DC 119:Intro SEC
TION 119
Revela
tion given
through Joseph Smi
th III, April 11, 1887, a
t Kir
tland, Ohio.
This inspired ins
truc
tion was received af
ter
the General Conference had observed Sa
turday, April 9, as a day of fas
ting and prayer for ligh
t concerning "
the deple
ted condi
tion of
the Quorum of
the
Twelve."
To the Elders of the Church:
Thus saith the Spirit:
DC 123:1a In compliance wi
th
the requiremen
t of paragraph
thir
teen of
the revela
tion received during conference and by agreemen
t be
tween
the quorums affec
ted,
the Firs
t Presidency,
the
Twelve, and
the Bishopric me
t in join
t council in
the edi
tor's room of the Herald Office at nine a.m., Friday, April 20, 1894.
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.
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