| 4 approved the report, and also demanded Elder Shippy's license until requirements were complied with.
On petition from St. Joseph Branch, Buchanan County (Missouri) was detached from Northwestern Missouri District and attached to the Northern Kansas District.
John Camp, Sophronia McClary, 1 Arthur Milliken, 2 and Lucy Milliken 3 were received on their original baptisms, and John Camp was received as a deacon on his original ordination.
On the 9th President Smith requested Elder J. W. Briggs, president of the Twelve, to preside, as he (Smith) would not be present. After some remarks on the condition of the Quorum of Twelve, President Briggs presented a revelation which had been received by President Smith on March 3, 1873. 4
1 Sister of Joseph Smith the Martyr.
2 Brother-in-law of Joseph Smith the Martyr.
3 Youngest sister of Joseph Smith the Martyr.
4 1. Hearken to the voice of the Spirit, O, ye elders of my church; the prayers of my people have prevailed with me.
2. Behold, it to wisdom in me, and expedient in my church that the chief quorums should be more nearly filled, and their organization more nearly completed. Thus saith the Spirit.
3. Let my servants, William W. Blair and David H. Smith, be chosen and ordained to be counselors to my servant, the presiding elder of my church. Let them be set apart to this office by the laying on of hands by my servants whose duty it is to ordain and set in order the officers of my church; and let my servants, the president of the high priests' quorum and the president of the lesser priesthood, also lay their hands upon these their brethren who are to be counselors, but let my servants of the twelve be the spokesmen.
4. Lot my servants William H. Kelley, Thomas W. Smith, James Caffall, John H. Lake, Alexander H. Smith, Zenas H. Gurley, and Joseph R. Lambert, be chosen as especial witnesses, even of the quorum of the twelve, for they are called thereunto, that they may take this ministry upon them. Let them be ordained and set apart to this office by the laying on of the hands of my servants Joseph Smith, Jason W. Briggs, and William W. Blair.
5. Verily, I say unto you, If these my servants will henceforth magnify their calling in honor before me, they shall become men of power and excellent wisdom in the assemblies of my people.
6. Let the names of my servants Daniel B. Rasey and Reuben Newkirk be taken from the record of the quorum of the twelve and placed with the records of the names of the elders, and let them labor as elders, and their labors will be accepted by me.
7. 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. Let them diligently labor in their ministry, encouraging and directing their brethren in their labors. It is expedient for the good of my cause that my servant Jason take the active oversight of his quorum.
8. Let my servants Archibald M. Wilsey, William D. Morton, and George Rarick, be ordained high priests; and let my servants E. C. Brand, Charles W. Wendell, and Duncan Campbell be appointed as special witnesses of the seventy in their places; and let my
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