but found that the rest of the Twelve had left the city for
New York where we followed them two days later.

Conference at New York
held
August 26, 1843.

The quorum of the Twelve met the Saints
in Conference at New York on this day

After prayer President Young opened
the buisness of the Conference by an interesting address
upon the subject of the gathering, the Priesthood and the
building of the Temple and Nauvoo House.

In the afternoon Elder Kimball
spoke very graphically in parables; and Elder George
A. Smith followed with anecdotes. One related to
his collegiate education received from the Prophet which
was to preach short sermons and make short prayers

Remarks of President Brigham Young

Elder Young next spoke; and among other remarks
he said

"The Scriptures have been mistified
to that degree that the greatest divine of the day is
as ignorant as the dumb ass concerning the things
of God. They know not their right hand
from their left and we are trying to reverse it
by making the things of God so simple that
the people can understand

Place a man in this room who
is ignorant of science and take everything out that
we can see and then ask him if there is anything
in the room. He will say no nothing but
us two. I tell him there are millions of live
animals in the room and that even we breathe them

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but found that the rest of the Twelve had left the city for New York where we followed them two days later

Conference at New York held August 26, 1843.

The quorum of the Twelve met the Saints in Conference at New York on this day

After prayer President Young opened the buisness of the Conference by an interesting address upon the subject of the gathering, — the President and the building of the Temple and Nauvoo House.

In the afternoon Elder Kimball spoke very graphically in parables; and Elder George A. Smith followed with anecdotes: One related to his collegiate education received from the Prophet which was to preach short sermons and make short prayers

Remarks of President Brigham Young

Elder Young next spoke; and among other remarks he said

"The Scriptures have been mistified to that degree that the greatest divine of the day is as ignorant as the dumb ass concerning the things of God. They know not their right hand from their left and we are trying to reverse it by making the things of God so simple that the people can understand

Place a man in this room who is ignorant of science and take everything out that we can see and then ask him if there is anything in the room. He will say no nothing but us two. I tell him there are millions of live animals in the room and that even we breathe them