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Source: Church History Vol. 4 Chapter 27 Page: 480 (~1885)

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480 Second Quorum of Elders received as members W. S. Taylor, E. A. Davies, John A. Davies, and William Thompson. C. H. Porter and G. W. Beebe were received into the Third Quorum of Elders.

The Fourth Quorum of Elders released G. F. Waterman from his position of president of quorum on account of "failure in official duty." Elder J. D. Flanders was chosen to succeed him, and upon his nomination David E. Powell and J. T. Williams were chosen counselors. This quorum received into membership Joseph Westwood, Hiram Rathbun, Richard Preator, John T. Clark, Samuel Crum, B. N. Fisher, D. A. Frampton, and S. J. Madden.

F. W. A. Reidel was expelled, and C. A. Hall dropped from Fifth Quorum of Elders; and J. W. Wight and F. B. Moyers were received into membership. The First Quorum of Priests received into the quorum C. H. Derry, G. M. Jemison, H. R. Harder, G. E. Ross, Henry Scarcliff, Roderick May, Thomas Hatty, and William Pooler. J. B. Goldsmith was chosen president, and H. R. Harder and Robert White counselors.

The Quorum of Seventy adopted the following resolutions:

Resolved, That we, the Quorum of Seventy, do hereby reaffirm the resolution presented by the High Priests' Quorum, and adopted by the General Conference of September, 1880; wherein it, is stated to be the duty of the church to sustain the Twelve and Seventy in their ministry as special witnesses of the gospel, before means are supplied to send out the members of the other quorums.

Resolved, That this quorum hereby declares that it recognizes the Holy Scriptures, the Book of Mormon, and the revelations of God contained in the Doctrine and Covenants as the standard of authority in church government and doctrine, and the final standard of reference in all controversies.

A committee was appointed to confer with the Church of Christ, known as "Hedrickites." After consultation this committee reported as follows:

We, your committee appointed to confer with a committee of the church known as "Hedrickites" report that we met with said committee-Elders Richard Hill, George Prisby, and George Hedrick,-at the house of Bro. Stephen Maloney, and after a free interchange of views, it was agreed to arrange with the Independence Branch of the church for a free, Christianlike discussion, in their chapel in this city, in respect to questions of doctrine and church government which exists between the

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