day in fasting and prayer. Part of the day was occupied in attending
the high council; the remainder until 5 oclock in writing prayer and fasting
At 5 o'clock I met in the House of the Lord with the Seventies for
a solemn assembly anointing &c. Three out of the seven Presidents
were present and they anointed twelve. The Spirit of the Lord
rested upon us and we were satisified and returned home.

April the 6th was the great day of the Solemn Assembly
As upon this day the Church was organized in 1830 the six of April
has become a day specially set apart and as this an[niversary]
of the organization of the Church was like the Pentecost at
Jerusalem [Acts 2] I shall somewhat fully record the proceedings of this time

At 8 o'clock a.m. I went up to the House of the
Lord and spent an hour in the lower part. The Presidents
of the Church then called the quorums of the Seventies in the
upper part of the house as there was some business to be attended
to before they could proceed with the order of the day

In the first place six of the Presidents of the
Seventies were taken from that position and transferred
to the quorum of the travelling High Priests and six other
Presidents were chosen in their stead. I shall not give the
particulars of this change: suffice it to say that all of the
counsellors first chosen excepting Joseph Young were High Priests
before the organization of the Seventies and they had the right
to officiate in the lower offices of the Church

The six new Presidents chosen out of the Seventies to
take the places of those who were to be transferred were [blank]

After this matter was arranged there was a glorious
ordinance performed upon the heads of those of the Elders who
had been anointed. While all the anointed present standing
lifted their hands towards heaven the First Presidency of
the Church confirmed and sealed upon our heads all the blessings
of our ordination anointing and Patriarchal with a seal in the
presence of God and the Lamb and his holy angels. This seal was
confirmed with a shout from all the anointed with uplifted hands of

Hosanna! Hosanna! Hosanna to God and the Lamb!
Amen, Amen, and Amen!

This was repeated three times and if ever a shout entered
the portals of heaven this did and was echoed by the

day in fasting and prayer. Part of the day was occupied in attending the high council; the remainder until 5 oclock in writing prayer and fasting At 5 o'clock I met in the House of the Lord with the Seventies for a solemn assembly anointing &c. Three out of the seven Presidents were present and they anointed twelve. The Spirit of the Lord rested upon us and we were satisified and returned home.

April the 6th was the great day of the Solemn Assembly As upon this day the Church was organized in 1830 the six of April has become a day specially set apart and as this anniversary of the organization of the Church was like the Pentecost at Jerusalem Acts 2 I shall somewhat fully record the proceedings of this time

At 8 o'clock a.m. I went up to the House of the Lord and spent an hour in the lower part. The Presidents of the Church then called the quorums of the Seventies in the upper part of the house as there was some business to be attended to before they could proceed with the order of the day

In the first place six of the Presidents of the Seventies were taken from that position and transferred to the quorum of the travelling High Priests and six other Presidents were chosen in their stead. I shall not give the particulars of this change: suffice it to say that all of the counsellors first chosen excepting Joseph Young were High Priests before the organization of the Seventies and they had the right to officiate in the lower offices of the Church

The six new Presidents chosen out of the Seventies to take the places of those who were to be transferred were [blank]

After this matter was arranged there was a glorious ordinance performed upon the heads of those of the Elders who had been anointed. While all the anointed present standing lifted their hands towards heaven the First Presidency of the Church confirmed and sealed upon our heads all the blessings of our ordination anointing and Patriarchal with a seal in the presence of God and the Lamb and his holy angels. This seal was confirmed with a shout from all the anointed with uplifted hands of

Hosanna! Hosanna! Hosanna to God and the Lamb! Amen, Amen, and Amen!

This was repeated three times and if ever a shout entered the portals of heaven this did and was echoed by the