the officers & members & to the whole Congregation
consisting of about seven hundred people, A large fragmen[t]
was left for some who were not present, while the cake
was passing P. P. Pratt composed the following lines
When in far Distant regions
As strangers we roam
Far away from our Country
Our friends and our home
When sinking in sorrow
Fresh courage we'll take
As we think on our friends
And remember the CAKE

Elder O Hide appealed powerfully
to the meeting & covenanted
with the Saints present in a
bond of mutual prayer. During
his mission to Jerrusalem and the
east which was l sustained on
the part of the hearers with
a harty Amen

The number of official members
present at this Conference was then
taken viz
Quorum of the Travelling High
Council 9
Patriarchs 2
High Priest 16
Quorum of the Seventies 2
Elders 31
Priest 28
Teachers 17
Deacons 2

Elder Joseph Fielding made
some remarks, & spoke of
the rich cake, considered it
a type of the good things of
that land from whence it
came & from whence they
had received the fulness of the
gospel** After a hymn was
sung, Elder Young blessed the
congregation and dismissed them
Brigham Young Chairman
Thomas Ward Clerk

April 7, 1841 ~ Wednesday

April 7^th I called at Elder P P. Pratt's Book store
47 Oxford Street & found his house full of Elders
many of whom were about parting to go into
their field of labour. The Clerk of our Conference
was sumwhat in trouble as he had this morning
lost all of the minutes of the Conference, & had
to write them over before they could go to press
The Twelve spent a little time in Council in the
fore part of the Day. In the afternoon the
Twelve and all the American Brethren, went to Br
Millers & took tea & had an interesting visit
together. Before we left, the Twelve lade hands
upon the head of Elder Kimball Orson Hyde
& blessed him in the name of the Lord, as he had
been set apart by the first Presidency to take
a mission to the Holy land, the City of Jerrusalem
whare Jesus Dwelt, for the purpose of laying
the foundation of a great work in that land, this
is the first mission that any man has taken to
the land of Asia belonging to the Church of Christ
of Latter Day Saints. Much of the Spirit of
God rested upon us when we blessed him Elder
Kimball was mouth & Elder Taylor scribe

the officers & members & to the whole Congregation consisting of about seven hundred people, A large fragment was left for some who were not present, while the cake was passing P. P. Pratt composed the following lines When in far Distant regions As strangers we roam Far away from our Country Our friends and our home When sinking in sorrow Fresh courage we'll take As we think on our friends And remember the CAKE

Elder O Hide appealed powerfully to the meeting & covenanted with the Saints present in a bond of mutual prayer. During his mission to Jerrusalem and the east which was l sustained on the part of the hearers with a harty Amen

The number of official members present at this Conference was then taken viz Quorum of the Travelling High Council 9 Patriarchs 2 High Priest 16 Quorum of the Seventies 2 Elders 31 Priest 28 Teachers 17 Deacons 2

Elder Joseph Fielding made some remarks, & spoke of the rich cake, considered it a type of the good things of that land from whence it came & from whence they had received the fulness of the gospel** After a hymn was sung, Elder Young blessed the congregation and dismissed them Brigham Young Chairman Thomas Ward Clerk

April 7, 1841 ~ Wednesday

April 7th I called at Elder P P. Pratt's Book store 47 Oxford Street & found his house full of Elders many of whom were about parting to go into their field of labour. The Clerk of our Conference was sumwhat in trouble as he had this morning lost all of the minutes of the Conference, & had to write them over before they could go to press The Twelve spent a little time in Council in the fore part of the Day. In the afternoon the Twelve and all the American Brethren, went to Br Millers & took tea & had an interesting visit together. Before we left, the Twelve lade hands upon the head of Elder Orson Hyde & blessed him in the name of the Lord, as he had been set apart by the first Presidency to take a mission to the Holy land, the City of Jerrusalem whare Jesus Dwelt, for the purpose of laying the foundation of a great work in that land, this is the first mission that any man has taken to the land of Asia belonging to the Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints. Much of the Spirit of God rested upon us when we blessed him Elder Kimball was mouth & Elder Taylor scribe