Presiding Bishops, under Bishop Edward
Hunter—Carried.

John Banks was nominated as another
of the travelling Bishops, and carried.

Ezra T. Benson, Jedediah M. Grant,
and Orson Hyde, were voted as Agents of
the Perpetual Emigrating Company, to
gather the Poor to this place.

Samuel W. Richards, Willard Snow,
Abraham O. Smoot, Dorr P. Curtis, and
Vincent Shurtleff, were voted to take mis-
sions to England.

Daniel Carn, was voted to take a mis-
sion to Germany.

John Young, was voted to take a mis-
sion to the States, to preach, and gather
up the Saints.

John L. Dunyon, was voted to take a
mission to the States, and preach the
Gospel.

A manifest of the affairs in the Tithing
office were read; also a manifest of the
Perpetual Emigrating Poor Fund Com-
pany.

Adjourned to 10, A.M. Benediction by
George A. Smith.

Tuesday, Sept. 9th, 1851, 10 A.M.

Conference again called to order; sing-
ing by the Choir; prayer by H. G. Sher-
wood, and singing.

The forenoon was occupied by Presi-
dent Young preaching a funeral sermon
on the occasion of the death of brother
Lewis Abbott, was followed in his re-
marks by Elder H. G. Sherwood, Levi
Gifford, John Young, and H. C. Kim-
ball, and benediction by Elder Hyde.

2 O'CLOCK, P.M.

Conference being called to order, and
opened in the usual manner. The Patri-
arch John Smith, said he had been
through the whole scene of persecution,
of mobbing, and murders, from 1832 to
the present time; and alluded to the night
of the murder of Joseph and Hyrum in
Carthage Jail, and called on the people to
pay their tithing, that it may be said of
us, well done good and faithful servants;
and was followed in similar remarks by
President Kimball, Edward Hunter, W.
W. Phelps, Isaac Chase, and Zera Pulsi-
pher.

The Patriarch again arose to speak on
the Word of Wisdom, and urging on the
brethren to leave off using tobacco, &c.

President Young rose to put the mo-
tion and called on all the sisters who will
leave off the use of tea, coffee, &c., to
manifest it by raising the right hand;
seconded and carried.

And then put the following motion;
calling on all the boys who were under
ninety years of age who would covenant
to leave off the use of tobacco, whisky,
and all things mentioned in the Word of
Wisdom, to manifest it in the same man-
ner, which was carried unanimously.

The Patriarch then said, may the Lord
bless you and help you to keep all your
covenants. Amen.

President Young amongst other things
said he knew the goodness of the people,
and the Lord bears with our weakness;
we must serve the Lord, and those who
go with me will keep the Word of Wis-
dom, and if the High Priests, the Seven-
ties, the Elders, and others will not serve
the Lord, we will sever them from the
Church. I will draw the line and know
who is for the Lord and who is not, and
those who will not keep the Word of
Wisdom, I will cut off from the Church;
I throw out a challenge to all men and
women. Have I not always counselled
you right? I would rather you would
cut me into inch pieces, than to flinch
from my duty, the Lord being my helper.
I would rather live with a few men who
will serve the Lord, than live with ten
thousand hypocrites. He then exhorted
the men and women never to quarrel,
to cease all contentions. If a man abuses
you, settle with him with kind words, but
never go to law. Let every head of a
family gather their family together night
and morning, and wait on the Lord until
his Spirit rests on you like a cloud, and
I say unto you in the name of the Lord
God of Israel, be you blest.

Adjourned until Wednesday, at ten
o'clock, A.M.

Benediction by George A. Smith.

Wednesday, Sept. 10th, 10 o'clock, A.M.

Conference called to order, and was
opened with singing by the Choir.

Prayer by President Young, and sing-
ing.

E. D. Wooley bore testimony of the
work of the Lord, that Joseph was a Pro-
phet of God, and that Brigham is just as
good a man as Joseph was, and he was as
good a man as ever lived on the earth,
&c.

