Show 1 copyright secure dj HISTORY OF JOSEPH SMITH APRIL arbil 1844 lio llo monday aday 8 the meeting was opened b by y ei nging and arid prayer by elder john cairns moved by elder ward seconded by elder Miller that elder blakey be appointed to t preside over the garway garciay conference carried voted that elder struthers Str uthera be appointed to preside over the Bedford shire conference for the time being elder bedlock spoke at some length on the duties of the high priesthood on the evil of bylaws by laws and the cutting off of members for the violation of them on the honoring of each person in his office and of the equality of privileges in council enjoyed by the priesthood hood also on the duties of priests and teachers visiting the members that it be done irr idythe the spirit of love clitheroe conference was stated by elder to be in a good condition AFTERNOON SERVICE elder bedlock having called for such volunteers as could go out to labor in the vineyard elder james jarnes S loan sloan came forward and being asked rhe at present wished to go home to nauvoo or to labor in the ministry he declared it to b ve e his wish to go out and preach elder thomas margetts diar Alar getts having stated that the prospects in leicester and the surrounding country were of the most encouraging kind it was voted that leicester and nottingham and the surrounding country be organized into a conference to be called the leicestershire Leicester shire conference and that elder thomas margetts preside over the same voted that elder thomas harris go and labor about the neighborhood of lancaster under the direction and presidency dency of elder john banks also voted that elder george P waugh be appointed to preside over the Froom shill conference voted also aiso that elder john johnson be appointed to preside over the cheltenham conference voted that priest william walker be ordained an elder and be appointed to labor in hull EVENING SERVICE the meeting being op opened ned hed by singing and prayer the appointment of 51 elder bedlock Hed hetio lock cl ia im connection connect iod ios with elder ward to the cy y of the churches in this land was read from the minutes of the council of the twelve held in nauvoo when the sanction of the conference was called called for and given unanimously elder ward then proceeded to lay the state of the presidency in the british isles before the church ile he remarked that be he in connection with el elder elden ider lder Hed lock felt the greatest anxiety that the position of the presidency should be thoroughly understood and that all the business ald and proceedings edings of the same should be conducted a manner as to be open to the inspection of all they were at present laboring under considerable difficulties in consequence beque seque ce of so many demand demands made upon their resources by the authorities of nauvoo J in in sending over a number of families at the ex pense of the means arising from the emigration lense department part ment he H e rejoiced re rusi kusi ca to state that any profits arising from business iless in liverpool were to be subject to the order of the authorities at nauvoo and that they bad had given ua us directions to send all the poor saints and that they should truly rejoice r dejoice in appropriating any means in their otheir hands for that purpose elder walker spoke on upholding thie the esi esl deney denty and eloquently expressed his co confidence f enc e in the same elder cairns spoke on the purchase of the various publications he remarked that the sale of the publications was absolutely necessary in order that the work of the lord might roll onward that it was a great mistake to suppose that because the saints purchased the publications they would therefore not contribute as much for the support ol 01 or those who labored amongst them he was not afraid of this only let the saints be thoroughly imbued with the principles contained in tho the publications and he knew that they would be prepared to act in in ri righteousness and would never torget forget t that hat the laborer a was worthy of his hire he had found our publications hid up in a cupboard the saints not krift knowing ing that there were such but he had made it a rule to take them with him to the meetings and the consequence was that he disposed of them strangers became interested in the principles of truth by their perusal and the saints became more openhearted and ready to minister unto those who labored amongst them elder Elde alien rAllen spoke on liberality and benevolence being exercised with full confidence in god and related several anecdotes illustrative of the subject elder galle galley y having 1 spoken on the same subject voted unanimously that this conference now assembled cormant covenant to stand by and uphold the presidency in england by our prayers on their behalf and also by pecuniary aid elder bedlock then addressed the assembly on the subject of the publications and was desirous of taking the sense of that meeting on same it was true that the quorum of the twelve had advised that the publication of the millennial star staf starve be stopped and had trad given him authority publish a circular as occa occasion slop might require but hut he believed most sincerely that the stoppage of the star would have a most injurious