranger occasionally come in the system of conducting the classes is sirs ilar to that at home our teachers ax arff educated men men who have done ae ac tive work wo rk at home in both sunday aalt 1 day ay school the children are becom beo oan ing in acquainted with the gospel princ ti pies and are often found discua stag them among their playmates ehte te ft encouraging the sunday meetings are well at 1 tended during the past few montha mo 1 quite a number of strangers have idt t t tended ended it gives us ua some and encouragement encourage when we we see at ow meetings the faces some so me of tho upon whom we have called during the week one receives EL a testimony of the divinity of the work wa w represent and gets courage enough 40 come out and obey the gospel lei ardi t nan bances nances c ea we have also a relief society i meets once every two weeks at the homes of the me saints it is in a ashing condition A good influence ai manifest in their meetings and muth S good goo d la Is accomplished by their humble efforts r A mutual improvement association has haas also been organized amo cig the saints subjects of Ini interest terest to all arif 1 the chicago elders and maln ta bena seiad greetings to au all friends and would ise glad to hear from some soine of them 1 the elders here at pread leal are james lewis Mo mccarrey Carrey wes V dent of the northern n lUino 1111 iia coofer confer z 3 ence edw P midgley H J christo hyldahl Hylda bl Q S D bradford S C C steffensen the conference ik 7 dress is le moyne st chicago fm 5 3 C C STE chicag N 3 branch brailich secretary |
