return home. So they hitched up their horses in the morning and started
for home and the nearer they drew to the city the better they felt.

Ordination of Frederick Kesler to the Bishoprick.
Sunday Oct. the 19th 1856

President Young at the close of prayers called upon Bishop Hunter
and his council to ordain Frederick Kesler to be a Bishop in the
Sixteenth Ward. They laid hands upon him and the following
is a synopsis of his ordination:

Brother Frederick Kesler, In the name of Jesus
Christ we lay our hands upon your head and we ordain you a
High Priest and a Bishop in the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints and we seal upon your head all the blessings
which have been sealed upon you by any of the Servants of God
in days which are past and gone and we seal upon you all the
power blessing and keys of the High Priesthood and Bishoprick
and you shall have power to sustain and comfort the drooping
spirits of the people and we seal upon you all blessings which
are needful to sustain you in your calling and every blessings
which your heart can desire in righteousness before ^the^ Godlord. We
seal these blessings upon your ^head^ in the name of Jesus Christ:
Amen.

On the 23rd when I called upon President Young
I found him in company with Bishop Taylor John Sharp
and others making a contract about digging the tunnel to take
out Weber River into Davis County. The following conversation
took place:

President Young said, he would not undertake this
job unless the Bishops would bind themselves to pay as fast
as we get the lumber for them; and I want $1000 pay
kept in advance and the people must back this matter
up. Brother Taylor said they would do it. The

return home. So they hitched up their horses in the morning and started for home and the nearer they drew to the city the better they felt.

Ordination of Frederick Kesler to the Bishoprick. Sunday Oct. the 19th 1856

President Young at the close of prayers called upon Bishop Hunter and his Council to ordain Frederick Kesler to be a Bishop in the Sixteenth Ward. They laid hands upon him and the following is a synopsis of his ordination:

Brother Frederick Kesler, In the name of Jesus Christ we lay our hands upon your head and we ordain you a High Priest and a Bishop in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and we seal upon your head all the blessings which have been sealed upon you by any of the Servants of God in days which are past and gone and we seal upon you all the power blessing and keys of the High Priesthood and Bishoprick and you shall have power to sustain and comfort the drooping spirits of the people and we seal upon you all blessings which are needful to sustain you in your calling and every blessings which your heart can desire in righteousness before thelord. We seal these blessings upon your head in the name of Jesus Christ: Amen.

On the 23rd when I called upon President Young I found him in company with Bishop Taylor John Sharp and others making a contract about digging the tunnel to take out Weber River into Davis County. The following conversation took place:

President Young said, he would not undertake this job unless the Bishops would bind themselves to pay as fast as we get the lumber for them; and I want $1000 pay kept in advance and the people must back this matter up. Brother Taylor said they would do it. The