Show FROM THE missionary FIELDS conference at apia abia samoa r Fa Fadal daill ll somoa oct 26 1898 I 1 the following Is ie a short abort account of S the semi audal an atal conference of the district island of upolu held eit alt Ma near apia abia oct anal conference Co inference meant much to bo moat dat tor ter day Sal saints but more moire to ito the samoan elders than those who are not I laboring under similar circumstances can well imagine A solitary life among the natives has a marked tendency to bo make one aap appreciate pre cliate the ast of his hie fellow la laborers bovers aud and not ending there a conre rence seems to elet act as aa an electric power plant plan as it were in which both saints and elders are recharged with the spirit of their labors und and good feelings and progress ire naturally resultant late conference at matautia Matau near apia abia in nowise fell short in this respect but indeed fulfilled the greatest anticipations of elder wood and Z the amt enthusiastic of our elders this Is centrally located so eo that on the morning of the at art our first meeting me eiting there were no mo less than two hundred bundred and fifty saints land and strangers present the arrival of new elders the bhe day before toire increased linw eased our s umbers ja to an eveni even eighteen the present were E J wood preal denit Etar Earnie neat ait wright wm win I 1 geo bunham Bum Burnh ham qin jos jr wm m S W winegar eugene morris frank tr wm croft samuel stark edwim smart and brother and fc sister cabre W reid the edew ax rivals brother and sister jed maylor horace fish edward W li title john jhn s i roberts I 1 1 elder wright and the Sa gave au an present ia hearty reception and ac and plenty of tood food were I 1 provided for tine the three drys while we C were together A native hospitality was manifest mani feet and went wen tar far tow towards tards lending a good spirit to the v 00 conference inference ini in our meeting there was wae nothing lacking we were blessed large audiences of attentive listeners and the blessings bles singa ot of ithe dowd were show ered upon us many of the elders are experienced spi akers in the native tongue and under the ithe influence of the 4 spirit t many manry prin of the gospel were explained explain ed ini in clearness and many were the words wordis of offered much to the edification of nal aill present during saturday arid and sunday five regular meetings and one session of sunday school were held the sunday program is worthy of special spent lon as it would have done credit to bo any blaiss ot children the program pr was rendered rendi ered for fior the more part in enig lish and consisted con alsted of bible exercises ot bories stories etc as well as songs and red tat lons were some hirn hundred dred pu f idle present representing all the branches in this conference so ao that by seeing the dress deport meint end and reni ren r maion huion of the ithe differ enit numbers one f could gain a good idea of the work that has been done oy by individual elders tn im ohear school work neatness in dress f order and precision to in the exercises exer clees L were ere of each school ool all AH besent es ent marveled ot at the with which the ithe children spoke and sang aang sl aard at the end the elders as well as the parents and children seemed justly ud of their six labor lin in capacity but one ome year and a i imla U if ti have ave passed since the first steps cepe re taken in n this direction direct lon ait oit ind and when g we consider Oin isider that there are many who ban understand easy english conversa and are ame able to read and write ay stifles atoa iea the prospects for the he t fu aakre ute seem indeed fitt erIng 7 the of baptism tend tand chil c dren blessed blee eed the past six enon this shows that the work of ct the lord on om samoa in IB s steadily new members tire are being bially added to tio our ranks and the elders axe are encouraged and band will no doubt go forward with increased energy the coming coining six months south west virginia conference charleston W va oct 17 1898 once more the elders of our bur conference have had the privilege of meeting together in a conference capacity A few days before the time elder wagstaff notified the elders that conference would be held at two mile kanawha county on yn the and of the month then began the march forward to the place of happy meeting where we arrived the evening before saturday morning alt ait 1030 found us all in our places elder A P kelser presided after the usual opening exercises brother kesler stated that he would like to hear fromi from all the elders during conference and hoped all would hadean have an enjoyable time at the close of the demoon atter at noon session it was announced that priesthood meeting would convene directly after the close meeting began at continuing about three hours which passed very rapidly the elders all gave in their reports f for or the last six months which were favor sible in most every way the conference was found to be in a flourishing flouris hinig condition after the reports were all given to in elder kesler gave us many valuable instructors instruct ons in regard to our labors before the close of the meeting elder benjamin fullmer Pu llmer in behalf of the elders presented our