27^th Conference met at half past 10 oclock accor
ding to adjournment. meeting opened by singing
Prayer by Elder Grant. Meeting was then addressed
by Elder W. Woodruff from 2^nd Epistle of Peter
1^st Ch 20, 21 verses He remarked that if the prophe-
sies that had been fulfilled were fulfilled litterally
in kike manner would those prophesies which
are still to be fullfilled, be done litterally. And
that the gathering of the Saints, the building of
Zion, the gathering of the Jews, the rebuilding
of Jerrusalem, the esstablishing of the Church
& kingdom of God in the last days The preaching
of the gospel to all the world wasis an event looked
for by the latter day Saints, & notwithstanding
these things are unpopular & not looked for or
believed in by the world yet we feel incouraged
to persevere & press forward in assisting to accom-
plish these great & glorious things with a firm
belief that they will as truly be brought to pass
and perfected as those things prophesied were in
ancient days. He also bore testimony of the
Truth of the Book of Mormon, covenants, & A
prophet of God.

Elder Kimball followed &
made some Appropriate remarks, when the
meeting adjourned two hourse.

Elder J. E. Page
addressed the meeting in the afternoon, on the
testimony of the Book of the Book of Mormon &
that Joseph Smith is a prophet of God. He quoted
to many passages in the doctrins & covenants &
Book of Mormon that prophesied of things that
should take place which had actually come to
pass according to the prophesies. He spoke quite
lengthy upon the subject & brought much
testimony to proove the truth of the position
He Had taken. At the close of his discourse
some Church business was attended to as
Elder L. R. Foster was about to go to Nauvoo
It was necessary that another should be appointed
in his stead to preside in New York

A vote was call to know if they ^the Church^ was perfectly
satisfyed with Elders Foster's labours & procedings
as Presiding Elder in the Church; the vote was
unanimous. Elder Foster resigned his office &
Elder Geo^e T Leach was appointed president
of the Church in New York By a vot of the same
After which several children were blessed & the
meeting adjourned untill evening; At which time
Elder O. Pratt addressed the people concerning
the Book of Mormon He spoke in an edifying
manner concerning the Book of Mormon its
history what it was &c that it was a History of
nearly one half of the globe & the people that
inhabited it, that it gave a history of all those
cities that have been of late discoverd by Carthe-
-rwood's & Stephens, that it named those cities
That it spoke of the esstablishing of our goverm-
ent & what is more highly interesting it reveals
its final fate & destiny, so that by reading the
Book of mormon you can clearly see what will
befal this nation, and what will be its final end.
In that Book you will find recorded the pure
principles of the gospel of Jesus Christ as taught
by himself on the continant of America so plain
that no two persons could disagree as to the points
of doctrin set forth, many interesting remarks
he made upon this subject then bore testimony
of the truth of Joseph Smith ^sen [jr.] being a true
Prophet of God & that the Book of Mormon was
true & that the Church of the Latter day Saints
was the true church of God, & after finishing his
testimony he commenced and preached another
sermon & spoke in all a little short of two
hours, after he closed we blessed 5 children
& attended to some other duties we dismissed the
people. I dined with Br Ilus Carter & spent the
night with Elde[r] Foster Mr Carter attended meeting
in the morning