prison where they had been confined for the cause of Jesus) were ordained
after us to the office of Seventies. We were ordained on the Chief
corner stone. The Twelve then offered up vocal prayer in the
following order:

Brigham Young Heber C Kimball Orson Pratt
John E Page, John Taylor Wilford Woodruff
George A Smith.

After this we sung [A] [blank]

Fulfilment of the Revelation

The Twelve then took the parting hand of the following
Saints agreeable to revelation:

Alpheus Cutler Elias Smith Norman Shearer Wm Berton Stephen
Markham Shedrick Roundy Wm C. Clark John W. Clark
Hezekiah Peck Dawin Chase Richard Howard Mary Ann
Peck Artimisha Grainger Martha Peck Sarah Granger Hyrum
Clark Theodore Turley and Daniel Shearer.

The Master Mason of the House Alpheus
Cutler then placed the stone before spoken of in its regular
position. After which in consequence of the peculiar situation
of the Saints he thought it wisdom to adjourn the work until
some future time when the Lord should open the way to proceded
with the building.

We had entered into a covenant to see the
poor Saints all moved out of Missouri into Illinois and we had
spared no means to accomplish this object and the Lord
had now given us the desires of our hearts in this thing

The last comapny of the poor who could be
moved were with us in our return from Far West. Parley P.
Pratt and Morris Phelps were still in prison and we were
under the necessity of leaving them for a season.

Early on the morning of the 27th we
commenced our journey from the Grove in upper Missouri where
we had returned and camped the night before. This was
32 miles from the city of Far West.

The company with us consisted of seven of the
Twelve, a number of the committee, and several other familes

prison where they had been confined for the cause of Jesus) were ordained after us to the office of Seventies. We were ordained on the Chief corner stone. The Twelve then offered up vocal prayer in the following order:

Brigham Young Heber C Kimball Orson Pratt John E Page, John Taylor Wilford Woodruff George A Smith.

After this we sung A [blank]

Fulfilment of the Revelation

The Twelve then took the parting hand of the following Saints agreeable to revelation:

Alpheus Cutler Elias Smith Norman Shearer Wm Berton Stephen Markham Shedrick Roundy Wm C. Clark John W. Clark Hezekiah Peck Dawin Chase Richard Howard Mary Ann Peck Artimisha Grainger Martha Peck Sarah Granger Hyrum Clark Theodore Turley and Daniel Shearer.

The Master Mason of the House Alpheus Cutler then placed the stone before spoken of in its regular position. After which in consequence of the peculiar situation of the Saints he thought it wisdom to adjourn the work until some future time when the Lord should open the way to proceed with the building.

We had entered into a covenant to see the poor Saints all moved out of Missouri into Illinois and we had spared no means to accomplish this object and the Lord had now given us the desires of our hearts in this thing

The last comapny of the poor who could be moved were with us in our return from Far West. Parley P. Pratt and Morris Phelps were still in prison and we were under the necessity of leaving them for a season.

Early on the morning of the 27th we commenced our journey from the Grove in upper Missouri where we had returned and camped the night before. This was 32 miles from the city of Far West.

The company with us consisted of seven of the Twelve, a number of the committee, and several other familes