| Show I 1 copyright 1 I 1 HISTORY OF F JOSEPH SMITH MAY 1849 li y lavoo nauvoo ta hanco hancock kok co III mj may 1840 to orson hydo andyjohn E P pg tg amr B brethren ethrea I 1 am happi in iii boing being informed by your lotter letter that your minion melq iaia stalls Ilar arger gOr and jid larger r it is a great and ato and one thit th it is worthy those who isar surround the throne of jehovah JP hi auh to t be engaged in altho it apps graat at present ye you avs a but just aust begun began to realize the greatness the extent and glory of the same sains I 1 if there thera is anything cal culata cul cited to int interest arast tha mind of ia sainta to uiva dwi ken in ill them the aud and them to enterprise iud and exertion surely it is the grat and aad precious pronia s mid by aur hedv father to tile the vh children ildren of abraham and I 1 thosa tho iab engage rtha itt in je I 1 of asrael isadel and the dispersed of juddi jud di c tnt fall fail to enjoy the tha spirit odthe of the lord and li lime hwe me the choicest blessings of heaven rest upon them in copious effal siona L I 1 I 1 brethren yon are in the path iRay to fame and ana glory and inas as you von fuel feel 1 nt er ested for the covenant coye nant people of ahm lord ae god of thir fat hr shill bleas you di do u bot A be dineen r on account of lie die greatness of the work hughle ano and fithel and aid ahn you von cansay cin ean aay say what art thou 0 great mountain before babel thou be br letdown lit down 1 lie he who scattered israel has hag promised promise ua t t gather gal her them tho therefore inasmuch as are to be instrumental in in this greo great he will ill endow endo you yiu with power w wisdom I 1 adom might and at aud vork maali fi cation necessary while while your miida will expand wider and wider widar until you can chi tile th earth arid and the Re heavens avens rea reich ch mgt forth h into eternity I 1 and contemplate the mighty acts acta I 1 I 1 of jehovah in all their varity vari ari ty ity and glory in answer to your enon kies yet n j kv the ilon and of the book of mon hamu book history oattie of tile church ae ao I 1 would SAY sav that I 1 entirely approve of the adram dine slid and give ry my cons cona ut at with the exception of the hymn bookas book as a new edition ed ilion continuing a greater variety of if hymns will be It shortly artly published publia hedi or printed in this place which I 1 think lInk will wilk bo be a Atan standard tan durd dard work As soon as A is pruit ed you shall haye have some sent mat to you which you yoki may ge get translated aal printed into any au language inna you yon pl erse should we not bot be able to gend end some to yon avid and there should be a great call for hymn flooks whom you yon may be ba then I 1 should hak hake e no objection to your publish publishing lt the present cide were you to publish the bok of mormon doctrine I 1 and covenants or hymie book I 1 desire the copy I 1 rights of the to oi be secured in ili my name with respect io to publishing any other work either original or those which have been published before you will be governed by circumstances a ances if you yon think noces sarv to til do a I 1 shall have no objection whatever it will be e well to study plain nei neiland sand simplicity city in whatever you publish for 1 my soul ii ia pi leoniss I 1 fuel afeei much ph appel with tile the spirit af your leler ind he 4 assured beir hr ethran of my harty co raton idaj my prayers pr ayers for your re and I 1 success I 1 ift answer to your it in a fonder I 1 I 1 letto lette relative to the duty of the ilia leventi 9 in fit reg ahting chu ac I 1 say tha tho tb duties of the tha seventies are more particularly to p preach ahe he I 1 ce gospel I 1 os p of slid and build up ill churches rather than regulate them thit a high arb priest at amyy alt take chugs of I 1 ghorm if a higl priest should he be remiss in his autv and rhonl I 1 lead or sulfur suffer the tha e church to be led astray dep from the ardi of the th e lord then it is the duty of one on of the iv enties acting under the sp clil direction of the hie twelve beit being duly commissioned by thin with nith their delegated antha utho ity to gg to that charch chur sud mind if agreeable to a m of the members of fa fd church to proceed to regulate and put in ia order the sadie oth edwise he pan have hare no authority to act f JOSEPH SMITH jr friday 1 to chr editor of f tha stam ledbury ILY may 1840 go loved brother two weeks agathis ag ago othis this day I 1 parted with brothers young ana woodruff in iii I 1 place pt ac taking biffi rent loratious locati ous ons in this pirt girt of the vinyard originally opened by brother woodruff and after visiting various places in ili herefordshire Hereford shire worcestershire and glau Gloucester shire pre preaching achill I 1 daily talking night and day and ad the 11 ordinances of thi the gospel as dirve directed ted by the spirit wa hive ay tin this day found ourselves together aad elder kington in F our he be is de devoted v doted wholly to tile the ministry and ll 11 carn minutes we find there hero alave ilave been in these theme tw 1 19 baptized dmd 3 2 41 elders dars about 29 20 and I 1 teacher oida ordained ined and the church in thae th ae regions now numbers about 30 tire the branches aro are