Show I 1 copyright Loyn glit secured secund LIFE OF JOSEPH SMITH SHIT thursday the 3rd ard attended to my studies in the hebrew school some misunderstanding misunderstand ng took place between betwee n professor wr seixas and some of the scholars respecting tho the sale of bibles his hia feelings were much hurt apparently he made some remarks concerning it to each class at noon he called on the school committee with hi his feelings much depressed we gave him all the satisfaction we could in righteousness and his ceelina feelings 0 8 were measurably allayed this evening the several quorums met agreeably to I 1 adjournment and were organized according accor dinc to their official standing in the church ithen ar arose ose and made some remarks on the object of our meeting as follows I 1 i let to receive or reject certain resolutions that csete drafted by a committee chosen for that purpose at a preceding meeting respecting licenses for elders and other official uial members 2nd and to sanction by the united voice of the t quorums qu certain resolution respecting ordain ifie 0 members that have passed through each quorum separately 2 without any alteration or amendment excepting in in the tha quorum of the twelve after singing and prayer president oliver cowdery chairman of the committee appointed on the alt to draft resolutions respecting licenses arose and made report in behalf of the committee which was read three times by bv the chairman the third time he read the resolutions resi lations he gave time and opportunity i after reading a each article for object objections iong to be made if any there were no objections were raised or alterations made but bat an addition wab made to the ath article extending the powers of ch chi irman and clerk aro ro tern tem to sign licenses ac I 1 the then observed that these resolutions must seeds needs pass through each quorum separately beginning at the presidency it i must first be thrown into the hands of the president of the deacons a I 1 his bis co chancil cou neil ancil as equal rights and privileges are my motto and one man is i 8 as good as another if he behaves as i well and nd th that at all men should be esteemed a like wit without h out re regard c f ard to distinctions of an official nature T the h e resolutions passed through 0 the president of the deacuna and his council by their unanimous voice it was then thrown before the presidents of f the several quorums and their council in the following 15 order and in the same manner ar a before viz t e teachers priests bishop of kirtland bishop of zion elders high priests seventy high council cil of zion high council of kirtland i aland the twelve and lastly into the hands of the dency of the church and all the quorums and received their unanimous sanction the resolutions are as follows whereas the records of the several conferences feren ces held by the elders of the church and the ordination of many of the official it 1 members a of I 1 the same in many cases have hare been imperfectly kept since its organization to avoid ever after any inconvenience difficulty alty or injury in in consequence of such neglect your comi cittee recommend let that all licenses hereafter granted by these authorities assembled as a quorum or by general conference held for the purpose O ot of t transacts transact transacting i ng the business busine s of the church be recorded at full fall length by a clerk appo appointed anted for that pur purpose ose in a book booi to be kept i in th this is branch of ta the e church until it shall be thought advisable by the heads beads of the church to order other books and addoe at other clerks to record licenses as above abe and that said recording lerk clerk be required to endorse a cc t ficare under his own hund hand and signature on an the back of said licenses specifying the time when and place where such license was recorded and also a reference to the letter and page 0 of the book containing the same 2nd and that this quorum appoint two persons persona to sign licenses given as aforesaid one as aa chair chaira man and the other as clerk of conference and that it shall be the duty of said persons ap pointed to sign licenses as clerk of conference immediately hereafter to deliver the same into the hands of the recording clerk 3rd ard TL tk at all general conferences abroad give each individual whom they ordain a certificate signed 0 by the chairman and clerk of said conference stating staw ri g the time and place of such conference a and nd the office to which the in divi duil has been and chu when such auch certificate has been I 1 forwarded or wArded to the person hereafter aught authorized to sign licenses as clerk of conference such pars oa shall together with chairman of conference immediately immedi iely sign a license and said clerk of conference ti shall hll after the same has been recorded forward it to the proper boiton po iton ae aih koper that ill all official members in good standing dinc and fellowship in the various branches of this thia church