April 8, 1844 ~ Monday

Conference met at 10 oclok April 8^th

President J Smith arose and said it is impossible to
continue the subject that I spoke upon yesterday
in consequence of the weekness of my lungs.
Yet I have a proclamation to make to the Elders
you know the Lord has led the Church untill the
present time. I have now a great proclamation
for the Elders to teach the Church here after
which is in relation to Zion. The whole of
North and South America is Zion. the mountain
of the Lords House is in the centre of North & South
America. when the House is done, Baptisim font erected
and finished & the worthy are washed, anointed, endowed
& ordained kings & priests, which must be done
in this life, when the place is prepared you must
go through all the ordinances of the house of the
Lord so that you who have any dead friends, must
go through all the ordinances for them the same as
for yourselves; then the Elders are to go through
all America & build up churches untill all Zion
is built up, but not to commence to do this untill
the Temple is built up here and the Elders endowed
then go forth & accomplish the work & build up
stakes in all North and South America. Their
will be some place ordained for the redeeming
of the dead I think this place will be the one, so their
will be gathering fast enough here. President
Smith lungs failled him and he appointed elder
G. J. Adams to occupy the time during the foornoon
He however remarked that his proclamation
just made was the greatest ever made as all
could not come here, but it was necessary that
enough should come to build up the temple &
get an endowment so that the work could spread
abroad

April 8, 1844 ~ Monday

Conference met at 10 oclok April 8th President J Smith arose and said it is impossible to continue the subject that I spoke upon yesterday in consequence of the weekness of my lungs. Yet I have a proclamation to make to the Elders you know the Lord has led the church untill the present time. I have now a great proclamation for the Elders to teach the church here after which is in relation to Zion. The whole of North and South America is Zion, the mountain of the Lords House is in the centre of North & South America, when the house is done, Baptism font erected and finished & the worthy are washed, anointed, endowed & ordained kings & priests, which must be done in this life, when the place is prepared you must go through all the ordinances of the house of the Lord so that you who have any dead friends must go through all the ordinances for them the same as for yourselves; then the Elders are to go through all America & build up Churches untill all Zion is built up, but not to commence to do this untill the Temple is built up here and the Elders endowed then go forth & accomplish the work & build up stakes in all North and South America. Their will be some place ordained for the redeeming of the dead I think this place will be the one, so their will be gathering fast enough here. President Smith lungs failed him and he appointed elder G. J. Adams to occupy the time during the foornoon He however remarked that his proclamation just made was the greatest ever made as all could not come here, but it was necessary that enough should come to build up the temple & get an endowment so that the work could spread abroad