conf conference arence president elder J C wagstaff who had just been released to return home with a watch charm as a small token of respect and gratitude we all join in wishing brother wagstaff a safe journey home he has had the privilege after filling an honorable mission of 28 months long before the time of commenting commencing sunday morning the house was filled with people anxiously walting walt lnig for the announcement of the hymn the taime was taken up by a few of the elders who spoke upon the various principles of the gospel at the close of the meeting brother kesler announcement that the conference president was released land and that elder eider J ernest dewey had been appointed appon ted to succeed him he also stated that the poca and two ailee branches were disorganized and that elders J E dewey and norman hayes had been appolin ted to preside over them the elders appointments are as follows J E dewey and N N hayes charleston W va benjamin fullmer and M A ross rosa winfield afield Wt putnam do co W va B R wilson and 0 Z davis jenks lincoln co W va thomas preston knova wayne co W va D C higgins and jos hyer lawson raleigh co W va J I 1 hardy and J L mcconkle mcconkie mt ML hope payette fayette co W va L W Shern erand and E S winn craggs ville nichols co W va W A roberts and W C field oceana wyoming co W va J W reed and L C assurance su monroe OD co W va at the af afternoon meeting the house was filled to overflowing A number of seats were added by the saints but we could not accommodate all who came the time was mostly taken up by elder A P kesler kealer upon the ithe principles of the gospel if way may be said to the credit of the saints and people in general that they performed their parts well in providing provid lnig for all who attended the monday following most all of the elders started for thella fields of labor having a renewed to go forward and perform their duties your brethren to in the gospel J E Pre president ardent NORMAN HAYES clerk A Mission arys experience on the 2nd and day of april last I 1 left salt lake city to fill a mission to great britain I 1 landed in liverpool Diver pool on the of april and on the was sent to travel in the scottish conference I 1 arrived in glasgow on the and was appointed to travel in the fife district landing there on the I 1 began my missionary labors the week following people in Ss atland are very kind and hospitable it is a fine country to preach in but the air is damp and foggy before the month of july I 1 contracted a severe cold by which I 1 was almost unable to pursue my labors the trouble continued to increase till I 1 was loosing the power of my lower limbs and breathing became most difficult on the of august I 1 was joined by a young elder from salt lake city joseph H a L very pleasant companion when able we would travel preach and converse and tract we could see good results from our labors about the end of september our late bro muir who died in lochgelly Loch gelly was sent to tg assist me for some time at least the day he crane came to dunfermline tuesday I 1 was not able to go and met him though only eight miles but bro went and I 1 went on sunday morning and met bro muir at meeting that day my release was in the star of the 2nd and of october I 1 turned over everything to the brethren bro muir was sick on the morning I 1 left the ath of oct but I 1 thought it only transitory but he gra gradually duall got worse till dying on the since I 1 came home I 1 have very little recovered I 1 can hardly move around to all elders that assiter me on my journey home I 1 tender my sincere thanks ROBERT mckinley teton fremont county idaho nov 17 1898 th work in samoa the initial conference con ference ot ait the abua district convened at the fhe village of falealili Faleali ll upolu samoa saturday october jtb 1898 under very peculiar the only man with wt th any degree of lot authority leasco by name baptized there and upon whom dependence was placed to 0 receive ama care for the atnita S and elders wa away hence we sound found on en tearing the village with some ome SO 80 saints a coolness that suggested td the regions of the arctic circle rather than the eitta tor this at first seemed as though it would mar tour our longed f for spiritual feast and terminate ateF unsatisfactory to the matifes but as our meetings continued in the large village mouse bouse secured for the occasion by our dour few saints there our ns to alm were heard aud the villagers seemed rather to warm toward us so that by monday morning the time for disbanding all pronounced our bur conference a perfect success and our native saints returned to their homes blomes with la a spirit of unity and love f for or the EIT elders that they have never knon kotoW Ti before those present from utah were elder ed J wood geo B burnham ww wn jeppsson jeppson wm arn winegar conference president G C Sp salisbury lisbury edw smart A H archibald jno T roberts roberta B E morris JOB R witbeck and wife aud ana N G a native priest now performing missionary work was with us five gener general lal meetings a priesthood meeting at which Na tanto a half cast was ordail ordained ned to bo the office of teacher a sunday school conference meeting and two meetings of the elders were held at all of which the spirit of the lord was very much