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100 Years Ago
Missionaries reported their labors in the area during the South Carolina Conference in late October, according to a Deseret Evening News article Nov. 18, 1895.
The report stated that from Aug. 28, 1894, to Oct. 20, 1895, missionaries had walked 25,863 miles, held 546 meetings, visited 7,729 families and had 100 baptisms.
The conference was convened near Lake City under a spacious bowery. "This may seem rather airy to our Northern friends, but to these assembled it was very pleasant as the weather was all that could be desired," the article said. "This region is usually very swampy, but the long drouth has made the roads dry so that Saints and friends who came more than seventy miles had a pleasant journey."
Conference sessions were held Saturday morning and afternoon and Sunday morning and afternoon. There were also priesthood meetings Saturday and Sunday mornings before the general sessions, and Sunday evening.
Quote from the past
"When the Lord revealed the everlasting gospel to Joseph Smith, He unfolded unto him His purposes and designs in relation to the earth whereon we live, and gave unto him a knowledge of His law and the ordinances of the gospel and the doctrine thereof. It was not for the object simply of elevating him as a man, but it was done for the interest of society, in the interest of the world, and in the interest of the living and the dead, according to the decrees and designs of Jehovah which He formed before the world rolled into existence, or the morning stars sang together for joy." - President John Taylor, in address given Oct. 21, 1877, in Ogden, Utah.