tendency several having spoken to the same effect elder ward remarked that if a publication was to be issued at all it appeared trifling with the interests of the cause to change the name inasmuch as the office bad received the name of the millennial star office and many letters came to them with that address moved by elder cairns and voted by unanimous acclamation that this conference request the quorum of the twelve to permit the continued publication of the millennial star moved by elder ward and seconded by el EK der webb that priest william bayliss be ordained to the office of an elder carn Carf carried nid lid tuesday 9 0 the meeting being opened by singing and prayer voted that elder james sloan go to preside 1 over the bradford conference antl anul that elde elder 1 william go to preside over the clitheroe conference occasionally preaching at leeds under the presidency of elder sloan elder bedlock having spoken at great length anthe organization of the priesthood and the relative duties of each officer according to his calling exhorting them to consider consid dr the great work in w which they were engaged and not hinder their usefulness by being too tenacious of authority or giving need heed to little trifling matters while the great work of rolling onward the truth be entirely forgotten voted toted that elder glaud roger go to labor with elder james ure in the sheffield conference the sittings of the conference were then brought to a close by president reuben hed lock engaging in prayer and thanksgiving at four pm the mayor and marshal jec received elved elvea a notification to produce docket and other pap papers rs in case of 0 F bostwick before the circuit court at carthage also a similar notification to produce papers in in case of amos davis appealed before circuit court wednesday 10 10 the twelve were in colin coun cil cli arranging a plan of appointing conferences extract of a letter from elder james sloan the marguis marquis of Downs bire who oppressed the saints at hillsborough in ireland has had bad the pleasure of his son lord william being killed by his horse at a hunt in england a few weeks past and mr reilly his agent who aided in their abuse has received the third attack of some paralytic affliction and obliged to resign his office his son again who headed a mob to annoy the saints and prevent preaching has gone to cork in bad health and not expected to recover so muck much for themy them then thursday ll 11 in general council in the dia Bla masonic sonic hall morning and afternoon had a very interesting time the spirit of the lord was with us and we closed the council with loud shouts of hosanna friday 12 the twelve met in council rode out with ars parker and clayton to look at some land A conference was held at cipry tuscaloosa county alabama elder benjamin L clapp president and john brown clerk 7 bi blanches anches branches were represented consisting of members 12 elders 5 Pries priests tg 4 deac teachers hers and 2 deacons beacons all in good standing saturday 13 at 10 am met in city council george P styles was waa appointed coty city attorney I 1 advised that the council take such a course aswill as will protect the innocent that in many mank cambs cases the attorney would get his bis pay of 1 1 the individual employing em him that the appointment beut would woul d ie be a valuable consideration arid and for one year a salary of would be sufficient perhaps the next year ac increasing as the city increases and arid if would not satisfy we had better have no attorney 1 I would rather give my services as counse counselor lr ac than levy a tax the people are not able to pay ay and that every man ought to be willing to help heip elp prop the city by beating a share of the burden till the city is able to pay a higher salary my opinion is that the tim officers officer s of the city should be satisfied with a very small smail compensation pensa tion for their services I 1 have never received 25 for my services but the I 1 have enjoyed in the rights and liberties of the city has been ample compensation 1 I 1 suggested the propriety of inser tinga clause in the ordinance to be made maag relating to the city attorney authorizing him to claim fees of parties in certain cases and the small salary satisfy the attorney in in cases where be he can get no fees from his client 1 I would rather be docked in my salary than have the given to the city attorney by the city I 1 also proposed that the council counell take into consideration the payment of the police also proposed that a public meeting be called in each ward to see if the people will pay pak the police and it if they will not then the council will take the case into consideration at 1 pm the municipal court sat in the assembly room where I 1 asked dr R D foster if he bore my expenses to washington or any part thereof 11 foster replied he did not I 1 stated that dr Goforth had said that he was taken in a secret council when foster told him he had bad paid my expenses dr foster replied he never had a secret interview with dr goforth and gave his bis version of the meeting I 1 it then ben asked askea him have I 1 ever misused you any way foster said I 1 do not feel at lib liberty erb ert to answer this question under egisti existing f n g circumstances I 1 again asked him