20, 21, 22, 23, 24 I spent the time in the
[FIGURE] Dec 22nd Wednesday evening The quorum of the Twelve met
In the upper room of the at 6 oclok
Here was assembled together Eleven of the Twelve Apostles
all of the quorum were present Except Elder (who had gone to the seat of Government
to preach Salvation & Eternal truth to Presidents Senators
& Legislators that they might be left without Excuse) The
meeting with Eleven of that quorum was a blessing I never
before enjoyed during my life, I never saw so manny of
the Twelve together at any one time. The Meeting opened by
prayer by President who is president of the
Twelve Apostles. The names of the Twelve who were present
were O Hyde W. Woodruff
&
President Orson Hyde made some appropriate remarks upon
the rare & eventful occasion upon which we are now met
He offered up a fervent prayer & Thanksgiving to God for
his blessings that had been over us in our separation & in bring-
ing us together & asked for all needful blessings to qualify us
for our futur labours untill we arive in the celestial kingdom
of God He then said he did not feel like making a long speech
but merely interchanging our harty congratulations in ackno-
wledgeing the mercy & blessings of God
P. P. Pratt expressed his feelings and after happily refering
to our vast separetion & merciful reunion said this is the first
opportunity we have had of being together as a quorum
& feeling that each member has the most implicit
confidence in evry member of the quorum of the Twelve
& also in each member of the Presidency who presides over
us. I feel as though the day is not far distant when men
will stand among us in their Immortal Bodies holding the keys
of death & Hell & that Brother would say if he was a[mo]ng
us that we had suffered enough & that we should be numbered
among his Jewels He alluded to the great work we had to per-
form, the building of a &c
W. Woodruff next spoke & expressed his feelings upon the subj-
ect of this meeting of the Twelve Apostles a blessing which he
never before enjoyed in his life. As he never had met
