would have been One Lord & his name one in all the earth
but the Jews rebelled against their King & prefered their
own powerless forms of religion. Jesus & his Apostles on
this account removed from their midst the Keys of gove
rnment & power & left them a prey to civil war
pestilance & famine & to the raviges of the Romans After the
over throw of the Jews the Romans were suffered to imbrue
their hands in the blood of Apostles Prophets & Saints till
none to remain who possedssed the keys of religion and
government. It was then the powers of darkness triump-
hed upon our earth. Self constituted government and
human religions overran our earth. Truth was banished
& fled far away. Equity could not enter. Justice was
paralized & stood Aghast. Mercy retireing droped a tear
of blood.)

E T Benson continued
from 6 pages Back

Ask whatsoever you will and it shall
be ours my love for the quorum of the
Twelve Apostles & the First Presidency is far above the love of woman
{You may take the most virtuous woman on earth into your bosom and there is something [illegible shorthand] in it.} There is not
exhisting with the most virtuous man on earth (while destitute of the
priesthood & Holy Ghost) that spirit of life that there is with the
servant of God. My ownly hope is with you it is life when we met
& life when we part He closed with Thanksgiving & Blessings

Lorenzo Snow next followed & said He felt some as Amasa
did know not whare to begin He felt that his sentiments & feelings
were shadowed forth in his labours. I have great Joy in meeting
with you & beholding your faces & contemplating the influence & power
of this quorum & the greatness of their work I anticipate much
this winter in our meetings & in enjoying the blessings of God. I have
rejoiced this night to hear the exhalted expressions of the quorum
in rendering thanksgiving to God & not one word of complaint or hardships
imprisionments or affliction of any king but are filled with
hidden Joy & pleasure. I feel determin to do all the work that is
assigned me that I may be worthy of a place in this quorum
I felt thankful to hear the blessings pronounced upon us bo [by] our
president He closed with Joy & Thanksgiving

W. Woodruff Addressed the quorum upon the importance of ther
writing. the importance of their keeping a private History of ther
lives labour & ministry, & als[o] a Joint History of the Quorum
of the Twelve Apostles He said he had ever been inspired since
He had ben a member of the Church not ownly to write
all of his own acts & life, but to write all the sermons teachings
& prophesies of the prophet Joseph, president Brigham Young &
counsel & of the Twelve Apostles as far as he was acquainted
with their labour He said each member of the quorum should
keep an account of their missions, works miracles & the bless-
ings of God unto them. And that the history of the quorum of the
Twelve could now be easily obtained but if we omitted it untill
we were dead our friends could not get it correctly before the
world

P. P Pratt spoke of the filling up of the quorum of the 12 in 1848
& of their commencement of a record of the quorum & wishes it

would have been One Lord & his name one in all the Earth but the Jews rebelled against their King & prefered their own powerless forms of religion. Jesus & his Apostles on this account removed from their midst the Keys of Gove rnment & power & left them a prey to civil war pestilance & famine & to the raviges of the Romans After the over throw of the Jews the Romans were suffered to imbrue their hands in the blood of Apostles Prophets & Saints till none to remain who possessed the keys of religion and government. It was then the powers of darkness triumphed upon our Earth. Self constituted Government and human religions overran our Earth. Truth was banished & fled far away. Equity could not Enter. Justice was paralized & stood Aghast. Mercy retireing droped a tear of blood.)

[FIGURE] E T Benson continued from 6 pages back Ask whatsoever you will and it shall be ours my love for the quorum of the Twelve Apostles & the First Presidency is far above the love of women {You may take the most virtuous woman on earth into your bosom and there is something [illegible] in it.} There is not exhisting with the most virtuous man on Earth (while destitute of the priesthood & Holy Ghost) that spirit of life that there is with the servant of God. My ownly hope is with you it is life when we met & life when we part He closed with Thanksgiving & blessings

Lorenzo Snow next followed & said he felt some as Amasa did know not whare to begin He felt that his sentiments & feelings were shadowed forth in his labours. I have great Joy in meeting with you & beholding your faces & contemplating the influence & power of this quorum & the greatness of their work I anticipate much this winter in our meetings & in enjoying the blessings of God. I have rejoiced this night to hear the exhalted expressions of the quorum in rendering thanksgiving to God & not one word of complaint or hardships imprisionments or affliction of any king but are filled with hidden Joy & pleasure. I feel determin to do all the work that is assigned me that I may be worthy of a place in this quorum I felt thankful to hear the blessings pronounced upon us bo by our president He closed with Joy & Thanksgiving

W. Woodruff addressed the quorum upon the importance of ther writing. the importance of their keeping a private History of ther lives labour & ministry, & also a Joint History of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles He said he had ever been inspired since He had ben a member of the Church not ownly to write all of his own acts & life, but to write all the sermons teachings & prophesies of the prophet Joseph, president Brigham Young & counsel & of the Twelve Apostles as far as he was acquainted with their labour He said each member of the quorum should keep an account of their missions, works miracles & the blessings of God unto them. And that the history of the quorum of the Twelve could now be easily obtained but if we omitted it untill we were dead our friends could not get it correctly before the world

P. P. Pratt spoke of the filling up of the quorum of the 12 in 1848 & of their commencement of a record of the quorum & wishes it