The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1897-03-16
MANCHESTER CONFERENCE.
Elder Broadbent gives an account
of the big attendance at Oldham
Editor Lehi BANNER.

of the progr ,ss OF tie great Latter day
Work in this p TT OF The vineyard, i
take this opportunity TO pen yOH the
following:
Wheu 1 wrote to you last theee were
only myself and partner laboring in
Oldham. On Jan. Z, at our council
meeting held at Manchester, our presi-
dent said it was the wish OF the Presi-
.-dency of the European mission that
there be a number OF elders stationed in
oldham as there seemed to be q good
Opening to pfeach I've Gospel there. 1t
was decided to send s Of 10 elders TO
this town and that the people be thor
oughly warned and called to repentance,
that every house be visited and not one
missed and all be given a chance to en-
brace the truth, and that the canvas be
made without delay and after all had
heen warned to move to the next city
SO at present there are elders laboriny
here. Elders Moss, Broadbent, Bl Ike
Cook, Austin, Wild, G"eenalch, and
Brown. At the January council meet
irg it was also decided 10 hold the next
Manchester Conference III oldham on
Eei', 2lst and committee of three was
appointed to see about hiring hall,
advertising and to make al arrange
ments. 1t was decided to have printed
5000 small hand bills and $50 large pos
tiers and to put an advertisement in the
Oldham Chronicle announcing our con-
ference. The town was districted off
and two elders appointed to each dis
trict. We all commenced to work some
three weeks before our conference, to
advertise it in every way possible. We
engaged the largest and most popular
hall in town known as the Unity Hall
with seating capacity Of 400. After
getting our large posters printed we
hired $50 of them posted up by the Old
ham Bill Posting Co. Each elders took
his share of the balance and went to
the shops and stores and ASK permission
TO hang them up in their windows. In
this we succeeded very we'll. We each
took our portion OF the small bills and
called at the houses giving one at each
house and asking the family to come to
our conference. We gave some to the
mill hands as they came out OF the
mills. We also had two large signs
(size SKI ft) painted announcing our
conference and placed them in front OF
the hall. We hired some large lamps
which we used at the six open air
meetings we held. At each OF these we
had from 200 to 500 people and one
evening we got permission TO get on one
of the stands in the public market and
give notice OF our conference to some
1000 or 5000 people. We all worked
with will early and late, to try and
get the people out.
Feb. 2lst came and was lovely day
for England, as it did not rain. AT
80 we We're all Nv our nall. There
were present on the stand Pres. Wells
and his counsellors McMurrin and Par
ry and 20 Utah elders. 1t was a great
sight to see 80 many elders from Utah
present at one meeting. Fourteen came
in from other conferences to visit us al
is the custom. The conference was cal
led to order promptly at 10 80 by Pres
Williams. The choir sang, Earth will
her ten thousand flowers" etc, Praye
by Elder Wild. Singing, "Softly beams
the sacred dawning," etc. Pres. Vii
liams made a few opening remarks an
then Elders Salt, Goold and Bradshaw
were the speakers. The choir sang a
anthem, awake the song of jubilee,
After prayer by Elder Andrew Jenso
the conference adjourned uatil 2:3C
Arrangements having been made, a
the sains and some friends had Dime
in the hail. There were two long table
loaded with the good things OF the cart
and l45 sat down and enjoyed Il GOO
dinner which had been prepared by tt
saints. This oyer, some took wal
while others sat and chatted until 3C
at which time we all re-assembled. I'll
choir sang, High on the mountain tor
etc. Prayer. Singing, my God tt
spring OF all my joys" etc. CounselV
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