small the brethren r nuch g i scattered consequently the field is so large that at the 60 re apers connot cincot c in not calato call to each other from side aidi to side neither either ti can they offen see each other 1 without a I 1 i telescope I 1 there are many doors doom open which we cannot fill calls for of preaching on every h we cannot answer oh that the bouts f note would pray to the lord of the harvest to setta send forth laborers I 1 I 1 have this day rece received iveA a letter from ny my sister in n north Arh america erica giving me the intelligence of the death of in my aged fattier father and also that the work of tile lollis lord is rolling forth in iff that part of the land such intelligence from our native land makes our hearts rejoice even in affliction your brother in the everlasting covenant I 1 WILLARD RICHARDS ichards mC HARDS elder p young woodruff and richards held conference with ath the at G adfield elm chapel an n sunday ath l and lo 10 aday lath met the brethren at elder Kin kington loep i chete here they had a tea party p ty praying singing confirming ordaining and about twenty meke were baptized irus anus they can continued their labors from place to place until wednesday when they found themselves 1 with one accord on the top of the herefordshire Hereford shire beacon 11 and within the old fortification when after prayer they expressed their feelings ing the busi business tims of the church which were as they had obtained money from br john belbow I 1 and other brethren for printing the hymn B book 64 and in part sufficient for the book of mormon that elder young repair immediately to ManA manchester ester adjoin and nd join i ids his brethren previously appointed with him on a committee for tile the printing ef cf the hymn bo bank and cause copies to be issued without dalay also that the bacq committee cause three thousand copies of the book of mormon to be printed and completed with u us 9 little delay dalay as possible with an index affixed to the same and the form of the book to be at the disposal of the committee their views were written and signed bv elders willard willar richards Ri faich chirds ards and wilford woodruff when wheat president young left direct for manchester saw george A smith at the por ies who approved the beacon conference t P sunday 2416 met with the church and on nonday monday visited the hie printers to enquire their prices ao I 1 piston my to the len cy high council and bishop of the church of jeus J sus christ diarist of latter day saints at commerce we commend to your noliar botic the brethren and sisters that thal have commendatory letters from us of this date that you will rill do all that you consistently can for them for for I 1 verily believe they have the utmost st in vou von and will receive with gratitude your advice and instruction and cheerfully submit to the culps and regulations of ofa the church they have oar blessings blessing 4 and we their subsequent conduct will entitle them to your hassings his sings alio ils 0 andi and the cherf it gener generally tilly we W rejoice that we tan can say the work wark of dod doa here is in I 1 a prosperous way yea we rejoice greatly pt it p ct of the times expecting ting the time to be far ar bitant di buit wh whan n tha stand ird of truth will lie con anis raised d throughout this blits land WP ve witnessed the flowing of tile the saints towards zion the stream lias has begun and we expect to see continue run running tit ng till it shall hwe dr arii tined tied theis alf ltv or orlee the light fro from m Bub babylon vIon when we hope to S ho heianna ranna ianna home dmit diar HT brethren ethren accept our oar love and present to the chur cli of your brethren in the new andev erh isling covenant I 1 I 1 r repert C KIMBALL kim ab LL JOSEPH W WILLIAM ILL I 1 41 4 CIVA Y TO N tuesday eida 1 taylor and nd ath FI el cpr kimball Arrive alt erthe commit 1 tr tep 0 on U the hymn book commenced and cout u ud nd d selecting until the alen elders you young ne and taylor wem to liverpool and preached on ou Sunday the list hlat I 1 wednesday bishop edward partridge i died it at nauvoo 1 aged 46 years hr HA lost his we lie tit in conne consequence quence of th tin thi i mig missouri und and he is ons of that number numer whose blood will wilf be re milired at their hands hii hi i daughter harriet pa ala died on oil the of may aged 19 years th first number of af the latter laiter div D iv hintsi ailts ain millennial star was issued at manchester in id Pimp pamphlet i blet forto form of twenty fon four r p pys piga ig a edited by P P pratt alx boce office oldham roid rod ro d monday june 1 1840 the saints have already erected about two hundred and afif fifty ty houses at nauvoo mostly block houses hou ae a few framed hied ma many ny more more in lively operation the gospel is ia spreading fre d X the states canada engla england scotland and other places with great rapidity ellars Youn heiing gand and kimball were engaged engH gid in blessing tile the brethren who were about to sail fo for america 1 Wednes wednesday dav ad elders young and taylor cited tilt A the printers in liverpool and elder young pj on ath elter eider john job af M flu n and nd ftc ai ny or of 4 saints to wit hugh hagh moon th ih ir mattw I 1 fl i r and 7 others of tier