[FIGURE] 11^th Bishop Wests took us into his sleigh and drove us to South Webber
whare we had an appointment to regulate that Branch of the Church the
Bishop was in apostacy & was leading away others, they had got away others
a New Prophet to slide out of the Church upon. We had a large assembly of
saints from other Places. Bishop Cook came in & opened the way by singing
& Prayer I then called upon Bishop Richard Cook to speak and
requested him to tell us his feelings if he believed in Joseph Morris as
a Prophet to tell us so, & to tell us what his feelings were in relation to the
Presidency of the Church. He arose & spoke some time without touching the
subject. I again requested him to come to the point He then "said "yes I do
Believe in Richa Joseph Morris as a Prophet whom God has raised up
to lead this Church & Kingdom agreeable to the Revelation in the
Doctrins & Covenants which says I will raise up unto you a Prophet
like unto Moses &c [Doctrine and Covenants 103:16] I do not Believe that Brigham Young is a prophet
or has ever had any revelation or inspiration more than any sectari-
an Priest, & I believe this Church will ownly be known in name in
10 years unless God does raise up a Prophet." When he closed several
of his party got up & Bore the same testimony we then sent for there
fals Prophet & called upon him to speak, he spoke about half an hour He
said Brigham Young was not a prophet & Joseph Smith did not hold the
Keys of the Priesthood & was ordained of man while He Joseph Morris was
ordained of the Father, & held six times more keys of the Priesthood than
Joseph did He said he was the seventh Angel, & much other nonsens he
Presented before the Assembly, when He got through Elder Taylor spoke
to the Assembly & showed tbrother Cook the Position He was in. He bore
testimony that Brigham Young was a prophet of God & he said that He him-
self was more of a Prophet than Morris was. Brigham Young in saying

that He did not profess to be a prophet seer & Revelator as Joseph
Smith was, was speaking of men being born Natural Prophets & Seers
many have the gift of seeing through seer stones without the Priesthood
at all He had not this gift naturally yet He was an Apostle & the
President of the Church & Kingdom of God on the Earth and all the
Keys of the Holy Priesthood & of Revelation was sealed upon him & the
spirit & power of Revelation was upon him daily when He closed
I spoke to the people & bore testimony to the truth of what Elder Taylor
had said. Morris had been cut off from the Church twice for
Adultery in the Territory And He had spent about one year with
a woman whose husband was crazy. I told morris that He was not
a Prophet of God Neither was He the seventh Angels that when the
7^th Angel came to Earth He would not spend the first year of his
mission with a woman whose Husband was crazy & commit Adultery
with Her. I showed the folly of Richard Cook & others following such a
man. When I closed my remarks Morris Denyed of Being with
that woman. Bishop West arose & bore testimony that what I
had said was true. We then took all the Names of the persons
who professed to believed in Joseph Morris as the prophet of God
raised up to lead the Church. there was 16 Names Given as follows
Richard Cook William Kendall Nels Morrison Mrs Hannah Cook
John Cook Robert Farley Nathan Brooks Mrs Margaret Cook
John Firth John Parsons John Trolsom Mrs Hellen Cook
Mrs Sarah Cook Mrs Mary Cook Mrs Joanna Kendall
John Taylor then moved that those sixteen named persons be
cut off from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I
seconded the motion & they were cut off from the Church without
a disscenting voice. We then Nominated Philo Allen to Preside over
the remainder of that Branch of the Church which was carried
unanimously we also voted to unite that Branch to Ogden under the
charge of the President & Bishop of that Place. We took dinner with
Philo Allen we then rode to Ogden & spent the night with James Brown 18 mils