Journal (January 1, 1847 – December 31, 1853)
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permanently. The two Houses met in Joint session at 2 oclok & the
Govornor was recived with Honor & delivered his message to the assembly
which was read By the clerk of the House it was a message of
great interest 200 copies was ordered to be printed for the benefit
of Both Houses & to be printed in the news for the benefit
of the people
~ Tuesday
14th House met at 10 oclok & atten [blank]
~ Wednesday to ~ Friday
15 17 I spent the time in the Legislator
~ Saturday
18th No siting of the Legislator I spent the time at home
~ Sunday
19th Sunday I spent the time at home writing
~ Monday to ~ Friday
20, , , , 24 I spent the time in the Legislature
Dec 22nd Wednesday evening The quorum of the Twelve met
In the upper room of the Council House at 6 oclok
Here was assembled together eleven of the Twelve Apostles
all of the quorum were present except Elder Orson
Pratt (who had gone to Washington the seat of Government
to preach salvation & eternal truth to Presidents Senators
& Legislators that they might be left without excuse) The
meeting with eleven of that quorum was A Blessing I never
before enjoyed during my life, I never saw so manny of
the Twelve together at any one time. The Meeting opened By
prayer By President Orson Hyde who is president of the
Twelve Apostles. The names of the Twelve who were present
were O Hyde P. P. Pratt W. Woodruff J. Taylor G. A Smith A Lyman
C. C. Rich E. T Benson L Snow E. Snow & F D Richards
President Orson Hyde made some appropriate remarks upon
the rare & eventful occasion upon which we are now met
He offered up a fervent prayer & Thanksgiving to God for
his blessings that Had been over us in our separation & in bring-
ing us together & asked for all needful Blessings to qualify us
for our futur labours untill we arive in the celestial kingdom
of God He then said He did not feel like making a long speech
but merely interchanging our harty congratulations in ackno-
wledgeing the mercy & blessings of God
P. P. Pratt expressed his feelings And after happily refering
to our vast separetion & merciful reunion said this is the first
opportunity we have had of being together as a quorum
& feeling that each member has the most implicit
confidence in evry member of the quorum of the Twelve
& also in each member of the Presidency who presides over
us. I feel as though the day is not far distant when men
will stand among us in their Immortal Bodies holding the keys
of death & Hell & that Brother Joseph would say if He was a[mo]ng
us that we had suffered enough & that we should be numbered
among his Jewels He alluded to the great work we had to per-
form, the building of a Temple &c
W. Woodruff next spoke & expressed his feelings upon the subj-
ect of this meeting of the Twelve Apostles A Blessing which He
never before enjoyed in his life. As He never had met
permanently. The two Houses met in Joint session at 2 oclok & the Govornor was recived with honor & delivered his message to the assembly which was read by the clerk of the House it was a message of great interest 200 copies was ordered to be printed for the benefit of both Houses & to be printed in the news for the benefit of the people
~ Tuesday
14th House met at 10 oclok & atten [blank]
~ Wednesday to ~ Friday
15 16 17 I spent the time in the Legislator
~ Saturday
18th No siting of the Legislator I spent the time at home
~ Sunday
19th Sunday I spent the time at home writing
~ Monday to ~ Friday
20, 21, 22, 23, 24 I spent the time in the Legislature
[FIGURE] Dec 22nd Wednesday evening The quorum of the Twelve met In the upper room of the Council House at 6 oclok Here was assembled together Eleven of the Twelve Apostles all of the quorum were present Except Elder Orson Pratt (who had gone to Washington the seat of Government to preach Salvation & Eternal truth to Presidents Senators & Legislators that they might be left without Excuse) The meeting with Eleven of that quorum was a blessing I never before enjoyed during my life, I never saw so manny of the Twelve together at any one time. The Meeting opened by prayer by President Orson Hyde who is president of the Twelve Apostles. The names of the Twelve who were present were O Hyde P. P. Pratt W. Woodruff J. Taylor G. A Smith A Lyman C. C. Rich E. T Benson L Snow E. Snow & F D Richards
President Orson Hyde made some appropriate remarks upon the rare & eventful occasion upon which we are now met He offered up a fervent prayer & Thanksgiving to God for his blessings that had been over us in our separation & in bringing us together & asked for all needful blessings to qualify us for our futur labours untill we arive in the celestial kingdom of God He then said he did not feel like making a long speech but merely interchanging our harty congratulations in acknowledgeing the mercy & blessings of God
P. P. Pratt expressed his feelings and after happily refering to our vast separetion & merciful reunion said this is the first opportunity we have had of being together as a quorum & feeling that each member has the most implicit confidence in evry member of the quorum of the Twelve & also in each member of the Presidency who presides over us. I feel as though the day is not far distant when men will stand among us in their Immortal Bodies holding the keys of death & Hell & that Brother Joseph would say if he was among us that we had suffered enough & that we should be numbered among his Jewels He alluded to the great work we had to perform, the building of a Temple &c
W. Woodruff next spoke & expressed his feelings upon the subject of this meeting of the Twelve Apostles a blessing which he never before enjoyed in his life. As he never had met
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