that stands in his place is our lawgiver. He feels diffident to step forward and take his place for fear some will take exceptions, but there ought to be no exceptions taken.
I propose that we now take up the Western Mission, when it shall be done, whether we shall go into it speedily, or shall we hold up, but my feelings are to have it go ahead as speedily as possible. I never wish to take a step unless I am moved upon by the Holy Ghost, and every one in this council feels so to. We ought to feel as clay in the hands of the potter, but what can a potter do when half of his clay will yeild and half not yeild? He cant do any thing.
asked a question pertaining to the , which was answered. He said he expected to have to go away to attend to some business concerning the . [p. [47]]
In sustaining Brigham Young when the Council of Fifty was reorganized on 4 February 1845, Orson Spencer made similar remarks: “When Joseph was here he was for carrying out his (Josephs) measures, he now wants prest. Young as our head to carry out his own measures, and he believes they will be right whether they differ from Josephs measures or not. Different circumstances require different measures.” (Council of Fifty, “Record,” 4 Feb. 1845.)
Kimball, Stanley B. Heber C. Kimball: Mormon Patriarch and Pioneer. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1981.
Whitney, Orson F. Life of Heber C. Kimball, an Apostle: The Father and Founder of the British Mission. Salt Lake City: Juvenile Instructor Office, 1888.
Page was the president of the Nauvoo Water Power Company, which had been created to build a dam “in the Mississippi river at the City of Nauvoo; for the propelling of all kinds of manufacturing machinery.” (John E. Page, “Attention the Whole Kingdom of Saints,” Nauvoo Neighbor, 5 Mar. 1845, [3].)