Autobiography 1858 Deseret News
—I was set apart to be a mem-
ber of the first quorum of Seventies.
Jan 3rd At early candle light I repaired to the house
of the Lord in company with Elder Milton Holmes for the
purpose of meeting with the quorum of the Seventies
President Aldrich opened the meeting by prayer &
after a few appropriate remarks from President
Coltrin about twenty of the third Seventy was
ordained to the high Priesthood & as members of
the third Seventy under the hands of the above
named Presidents After these were ordained
Elder M. Holms & myself was called upon by the
Presidents to come fore ward to be ordained as mem-
bers of the first Seventy Elders of Israel to bear the
name of Jesus to the nations of the Earth. The first
Seventy was chosen out of the CAMP that
Went up to Zion for the redemption of it & the
Saints in the spring of 1834 But as we were not
present when the first Seventy was chosen we
was afterwards chosen in the second quorum
(See May 31th 1836 in this Journal) But there
being two vacancies in the firs quorum we were
chosen to fill them. President Aldrich ordained
Elder Holmes to this appointment & pronounced
great blessings upon his head.
President Z. Coltrin
ordained me as a member of the first Seventy &
pronounced great blessings upon my head by the
spirit of Prophecy & Revelation some of them
I will mention which are as follows. THAT my
enemies may confine me in prisions & chains &
that I would rend the prisions & chains in twain
in the name of JESUS CHRIST & that the Lord would
give me great Power, Knowledg, & wisdom & faith so that
I should heal the sick caus the Blind to see the lame to leap
as an heart [hart], the Deaf to hear stop the mouths of Lions
& rase the dead to life & waft myself (as did Philip)
Acts 8:39 from River to river from sea to sea & from con-
tinant to continant for the purpose of Preaching
the gospel of Jesus Christ & that I ^should^ stand before
Kings & Princes & that they would send for me to
receieve wisdom knowledge & instruction at my
mouth because they considered me wiser than
themselves in like manner as the Egyptians sought
wisdom at the hand of JOSEPH. Genesis 41 And that God
would give me a multiplicity of Blessings that
I should Preach to the nations of the earth & to
the inhabitants upon the Islands of the sea & that
I should then return & stand upon Mount Zion
in the flesh even in Jackson County Missouri at
the Cumming of Christ & that I should be cought
up to meet him in the clouds of heaven for he
said this was the word of God unto me & Also
that I should visit COLUB & Preach to the
spirits in Prision & that I should bring all of
my friends or relatives forth from the Terrestr-
ial Kingdom (who had died) by the Power of the
gospel. These & many other Blessings were
Pronounced upon my head, & further said that
I should be annointed & my life sealed unto me
& that their would be still greater blessing
Pronounced upon my head. I felt much of the
Power of God rest upon me in this ordinance &
Bear witness of the truth of th[e] above
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