Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-11-06

Chicago, Oct. II, 1897.
To the Editor:
The North Illinois conference was
held in Wicker Park hall North ave
sol. Chicago, the 25th and goth of sep
TENDER last. Besides President L. a.
Kelsch of the Northern States mission
there were present Elder r. NJ Boyer
presldent of the conference. and tine
following brethren laboring in en-
cago and the conference; j, r.
porius, Charles A. Haacke, Edw. q.
Midsley, Jas. a. Hulme, =, u Stel,sn-
sen, Charles Jensen, Lewis McCarry,
o. o. Richen and Daniel Bodily. AS
several Elders had just arrived from
Utah destined for different parts In the
states as missionaries, they swelled the
number to about twenty in all. lnclud-
ing our mission clerk, Elder Christo-
pher Burton. Three meetings were ned
ON Saturday. and then reports from
the Elders laboring in the conference
were given, as also instructive remarks
treating upon the principles OF lalth
and works, and other parts or the Cos
pel The hall was not so well hlled
with visitors, but, considering it was
Saturday, Il was very satisfactory In
listening to the reports of the brethren
| It was gratifying to learn that they
| had been very successful in most m
| stances in their labors and Elder Bur-
| ton reported tnht through lllt ullSnioh
| there had been several thousand tracts
| distributed the last few months, and
| there were about Iii Elders in the
| field. and 800 persons had been bap-
| tized. The North Illinois conference
embraces quite a tract of country; still
Chicago is not only the largest branch
but almost constitutes the conference
sunday. the Goth, we held only two
meetings, one in the forenoon and one
in the evening. These meetings We're
well attended. and most of the brethren
had an opportunity to speak and bear
their testimony to the work of God.
They had met friends who had admin
istered to their wants as they had
been preaching the Gospel without
purse or scrip. They said that the
feeling among tho people toward the
that a Mormon Elder was bet
ter understood now than be-
fore We had in our meetings
several reporters representing differ
ent newspapers, and after the usual
interrogations regarding our mission
church generally as well as to our in
tentions in the future. and the pros
poets of success, they left us very po-
litely, and the next day we found artl-
Giles about our conference as well as al
| luRlons to some of us personally, and
even the photos of President L. A,
Keisch n. NJ. Boyer, Midgley Burton
and your correspondent, There was
nothing stated in said articles which
was calculated to misrepresent the
cause in which we are engaged.
The missionaries in this conference
Chicago especially, are in a healthy
condition, the Elders here with our he
loved presidents both mission and con
ference, are working in perfect har-
mony and love.
President Kelsch is now making his
rounds In the mission visiting the var
ious conferences and may not be back
again before the latter part Of next
/ month Elder c. l., Monch who came
{ to CHICAGO the 25th Of May. 1895. LETT
| us for his home in Sale Lake city tho
2Srd of September, having been honora-
bly, released from his mission.
t We have held regular meetings every
B Sunday through the last year of oui
D commodious hired hall, and our younr
5 Elders Boyers Hume, Hack, Midg,
] ley and Stefensen have held omen ali
meetings by n park called "Waltot
n Place" sometimes every evening
r through the week and the most par
I of the summer. Hundreds Of peonl,
i have been present to listen to the dis
n courses We also held omen air meet,
? ings by Hlmbold's Park every sun.
n day afternoon through the summer un,