May 28
At a conferenc convened at Br agreeabl
ye
to appointment on the 28 day of may 1836 congregation
called to order & Elder nominated
& seconded to officiate as chairman & Elder secretary. Opened by & Prayer & Pro
ceded to business. The chairman made some prelimin
ary remarks touching the object & order of the meeti
ng & called upon the official members to inform the
conference in what manner they had also
their present faith in the as con
tained in the & book of Elder W. Woodruff was called
upon to offer us his feelings upon the subject which
he did to our entire satisfaction the chairman then
called upon all the official members present to rise
upon their feet if they concured in what Elder
Woodruff had said the vote was unanimous also
the Church concured in the same.
Priest then arose & represented
& represented the
Branch which consists of 28 members
in good standing represented the
branch consisting of 9 members in
good standing. Elder represented
branch consisting of 10 members in
good standing Elder Woodruff represented the
Branch consisting of 10 members in good
standing with the exception of their not altogether
observing the [
Doctrine and Covenants 89] Deacon
represented the branch consisting of 27 mem
bers in good standing with the exception of some few
who have been shaken of late by the conduct
& teaching of which was a Teacher in
the branch but has now . Elder
Woodruff represented the branch consist
eding of 15 members in good standing Also Cyprus
branch consisting of 10 members 3 of which have apos
tatized John Jackson their Teacher is one of the number
3 are & 4 in good standing Also 7 members
scattered abroad not recognized with any branch
was expeled by the conference Sister
& had their names from the church by their request & the voice
of the church
Deacon & was ordained Priest & Teac
her under the hand of Elder the move
was made by the & a unanimous vote
given by the church for the above ordinations A vote
called & unanimously carried that Elder shall receieve a letter of to
the Church in . Congragation dissmissed
by singing with the blessing of God
An action was
prefered against Elder by Elder
Wells for & the conference
of official members repaired from Br to
Br to try the case. Elder Cathcart was
convicted of unchristian conduct &
& being led by evil spirits which was supported
by strong testimony he confessed his faults & asked
which was granted him on condition
that he would repair the wrongs which he had
done in the different branches of the church
which he promised to do he was then . The conference closed by Prayer
which closed the procedings of the DAY
