| 416 "'Loosen ye one another's hands and uphold one another, that ye who are of the quorum of the twelve, may all labor in the vineyard, for upon you rests much responsibility; and if ye labor diligently the time is soon when others shall be added to your number till the quorum be full, even twelve.
"'Be not hasty in ordaining men of the negro race to offices in my church, for verily I say unto you, All are not acceptable unto me as servants, nevertheless I will that all may be saved, but every man in his own order, and there are some who are chosen instruments to be ministers to their own race. Be ye content, I the Lord have spoken it.'
"The foregoing was presented to the Quorum of the Twelve, in council assembled, who unanimously voted that the revelation be received.
"Resolved, that the seventeenth paragraph of the seventeenth section of the new edition of the Book of Doctrine and Covenants forbids the ordination of high priests except by the direction of the High Council or General Conference, which words (General Conference) signifies a conference of the general church authorities.
"That any member of the Quorum of the Twelve is authorized to ordain men into the Quorum of the Seventies when the necessities of the church demand it.
"That elders' courts have power only to decide as to the guilt of parties accused, and to report those found guilty to the church, who shall lift up their hands against them.
"That the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve recommend, that in all branches of the church where it is practicable there be Sunday schools established.
"That the above resolutions be published in the Herald.
"Council adjourned on the evening of May 5, sine die.
"Joseph Smith, William Marks, Presidents of the Church.
"Zenos H Gurley, James Blakeslee, Samuel Powers, Reuben Newkirk, John Shippy, WM. W. Blair, Charles Derry, of the Quorum of the Twelve."-True Latter Day Saints' Herald, vol. 7, pp. 163, 164.
Among other important items it will be seen by the above that the two leading quorums of the church did as early as
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