DC 117:7a It is my will that my servants, Jason W.
Briggs, Josiah Ells, and Edmund C.
Briggs, remain and stand in their lot as especial witnesses before me.
DC 121:2b President Joseph Smith replied: "The voice of the Spirit is that E.C.
Briggs be sustained for the present. J.W.
Briggs and Z.H. Gurley are in your hands, to approve or disapprove as wisdom may direct. Be merciful, for to him that is merciful shall mercy be shown."
DC 121:3 On the 14th of the month, the eighth day of the session, when the mission of Elder E.C.
Briggs was being considered, the following instruction was presented as the will of the Lord concerning the Chicago mission, over which some trouble had occurred:
DC 123:1b There were present: Joseph Smith and W.W. Blair, of the First Presidency; Alexander H. Smith, E.C.
Briggs, James Caffall, W.H. Kelley, J.H. Lake, J.R. Lambert, Heman C. Smith, Joseph Luff, and Gomer T. Griffiths, of the Twelve; E.L. Kelly, G.H. Hilliard, and E.A. Blakeslee, of the Bishopric.
DC 126:7a The names of those of the present Quorum of Twelve whom I saw upon the upper tier of seats were James Caffall, John H. Lake, Edmund C.
Briggs, and Joseph R. Lambert. These were sitting with the other evangelical ministers.
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