History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]

  • Source Note
  • Historical Introduction
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<​October 9​> and especially towards their aged companion and fellow servant in the cause of truth and righteousness.
Elder and President followed with remarks in defence of elder .
On motion by , and seconded by Patriarch , Conference voted that Elder be permitted to retain his station as Counsellor to the First President.
President Joseph Smith arose and said ‘I have thrown him off my shoulders and you have again put him on me, you may carry him, but I will not.’
Singing, prayer by .
Conference adjourned for one hour.
3 p, m, Conference Assembled, but in consequence of the inclemency of the weather, business was postponed until Monday 10 o’Clock A.M.
Monday 10 o’Clock, A.M. Conference assembled, and resumed business. Singing by the choir— prayer by Elder .
The business pertaining to the was then announced by the President as next in order.
Elder , on the part of the Temple Committee, represented the work of the to be retarded for want of team work and provisions; also of iron, steel, blasting powder, and clothing— giving as his opinion that the walls could easily be completed next season, if these embarrassments were removed, and the brethren would come forward to sustain them in the work with the means that were in their hands.
Elder followed, seconding the remarks of , and setting forth the importance of the Saints using their utmost exertions to fulfil the revelation concerning the — earnestly exhorting the saints, here and abroad, to roll in the necessary means into the hands of the Trustee that the work may advance with rapidity. [HC 6:49]
President followed with pertinent remarks on the importance of the work— the ease with which it might be advanced to its completion— that it had already become a monument for the people abroad to gaze on with astonishment. He concluded with some advice to parents to restrain their children from vice and folly, and employ them in some business of profit to themselves, to the , or elsewhere.
On Motion by Elder , and seconded by President , Conference voted, That we, as a Conference, and individuals, will use all the means, exertions and influence in our power, to sustain the Temple Committee in advancing the work of the .
Conference adjourned for one hour:
2 o’Clock p. m. Conference re-assembled, and listened with profound attention, to an impressive discourse from President Joseph Smith, commemorative of the decease of , Esq., late of this , and an honorable, worthy, useful, and esteemed member of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints. [p. 1749]
October 9 and especially towards their aged companion and fellow servant in the cause of truth and righteousness.
Elder and President followed with remarks in defence of elder .
On motion by , and seconded by Patriarch , Conference voted that Elder be permitted to retain his station as Counsellor to the First President.
President Joseph Smith arose and said ‘I have thrown him off my shoulders and you have again put him on me, you may carry him, but I will not.’
Singing, prayer by .
Conference adjourned for one hour.
3 p, m, Conference Assembled, but in consequence of the inclemency of the weather, business was postponed until Monday 10 o’Clock A.M.
Monday 10 o’Clock, A.M. Conference assembled, and resumed business. Singing by the choir— prayer by Elder .
The business pertaining to the was then announced by the President as next in order.
Elder , on the part of the Temple Committee, represented the work of the to be retarded for want of team work and provisions; also of iron, steel, blasting powder, and clothing— giving as his opinion that the walls could easily be completed next season, if these embarrassments were removed, and the brethren would come forward to sustain them in the work with the means that were in their hands.
Elder followed, seconding the remarks of , and setting forth the importance of the Saints using their utmost exertions to fulfil the revelation concerning the — earnestly exhorting the saints, here and abroad, to roll in the necessary means into the hands of the Trustee that the work may advance with rapidity. [HC 6:49]
President followed with pertinent remarks on the importance of the work— the ease with which it might be advanced to its completion— that it had already become a monument for the people abroad to gaze on with astonishment. He concluded with some advice to parents to restrain their children from vice and folly, and employ them in some business of profit to themselves, to the , or elsewhere.
On Motion by Elder , and seconded by President , Conference voted, That we, as a Conference, and individuals, will use all the means, exertions and influence in our power, to sustain the Temple Committee in advancing the work of the .
Conference adjourned for one hour:
2 o’Clock p. m. Conference re-assembled, and listened with profound attention, to an impressive discourse from President Joseph Smith, commemorative of the decease of , Esq., late of this , and an honorable, worthy, useful, and esteemed member of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints. [p. 1749]
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