| Show FROM THE THE missionary FIELDS indiana conference indianapolis ind nov 15 ISM 1898 the semiannual semi annual conference erenee for the I 1 district of indiana was waa held to in ithe court house beginning evening nov fifth at p m and closing cm an monday evening eveni nig november 14 the opening services were very well attended as were all of them and a good interest shown throughout the entire coon conference ference one of the special features of the conference was the singing about twenty elders were present including elders louis A kelsch keisch and jos F cardon president and secre secretary dary respectively of the northern states mission ion the use ue of the court house was gill granted anted to us free of charge as heretofore for which we are bo those in ch charge and know the lord will bless them inasmuch as they did it unto some of the least of these theae my brethren they have done it unto me the services service 9 throughout were presided over aver by elder george E barton the choir composed compo eed of the elders eldert s fund a number of saints furnished the music elder george E barton made ft a few ina remarks and called ddn on elder elde r wm R andrew to address the ithe congregation he POIn pointer teil out the necessity of baptism its Hs object node and subjects bringing up many P passages of scripture to substantiate him in his remark A qulin tet composed of elders N C nelson jno phillips and george P F Da raon and sister laura laum james and mrs axman gang a selection elder george F welling was the second speaker he spoke on general principles of the gospel and bore his hie testimony to the struth of the work in which he Is engaged the choir and congregation sang a hymn and benediction by elder louis A kelech sunday 1030 1080 am after after sing Ing prayer w was as offered by elder hugh W harvey elder fred B brooks was the first speaker the personality of god was the subject treated upon elder nels C nelson then addressed the fhe congregation he dwelt at some length on the necessity of baptism the danger there is in delaying to keep the commandments of our savior and employing emp loring all people to be ready to leave this probation when called upon to do so by our heavenly father the services were brought to a close by the choir singing and benediction I 1 by elder wm 0 phelps sunday p m services commenced by the choir singing elder ell sprague offered prayer elder jos E cardon was introduced as the first speaker his remarks were confined principally to the prejudice of the people against the latter day saints he reviewed the prejudice of the people in the days of boarn christ and hl his apostles showing it was the downfall and dl destruction of the nations of the earth in their day and that the prejudice that exists now against the church of jesus christ will be the destruction st of the fhe people in this day the bitter work of enemies is the cause for this prejudice and this opposition to is being met by the elders who travel among the nations of the earth he was thankful to say gay that this prejudice and opposition la Is being allowed to a great extent and the elders are gaining aground rapidly making many friends and leading many honest souis doah into the waters of baptism he closed with a powerful testimony as to the dl vine mission of the angel john the rev clator Baw fly lir in the of heaven havins the everlasting copl Ito to prfto ubbo am abat dw oft Ps th wt ON to every nation kindred and abd people elder john phillips phillipa and mrs axman sang our home in the mountains services closed by choir singing ringing and bened lotion by elder stephen greer sunday p m Servi services ees opened by the choir singing elder louis A kelsch then spoke for over an hour on general principles of the gospel as taught by the latter day saints he said the people should invite the elders to their homes to talk with them on the true principles of life an salvation in his sermon he brought forth many beautiful truths of the gospel ex laining them in a simple manner services closed by the choir singing closing prayer was offered by elder george P F We feeling eling priesthood meeting monday 9 am by the kindness of rev T J johnson the elders held priesthood meeting in his house of worship the meeting opened by the elders singing the la Is breaking prayer was offered by elder jos F cardon followed by singing the church mission and conference auth were uha unanimously su sustained after which the elders were assigned to their perspective fields of labor zach each elder expressed himself as perfectly willing and thankful for the to go on with the noble work oi of win iring souls for christ valuable instructions were given to the elders by elder and secretary cardon the three thre e hours we were together we enjoyed a rich portion of the spirit of god an enjoyed ourselves and only those can who are so richly blessed elders william R andrew and J L ellertson were released to return home meeting closed by singing god is a love benediction by elder louis A kelsch monday evening the choir sang a hymn prayer by elder george E barton elder J L ellertson eilerts 0 n addressed the congregation on repentance showing the difference between a worldly and godly repentance and inviting all to of their sins comply wi with th the requirements