DC 75:3e A
nd agai
n, I say u
nto my serva
nt Major
N. Ashley a
nd my serva
nt Burr Riggs, Let them take their jour
ney also u
nto the south cou
ntry; yea, let all those take their jour
ney as I have comma
nded them, goi
ng from house to house, a
nd from village to village, a
nd from city to city;
DC 124:4a A
nd, that the quorum may be filled a
nd be prepared to sta
nd as a u
nit i
n the cou
ncils of the church, i
n equality with the Preside
ncy a
nd the Seve
nty, choose a
nd set apart to act as apostles i
n the Quorum of Twelve, my serva
nts I.
N. White, J. W. Wight, a
nd R. C. Eva
ns, for they are called u
nto this office a
nd calli
ng.
DC 124:5a My serva
nts, the preside
nts of the Seve
nty, may with the co
nse
nt a
nd approval of their brethre
n of the Seve
nty sitti
ng i
n cou
ncil together, select from their brethre
n o
ne to take the place of my serva
nt I.
N. White, if he accept the appoi
ntme
nt to the Quorum of Twelve, a
nd his choosi
ng be approved by the church;
DC 130:Intro SECTIO
N 130
I
nstructio
n give
n through Preside
nt Joseph Smith III, April 14, 1913, at Lamo
ni, Iowa. It was e
ndorsed by the quorums a
nd the assembly as a revelatio
n from God, a
nd the Co
nfere
nce authorized its i
nclusio
n i
n the Doctri
ne a
nd Cove
na
nts.
Elder Joseph R. Lambert had bee
n acting as Presiding Evangelist since the death of Elder Alexander H. Smith in 1909. There was widespread concern that a more permanent successor should be selected. Bishop E. L. Kelley and Apostles W. H. Kelley, I. N. White, and J. W. Wight were also finding the burdens of their several responsibilities arduous. These, and other needs of the church, undoubtedly found a prominent place in the petitions of the prophet and of the Saints in general prior to the convening of the Conference and while it was yet in session.
DC 130:2b it is expedie
nt that Elders W. H. Kelley, I.
N. White, a
nd J. W. Wight be released from the active duties of the apostolic quorum, o
n accou
nt of i
ncreasi
ng i
nfirmities of age a
nd i
ncapacity, caused by ill
ness of body,
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