August 10, 1842 ~ Wednesday to September 19, 1842 ~ Monday

I was confined to my Bed or house from the
10^th of Aug to the 19^th of Sept making 40 days
during my sickness the Twelve came & anointed
me & lade hands upon me & rebuke my
fever & I felt a testimony that I should recover
after I began to recover I had a relaps twice which
put me back much. In one instance I was
requested to attend a Conference or Council of the
quorum of the Twelve in the case of Orson Pratt
I was weak & feeble yet I thought I would try to
meet with them with the expectation that they
would meet at Elder John Taylors who was
also vary low with the Billious fever but on our
arival at his house he was so vary feeble he was
not able to have it there so it was remove to
President Hyram Smiths Office Elder B. Young
conveyed me in his carriag to the place of
meeting but I had not been in the house more
than 10 minutes before my strength began to
fail me I lay down upon a bench but had no
sooner lain down than I was gone my breath
stoped, my Brethren raised me up took me to the
door into the air & with the assistance of water
air &c I was brought to breath again but not without
a hard struggle between life & death the Breth-
ering lade hands upon me & Br Hyram Smith
prayed for my recovery I soon began to breathe
free but I was deprived of all my strength
they convey me home, it being a warm time
I was much troubled for breathing through most
of the night & it took me several days to recover
my former strength.

During my sickness there was some important
things transpired in the Church we received
the word of the Lord concerning the
Elders of the Church (through Joseph the
Seer) The Lord manifested that it was
his will that the first presidency, the
Twelve, The High Council The quorum
of High Priest, and the Elders quorum
as a general thing should go into
the vineyard. The instructions were
for the Elders to confine themselves to the