| Show ELDER GR OItS TEST TESTIMONY 10 y HE HURD THE revelation EE ON CELESTIAL MARRIAGE IMAD THE HIGH COUNCIL IN SALT LAKE CITY U T january alth 1886 editor deseret news an noting the brief article lately copied by the I 1 broin roin the ogden herald of january uh concertin conc eruin g leonard IS 18 obeys testimony as afi to alie th revelation on celestial marriage Mar having being read before the high council in nauvoo I 1 sent it to elder hosea trout tout aud and asked him if he be was present at the high council referred to and requested him if so to give me the names and addresses of of the others resent and still living so far as he anew E new them in his answer he says hi be was bot arese prese present hut but believed that elder thomas ka grover 16 ver of Fir was at once I 1 wrote to elder grover for the information sought from brother brothe stout and the is his bis reply ASA As an interesting item of history I 1 thin think that brother grovers letter ought to be published in the NEWS I 1 will add that I 1 have repeatedly heard beard the late bishop aaron johnson and the late apostle charles C rich bleb say that they were present at the memorable meeting of the high council of nauvoo referred to and have heard them descant upon the consequent apostasy ot of its president william marks and others other because of their rejection of this grand and glorious principle your brother in the gospel goppel I 1 A MILTON IdUSS HR farmington jan 10 A af M musser note is before me and I 1 answer with pleasure NOW concerning 0 the matter about which you ask information I 1 dont know now of any member of that high hig aey council living except Ilay myself self leoo leonard a r d sobey may st still 11 be living he apo acosta sta sized on the strength th of that re revelation a i the high of nauvoo was called ailed together by the prophet joseph doph fr smith mith to know whether they would accept dept the revelation on celestial marriage ria e or not fa the presidency of the stake win marks father coles and the late apostle charles Jh arles C rich were there present the following are the names af pf of the high council that were present in their order viz samuel bent william huntington alpheus cutler thomas grover lewis D wilson david fullmer Full roer f aaron Jobi johnson ison newel knight leonard sobey isaac allred henry G sherwood and I 1 think Sar samuel quell smith brother hyrum amith was called upon to read the revelation he did ao boand and after the reading said now bod C od that believe this revelation and go alorth forth and obey the same shall be saved and aid I 1 you reject it shall be damned we saw this prediction verified in iii less than one week of the presidency of f the stake win marks and father coles rejected the revelation of the council that were present leonard sobey kobey rejected it from that time forward there wad waa a very streng stran divis ton lon iu in the high council tl es eft i three men greatly diminished in spirit day after day bo that there was a grem great difference iu in the line of their conduct abich was perceivable to every member that kept the faith from unit time forward we often received instructions fraai the prophet L as to what was waa I 1 the he will of th the e lord and how to proceed after this the prophets life was co constantly n in danger being one of his life r guard I 1 watched hl his interest and safe safety t up to the time of his death wm win marks died in illinois C C rich died iu in paris bear lake county idaho in full faith samuel bent died in n garden grove iowa in full faith died in pisgah iowa in full faith alpheus cutler acosta sized and died in iowa lewis D wilson died at ogden in full faith david fullmer biedin die crin salt lake city in full faith aarun aaron johnson died at springville Spring ville in full fall faith newel knight died at ponca Neti nebraska leonard sobey went with sidney ri rigdon don from nau nauvoo isaac allred die died F at Sau pete in full faith henry G sherwood came with the pioneers Pio naera and died in san bernardino cal out of the church I 1 understand samuel smith ditol died at nauvoo in full faith THOMAS GROVER |
