Show 1 I 1 1 a 1 I 1 HISTORY SMITH I 1 I 1 MARCH I 1 IM 1841 I 1 7 25 05 26 and 27 eders edeas youn young 1 and richards ieta were aeta detained attained ined at the liverpool post ost office a as witnesses in th the edase case of the queen vs joseph holloway for detaining lette lettes s saturday 27 elders eiders W woodruff and geo A sn smith ath attended a council of the official members of the staffordshire conference at hanley I 1 I 1 and I 1 on I 1 sunday 28 29 attended a general meeting of the staffordshire conference at hanley when 13 branches were represented containing I 1 high priest 17 elders 55 priests 25 teachers 14 deacons and members thos J J taylor osmond shaw W ridge and H ridge were ordained elders also eight priests seven teachers and two deacons under the hands handi of W woodruff geo A smith and alfred Cor gordon doti there have beeri been baptized during the past three months monday 39 29 I 1 attended city council and moved that the city surveyor be ordered to survey I 1 commerce and plot the same so as to corre correspond with the city plot of nauvoo and make out a map to be recorded which was carried bythe by the council much was said in council about fining the owners of dogs and I 1 contended that it was right to fine individuals who would 1 keep unruly dogs to worry cattle sheep or the 1 citizens and an all ordinance was passed to that effect I 1 I 1 r I 1 elders and richards were tit at liverpool packing books of mormon to pay off those who had leaned them money to carry forward forward the printing and binding 1 3 1 the following are extracts from elder woodruff buffs ruffs Ps letter I 1 burslem march 89 29 1841 brother D C smith the following is a brief sketch of my jour journey riby from london to this place elder elar kimball left london on the lelh february I 1 left on the and arrived at bristol on the saine same day where I 1 found elder kington who was busily efi engaged in the work of the lord in that city and had ad established a small branch of fourteen members I 1 tarried there a short lime and preached three times in a theatre had full congregations gat ions good attention and baptized one and there ther appears a good prospect of a work in that city PPul population ution of bristol while there I 1 visited the suspension bridge now erecting across tho the river avon at st vincents rocks clifton which bridge is feet in height above the river and in length I 1 spent one evening in monmouth on the borders of wales preached to tl full congregation several applied for baptism after meeting on the ath march I 1 attended ft a conference in barway garway elder levi richards was chosen president and james morgan clerk heird heard four branches represented containing members I 1 three were ordained to the ministry I 1 I 1 also preached at Lug lugwardine wardine Shuc knall hill ledbury I 1 dymock and turkey hall to full congregations I 1 gat ions and find the work of the lord still progressing throughout that region the excitement I 1 upon the subject in the city of hereford has been so great that it has assembled together in the market place persons at a time to heard hear something upon the cause of the latter day saints on the march I 1 attended the gadfield elm conference which met at the gadfield elm chapel aae elder W 0 w awn 1 president john hill I 1 I 1 clerk 18 ranches branches represented coo a u ahr 9 elders 32 priests 11 teachers and 1 deacon when such business was transacted as was deemed necessary I 1 balso I 1 also met I 1 large rge congregations congregation a at street Cold ville vill bowcut Brow cut Dun close frooms hilt hill and stanley hill and left many churches anthe right and left which time would not permit nie me to visit I 1 also met with the frooms hi hill 11 conference on OIL the march at stanley hill here ford fords shire bire the there rob being e i P present resent one of the travel ling high council ng 5 high priests 20 elders 30 priests ests 9 teachers 2 deacons elder levi vil richards ichards was chosen president and elder wo woodruff od clerk bleik on this occasion occasions I 1 heard re represented 30 brau branches chesi contafi containing members I 1 N 24 elders 66 priests 27 teachers 7 deacons and sik were ordained to the ministry the ie subtotal sum suni total reli represented re dented at these conferences is 1539 members 36 elders priests 41 teachers 7 deacons all of whom have embraced the work in that part of the vineyard in one year besides many members and officers who have emigrated to america and iam I 1 am happy to say that the saints the officers and members have universally been ready to hearken to counsel and give heed to out our instructions and it was with no ordinary feelings that I 1 took my farewell of those churches who have been so ready to receive and embrace the he truth I 1 called upon the saints in airm birmingham in ham and grets gi ets I 1 greean inet inkt but had