January 3, 1837 ~ Tuesday

Jan. 3^rd 1837 At early candlelight I repard to the house of the Lord in company with
Elder Milton Holm^e^s for the purpose of Meeting with the quorum of the Seventies.
President. Aldrich opened the meeting by Prayer & after a few appropriate remarks
from President Coltrin about twenty of the third Seventy was ordained to the high
Priest hood & as members of the third Seventy ^{under the hands of the above named Presidents.}^ After this ordinance was Performed
Elder Holms & myself was called upon by the above named Presidents to come
foreward to be ordained as members of the first Seventy Elders of Israel to bear
the name of Jesus to the nations of the earth. The first Seventy was chosen out
of the Camp that went up to Zion for the redemption of our brethren in the Spring of
1834 but as we were were not present when they were chosen we were afterwards
chosen in the Second Seventy but their now being two vacancies in the first we
were chosen to fill them. President Aldrich ordained Edder Holms to this appointment
& Pronounced great blessing upon his head. President Zebedee Coltrin ordained
me as a member of the first Seventy & Pronounced great Blessings upon my head
by the spirit of Prophecy & Revelation some of them I will mention which are as
follows THAT my enemies would confine me in prisions & chains & that I should rend
the prisions & chains in twain in the name of JESUS & that the Lord would give me
Great Power, Knowledge, & wisdom that I should heal the sick, cause the blind to see,
the lame to leap, the Deaf to heear, stop the mouths of Lions, rase the dead waft
myself from river to river from sea to sea & that I should stand before King's &
Princes & that they would send for me to receieve wisdom, knowledge, &
instruction at my mouth because they consider'd me wiser than they in like
manner as the Egyptians sought wisdom at the hand of JOSEPH And that

January 3, 1837 ~ Tuesday

Jan. 3rd 1837 At early Candle light I repared to the house of the Lord in company with Elder Milton Holmes for the purpose of Meeting with the quorum of the Seventies. President Aldrich opened the meeting by Prayer & after a few appropriate remarks from President Coltrin about twenty of the third Seventy was ordained to the high Priesthood & as members of the third Seventy {under the hands of the above named Presidents.} After this ordinance was Performed Elder Holms & myself was called upon by the above named Presidents to come foreward to be ordained as members of the first Seventy Elders of Israel to bear the name of Jesus to the nations of the earth. The first Seventy was Chosen out of the Camp that went up to Zion for the redemption of our brethren in the Spring of 1834. but as we were not present when they were chosen we were afterwards chosen in the second Seventy but their now being two vacancies in the first we were chosen to fill them. President Aldrich ordained Edder Holms to this appointment & Pronounced great blessings upon his head. President Zebedee Coltrin Ordained me as a member of the first Seventy & Pronounced great Blessings upon my head by the spirit of Prophecy & Revelation Some of them I will mention which are as follows THAT my enemies would confine me in prisions & chains & that I should rend the prisions & chains in twain in the name of JESUS & that the Lord would give me Great Power, Knowledge, & wisdom that I should heal the sick cause the blind to see the lame to leap, the Deaf to hear, stop the mouths of Lions, rase the dead waft myself from river to river from sea to sea & that I should stand before Kings & Princes & that they would send for me to receieve wisdom, Knowledge, & instruction at my mouth because they consider'd me wiser than they in like manner as the Egyptians sought wisdom at the hand of JOSEPH And that