Moved & Secd that bro Jno Bleazard of Sawlesbury be ordained
to the office of a Priest. Card.
Moved & secd that bro James Corbridge of Thornley be ordained
to the office of a Priest. Card.
ErKimball then laid before the conference the importance
and propriety of ordaining a Patriarch— to bestow Patriarchal
blessings on the fatherless &c— Referred to the Twelve whose
business it is to select & ordain him according to the directions
of the spirit.
After various remarks & addresses being given by the Elders
PrestFielding & his councillors proceeded to ordain bro's Bleazard
& Corbridge to their office as stated above.
Er Kimball then called upon the clerk to read over the
minutes which being done they were recieved by the unanimous
voice of the conference.
Moved by ErYoung & Secd by ErP. P. Pratt— "That this
conference be adjourned till the 6th day of July next— To be
held in Preston at 10 o clock A. M. Card
Moved & Secd that bro Jno Bleazard of Sawlesbury be ordained
to the office of a Priest. Card.
Moved & secd that bro James Corbridge of Thornley be ordained
to the office of a Priest. Card.
ErKimball then laid before the conference the importance
and propriety of ordaining a Patriarch— to bestow Patriarchal
blessings on the fatherless &c— Referred to the Twelve whose
business it is to select & ordain him according to the directions
of the spirit.
After various remarks & addresses being given by the Elders
PrestFielding & his councillors proceeded to ordain bro's Bleazard
& Corbridge to their office as stated above.
Er Kimball then called upon the clerk to read over the
minutes which being done they were recieved by the unanimous
voice of the conference.
Moved by ErYoung & Secd by ErP. P. Pratt— "That this
conference be adjourned till the 6th day of July next— To be
held in Preston at 10 o clock A. M. Card
"Mission - Conference Minutes in Preston, England, 15 April 1840," p. 3, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 28, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/G5Jr
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