Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-04
M1NNEsorA CoNFERENcE.

The scmi-annual conference OF the
saints in Minnesota was held on Octo-
bcr 81 and November l and .. With
President Ellsworth and the II con-
ference elders in attendance.
Our regular Sunday school was dis
pensed with on October 81 that more
OF the saints and elders present might
ES.ve the privilege of bearing their
testimonies TO the truthfulness of the
gospel.
During the summer months several
of our saints have visited Utah and in
bearing their testimonies they state
no matter Where they have heard the
gospel taught It has been targnt as
the same gospel without variance. In
our Sunday morning meeting President
Ellsworth followed these testimonies
With q discourse on mo double stand
ard In the Church of Jesus Christ
On Sunday afternoon and also in
the evening our halls were crowded
with saints, friends and Investigators
who greatly enjoyed being present, for
never has there been a better spirit
present than we enjoyed In our recent
conference. Each elder had the priv
ilege of bearing testimony to the good
ness of the Lord made manifest in his
behalf and each bore q strong testi-
mony to the truthfulness of the gospel
toolllC VI llisSt tiutlS IldNt ldDpItt III
the country districts for the past Scv-
en- months and they report that the
Lord has fulfilled his promise to them
in that they have neither had to sleep
out nor go hungry In all that time.
Elders Barrus. SwenSon. RaSmus-
sen and Broadbent formed q quartet
and rendered al various times, 1.-The
Lord is My shepherd" "Wnen the
Mists Have Rolled Away" and
4.
ers Webster and Broadbent also
where" all of which were greatly ap-
preciated by the listeners
y social with songs speeches.
games and luncheon was held and en-
joyed by elders, saints and friends
gathered at our st. Paul hall on Mon
day night Nov 1. On Tuesday two
regular priesthood meetings were held.
where testimonies were borne and con-
ference business attended to: plans for
the winters work were adopted and
cders assigned to their various fields
of labor.
A public meeting was held in our
St Paul hall on Tuesday evening,
wnich was again crowded With listen
eTs. Elders Smith and Hammond pre-
ceded President Ellsworth as speakers
last OF whom laid special stress
upon the first principles of the gospel
In the course OF his remarks
The general authorities OF tho Church
also the mission president and the
conference president were sustained in
their positions.
The Minneapolis branch was reor-
ganiZed with Emil Erickson as pres!-
dent and Elder 5. IL Larsen was sus-
tained as president of the ST Paul
branch. All other officers OF these
branches were likewise sustained by
vote OF the people.
We feel that the Lord has blessed
our labors in Minnesota, and that he
continues to bless us-the spirit among
the saints and elders has never been
better and prospects for the future are
very encouraging. Several have been
baptized during the past summer. one
more VIII join us by baptism tomorrow,
and many are contemplating the fact
that il is their duty TO 90 likewise So
many friends have been found in yari-
ous parts OF the conference that We
cannot supply elders u minister to al
OF them direct.
Since our spring conference tnc elders
OF Minnesota have distributed 969 Books
OF Mormon. 6i standard Church works
1926 smaller books, 55.G09 tracts. 2954
Iahonas, taken 62 Liahona subscrip-
tions, visited 1882 families, revisited
3.O2S families. held 39S hall meetings,
169 cottage meetings, 442 open air meet
1ngs. % priesthood meetings. 30 fast
meetings, blessed II children and bap-
tzed II members of the Church
CHARLES BROADBHNT,
Conference President