not time to hold an any meetings among thab I 1 arrived in hanley on the where I 1 had biad the privilege of again meeting with elder geo A smith and was rt rejoiced to find the alie churches universally prospering in staffordshire I 1 spent orle one evening church at longton an and d baptized seven william marks president of the stake at nan made choice of charles C rich and austin cowles as his counsellors coun tuesday 30 iders elders woodruff afia ana geo A S smith arrived in manchester after a ride of forty miles I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 W wednesday ednes day 34 elders Eiders young and richards attended conference in ial Elier liverpool pool thursday april 1 lelder elden boling youn and ri chanda chadds went to manchester where they found elders Kilm kimball liall hyde woodruff tend land smith and had a happy meeting I 1 friday 2 elders orion orlou pratt and taylor arrived at manchester esteri band and went into council Mand manchester bester england april 2 1841 this day elders brigham young heber G C kimball orson MY 1 ato boy n r P anti at wizard waua a richards wilford woodruff job john a taylor arid and geoa sm smith fth of the quorum of the twelve met together at the house of brother james bushawn coachman no 4 gray street aidar near oxford road in this cit city citrin yin in council after having been separated and dispersed in hi verious countries I 1 to I 1 meet once more in coun council pili after a long isep I 1 tiow tion and having passed through many sore and gre grevious v ious tri trials alse exposing x posing our I 1 lives and our characters to the slanders ders and violence of wicked ad 1 murderous tinon mon caused our hearts to swell with I 1 gra gratitude tit I 1 u d e t to 0 god for his providential care over ais us F elder young opened the council by prayer elders ders B I 1 H R G C kimball and aad P P pratt the committee appointed about a year yea fago ago to 4 copyright of f the book of bonbon in the name of joseph smith jr JF presented the fal lowing I 1 certificate 4 feb then entered for his copy the pro property porty of joseph smith jr I 1 the book of mormon an account t writ written to n bythe hand of P mormon upon plates taken from the plates of neobi by joseph smithy smith jr first iuppo p from the second american edition Rge received elved nye five copies copes 1 T bj abaye is a tr copy of an entry in the register book ok of ithe company afi stationery stationers tation Station e ers rs kept at the halt of the said company rny my hand this 17 th 4 day by 0 of f february i i fa 1 6 lG 0 o 1 warehouse keeper of the company of stationery stationers ers I 1 I 1 the quorum moo 0 that they accepted the labors of said committee I 1 t resolved the fee of th the T thew 1 hal have had nothing thao with the print printing ng of ithe I the book of mormon they will not now interfere with it but bat thau the 1 said committee settle the financial or business with joseph smith jr to whom the profits rightly belong le resolved solved that elder amos fielding be appointed to superintend fitting out the saints liver pool to america tinder lander the instruction ebion of P i P pratt fratt 11 i I 1 resolved that brother G J adams adam go tolled to bedford and northampton and labor jabor in that region adjourned till tomorrow to morrow s ab U 10 aboa elder eider kimball Kia iball closed clos edby by prayer HYDE clerk saturday 3 11 Manchi manchester estef i april 3 1841 1641 this jay day the quorum of the twelve met pursuant to adjournment the president called upon elder liy hyde deto to open by prayer praye ir the quorum then signed a letter of commendation to thet churches la in england for elder hyde I 1 the business of publishing the star and hymn gymn book bicok was then taken into consideration brother john taylor moved that those who have had bad the care and superintendence of publishing thi the e star and hymn book should dispose d 1 s P of them according to their own wishes a aud and dispose of the proceeds 9 r ocee da in the same way seconded by elder orson pratt and carried by a vote moved by elder young tourig and see seconder 0 n 64 4 by elder kimball Eim ball that elder aider parley P pra pratt t t c induct duCt fifie the publication I 1 of the millennial star as editor of the alie same after the close of the present volume resolved that elder P P pratt reprint the hymn book if he deem it expedient the hymn hymie book is not to be altered except the typographical errors the above fa resolve solve was moved by elder geo A smith and seconded oed by elder W woodruff carried unanimously conference adjourned I 1 ORSON HYDE clerk sunday 4 the president of the united states william henry harrison Har died at washington of the pleurisy I 1 nine of the twelve at manchester attended meeting at the carpenters hall and individually lore bore L testimony of t the he falness of the everlasting gopel V i I 1 t I 1 |