Show MINUTES of tu the general conference of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints conried convened in the tabernacle bernacle 71 great sait salt lake city commencing friday april 6 1855 at 10 am president brigham young presiding in the stands stace presidents B youngs young il 0 kimball Kimbal lp J jo 31 grant of the twelve apostles 0 hyde ITy ofey cley 0 pratt awood W wood ruin G A smith smithy K T benson banson 0 co C rich pich L snow seventies joseph toung young Z As A P rock hock woods wood n H herrl Herri herriman mang many L hancock ILS H S eldrede nigh high priests quorum david presiding bishop edward hunter presidency of the stake david Fullme rp P if young t 1 clerk of conference thomas unlock balock reporters george D watt john john Zohn V long conter Confer conference race pace call called to order by eider cider hyde nyde if yde tabernacle crowed crowded choir sung a hymn bylan prayer by enra eira TB abenson enson choir chanted csir cill osanna oganna in the highest 91 president BRIGHAM YOUNG TOUNG sais said that twenty tive five years ago aday ghe tho prophet joseph smith organized this church with six members member sp reviewed the tha rims rise building ur 1 aad sad marcellous marvellous marv ellous increase of the and gave muc much h useful instruct ioup loup all ot of which wilt be found in the fuli full report choir chanted a psalm benediction by president J M X grant grants lilagi ag prayer by 0 00 co 00 0 luch lach singing 3 pm Pies president ident KIMBALL took tool up the ibe business ot of the con ference terence and presented brigham young toung aa the president of 0 the church ot of jesus christ of latter dy salutes sainte prophet seer beer and revelator ner Kev elator who was waa unanimously sustained a were also heber C kimball ai as his finst first ansti ansty and jedadiah grant as his second counselor tho the toi fol olo wing persons perilous were also unanimously sustained ned ortin orton hyde llyde as president of the quorum of the twelve apostles and parley P pratt orson oreon pratts pratt wilford wlford Woo woodruff drury druTy john taylor taylors george A smith imasa leasa amasa lyman vies bin T denson benson charles 0 kich rich lorenzo snow eastus erastus snow snows and franklin D richards ad as members of said quo quorum lum aum ium john smith eldest sou eon ot of hyrum hyrom as Pre phe precidia presiding sidia patriarch david pettigrew as prest president dent ot of the high nigh priests qa bao rumi rump alad reynolds ney Key caboon and george BW allice his counselors i 0 joseph toung young levi iel rel rei W Hancoc handoc uan Kan cock dock kp henry herriman Herrl man maa zera nera albert P rockwood benjamin L clapp and 11 IlS lis Eldred Eldredge zep gep as presiding presidents over all au the I 1 seventies john as president ot of the elders eiders quorum also james 11 smith and aaron aarom sceva his counselors edward hunter as presiding bishop ot of the church lewis wight aa as president ot of the Pr lesta leata quorum also george dockstader and william willum whiling whiting his counselors mcgee mcgeo harris narris as s president ot of the teachers rag quorum also adam spiers and david bowman his count counselors elors oswald barlow as president ot of the deacons 7 quorum also alexander herring and john joha carpenter his bis coun delors elors brigham young toung as trustee in trust for tor the church pi of jesus christ ot of latter day saints r I 1 daniel U wells as superintendent ot of jublle public works truman 0 angell as architect for tor the chuch brigham yonas as president of the per perpetual letual emigrating ital fial fund 1 to gather the poor also aison alson 11 0 kimball lim Elm ball W woodruff pit 0 hyde nyde G A smith E Z T benson J M grant I 1 I 1 D 11 wells wees edward hunter unter II banfil danidl daniel spencer thomas bullock k john brown william crosby A lyman C C k rich nich ich ach lorenzo D young toung P P pratt 0 Y pratt F P D BIc richards richardb ric cli cil hands hards and daniel aa his bis assistants and agents for said tm fui d divald carld fullmer as president nt of this stake ot of voris zion also thomad thomza rhoads rhoada and P r it 11 young his counselors heman hyde IS leazer phinehas richards Klc hards harda levi jackmsn ira KI eldred eldredge dredge me john vance edwin D woolley lal jal jhn u parry iTin winslow slow siow parr farr william snows kaow daniel carn iad ked wed im ira awe ape S as members ot of cha tho uh I 1 and george A smiths smith as 39 the historian orian orlan and general gneri church recorder not one negative was given kiven thus demonstrating A a union which the world cannot realize the conference then voted that john lowry lawry be dropped from his bl offices office as bishop of mantly mantl in san pete fete county and that warren snow be ordained bishop of manti mantl also voted that noah W bartholomew be dropped from the office of bishop of or fillmore in millard county president B YOUNG toung to vo then spoke on placing young young mn narn in responsible stations those who are not ailed filled with traditions superstition y or cast iron creeds conference voted that isaac higbee be dropped as president of the stake of provo prove in utah county and anil that james C snow fill that office conference voted that asah asahel 1 perry who has hs been or bained a patriarch be relieved from the duties of prest dent of the branch at SprIng vil vII ey and that aaron johnson be the president of said branch at SprIng rille fir yit fifty ty three persons were voted to take talce missions president GRANT CHANT sais fald that active and energetic men those who will do their duty and magnify their priesthood are the men who are generally wanted to fill off leesy offices go on oil missions mission si ac elder HYDE related a portion of his bla experience down the river danube when he went as a harbinger to jerusalem fifteen more young men were voted to go on missions singing by the choir benediction by elder llyde hyde april 7 10 am the tabernacle not being large enough to accommodate the thousands of saints present the conference convened in the skeleton for a dew dowery bowery at the north end of the tabernacle Tabe macle macie which will seat about choir sung sing a hymn prayer by elder lorenzo snow choir chan chau chanted tedy cc we praise thee 0 god P I 1 preside B toisa gave notice that a report of the affairs of the trustee in trust would le be tb the next business of the day and it was read by elder eider thomas bullock and on motion conference voted toted that ti the report be ft president kimba LX made a few remarks anthe on the report aud rejoiced in our present situation J i conference voted to drop william davis from the dish blob hoprick of box elders elder and that elder ell barvey pierce be lre lie ordained bishop in his place r r Preside dext deat atIl B forim spoke on the tithing report th the athlon and duties of bishops the building of the temple and on consecration and said it the bishops will lii not nut do their d arty ity we will drop every one of them and put others in their places elder bullock read the report of the treasurer of the perpetual emigrating fund funds also a circular to the pre presidents 61 and bishop bishops of the several wards signed by president B young toung which were accepted ile he als oread the following preamble and constitution of the deveret theological institute i N A |