of the gospel and keep the commandments of god elder john phillips sang saag in hi his usual pleasing and entertaining manner kind words are sweet tones of the heart elder geo L barton followed by stating atia ting we came am longet the nuit lons of the earth to proclaim in bhe true and everlasting gospel goepel and chewed tha t th the gospel as thought by tsie labaer dey day saints is exactly tike ake that taught by christ and hilo hi apostles to arnole who accepted the Glo gospel and fully complied compiled with its requirements the great gr eat ing of eternal life would be given thero while they who rejected it could not obtain this great reward some people thought the elders came cam e out into the world for the purpose of agta in women and ship them to utah but this iks As not the case an elder wm was once told by a MY that the deders were traveling around amund to get worn women e n 0 and nd ship them to utah but the elder gave the lady to understand we grow please allow the he espres expression 8 ion as a fine girls and women in utah as they do anywhere on the face of the earth land and lan d do not need to come to indians indian or anywhere else forthe for the badr sex the conference vms brough brou glut it to a c lose close by the choir singing our god we raise to thee thanks for thy blessings tree free we here enjoy benediction by elder louis A kelsch Kel sch soh the large crowds in attendance expressed themselves eft wives as ae highly hughly pleased all that had been said and the manner in which baw everything athing bad ben owna oW Nw QA WILD friends ww to th airway barp W 4 STOCKS m a wa w wn mth by the bright prospects awit dh ff liem M the elders assignments are as follows alof larson lareon and H W frankfort ind fred B brooks and stephen D greer Not desvIlle e ind H W harvey and henry son anderson ind fred W and H R L I 1 spraie Sp hartford H ind J L lR barcell arcell wm 0 phelps john W J seeley N C nelson montgomery geo L welling and geo L barton will babor in indianapolis ind elders W R andrew and J L JEI ibert ston jon were given honorable released relea seB to tio return to their lioves ones in zion elder W W wright was tran at his request to labor in the souvern illinois conference as he has ha reh reaves tives living in that vicinity those niril bavins relatives s or friends in any of the above bibles ahl wi 11 confer a favor by adart ssang the emers laboring in such elty city your brother FRED B BROOKS A sunday raool Provi providence denee R I 1 nov 23 IBM 1898 the first arst sunday scho school olof of the chucto of jesus christ ot of latterly LAt aft providence R I 1 was organized lAnder ithe supervision of elder john M X conference president denit o day of september lost last at a the house ot brother john H morris no street elder peter C cornia waif wag austn sustained elder dota C Q a as 9 superintend eM with stafford as first and brother john H morris as second superintendents ten dents sister grace morris at BOO detary and elder arthur P F Bur bebon boll as musical director beside the above named there here vere present elder emoch em och coran brother bother morriss family and two other celdren namely willie and william asguith making a toltan ot ol fifteen pere orAs present since the organization autte a number of others have joined on school from south providence which has necessitate dour our making a division of the school owing to some haying fco to come so far to accommodate these we hold our bible class at apt eagle ball where we hold our regular sunday I 1 meeting ne eting and the smaller class still wt at B brother t he r morri morriss sst lt it being most moot conra vende nt that way for both olcese we are progressing auke nicely though very slowly at present pr oserA it seems as ae though tho ugh we are a special mark for lately both from the pulpit and press the now new tork boa published several artida of late kite against agai nat us also the Provi providence decee A rev mckay held a meeting alft time ago in the artan chirt ch fh to 0 air his feelings regarding the mendon wn people also rev dr T G C sah lake city delivered a very address A against our people in the toaty M TE D church tt last sundahl evening valk his subject being twenty five ave years among the cormons mormons Mor mons there were five ave of the elders present and each took note mote of the fact that hta his sole effort was to secure momy anoney tor the mormon mission I 1 remain ors very truly ARTHUR P r BURTON lu in south carolina Bennet ville S C november 32 22 1898 no doubt the waders readers of the na N would like to hear from the old metto state once more we have same sickness in our rail since frost has com be improving in health ibe kowt ive warding the effort or ta abrl alma M riven gives us u doar dir to 14 awn W 1 I have now been een laboring in this conference twenty two months montha and can say that I 1 have spent the happiest moments in my life here in the missionary field I 1 do rejoice in this work as do all the elders when we are doing our full f ull duty a servants of the lord since the apostles visited the several conferences there has corne come a great change over the people in regards to the gospel and the elders are doing a noble work where they could do but very little before I 1 have been laboring in