| On the day Joseph Smith
arrives in DeWitt, Thomas B. Marsh and Brigham Young conduct quarterly
conference in Far West. Eight missionaries volunteer, conference votes
John Taylor into the Quorum of the Twelve. John Murdock and George M. Hinkle
replaced on high council. |
| Date |
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October 6, 1838 |
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MS 16, no. 22 (June 4, 1852): 342. |
| Location |
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Far West, Missouri. |
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| Description |
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The Quarterly Conference convened
at ten o'clock this day, according to adjournment … |
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| Presiding |
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Presidents Thomas B. Marsh (h) and Brigham Young |
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| Clerk |
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Ebenezer Robinson |
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| Benjamin L. Clapp
in Kentucky |
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Benjamin L. Clapp, just returned from Kentucky, reports many
doors were open there. |
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| Mission volunteers |
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A call is made for "volunteers to go into the
vineyard and preach." The following elders volunteer: |
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James Carroll
James Galliher
Luman A. Shurtliff
James Dana |
Ahaz Cook
Isaac Decker
Cornelius P. Lott
Alpheus Gifford |
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| No boasting |
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President Marsh instructs them "not to go forth boasting
of their faith, or of the judgments of the Lord, but to go in the spirit
of meekness, and preach repentance. |
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| Apostle John Taylor |
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John Taylor is requested to speak "on his feelings respecting
his having been appointed as one of the Twelve." He says he is "willing
to do anything that God would require of him." |
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| Vote |
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Vote is taken for Elder Taylor to fill the vacancy
in the Twelve. |
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| Ordinations |
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Stephen Chase, president of the elders quorum in Far West. |
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Isaac Laney, Horace Alexander, Albert Sloan, elders by "the
Presidents." |
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| High council changes |
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Samuel Bent and Isaac Higtbee are "appointed to fill the
places of John Murdock and George M. Hinkle," they having moved to DeWitt. |
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| Adjourn |
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Conference adjourns to first Friday and Saturday of January
at 10 a.m. |
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Minutes of December 19, 1838
Minutes of July 26, 1838
Far West Minutes
Missouri 1838
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