Letter from Brigham Young, 26 April 1876
TO ELDER JOHN TAYLOR AND
THE BRETHREN OF THE QUORUM
OF THE TWELVE APOSTLES.
DEAR BRETHREN:
TO BISHOP JOHN SHARP WE HAVE GIVEN THE
OVERSIGHT OF THE WORK AT THE QUARRY AND ON THE TEMPLE BLOCK DURING OUR
ABSENCE THIS SUMMER IN THE SOUTH. HE WILL CONTROL THE HANDS, SUPPLIED
BY THE VARIOUS QUORUMS OF THE PRIESTHOOD AND ASSIGN THEM THEIR LABORS.
BUT HE WILL TAKE NONE OF THE TROUBLE NOR CARE OF HIRING OR PAYING THEM,
THE QUORUMS WILL ATTEND TO THIS BUSINESS AS INSTRUCTED IN MY^our^ FORMER LE-
TTER TO YOU.
UPON THE SHOULDERS OF THE BISHOPS WE HAVE LAID THE DUTY OF
COLLECTING MEANS ON TITHING TO FURNISH THE PAY FOR THE PURCHASE OF
THE STEEL, IRON &C. AND THE TRANSPORT OF THE ROCK FROM QUARRY TO THE
TEMPLE BLOCK.
WE PARTICULARLY DESIRE THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE YOUR LABORS
WITH THE QUORUMS, COUNSELING, DIRECTING INSTRUCTING AND ENCOURAGING THEM
IN RAISING THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF SKILLED AND UNSKILLED WORKMEN REQUI-
RED BY BISHOP SHARP IN THE PROESECUTION OF THE WORK, AND THAT YOU SEE
THAT THEY FLAG NOT IN THIS DUTY BUT THAT EACH QUORUM SUPPLIES ITS PRO-
PER QUOTA OF MEN.
