5th A snowey day. I spent a part of the day writing & reading I attended
a trial before the & 13 ward of Brother that was
cut off from the Church after Hearing the testimony of both parties &
remarks from the councellors & decision of president , then
President delivered an address to the people a synopsis of
which was taken by Brother delivered to me & filed in the
. He said a Bishop & his councillors might cut
off a man from the church whether any of the ward voted or not
He said should the people follow a Bishop yes if he is a righteous
man & does right but if he teaches wrong things & does wrong the
people should not follow Him but when this is the case let the people
thunder out the truth as it is then the bishop will see it but
unless the people can point out some better way let them follow
the bishop. see Boltons report
* (From the back page) The Bishops feel to complain & say the seventies
take all of the Lesser priesthood which we have & ordain them seventies
so by the time we get some teachers organized they are ordained to
the office of seventies. The seventies also complain that the Bishops
come & take away their presiding officers & the seventies & make
bishops & councellors of them & ordain them High priest so their
appears to be a difference of feeling in the several Quorums in
order to avoid this I would recommend that the Teachers Priest &
Deacons all that the Bishops wish to make use of as teachers in the
several Quorum remain as they are untill they have their
calling & not evry man as soon as he is ordained a teacher go & get
ordained a seventy & hide himself in that mighty forest of men
so that He cannot be found For the seventies are like a forest
trees of all kinds from the tallest down to the shrubery & men
get lost in such a forest men should not despise the lesser priest-
hood for it is honorable & if they fully magnify that office they
will have great power & many blessings for the Aaronic priesthood
hold the keys of administering of Angels & their has been but few
men even High Priest or Apostles that have enjoyed all the blessings
that belongs to the Lesser priesthood. Then Let not the seventies seek
to get all the Lesser priesthoods ordained into ther quorums if they
do I do not wish them to complain if seventies are taken out
to Make Bishops councillors & teachers of them as long as nearly
all the timber is in that body. Let a man have what portion
of the priesthood He may He wants to keep it in lively exercise in
order to save himself & family *)
