Show WEST VIRGINIA conference the west va annual conference was hold held here august and of september there were present ten eiders from utah including president william spry of the southern states mission MINIM on the first day the meeting was opened with the singing of the hymn how swift the months have passed away followed by player dy by president william spry after the singing of 0 O 10 ye mountains high president alex me mc marter capter explained the object of the conference and showed that there Is ft only one gospel of jesus christ 10 pointed out the necessity of every man and woman embracing that obe pd in order to obtain eternal life the speaker read the ten commandments and dwelt at some length thereon elder george B wilson spoke of the confusion and division which prevail throughout the christian world and the causes thereof he took up the subject of prophecy and showed that past prophecy had been and future prophecy would be literally fulfilled the speaker brought forward many passages of scripture in support of his statements elder R G miller pointed out the great privileges enjoyed by the people in this age in having the everlasting gospel preached to them they should appreciate this blessing and prepare themselves to meet the savior when he comes he dwelt upon the principle of faith and bore testimony to the truth of the gospel singing israel israel god is calling and benediction by elder J H hales on saturday at 2 pm after the usual opening exercises elder joseph brockbank addressed the congregation gre gation upon the first principles of the gospel faith repentance baptism and the holy ghost as the fou n dation of the gospel of christ president william spry after testifying to the truth of what had been said by the previous speakers explained how the elders leave their hom homes es and all that is near and dear to them and come out into the world to preach the gospel with without purse or scrip making the gospel free to all the labor of the elders was one of love for far they received no money or other worldly remuneration for their work he gave some good advice to the saints in regard to their duties and dwelt upon the gathering of israel our love extends he said not to the saints alone but to our friends and all of the human family we would like to see them all repent and embrace the gospel but have no inducement to offer except the promise of the gospel singing and the benediction concluded the meeting on sunday morning after the opening exercises elder william H glines spoke upon the necessity of a new revelation and said that the passages of scripture employed by certain divines to condemn revelation had no bearing upon that subject whatever no person could gain in eternal life without revelation ie he touched upon the organization of the church and what was essential to enable the saints to attain perfection elder J B R carlisle dealt upon the subject of the atonement of jesus christ at some length and also upon the character and attributes of god president spry referred to the principles which had been presented at the several meetings as being in harmony with the word of god A curse rested upon the head of any man who preached other than the true gospel he gave an instructive discourse upon the first principles of the gospel singing and the benediction closed the ker service vice on sunday afternoon the usual opening exercises were given elder M J martell addressed the meeting remarking that no man n has any right to labor in the ministry except he be called of god elder A N timothy enforced the obligation to comply with the ordinances of the gospel the attributes of god and the setting setting up of the kingdom spoken of by daniel aniel that kingdom had been established and would stand forever elder J H hales said it was impossible to enter the Kingdom of god without complying with the ordinances of the gospel he dwelt briefly upon deathbed death bed repentance the thief on the cross the degrees of gloryann glo glory and how to obtain the highest president william spry delivered the eloping address and said the gospel includes everything that is true pure and ennobling he made mention of the persecution of the saints aud and observed that if this were a man made gospel it would come to nought but if from god it could not be overthrown singing adieu my dear brethren adieu and benediction our meetings were well attended while good order and the greatest interest were manifested throughout the weather was line fine and the spirit of god was abundantly poured out upon speakers and hearers several priesthood meetings were held at which much valuable advice was given by president spry and others the elders returned to their labors feeling greatly strengthened by our conference and with a determination to enter their fielda field fir with renewed vigor B R G MILLER clerk HOODS FORK johnson co ky sept 6 5 1889 |