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Show -Letter from over the Sefj An account of the Session of the Liverpool ConlcrcUEc. . 'V, tail Snntlay the I.iycr- P lool Conforcnco of tho Cliurcli ul Jcti ; UIiiIkI of taltcr-Uny SMntN, was liM In llio l!uwcr IwniK WcnVorlfl At- soetiUloii building nllltAuklmrn. TUre woio present, Apoatle l.timl, V"l,'Bnl of tin) European million, A. L. Muotli, o( llio MtUcnninl SUi, It. V. Well? , ol tbo Liverpool olllco, Holier 0'. iWlcn, I'rcsidenl of, mul llrlnliMin Davi, Jni. Bin III, Runnel Gnrrnrd, John W. Mc- I'cnraiin, Jiiiiim Iluckworth, TlioniM Jfntliera, Irft Hcimiwi. B. O. Crosby uml I H W. Hods traveling elders in the I l.iverK)(il Conference, and visiting I elders Averson, Crook, Ilrowii, Socman. I Itntt r mid Jones from other roiifunnce. I Tlireo meetings were held which were I well attended by tho Bulnls, as also by I many Ir.uii.'orii Tho report read showed ten traveling elders in Hit confiTtMirc, nnd n memberihlp ofonr j liuinlroil nnd forty. Seventeen bap- tlsniH hau taken plueo during tho Inn U six months, nnd tw'euly thonsnhd trnctr 9 nnd hooka have been tllstriiiuUsl lo ni-H- ninny dlireront people, nnd the initeloii H nt ptesent BOtnis to In) In a lUclyron-H lUclyron-H dltlon. H Ilrunches nro organlred in I'icttoii, H Liverpool, Ilhiekburn nnd Wignn and H other fields nro being oioned up Sotn- three months ago Thomas Muthur ami V " myself were Kent to St. Helen", when- thcro hi" hcc.i no elders furtlilrly yi-.nrt I Ami liuuiv pnplo who used to km w our pcoi.l,' n- that timo. Sir. Jnrmai nnd utlu-r-i li.no lioon hero in times putt and haw fcrcntly omblllored tlio minds of tho people against us. Hut there seems to ho n growing disposition 1, nniong tho people to want to hear the oilier side and tiiere set ms lo bo a very iB . lioiefnl feeling nil through Iho con-ifljj con-ifljj fcrenre. H was In this conference H Homo fifty eight years ago that tho lliel ,v Lallcr-Diiy Kami sermon was prmehod . nKiiglaiid. Altttv.. NnJMUia B"r offered Ids ehnpcl to Ih'ir.aTrVUrttnT JXlLf"n,oil 'ono half of his llntk began U "" ryt neccpt tho new faith, ho loon cloicil Ills '' liouso against them. Tho l'reston K branch at one timo iMnbeird. over one f thousiudsouU, but nearly all of them K wont to America. Tho old spirit is fl( beginning to revive again, and iw a new generation has grown up, tlio work has 9 to all bogono over ngain. Our lime h occupied principally delivering tract, and wo Iirvo initntiona out niail I cery evening, .which of lourso wi usually accept. Oiir friends aru in-M-J! creasing and i.iii wo intend loeom- - 'I incneo holdini: linetings. 'I , During t'loholii'ays Isp:nl a low day I ' with Hi". Southwlek and had a most ' enjoynbto time. Walter spent a few days with mo recently and tho time was spent swapping yarns and recounting past incidents In missionary life. Wi saw.W. V. ilutt leave "ih'oud country" for home, and 1 guess by this Hum he If now safe In fair Utah's vuler. As it is itwo yenr.i ago lod.y wlnco llio. Lewis left Salt Lil.o City, I expvtt soon to ! - seo him in Liverpool, and wish him a 1 eafo return and Hod :cd lak to hom i nnd frioudi. ! Hnvliig no legteld to oiler, and en ! joying thlngi generally, 1 am yours I respectfully, I Uoss, St. Helens, lubrnuiy 21, 1800. |