and though the prophet Joseph & Hyrum Smith
with other leading men were in the hands of our
enemies and in chains & in prison still we
moved on to the Temple Ground in the City of Far West
and held a council and fulfilled the revelation
and commandment given unto us, and among
other things that we performed at this Council we
excommunicated from the Church 31 person who
had apostetized from the Church and turned to be our
enemies. The mission of the Twelve was sung
we then repaired to the South East Corner of the
Temple Ground and with the arrival of Elder ^Alpheus^ Cutler the
Master workman of the building Committee, we
laid the South East ^Club^ Corner of Stone of the Temple
according to revelation there were present of the
Twelve Apostles Brigham YoungHeber C Kimball Orson prattJohn E page and John Taylor who proceeded
to ordain Wilford Woodruff and George A Smith
to the office of the Apostleship and as members of the
Quorum of the Twelve in the place of those who had
fallen as they had been called by revelation
Then vocal prayer was offered up in the following order Darwin Chase & Normon Shearer
Brigham Young Heber C Kimball
and though the prophet Joseph & Hyrum Smith
with other leading men were in the hands of our
enemies and in chains & in prison still we
moved on to the Temple Ground in the City of Far West
and held a council and fulfilled the revelation
and commandment given unto us, and among
other things that we performed at this Council we
excommunicated from the Church 31 person who
had apostetized from the Church and turned to be our
enemies. The mission of the Twelve was sung
we then repaired to the South East Corner of the
Temple Ground and with the arrival of Elder Alpheus Cutler the
Master workman of the building Committee, we
laid the South East Club Corner Stone of the Temple
according to revelation there were present of the
Twelve Apostles Brigham YoungHeber C KimballOrson prattJohn E page and John Taylor who proceeded
to ordain Wilford Woodruff and George A Smith
to the office of the Apostleship and as members of the
Quorum of the Twelve in the place of those who had
fallen as they had been called by revelation
"Autobiography 1882 Leaves from My Journal Notes 1," p. 23, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 24, 2024, https://www.wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/6Gqn