339 "That we sustain E. C. Briggs and those who are laboring with him.
"That we sustain all who have been appointed on missions.
"That we recommend that all the elders labor in the ministry."-True Latter Day Saints' Herald, vol. 5, pp. 124, 125.
The hand of fellowship was withdrawn from George White, of the Twelve, until he reports.
A special conference was held in Little River branch, in Decatur County, Iowa. April 30 and May l; George Morey president, William Alden clerk.
In the latter part of the year 1863 the work was planted in California by E. H. Webb and G. P. Dykes, the latter having been ordained in Utah by Apostle E. C. Briggs and sent on to California. The May numbers of the Herald contained cheering news from California. A short letter from Elder E. H. Webb, dated Sacramento, March 23, 1864, indicates the condition of the work there, and that Elder Dykes had extended his work into Nevada. The following is an extract:-
"I can vouch for fifty-one who have been baptized into the Reorganized Church in California, and probably there are several others. Bro. Dykes is in Nevada, and we hope that he is doing a good work. Bro. Henry H. Morgan, son of Bro. John H. Morgan, of Lydney, England, has gone on a mission to Southern California. We hope that we shall have several more elders out in the field soon. We have six branches of the church, with presidents, as follows: Sacramento branch, Cornelius Bagnall; San Francisco, T. J. Andrews; Folsom, Jeremiah Thomas; Dry Creek, Thomas Phillips; Watsonville, George Adams."-True Latter Day Saints' Herald, vol. 5, P. 142.
Encouraging reports were also published from Utah, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, St. Louis, Missouri; and an account of two discussions between Elder John Shippy and Rev. Abram Duncan, of the Baptist Church.
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