Dear Parents, I hope you nor none of my friends will think me assuming while addressing you upon spiritual Subjects I have but one motive in view & that to clean my garments of all whether they be Parents Brethren Sisters Neighbours Priest or People Kings or rullers whareever my My Master calls. My motive is ^to^ act for the best good of all my fellowmen. But O how changed the scene a few months since my mind was flushed with the idea of accumilateing something of this worlds goods that I might enjoy the society ...

MINUTES OF THE GENERAL CONFERENCE Of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, convened in the Bowery adjoining the north end of the Tabernacle, Great Salt Lake City, and commencing Sunday, April 6, 1856, at 10 a.m. President Brigham Young presiding. On the stand, Presidents B. Young, H. C. Kimball, J. M. Grant. Of the Twelve Apostles: P. P. Pratt, O. Pratt, W. Woodruff,

Church and we seal upon your head all the power and authority of this priesthood and Bishoprick and we seal upon you the Spirit of counsel and revelation that you may counsel the people to pay their tithing and we bless you with the gift of descernment that you may have power to magnify your calling and you shall have the Spirit of prophecy and revelation visions and dreams and the administersihng of angels and you shall be filled with wisdom and shall assist in building up the Kingdom of God on the earth, and shall be ...

On the 19th of April I rode to brother Levi Taylor's on Bloody, Ten; and there learnt that Elder David Patten one of the first Twelve had arrived and was at Col. Copeland's. This was to me glorious news. I proceeded thence to John Rowley's where I had the pleasure of an interview with Elder Smoot who had been with Elder Patten and his wife for several days. He related the glorious news communicated to him and ...

I was moreover assured that I should live to find the true Church and that I should be gathered with the people of God and have a place and a name within the walls of His House. From that time I continued in this hope and did not join any religious body until I heard the fulness of the Gospel and became a member of the Church of Latter- day Saints. I have now brought up my reminiscences to that Sa^b^be^a^th afternoon when I was called into the Stand to address ...

she answered weeping "She is dead." She also said that she had not received my letters. This dream was a token of what was to come for my daughter died on the 17th of the next July while I was in England. On the 13th of December I wrote to my wife and sent her 5 dollars. On this day I again met in Conference at 7 o'clock at Elder Pratt's. John Taylor had just arrived in