| 520 whereupon President Rigdon nominated Elder Lyman Wight to that office, which was unanimously accepted."
On presentation of the quorums to be sustained the following were objected to: John A. Hicks, President of the Elders' Quorum, Bishop Alanson Ripley, John E. Page of the Twelve, and Noah Packard of the High Priests. Upon motion of Bishop N. E. Whitney they were referred to their several quorums. James Allred was appointed a member of the High Council in place of C. C. Rich, who had been chosen a counselor to the president of the stake.
John Murdock, Lyman Wight, William Smith, H. W. Miller, Amasa Lyman, Leonard Soby, Jehiel Savage, and Z. H. Gurley were appointed to travel and collect means for the purpose of building the temple.
The General Conference held at Manchester, England, at the same time reported 5,850 members, 136 elders, 303 priests, 169 teachers, and 68 deacons. In addition to these about 800 had emigrated to America during the season.
On Tuesday, April 21, 1841, Brigham Young, H. C. Kimball, Orson Pratt, Wilford Woodruff, John Taylor, G. A. Smith, and Willard Richards, of the Twelve, with a company of about one hundred and thirty, sailed from Liverpool for New York, en route for Nauvoo; leaving P. P. Pratt, whose family was with him, in charge of the European mission; while Orson Hyde was to prosecute his appointed mission to Jerusalem.
April 24,1841, the High Council of Iowa selected David Pettigrew and Moses Nickerson counselors to President John Smith, in place of Reynolds Cahoon, removed to Nauvoo, and Lyman Wight, ordained an Apostle of the Quorum of Twelve.
With the issue of Times and Seasons for May 1, R. B. Thompson became associated with Don C. Smith in the editorial conduct of the paper.
May 2 the Teachers' Quorum was organized in Nauvoo, Elisha Everett president, James Hendricks and J. W. Huntsman counselors.
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