| Show VIRGINIA conference minutes of a conference held sept ath and 1893 in ii louisa bouny virginia there wore were present president J 0 kimball bitters J 0 ellie ellia george H wallace Wall aoe ceorge A amito james allred W W Richard ta oscar demill C K R dark clark ephraim peter sou juhn john P aaraon D M UJ gillies Illes john 8 curtla james 0 iriv hugh W findley and aind james vance Vanc eJr jr we ve met first in priesthood meeting for toe purpose of hearing the reports of the eldora elders as an to their travels during the past year and were interested tu to learn of their success I 1 the different nelds or labor we then met in conference president ellis bills presiding the meeting was occupied by several of the elders treating upon the first principles of the gospel daring the noon recess dinner was passed around by the saints and friends of whom there were many anti and at 2 we met in priesthood meeting again to bear the reports of the rest ot of the elders these were all gratifying and wo we received much good instruction from brother kimball our conference then was continued and the elberio dwelt upon the first principles of the gospel and exhorted tho the saints and all to on sunday morning orning ni we were disturbed by the rain so that we had to seek shelter in the house J F hall who was kind enough to let us hold conference on his premises at 2 oc looB we met in council meet meeting ng st at which president kimball gave us vice and instruction as to our labors both spiritually and temporally so that god would bless us and crown our efforts with su success eess we were also assigned aligned our fields of labor myself and elder hunh huith W findlay were appointed to labor in louisa county at ai d the rest of the elders received their companions and fields of labor then we met again in public meet ing and after the regular exercises president Pre aident kimball delivered an address on the principles of the gospel showing allowing the apostasy apua apo tacy stacy that took place 1 at a i d the restoration of the gospel re ha exerted the to faithfulness at and to set an example worthy of imitation we feel well in our labore labor and ar ara assured that we have the faith ani prayer to of the saint baunta the work of the lord Is ia onward and upward JAMES VANCE JR JB |
