<​April 9​> to be our agent and Representative in foreign lands, to visit the cities of , Amsterdam, Constantinople and ; and also other places that he may deem expedient, and converse with the priests, rulers and Elders of the Jews, and obtain from them all the information possible, and communicate the same to some principal paper for publication, that it may have a general circulation throughout the . As has willingly and cheerfully accepted the appointment to become our Servant, and the servant of the public in distant and foreign countries for Christ’s sake, we do confidently recommend him to all religious and christian people, and to gentlemen and ladies, making no profession, as a worthy member of society, possessing much zeal to promote the happiness of mankind, fully believing that they will be forward to render him all the pecuniary aid he needs, to accomplish this laborious and hazardous mission for the general good of the human family. Ministers of every denomination, upon whom . shall call, are requested to hold up his hands and aid him by their influence, with an assurance that such as do this, shall have the prayers and blessings of a poor and an afflicted people whose blood has flowed to test the depths of their sincerity, and to crimson the face of freedom’s soil with Martyrs blood. is instructed by this conference to transmit to this country nothing but simple facts for publication, entirely disconnected with any peculiar views of theology, leaving each class to make their own comments, and draw their own inferences. Given under our hands <​at the time and place before mentioned, Joseph Smith Jr. Chairman, , Clerk.”​> [HC 4:113]