her family henry moo huncl of john M 11 ry moon francis moo i wit illiam sult Sut I 1 k v I 1 in Sil greaves richard eav 9 thorn thom is ahry 4 moore nancy ashworth richard it and families sailed in the ship britannic Brit Brita annii nuit from liverpool for new york being the first saints that have sailed from england for zion mond monday w ath elders young and taylor visited Clie cheshire shire and on tuesday manchester and I 1 continued to select hymns eldi eldir r young dreamed of his family in health and want also of the church and people and of q a contention between two small arvall conion us in the west wait 9 enc north the other south the prevailing from arne ime to time sunday minutes of the conference held at the elm chapel it hi worcestershire england juna jath 1840 1844 the preachers aud members of the bran bian grien green and elm branch of the froomes hill circuit of tile united brethren met at the gadfield ld elm chapel wor june 1840 purs pr previous ovi 1 i ault notice when the nie meeting etIng was wa callad to order by elder thorn is King kington tou eldr elder willard richards was chosen president daut and elder daniel browett clerk for tile the Mee meeting tink the meeting opened by p prayer r yer by eldr elder eld r W woodruff remarks were th then L mad kv hy the president respecting the business or of the day and the necessary I 1 changres changes which must mast take place it ft haq moved by elder T kenigton Kitia ton seconded by elder D iniel hittlet browett that thai arii meeting eting be I 1 hereafter known by the name of the braai G green artea and Gad fili etin elm Conf conference ermice of the chnrei le jesus sus christ of df lauer Laiter D dy ay iy saints organic d and established bv the will ond comini commandment andin ent i god in fit the dured states of america on the dih day d ay iy or of april AD ich bing b baug ing the eighth dakof addy ol 01 the third thira month of the eleventh year of the rise of I 1 the church carided unanimously this motion was permitted to accommodate the feelings of the who had nil all recently been baptized but chwe is no such principle in iu existence as ais to transform a church or conference of the world into u church or conference of ts fold leow by y vote moved by falder W by elder ej T kington that hat william Jou kilis be ordained an elder and lid willi willim tin coleman Co leinan joseph firki firkins its Wil williana Jiam alt and robert gobert harris he be ordained to office of prist st and that grorge george burton james palmer jpalmer and wiliam lovenda Loven dg lie iw ord luied teach ere era carried unanimously ordained under the or of elders richards and woodruff moved by elder eider Kingi kimpton Kin ort seconded by elder woodruff that robert clift priest hove have the care car of the church at dymock janea james palmer priest ditto gilcott Kil cott john ifill hiu priest I 1 ditto twi Twig worth win ivin coleman colaman praest ditto bran brall oreen green thorna brooks priest ditto rutn ryton priest ditto lime street charida hayes haves wiest ditto Deer hurat sinith prie priest t AWL asat ditto ditto john vernon priest ditto apperley Appe wm baylies priest alft ditto ditto john Arlic kinst ditto norton john spires priest asit ditto leigh john davis P iea ditto ditto thomas okley oakley prist dittig adfield elm avid and that daniel tak charge chaise of the churches on th south and elder lilliain billiu Will iain jenkins on the north side or of the river severn carried unanimously i moved by elder woodruff and seconded by ald r Ri richa chado ds that elder thomas kington be h the presiding elder over this conference carried geeting weeting Mp eting adjourned to two I 1 met at two accordi according nj to adjournment i I 1 arld and administered the sacrament to it a large congregation gr gre A gation of saints accompanied by many observations on oil various subjects by the he president Preside uT ten members were con confirmed firgo under the hands bonds of ald ers woodruff and It kington ington remarks tei narks were made by the president the blessing of children seven ch children ildron were then blessed under the hands of elders woodruff fand and kington moved by elder kington seconded by elder woodruff that elder daniel browet represent this conference nce to the general conference at manchester on the ath day of july next carried moved and carried that the dark clark present to the I 1 I 1 presiding elder Tk T ington for safe ki V A copy of the minutes of this also to the general conference N I 1 the above minutes wore were then read and adopted article i by article arl icle wh when e u it ws was m moved 0 ve d by the tit e pres 1 ident a and lid seconded by elder woodruff that this conference be adjourned to tile the d day ty 0 of f 1 sar I 1 i next at this place carried conference rence clo closed a ed 4 by y pray prayer r 1 after which t the I 1 je elders and officers present met in co council and voted unanimously to establish a weekly council or of the officers OF said conference to be held alternately on an the south and north sides bulhe river severn to comme commence fic at leigh ori oil the ath aust the same by appointing elder danal calil 1 I browett resident pi exit and john hill priest clerk I 1 on the south side of ahm river and the north by y |