marlboro county with elder peterson pe terson of fillmore since the let of september and will say that the lord was with us and blessed our labors and through the influence of his spirit many are investigating the gospel As the counties along or near the coast are very sickly in the summer we are moved to what we call the up pr per counties in the summer and back bac k to the lower counties in the winter marlboro counties is one of the healthy counties and as the elders have been laboring her all summer elder pe terson and I 1 were able to finish the county before going below elder george A day then concluded that thal it would be a good idea to hold a branch confer arence before leaving that the principles of the gospel might be stamped upon the minds of the saints and people our conference convened on the and of this month TN there are were seven elders present geo A day W I 1 norton wm fife 3 E buckwalter C G anderson andersen john peterson and henry behrmann there were between thirty dmd anid forty saints some iome of whom w horn came from chesterfield ai d counties besic besides les a buwe number of friends and listeners the chesterfield and marlboro choirs Lombi comlY ined reni dered some beautiful se Uc tiona during our conference 11 II was the first mormon conference held in the county and the people were curious to know what we were doing at such gaithe gatherings rings all who af attended tended to enjoy themselves very much and went home knowing more inore about 10 mormonism sm than ever before we have a prosperous sunday school lis jib this vicinity and the saints are driving to giada the promised blessings anyone having friends or relatives i aare ana who would like us to give them a call will w ill please address ron horty horry oo co south Oa carolina rolina the news is always a welcome visitor wath us elders your brother HENRY BEHRMANN horry co S C i visiting the fond du lac wis nov 21 1898 the work of spreading the gospel in wisconsin continues unabated the weather Is fine and the elders in fond du clu lee lac county are pushing the work V during ing the past two months quite a number of h onest honest souls have been delighted with the sweet sound of the gospel L and why should they not enjoy iy ay the elders are representatives 0 of f the kind redeemer whose presence 1111 fills S the awni W of man with rapture and joy and i lifts him from his dreary conditi condition Wn to on of of wakeful energetic activity elder J 0 murdock and the writer have hafe been vil during the past week with a colony of on the east side of lake winnebago they are the Oro brotherton indians who came from tiie nie state of new york to wisconsin in an aa early day and settle ld on the west side of the lake on pox river but afterwards moved over to the west side where the government gave them an allotment of W deew of land to each family in I 1 1839 IX their adopted the civilized mode ot of into b by building houses on their farms gall and it living ft in them and cultivating the sot soft the land 1 Is very fertile and brings returns for the labor invested aad they are as a rule good workers aae e public schools which they bast ate as an well as aa do the whites the t majority rity of them are quite ulta well V eted a and have adopted q quite u te a dere of refinement they have a brass band and alid several have organs in their homes which they play fairly well one of theold the said evits eliha that hue has been handed down to them is the excessive use of tobacco the women as well as the men smoke very freely but we notice in their tempie temperance rance hall that they have organized a juvenile temperance club which pro i hibits among other things the use 0 of tobacco in any form these people have been in the habit of attending church tor for a great many years but since our elders have been among them they have attended oui meetings the cause for their leaving their old minister was because he allow ewd himself to do as a great many ministers have done he spoke very fully of the mormon elders and as the congregation differed from him in heir views on that subject about one half of oc the audience arose and left the church and have not yet returned to hear him the rest of his flock forsook him at the close of that days service and they say they have no further use for him they are pleased to have us visit among them and hold meetings and they invite us to their homes and entertain us the branch here in fond du lac is in a good thriving condition most of the elders in this conference are now in their winter fields where they expect to devote the winter days to tr acting new cities elder E W croft made a trip to the wes westena terii part of the state a short time ago and visited a efird that was being worked by elder B E R lindsay he found many investigating the gospel elder 0 K hanson is laboring for the winter with elder lindsa lendsay your brother in the gosber gogoel J D CUMMINGS clerk of the wisconsin conference southern indiana conference rockport rockfort Rock port ind nov 24 1898 the work of the lord is progressing ro gressing in this part of his vine vineyard yang slowly but surely the southern indiana conference was held in the evans hall at evansville ind november ath ath aud and ath we were 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