President Young spoke on the subject
of the Mormon Battalion, and why they

MINUTES OF THE GENERAL CONFERENCE.

Peresiding Bishops, under Bishop Edward Hunter—Carried.

John Banks was nominated as another of the travelling Bishops, and carried.

Ezra T. Benson, Jedediah M. Grant, and Orson Hyde, were voted as Agents of the Perpetual Emigrating Company, to gather the Poor to this place.

Samuel W. Richards, Willard Snow, Abraham O. Smoot, Dorr P. Curtis, and Vincent Shurtleff, were voted to take missions to England.

Daniel Carn, was voted to take a mission to Germany.

John Young, was voted to take a mission to the States, to preach, and gather up the Saints.

John L. Dunyon, was voted to take a mission to the States, and preach the Gospel.

A manifest of the affairs in the Tithing office were read; also a manifest of the Perpetual Emigrating Poor Fund Company.

Adjourned to 10, A. M. Benediction by George A. Smith.

Tuesday, Sept. 9th, 1851, 10 A. M.

Conference again called to order; singing by the Choir; prayer by H. G. Sherwood, and singing.

The forenoon was occupied by President Young preaching a funeral sermon on the occasion of the death of brother Lewis Abbott, was followed in his remarks by Elder H. G. Sherwood, Levi Gifford, John Young, and H. C. Kimball, and benediction by Elder Hyde.

2 O'CLOCK, P. M.

Conference being called to order, and opened in the usual manner. The Patriarch John Smith, said he had been through the whole scene of persecution, of mobbing, and murders, from 1832 to the present time; and alluded to the night of the murder of Joseph and Hyrum in Carthage Jail, and called on the people to pay their tithing, that it may be said of us, well done good and faithful servants; and was followed in similar remarks by President Kimball, Edward Hunter, W. W. Phelps, Isaac Chase, and Zera Pulsipher.

The Patriarch again arose to speak on the Word of Wisdom, and urging on the brethren to leave off using tobacco, &c.

President Young rose to put the motion and called on all the sisters who will leave off the use of tea, coffee, &c., to manifest it by raising the right hand; seconded and carried.

And then put the following motion; calling on all the boys who were under ninety years of age who would covenant to leave off the use of tobacco, whisky, and all things mentioned in the Word of Wisdom, to manifest it in the same manner, which was carried unanimously.

The Patriarch then said, may the Lord bless you and help you to keep all your covenants. Amen.

President Young amongst other things said he knew the goodness of the people, and the Lord bears with our weakness; we must serve the Lord, and those who go with me will keep the Word of Wisdom, and if the High Priests, the Seventies, the Elders, and others will not serve the Lord, we will sever them from the Church. I will draw the line and know who is for the Lord and who is not, and those who will not keep the Word of Wisdom, I will cut off from the Church; I throw out a challenge to all men and women. Have I not always counselled you right? I would rather you would cut me into inch pieces, than to flinch from my duty, the Lord being my helper. I would rather live with a few men who will serve the Lord, than live with ten thousand hypocrites. He then exhorted the men and women never to quarrel, to cease all contentions. If a man abuses you, settle with him with kind words, but never go to law. Let every head of a family father their family together night and morning, and wait on the Lord until his Spirit rests on you like a cloud, and I say unto you in the name of the Lord God of Israel, be you blest.

Adjourned until Wednesday, at ten o'clock, A. M.

Benediction by George A. Smith.

Wednesday, Sept. 10th, 10 o'clock, A. M.

Conference called to order, and was opened with singing by the Choir.

Prayer by President Young, and singing.

E. D. Wooley bore testimony of the work of the Lord, that Joseph was a Prophet of God, and that Brigham is just as good a man as Joseph was, and he was as good a man as ever lived on the earth, &c.

President Young spoke on the subject of the Mormon Battalion, and why they