11 Feb ^1861^
that He did not profess to be a prophet seer & Revelator as Joseph
Smith was, was speaking of men being born Natural Prophets & seers
many have the gift of seeing through seer stones without the Priesthood
at all He had not this gift naturally yet He was an Apostle & the
President of the Church & kingdom of God on the Earth and all the
Keys of the Holy Priesthood & of Revelation was sealed upon him & the
spirit & power of Revelation was upon him daily when He closed
I spoke to the people & bore testimony to the truth of what Elder Taylor
had said. Morris had been cut off from the Church twice for
Adultery in the Territory And He had spent about one year with
a woman whose husband was crazy. I told morris that He was not
a Prophet of God Neither was He the seventh Angels that when the
7^th Angel came to Earth He would not spend the first year of his
mission with a woman whose Husband was crazy & commit Adultery
with Her. I showed the folly of Richard Cook & others following such a
man. When I closed my remarks Morris Denyed of Being with
that woman Bishop West arose & bore testimony that what I
had said was true. We then took all the Names of the persons
who professed to believed in Joseph Morris as the prophet of God
raised up to lead the Church there was 16 Names Given as follows
Richard Cook William Kendall Nels Morrison Mrs Hannah Cook
John Cook Robert Farley Nathan Brooks Mrs Margaret Cook
John Firth John Parsons John Trolsom Mrs Hellen Cook
Mrs Sarah Cook Mrs Mary Cook Mrs Joanna Kendall
John Taylor then moved that those sixteen named persons be
cut off from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I
seconed the motion & they were cut off from the Church without
a disscenting voice. We then Nominated Philo Allen to preside over
the remainder of that Branch of the Church which was carried
unanimously we also voted to unite that Branch to Ogden under the
charge of the President & Bishop of that Place. We took dinner with
Philo Allen we then rode to Ogden & spent the night with James Brown 18 mils

February 12, 1861 ~ Tuesday

12 We rode North Ogden held a meeting with the people at 11 oclok
spoke upon Tithing & other subjects I spoke first was followed by Elder
Taylor we took dinner with Bishop Dunn then rode to Willow
Creek & held a meeting with the people & spent the night with Bishop Alfred Cordon

11 Feb 1861 that He did not profess to be a prophet seer & Revelator as Joseph Smith was, was speaking of men being born Natural Prophets & Seers many have the gift of seeing through seer stones without the Priesthood at all He had not this gift naturally yet He was an Apostle & the President of the Church & Kingdom of God on the Earth and all the Keys of the Holy Priesthood & of Revelation was sealed upon him & the spirit & power of Revelation was upon him daily when He closed I spoke to the people & bore testimony to the truth of what Elder Taylor had said. Morris had been cut off from the Church twice for Adultery in the Territory And He had spent about one year with a woman whose husband was crazy. I told morris that He was not a Prophet of God Neither was He the seventh Angels that when the 7th Angel came to Earth He would not spend the first year of his mission with a woman whose Husband was crazy & commit Adultery with Her. I showed the folly of Richard Cook & others following such a man. When I closed my remarks Morris Denyed of Being with that woman. Bishop West arose & bore testimony that what I had said was true. We then took all the Names of the persons who professed to believe in Joseph Morris as the prophet of God raised up to lead the Church. there was 16 Names Given as follows Richard Cook William Kendall Nels Morrison Mrs Hannah Cook John Cook Robert Farley Nathan Brooks Mrs Margaret Cook John Firth John Parsons John Trolsom Mrs Hellen Cook Mrs Sarah Cook Mrs Mary Cook Mrs Joanna Kendall John Taylor then moved that those sixteen named persons be cut off from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I seconded the motion & they were cut off from the Church without a disscenting voice. We then Nominated Philo Allen to Preside over the remainder of that Branch of the Church which was carried unanimously we also voted to unite that Branch to Ogden under the charge of the President & Bishop of that Place. We took dinner with Philo Allen we then rode to Ogden & spent the night with James Brown 18 mils

February 12, 1861 ~ Tuesday

12 We rode North Ogden held a meeting with the people at 11 oclok spoke upon Tithing & other subjects I spoke first was followed by Elder Taylor we took dinner with Bishop Dunn then rode to Willow Creek & held a meeting with the people & spent the night with Bishop Alfred Cordon