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Show - 159 - On June 8 they a rrived OP.p.o..s-3:4;-e r.:anossa and \· ere me t by tl e ._;jret hre wi h te ;;~ms to ca rry them over to to m . f residen t Mo g<:::n and vife stayed at t e home of Captain and Si s ter Elledge that do : nd n i gh.t . It was ~indy and .rai1y . Durtng the night of 0une 9 a h eavy ~ sn'O ~~ m<:~ de Jla na s sa qu,.ite ;,rintery . Conference, ho·., ever, c~-veneni in the sch oolhouse . Morning a d a fter noon sess ions .;ere held muc v a luo le instruction was gi ven. On t l e lOtl . the weather h od modera ted and conference convened . ~ . a t 10 b .m. 1n tne 3 owery with • i~ - tte n dance . Afternoon and eve ning w ... '- meetings ',"/ere held and <:1 s t a e; organ i z&t iD-n W'- s -e-f-fe-e-t-ed . Muon good was do: The proceedings o f the Confere nce as reported in the "Deseret· \Jews was as follows : SAN LUI :3. STA .C: CON..., RZFCE The Conference wa s held a t Manassa, Conej~s County, Color a do , June 9 and 10, 1883 . .... .sa turday , 9 of Ju11e The Con erence commenced in t J.1e ne\7 3chool ..~. ou s e at 10 a . m. P res ent on the stand : Joseph F. Smith, of the Pres ide r ce; . il fo rd 'v/oodruff, and Brigham Young , of t ne T\ elve Apost les. Also Jon Morgan, President of the Southern 3 t a te s Ai ss ion ; President 3 ilas s. Sm ith , Bis 6p J . C., Da l t,on and the Elders o f the loca l presi dency . After sing'ing and prcyer President .iilford , oodruff s a i d , ~- e knew no north'or south among the Sa ints .• The unbelieving and ·; icke d nations woul d_ be chas tised with a ffliction . In his boyhood he could no t find ... the same Go spe l t hat Jesus t au ght , but he had lived to receive and wo r k in it ne a rly fif t y ye a rs . He tre ated on the restoration of the Gospel , the mission o f Joseph drnith, the power of the Priesthood and t he tri a l s and prosper ity o f t he Sa ints • . _ Elder B ri gham ·~ou ng said : The Latter- day Sa ints woul d fill t os&'valleys . IIe s p oke. on the c au ses of apostacy, on .tithing , building villages , cities and te rnp l e.s . The man who i n du l ged in discordant n a tiona l |
