Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-10-28
CALIFORNIA CONFERENCE.
Three Mtslinrs Ilrld In ih' city oil
los Atg'lgs b. allor'day Salns


To tho Editor
70 the Elders laboflng In Southern
California the patt week hss been one
replele with pleasant ovtn,s, the re-
membtance Of which will iinger long
with them.
ConioTmsbiy 10 an appointment by
President II. 4. Taouer, our regular
semi.aunual conference In this part Of
the state convened nj Lls Angeles
sunday, October isih. Tho Eldets
from the other ields 10 this confer.
vhce arrived here during the previous
week. Our number was Increased 10
eleven by the addition % Elders a, y,
Murdoch an1 Charles Brown whp had
been lAbDfing IN tbs north. Elder H.
=. Tanner anu Elder willard sow.
croft and vile who intend TO make an
ovAngeliIlng tour Of .hs nelds, opened
Ia this conference, wsfe present By
way OF advertising, 5000 hand bills
we've ludioiJusly distributed, most OF
them being lot at the doors Of resi-
dencrH.
Three fairly well attended meet
iDgs were hell, beginning nj 10
n. no. and aud 7;8J y. m. respectively,
presided over by ibe PRECEDENT Of
conference, Elder T.. +. Wright. After
opening the m jfning service IN the
usual way, the mission president, con.
ference president, and CLERK were sus.
tainUi by q vote OF the 5aints and
Elders present. Bret reports from
the different fields were read showing
twelve bapti,ms siuco last April, with
fair ,uccrss IN Allayiug pfeludice ana
creating nu interest In tue Gospel
preached by the L1ri nni Master.
Elder T.. r. Wright made a few
APPROPRIATE opening remark, after
which he called In turn upon Elieih
Jot. r. Berry, W. q. Horsley, T., A.
BushmAn, a. r. Harding aud J. ID.
Irvine, who bore faithful testimonies
10 tho cause they represent and spoke
respectively, 10 an earnest aad logical
manner upon the following sublvcls,
Failb, Faitn aud Works, Reponie &c,
Baptism mud tho Holy Ghost. The
efieoI OF tue m tting was enhanced by
the rendition Il an anthem aud a solo
Of appropriate Intervals.
Alter opening, tho order Of the after.
noon was a. follow; Elder Il. NJ.
whiteaidss spoke on tho X at0ratiDn Of
the Gospel, solo vas rendered by FL.
der W, beowcrofi, Church organ z,,iDn
was expiNined by Elder Jas. CnTisten.
sen; Duvlne Authority wsa proved
TO be n necessity IN all Gospel work by
Elder German L.. Ellsworth; an hn-
them by our visiting trio from tho
north; Elder w. scowcroft spoke for
q short time on cardinal doctrines Of
our Savior, Sister Wright favored tho
audience with solo.
Tho audience Oi the evening wAs
the largest Of the day. President Tan
ner occupied the time on the subject,
"Mofmo nism force which uniios anu
blends all revealed truth" He said
the Savior was not u plagiatlst, a. I'M
believers had charged, because He
taught truths found IN the oriental 10.
ligl0ns OF His day. This Gospel had
been taught SUCCESSFULLY 10 a dam,
Noah, Abraham aud Nose, which
accounts Tot the similarity Of old
PHILOSOPHERS e. the divine principles
taught by Christ during His personal
ministry, the philosophios embraced
many truths mixed with error. tho
Gospel contained the same truths with
the error eliminated. Divine truths
that have been Lost or clad In gAfbs
superstition are found la their sim.
plicily In MofmOniam t0.ealled.
Tue special music furnished by cur
ylsitofs from San Francisco anu Sister
Wight was m agreeable feature OF the
conference. A good spirit prevailed
throughout aud all pronounced II a
day Of spiritual upbuilding and felt 10
give thanks TO Him from whom all
good comes.
A Priesthood meeting was held
the following day, October 10, at
which President Tanner talked 10 the
Elders nearly four hours, giving them
sons excellent advice, pointing cut
possible stumbling blocks ant aliO
ways 10 avoid them. Each OF the
Elders received q circular letter OF
uniform instructions with the request
20 read II carefully and often.
We were assigned 10 our respective
fields OF labor al follows Of labor ne
follow1. Elders u. r. Wright, Ger.
man T.. Ellsworth, w. q. HOnley,
Jamts christensen anu Charles BroN n
TO Lsa Angelic; Elders J. ID. Irvine,
q. II. Harding, l.. A. Bushman anu
Joseph =. Berry 60 Ban deg; Elders
A. n. MuTduck aud l.. NJ. Whiiesid,a
70 san B,rnaTdino anu vicinity.
Tue Elders received In good mess-
uTo Of the kindness anu generosity OF
tho 5ainis.
On the evening OF the 10Th the FL
dsnu aud many Of the saints were
guests OF Brother II. q. Jacobsen anu
vile. That part Of The eyening's an.
Joymeni which minislered 10 the Inner
man proved Brother jacobsen 10 DO u
master at catering TO lhs epieurlan side