Minutes, 5 April 1844

Er considered the subject before the council ahead of every thing presented to his view ever before; that we were preparing a foundation for the fulfilment of the prophets; that the constitutions of the nations of the earth compared to the constitutions of Gods kingdom is like the skeleton of a horse head, compared to the head itself (Here Er was sick and had leave of absence). We want a permanent rock to place our feet upon, a foundation laid by God himself, calculated for our [p. [87]]