A vote was call to know if they ^the Church^ was perfectly
satisfyed with Elders Foster's labours & procedings
as Presiding Elder in the Church; the vote was
Unanimous. Elder Foster resigned his office &
Elder ^Geo^e L Seach^ was appointed president
of the Church in New York by a vot of the same
After which several children were blessed & the
meeting adjourned untill evening; At which time
Elder O. Pratt addressed the people concerning
the Book of Mormon. He spoke in an edifying
manner concerning the Book of Mormon its
history what it was &c that it was a history of
nearly one half of the globe & the people that
inhabited it, that it gave a history of all those
cities that have been of late discoverd by Carthe-
-rwood's & Stephens, that it named those cities
That it spoke of the esstablishing of our goverm-
ent & what is more highly interesting it reveals
its final fate & destiny, so that by reading the
Book of mormon you can clearly see what will
befal this nation, and what will be its final end.
In that Book you will find recorded the pure
principles of the gospel of Jesus Christ as taught
by himself on the Continant of America so plain
that no two persons could disagree as to the points
of doctrin set forth, many interesting remarks
he made upon this subject then bore testimony
of the truth of Joseph Smith ^sen [jr.] being a true
Prophet of God & that the Book of Mormon was
true & that the Church of the Latter day saints
was the true church of God, & after finishing his
testimony he commenced and preached another
sermon & spoke in all a little short of two
hours, after he closed we blessed 5 children
& attended to some other duties we dismissed the
people. I dined with Br Ilus Carter & spent the
night with Eldr Foster Mr Carter attended meeting
in the morning