Show EDITOR OF ali NEW SIR neelia tee ita a privilege to have the liberty of writing for your valuable paper an ac account aunt of the 27 seventies over which I 1 have the honor of anted as one of the presidents I 1 at the last october conference the presidency of the sev several ral quorums were invited to give nut ut appointments appointment point ments calling the members of their several quorums together I 1 accordingly gave out oat one for the members of the quorum to meet at my house and I 1 am happy to to report that we have kept up our app appointments regularly every wednesday evening to this date ahse of f the brethren who meet with us feel that the spirit of G god d w its blessing us and we separate at n night i rejoicing in the egea granted giving food for meditation fr fir the week to come and a continual looking for offles of blessings ahead some of the brethren come a distance of eight eight miles tn t enjoy their privileges and feel it a ples pleasure are to ride home in the still hours of night enjoying peaceful r reflections and the of the holy spirit it may be we well i to give a report of the location of of the several members so far as we have obtained a knowledge of the same stephen H goddard thomas bullock william glover wm win C staines Pr presta ests john john iamer hamer 1 alexander gardoner gardener arzi arza E hinkley levi N kendall james lawson john War Arop W M andrews Andrew sT W ellerbeck alexander finlay and an C girles hi rles A terry in grent great salt lake county george W 0 nan prest eli H pierce hateau hadlock and oren hadlock in weber co janes kippen in davis co furman mulford george curtis elisha hoopes cyrus sanford edward starr and elijah warde in utah cojohn C badger charles A harper zechariah B decker and charles Y webb in iron co joseph matthews in LOS angelos Angel ns allen alien weeks preat daniel mcintosh dennison L harris wm win burrows barrows samuel leaver thos C D howell asiah L de forest harvey fairchild Fairo hild wiley H holden and win R holden are living in iowa william SL standing anding and richard bender in st louis john 0 angus is on a mission in scotland james hawkins is is on a mission in the sandwick cn isles thomas morris is with elder P P isaac bullock is ia on a mission in N york it is the wish of the presidents that silas aidrich james ryal cutler wm L davis ethan griffiths john johnstone edward W knapp jas P john T wait win williams james hames H ames israel herriman john ballard Ba liard norman 1 I bliss C G flecher alphonz Alphin zi E miles jseph 8 nith ith wn wat B weatherby wm win clemko Cle nawi n josiah hart oley 1 ey hayer oley johnson IN fulton smith and J joseph ph thomson will report themselves b by 7 post P ast or some other convoy conveyance anee stating their resi res I 1 demce and giving an outline of their genealogy present feelings and pr aspects and if any of the last named persons are dead or b hive ave left the church it is wished thit some saint will report tho the facts I 1 i in n the cae that the quorum quork may be kept full and pruned and ail ea el 1 the healthy vigo of life in the spirit since the cruel persecutions which drove the saints aiom their temple in nauvoo and scattered them to the four winds for safety many of the ab i ve have not met inet with us we now call no up n them to c me ime home to again enany the blessings blessing of our fa house and prepare themselves by receiving the necessary instructions to qu ilife them for usefulness in the vineyard of our lord loid and may the peace and blessings of our lord jesus christ be and remain with you forever is the prayer of your brother in the gospel of pence peace THOMAS BULLOCK G S L city dec 4 1831 1851 the above ex exi laiple is worthy of imitation by all the quorums in the church benj en 3 |