be requested to forward their present licenses lioen ses accompanied edby by a certificate of their virtuous and faith faithful ciul walk before the lord signed by the chairman and derk of a general conference or by the clerk of the branch braich of the church in which such official member resides si d es by the mhd advice and direction of such each church to the clerk of conference whose dut duty y it shall be to nil fill a new license as directed in the 3rd ard article and that all licenses signed recorded and endorsed as specified in the first article shall be considered good and valid to all intents and purposes in the business and spiritual affairs of this church as a religious society or before any court of record of this or any other country wherein preachers of the gospel are entitled to special privileges answering an answering swerin in all respects as an original record without the it t e necessity of referring to any other document ath that tha recording clerk be required to publish quarterly in a paper published by some member manber or members of ahr church a list of the tha names of the several persons for whom he has recorded licenses within the last quarter ath that this quorum quorn m appoint two persons to sign as chairman and clerk of conference pro tern tem licenses for the standing chairman and clerk who shall ah ill be appointed as named in the second article and also to act in their absence in signing other licenses as specified in the foregoing article presidents joseph smith junior was nom as chairman and frederick G williams I 1 as clerk and sidney rigdon as aa chairman pro I 1 tern tem and oliver cowdery as clerk pro tern tem vote from the several quorums called in their order and passed unanimously president joseph smith junior made some remarks upon the resolution offered to the council on the of february followed by president thompas B marsh who called a vote of his quorum to ascertain whether they would repeat repeal their amendment of the of february and nine nin of the twelve voted in the affirmative and three viz john F boynton lyman E john I 1 son and orson pratt in the negative and the ebinal ori original bill of the of february was passi ed dismissed by kapr 12 1 2 past nine OL OLIVER VER COWDERY ily clerk friday march aih attended school as usual the sleighing is failing fast the icy calab chains of winter deem to be giving way under the influence of the returning returning return in son un and cpr spring ing will soon open to w u with af au I 1 its charms saturday ath attended school ls in the af afternoon kerdoon i he board kiln took fire and the lumber was waa principally consumed this thia is the fifth or sixth time it has burned this winter winte rj to the best beat of my recollection sunday ath spent the day at home in the enjoyment of the society of my iny family around the social fireside I 1 monday ath spent the day in attending to my studies at at 91 professor fessor seiba seixa room and trani translated the uth chapter of genesis Ge nedia after the class elaw was dismissed I 1 was requested to tarry with ith the rest of the committee to make some arrangements about paying mr seixas for his inot instruction ruction and to engage a him im for another quarter we did not arri veat anything deff definite a i to upon apon t the h 9 point however mr has hag agreed to teach us three weeks longer after having a vapo tiou of two weeks at the expiration of this course and perhaps a quarter qi q larter arter tuesday Tu edday eth attended school and trant translated most of the chapter of Geve genesis ais ater fter my class was di missed retired to the printing office and translated 10 verses of the third of f I 1 exodus which with the first aud aad second d psalms i are our next lesson wednesday uth attended school is as t usual asua usua I 1 thursday atten ed school in the morning ca afternoon read hebrew in the office at evening elenina I 1 went down to the professors room to be instructed by him in the language on account of the storm the class did not meet friday lith met with the morning class at 9 at 10 went into the office and nd made a division of our class for private studies for our better accommodation and advancement in the language we are pursuing Pred PreA dents rigdon phelps and cowdery met mat at the printing office elders 0 pratt sylvester mih bishop partridge at L johnsons elders ML Me Lellin ellin 0 hyde and W parrish on the flats this evening our class met at mr seixas room and I 1 an hour in our studies class dismissed and retired except the school committee who tarried and made some arrangements with mr seixas about continuing longer I 1 with u us a and d bringing his family to this place this hns has been a very stormy day and the snow is is still falling fast and the prospect is fair for another run of sleighing which is uncommon for this country at this season of the year saturday engaged a team to go 0 to 1 hudson after mr family wad and gods goods also a horse and carriage for himself and wife cold weather