April 7th filled at an Early hour to overflowing
opened at 10 ock. Singing & Prayer By Elder
President then said we shall take up the Authorietis
of the Church. The First Presidency Brigham Young
& were then sustaned Also the Twelve Apostles
& Father as First Patriarch. & Coun.
as Presidet of the High Priest Quorum the Presidets of the
Seventies. The Elders, Priests, Teachers & Deacons were all
sustained in their places Also the Bishop and all authorites
& Committies. , &
were then ordained
Brothe was rejected as one of the presidets of
the Seventies for not believeing in the Authorites of the Church
& not doing his duty and after a discussin upn the subjet
he was left without being recieved or rejected untill they could
hear from him Presidet B Young said I dont care
whether the people believe me to be a prophet Seer or
or not I have been vary profitable to this people & I have
seen a good many things & I have revealed many things
He remarked that Brother Clapp was ruled by his
& children & they were ruled by the devil
was sustained as the presiding Bishop. Brigham Young
was sustaned as the Trustee in Trust for the Church of LDS, &
E Hunter as assistant Trustee. Willard Richards was sustaned as
as the Historian of the Church & General Chuch Recorder
Brigham Young was sustained as the president of the to gather the poor Also Heber C
Kimball, Willard Richads Wilford Woodruff
E Hunter
& were all sustained as presidets
assistance to the President
Daniel Spencer was sustaied as of the Stake of Zion
H G Sherwood as presidet of the High Councel.
H C Kimball moved that Brigham Young be the Govornor
of the carried unanimously & H C Kimball
Lieut Govornor, which was sustained with Applause. Presidnt
Youg remarked that No doubt before you get home you will
hear we have committed treason.
with regard to the labour of this Tabernacle I will say the
cost will be read before the meeting and all the Tithing & outlay
but if you feel that if your Expectations are realized you should
be satisfyed I will say I never saw No one room as conven[ien]t
as this it will seat 2200 persons & their was is 2500 persons prst [present]
today. I expect the Tabernacle which we expet to build on
this will seat fifteen Thousand people we never did
build a House large Enough to Hold the people if we was to encl[o]s[e]
this whole 10 Acre Block so that it would hold 200,000 people
by the time we got it done their would be enogh to fill it. The
Lord is controlling our affairs & does more for us than we can
