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I wrote a letter to & sent him an account of
the money I had sent him it went via
The quorum of the Twelve met on the 29th Dec & spent the
evening in conversation abot laying some plan to liberat[e]
ourselves & familyies so we can be foot loose & go & preach
the gospel & leave a support for ourselves & families speches
were made by all the quorum present upon the subject
On the next sunday Jan 2nd 1853 President
& met with the quorum of the Twelve & the
same subject was brought up & talked over & President
Young said the best way for the Twelve to get a living for
themselves & familis was to preach the gospel with all
their might & your means will come in your way once said He did not know what called the
Twelve for without it was to abuse them I told him if the
Twelve were faithful they would soon see the day that they
would have all the influence they could wield that day has come
He said laying plans in our present situation for perpetuity
was all a shadow we may lay plans but they may be frustrated
On the last day of Dec 1852 I looked over my Jounal &
recorded on the following page the result of my labour &c
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| I travled with President And a large company of Elders through the southern part of visiting the cities villages & settlements on the way teaching & instructing the people as far south as & Travled | 876 | Miles |
| I Attended Public meetings | 45 | Meetings |
| I Baptized a , &
| 3 | Baptized |
| I Confirmed | 3 | Persons |
| I Ordained 12 High Council | 12 | H.C. |
| I Ordained 12 High Priest | 12 | H.P. |
| I Ordained 2 Elders | 2 | Elders |
| I Ordained 1 President & 2 Councellors | 3 | Stake of Zion |
| I Blessed 45 Missionaries sent to all the world | 45 | Blesed |
| I spent 13 days in General Conferences & reported & recorded the doings of the same | 3 | Conf[erenc]es |
| I attended 14 councils with the presid[en]cy & Twelve | | |
| I recorded 6 sermons & 20 Blessings of Missionaries | | |
| I wrote 21 Letters (I recei[ve]d 8 letters) | 21 | Letters |
| I attended 30 Prayer meetings with presidcy & 12 | | |
| I was elected a member of the of the Territory of Utah and spent 50 days in the Assembly | | |
| I was Appointed Clerk & Historian For the quorum of the Twelve Apostles | | |
| I married three couple | 3 | Married |
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