and aad hue fine sleighing 0 I 1 watt was informed V to day that a man hy the name of dark clark froze to death last night near this place who I 1 waa a under dr the influence of ardent spirits 0 my god I 1 how long will this monster in 1 temper tube ince find its victims on the earth methinks until the earth is swept with the wrath and indignation of bod and chwata kingdom bacou e universal 01 0 come colue lord jesus and cut cull short dlhy ihy work in eider colomon 0 lo 10 mon hancock received a letter lecter from Mib missouri bearing the painful intelligence of the death of his wife may the lord bless him and comfort him in this hour of affliction I 1 sunday the leih met with the presidency I 1 and a nd sume some of the twelve T A elve and counseled coun sele d with i them upun upon the subject ot ol i 0 to diun this spring we conver conversed eed freely upon the in in pur tunce ot on her and the necessity of the presidency removing to that place that their indu influence enco might be more effectually used in g gathering atheni at heri 0 tho to that country and we finady came to the resolution to emigrate on or I 1 I 1 before the of I 1 may n next t if kind providence smiles upon us and the w way v before us I 1 monday leih attended sch school as usual returned from und ion with his bis family I 1 tuesday at school in the forenoon in the alier atter met in ia the printing office I 1 received and waned upon those wao called lied to sae SAC me und and attended lu lo my cu conr concerns nr at evening met in the pria printing ting office and received ce ved a lecture on grai grammar I 1 I 1 wednesday pursued my studies in the hebrew language 0 at evening met the quorum of singers in the temple they they performed admirably mir ably considering me advantage they have had thursday at school in tho the morning in in the afternoon in the alfice aiace at evening evening met with the quorums iu the west school azat room of the loras house home to receive or reject certain individuals I 1 divi duals whose namos namen wert wen submitted for ordination di erastus B H wightman ightman VV osman 11 duel chapman duncan dulcan joshua baslay and Heman Hyde were recci received ved and four foar wre ware rejected by the che united voice tit of the assembly friday lih attended school with the morning class at lu ll went to the school hse house to attend the lila funeral of susan Jo johnson hason daughter of ezekiel johnson Job she was a member of the church of latter day saints and remained strong in the faith until her spirit i took its exit from time into eternity may od bless and comfort her aillia ed parents family ions and friends president rigdon delivered a fine discourse on the ocea occasion sion and much solemnity ailed saturday lyth read hebrew with the morning I 1 class spent the day in attending to my domestic concerns and the affairs of the church I 1 elders orson pratt john V I 1 boynton Boy nion and lyman johnson met the presidency of the church and verbally withdrew all objections to the first resolution presented to the quorums qu b by y the presidency on the lath of february for the regulation of ordinations OLIVER COWDERY clerk of conference sunday attended the house bouse of worship the quorum of high pr priests iesta de evered short addresses to the congregation in a very feeling and impressive manner one individual was baptized at intermission in the afternoon administered the lords supper I 1 as we are wont to do on every sabbath and the lord blessed our souli with wilh the outpouring of his spirit and we were made to rejoice in his is goodness monday at school in the morning after school went to the printing office and prepared a number dumber of elders licenses to send by elder palmer to the court of medina county in I 1 order to obtain licenses to marry as aa the court I 1 in in this county will not grant us in this an privilege i vil ege I 1 ten persons were baptized m in this pla place p e tuesday read hebrew with the th e morning claw class five young men were received into the church by baptism in this place pace today to day I 1 this is a stormy day the snow is is nearl nearly ly a foot deep an uncommon storm for this season I 1 of if the year wednesday attended school pleasant day and fine sleighing two were received into the church by baptism thursday attended school as usual in the evening met with with my class atthe printing office and received a lecture from professor seixas Seix is upon the hebrew language 0 o after we were dismissed we called at the th e school room J fo bear the choir of singers perform which they aid admirably miraNy ad five more were received into the church by baptism this day friday attended school with the morning class also at 5 p m and received A 6 lecture upon the hebrew grammar we have pleasant weather and good sleighing come saturday at home attending to my domestic concerns in the morning after breakfast met with the presidency to make arrangements ts for the bolema so n assembly y which oft I 1 the remainder of the day |