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Apr 16, 1840

Journal Entry

April 16, 1840 ~ Thursday
to adjournment
The members of the Quorum the same as
on the 14th

Mooved by Er Brigham Young & secd. by
Elr John Taylor that Elder p p pratt be
chosen as the Editor of the Monthly periodial

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Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1944 mentions
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Autobiography Volume 1 circa 1842-1865
The next ^day^ the the Council of the Twelve held its last sitting prior to the adjournment Brigham Young proposed and John Taylor ^seconded^ that Parley P. Pratt be chosen as the Editor of the monthly periodical for the Church. Elder Kimball moved and P. P. Pratt seconded that a committee of three be appointed to make a selection of Hymns and Orson Pratt proposed and Willford Woodruff seconded that Brigham Young P. P. Pratt and John Taylor be that Committee Elder Willard Richards proposed that the name of the periodical be the Latter-day "Latter-day Saint's Millennial Star" George A Smith seconded this motion and Brigham motioned and Orson Pratt sustained that
Autobiography Volume 1 circa 1842-1865
first conference among the nations on the having been convened three days. I felt happy to have the privilege of sitting with my brethren of the Twelve to consult upon the establishing of the work of God among the nations and kingdoms of the earth and it was with much satisfaction that I preached in the Temperence Hall to a crowded congregation on the evening of the second day of our Conference.
Autobiography Volume 1 circa 1842-1865
I had spent the and of April sitting in Council with my brethren the Twelve and the Saints who ghad come up to this general conference of the British Mission; and on the evening of the 20^15^th I preached in the Temperence Hall to a crowded congregation

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Apr 16, 1840