mani manifest elder woods lantern exhibition of utah views etc attracted an immense crowd for samoa on saturday right inight as did also his hi sermon on an sunday eve evening six sabbath schools were represented was and rendered a program of english and native dative exercises that both and strangers and did much in allaying the prejudice engendered in the hearts of this naturally people by the of theor thedr sectarian ministers less than tham two years ago the abua district had but three villages where cormons mormons Morra ons could be found while today boday eleven villages contain members mem ibers of the church N G bringham 6 clerk of conference Confer eme in southern texas deavors nov 13 1898 but little ivas has appeared in the news regarding garding the and development of the work in southern texas which perhaps lis s due to the fact that our conference Is in its infancy only having been organized six months during that time we have made great advancement notwithstanding the delay debay caused by and a number of elders the first conference held in this part convened nov 8 9 and 10 during which time we partook of a spiritual feast at 10 tuesday morning wa aft me in priesthood meeting each elder gewe in his report and bore a strong to the truth of the gospel at 1 we met gain and listened to the instructions of elder wm win T jack our duties were pointed out to us ua and the blessings that will follow the fulfillment of the same before becore the close of the meeting elder wm T jack announced the release of elder john 31 kearns keams as president of erf the com ferem ferance ce we all regret too to part with him elder wm C young was ordial ned president in his stead owing to the stormy condign of the weather but few people dame came out to the first meeting but the following meetings were much larger than the first the first principles of the gospel were treated on in a simple and comprehensive manner knoer the elders labi tring in this part of the lords vineyard are as tol follows lows wm C young deo Det vors ivors liberty co texas levi J taylor james G reeds montgomery co hylun ot 0 pack jas barnett san sam jacinto co estephen D taylor horace T john wn eon walker co J ahn W mattice Mat toce sames james M larsen houston Ho toton harris co texas chaa W hansen peter norton houston any one erne having friends friend or relatives la in this section wishing the elders to may send bend information to W C todne deavors liberty co texas WILLIAM C YOUNG president of conference W HANSEN Segre secretary tary conference in a private letter to elder J M elder J D cummings pond du lac biti ala oct 4 1868 1898 ft to now four months since I 1 waived air rived in this mission during which time I 1 have bave labored in pend fond du lac county W wisconsin mv health has been beem nather na ther por most of the birde since I 1 came here but I 1 have been blessed with the privilege of holding about thirty five meetings some of which were on the street corners I 1 have got go ao that I 1 rather like street preaching I 1 have had a great many gospel conversations and I 1 find that much of the old bitter hatred toward boward us is fast disappearing fai this becton and we find many honest people we travel a great deal in the country we are now getting ourselves in shape for winter work we are being sent to different cities where we go from house to house with tracts and trying g to get into next spring and summer we will go into the country occasionally casio caslo nally as we have done this summer and reach the farmers the ministers give us a wide berth and are afraid to converse with us but they close thedr churches against us and wont let us have them to preach in W hold meetings in private residences and on the streets and teach the people the gospel your brother in the gospel J D cummings clerk of the wisconsin conference A conference in maryland the elders of the maryland conference met in n conference at mt savage allegheny alleghany Alleg hany bany co md on oct 22 and 23 and enjoyed a spiritual feast characteristic te of a mormon conference there were present elder A P kesler president of the eastern states miss sion elder M M decker president of the maryland con conference terence and thirteen travel traveling lilg elders besides a number of saints and friends from other bra bratches bram ches inches conference conven convened edat at 10 a TO saturday at the residence of brother isaac collins Ool lins this meeting of a testimonial character and each elder spoke and bore a testimony to the truth of the gospel at 2 p m the elders assembled in priesthood meeting at which the spirit of god was doured out in rich abundance each elder reported his labors and gave a summary of the work accomplished complis hed in his field during the summer the reports generally were encouraging and showed a marked improve maent over the previous six months better success seemed to attend the labors of the elders in the rural districts than in the large cities and for this reason only two elders were sent back to baltimore instead of six elder kesler said he was pleased with the progress made and commended commanded the elders for their effort he gave many instructions pertaining to our high and holy calling three well attended meetings were held on sunday in the odd |