At the close of the Afternoon Meeting I met again with the Twelve
On Account of John W Young it was a difficult matter to bring
his mind to see that He had not done right in the course He had
persued. I attended the Sabbath school union at the Assembly
Hall in the Evening. G Q Cannon spoke 15 M[inutes] others spoke we had
a good Meeting
~ Saturday
7th I receieved one letter Met at 10 oclok M Thatcher prayed
Reports of the Relief Society was then read Young Ladies report
was then read, And Primary Association. Sabbath school report
was also read they Numbered 41155 Members. After these
reports were voted upon President Taylor said we have voted to
receive and file these reports but they should be finished & corrected
first before they are prepared for filing
~ Sunday
Sunday Aprail 8. Conference Met in the big tabernacle there
were 12 or 13000 people present and several thousand could not
get in D H. Wells Prayed J F Smith spoke 45 M[inutes], G Q Cannon
36 M[inutes], & F M Lyman 10 M[inutes]. Afternoon J D T McAllister
Prayed. Sacrament Administered the Authorities of the Church
were then presented and when John W Youngs Name was called
President Taylor made some remarks upon the subject and stated that
we had held a long council over him and that John W Young was then
called upon to make a confession or Explanation which He did do
and asked the people to Forgive him. He then received a clean
vote. Reports of the Auditing committee were then read to the people
And a list of Missionaries was then called President Taylor
spoke 62 Minuts. At 7 oclok in the Evening we Met with the Presidents
of stakes And the Tithing recepts & disbursements were then read and
remarks Made
At the close of the Afternoon Meeting I met again with the Twelve
On Account of John W Young it was a difficult matter to bring
his mind to see that He had not done right in the course He had
persued. I attended the Sabbath school union at the Assembly
Hall in the Evening. G Q Cannon spoke 15 Minutes others spoke we had
a good Meeting
~ Saturday
7ved one letter Met at 10 oclok M Thatcher prayed
Reports of the Relief Society was then read Young Ladies report
was then read, And Primary Association. Sabbath school report
was also read they Numbered 41155 Members. After these
reports were voted upon President Taylor said we have voted to
receive and file these reports but they should be finished & corrected
first before they are prepared for filing
~ Sunday
Sunday Aprail 8. Conference Met in the big tabernacle there
were 12 or 13000 people present and several thousand could not
get in D H. Wells Prayed J F Smith spoke 45 Minutes, G Q Cannon
36 Minutes, & F M Lyman 10 Minutes. Afternoon J D T McAllister
Prayed. Sacrament Administered the Authorities of the Church
were then presented and when John W Youngs Name was called
President Taylor made some remarks upon the subject and stated that
we had held a long council over him and that John W Young was then
called upon to make a confession or Explanation which He did do
and asked the people to Forgive him. He then received a clean
vote. Reports of the Auditing committee were then read to the people
And a list of Missionaries was then called President Taylor
spoke 62 Minuts. At 7 oclok in the Evening we Met with the Presidents
of stakes And the Tithing recepts & disbursements were then read and
remarks Made
"Journal (February 1880 – December 1885)," April 6, 1883 - April 8, 1883, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 24, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/pZmQ