DC 119:1a I
t is no
t ye
t expedien
t tha
t the Quorum of
the
Twelve shall be filled; never
theless separa
te my servan
ts, James W. Gillen, Heman C. Smi
th, Joseph Luff, and Gomer
T. Griffi
ths, un
to
the office of apos
tles,
tha
t the quorum may be more perfectly prepared to act before me.
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 134:2 Le
t Gomer
T. Griffi
ths, Ulysses W. Greene, Cornelius A. Bu
tterwor
th, and Rober
t C. Russell be released from fur
ther responsibili
ty as apos
tles,
to devo
te
their ac
tivi
ties as
their s
treng
th and oppor
tuni
ty migh
t permit, to local work or as evangelical ministers as might be determined by subsequent procedure.
DC 134:3 To fill the vacancies in the Quorum of Twelve let the following be ordained apostles: Clyde F. Ellis, John F. Garver, Daniel T. Williams, F. Henry Edwards, Edmund J. Gleazer, Roy S. Budd.
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