I attended this school through the winter I attended ^the evening^ meetings
with the ^Seventies^ 70sduring and other Quorums as I had an opportunity during the
winter of 1836 & 7 and received much valuable instruction. On the evening
of the I was present at the organization of the third Quorum
^of seventies^ & their was 27 ordained ^among them A. O. Smoot^ into that Quorum during this meeting among the number
^of seventies^ was A. O. Smoot who had accompanied me to Kirtland
((During the year 1836 I travelled 6,537 miles. I held 153 meetings, attended
4 conferences, and held 4 debat[e]s. I baptized and confirmed 27 persons. I ordained
2 Elders, 3 Priest, & 2 deacon. I blessed 19 children. 4 persons were healed
under my hands. I procured $70 dollars for the Messenger & Advocate & $91
for the Temple. I wrote 34 letters and received 7. I had three mobs
come against me but was delivered out of their hands.))
On the , I attended a meeting of the seventies when when twenty men were ordained into the third Quorum of the Seventiesunder the hands of Hazen Aldrich and Zebedee Coultrinthey also ordained Milton Holmes and myself ^I was ordained^ into the first Quorum of the Seventiesand pronounced great blessings upon my ^our^ heads.
I visited the office of the Kirtland Safety Society and saw the first paper
that was issued from that institution it was given to Jacob bump in exchange for
other notes. He was the first to circulate it I herd President Joseph Smith declare
in the presence of F. G. WilliamsD WhitmerE SmithW Parrish & others that he
had received that morning the word of the Lord upon the subject of the Kirtland Safety
Society. He was alone in a room by himself he not ownly had the voice of the spirit
but an audible voice upon the subject and said if we wo the people would give heed
to his council all would be well. On Sunday a large congregation attended at the Temple two discourses was delivered from the Aaronic Stand by Brother Knight and WilliamsthI met with the Seventies when twelve were ordained into the third Quorum of the Seventies under the hands of Elder Sherman Elder Brigham Young gave an interesting exhortation an urged strongly upon the Brethren not to murmur against Joseph who set to lead us. Elder A O Smoot was againvery severly
attacked with the Cholera Morbus. He was administered to by Elder H C Kimball O Hyde
I attended meetings
with the Seventies and other Quorums during the
winter of 1836 & 7 and received much valuable instruction. On the evening
of the I was present at the organization of the third Quorum
of seventies & their was 27 ordained among them A. O. Smoot
was A. O. Smoot
((During the year 1836 I travelled 6,537 miles. I held 153 meetings, attended
4 conferences, and held 4 debates. I baptized and confirmed 27 persons. I ordained
2 Elders, 3 Priest, & 2 deacon. I blessed 19 children. 4 persons were healed
under my hands. I procured $70 dollars for the Messenger & Advocate & $91
for the Temple. I wrote 34 letters and received 7. I had three mobs
come against me but was delivered out of their hands.))
On the , I attended a meeting of the seventies
twenty were ordained into the third Quorum
I was ordained into the first Quorum
I visited the office of the Kirtland Safety Society and saw the first paper
that was issued from that institution it was given to Jacob bump in exchange for
other notes. He was the first to circulate it I herd President Joseph Smith declare
in the presence of F. G. WilliamsD WhitmerE SmithW Parrish & others that he
had received that morning the word of the Lord upon the subject of the Kirtland Safety
Society. He was alone in a room by himself he not ownly had the voice of the spirit
but an audible voice upon the subject and said if the people would give heed
to his council all would be well.