did I 1 ever misuse you he again replied I 1 do not feel at liberty to answer under existing circumstances I 1 then asked did I 1 ever wrong you in deal or personally misuse you in in any shape foster said I 1 do not feel at liberty to answer I 1 have chave treated you christianly and friendly too so far as I 1 have had the ability I 1 then asked him to tell me where I 1 had done wrong and I 1 will ask his forgiveness for I 1 want yo you to prove to this company by your own testimony that I 1 have treated you honorably foster then said 1 I shall testify no further at present 1 I then asked justice aaron johnson did I 1 lever fever ever make oath before you against simpson he replied not before the prosecution I 1 t then hen told the whole story andrew colton then came up before the municipal court on habeas corpus and was discharged on the insufficiency of the papers A after faer ater which I 1 pre preferred feared the following charge before the high council against dr robert D foster for unchristian like ilke conduct in general for abusing abasing my character privately for throwing out slanderous insinuations against me for conspiring against my peace and and safet safety ay for conspiring against ag ainest my life for conspiring conspire ing 1 against the peace of my family and for lying 3 A charge was preferred a against I ainest harrison sagers for teaching spiritual wife doctrine and neglecting his family which was handed over to 0 o the high council to act upon at 2 pm elder john taylor delivered it a political lit leal ical discourse about 5 pm the maid alaid of iowa arrived at the nauvoo house wharf filled with passengers from england led by william kay souls started from liverpool and nearly all arrived in good health and spirits one smaller company having previously arrived sunday 14 rain rainy y da dby day no meeting meet ineat at the stand I 1 I 1 preached on ioard board board the maid alaid of iowa committee of the council met in the after noon at my office monday 15 at home settling with dan jones for steamboat steam boat maid blaid of lowa iowa she has returned in debt about 1700 after much conversation and deliberation I 1 agreed to buy out jones by giving him property in the city worth 1231 and assuming 11 the debts I 1 rode out in the afternoon the twelve apostles arranged the app appointments for the general conferences hi in the united states aa as follows quincy ill iii sat and S sun un may blay 4 and 5 princes grove 11 12 ottowa 18 19 chicago ja 25 26 comstock hallama zoo county mich june une 1 2 pleasant val W 8 9 frankland oakland county mich alich T 15 16 kirtland ohio 22 23 G A bealls neaps heaps six miles west of lockport new york 29 30 batavia july ejury 6 7 portage legband al co new e y york k 13 14 ila iia hamilton n madison co new york 20 21 0 oswego sw go NY sat and sun june 29 and ando A adams jefferson co new york 1 5 july 6 7 london Cal cai caledonia a I 1 co new york june 15 tig 16 northfield washington co te ten n I 1 t miles south of or I 1 montpelier Blont pelier peller at lyra 3 man an Hought new york 0 30 fairfield essex co at elder tracys Tra cys nev new york 13 14 boston mass mais june 29 30 gilem i aj july 6 7 new bedford bedfor d s 13 1 13 3 14 peterboro Peter boro N H j 13 14 lowell mass blais S 27 28 scarboro maine blaine 6 a 7 vinal haven I 1 r 4 13 14 westfield mass blass 37 77 W 8 farmington conn aug A ug 3 4 new haven 10 11 canaan lt it 17 18 norwalk 24 25 N NY Y city N NY Y 17 7 18 philadelphian a 31 sep sepi I 1 dresden weekly 4 r county tenn liay lla 25 and 26 eale eagle ea 11 le creek benton co tenn june 8 9 dyer coc co C H 00 23 rutherford co C H T tenn F nn july 20 21 lexington henderson co do tenn 11 aug 3 4 new albany clin ton co ky 31 june 29 30 alquina aiquina Al quina fayette co la ia 1 3 1 2 pleasant garden la ia 1 j A 15 J 5 16 fort wayne la if 29 30 northfield boon co la ia jul jui july 13 14 cincinnati ohio may 18 19 pittsburgh pa A june jane 1 I 2 Leech heech burgh 3 SJ 1 16 running water branch co miss bliss 1 tuscaloosa ala 1 22 23 03 washington city D CS C sept ep t 78 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 we also publish the names of the elders who are appointed to the several states together with their appointments those who are num with the figures 1 and 2 will take the presidency of 0 the several states to which they are appointed MAINE josiah butterfield let jonathan H hale elbridge tufts 2nd and henry herriman sylvester B stoddard john moon NEW HAMPSHIRE willard snow harley mowrey howard egan 2nd and israel barlow alvin cooley david clough ben sen john S twiss calvin reed charles A adams chilion mack black bethuel miller isaac barton abraham D boynton massachusetts daniel spencer let iet george lloyd lioyd milton F P bartlett Bartlet fc orlando D hovey daniel loveland nath nathaniel aniel ashby joseph J woodbury samuel P hoyt william H woodbury daniel W gardner john R blanchard s RHODE ISLAND william seabury melvin wilbur thomas thomaa CO connecticut elisha 11 davis let quartus S sparks VERMONT erastus snow let iet warren snow william hyde dominicus carter denman cornish levi W hancock jeremiah hatch alfred cordon martin titus charles snow william haight james C snow scow john D chase A AT harding josiah H perry isaac houston amos hodges NEW YORK charles |