[Minutes, Quorum of Twelve] Sunday Dec[embe]r. 18/47 11 A.M. Meeting in Drs. office.
Pres[iden]ts. [Brigham] Young, [Willard] Richards, [Orson] Pratt, [Wilford] Woodruff, [George A.] Smith, [Amasa] Lyman, & [Ezra T.] Benson. Phinehas H. Young, E[rastus] Snow.
Letter from John Smith /Salt Lake City/ to G. A. Smith [was] read-
Epistle to the Saints throughout the world [was] read by T[homas]. B[ullock]. (H[eber]. C. Kimball came in)
[A]lso [a] letter from Coll. Stevenson, Mormon Battalion, to Capt. Jefferson Hunt-
[A]lso [a] letter from Orson Hyde to George A. Smith-
[A]lso [an] Epistle from the Hi[gh] Council, Great Salt Lake City to Pres[ide]n[t]. Young & Council.
[A]lso [a] list of persons who wish to be released from John D Lee-
W Richards[:] "I move that the persons named in that paper be released"-A. Lyman seconded. Carried.
H. C. Kimball[:] I feel to prophesy good concerning bro Lee-[H]e will yet rise & do good.
A. Lyman[:] I feel it will be a blessing to him-
[A]t 10 min[utes] past 2 [the] Council adjourned going to the Hi[gh] Council-in the Council House.
Capt[ai]n. Hosea Stout said some of the Police wanted to have some of their wages off set for tithing-
N]ewell]. K. W[hitney].[: S]ome of them have raised crops-[and] some have not-[T]he qu[estion] is how shall we tithe them-every tenth da[y] or 10th [of the] crop[?]-
G. A. Smith[:] "I motion that Bishop Whitney take the Police Orders for their tithing."
W[illiam]. Major second[ed].
B. Young[: T]he 1st. thing to enquire is shall they pay tithing? I believe in their paying tithing-The next thing is how shall they pay it? The law is every person must pay tithing-if it is only a pound of rue-
H C K[: A]ccording to that, the Church pays the poor s tithing-
B. Young[: F]asting & tithing are two different things-[I]f you have a mind to turn their tithing on the tax of the poor-its all right. [W]e want to take every precaution not to oppress any individual-[T]hat will free the poor from the tax, but exempts no one from tithing-
H. C. K.[:] The more you retrieve a man or woman from duty-the more you may do it-[I]t is better to put the law of tithing in force on every man & woman-
B. Young[: B]ro Sanders case is desperate, he has been worth a deal of money, & the Church now has it-I believe we ought to become Saviors of men, & not ride a man to apostacy-John Taylor abused him on the Stand-
H. C. K.[:] I can reckon up 36,000 dollars that he has let go, most of it, the Church has now-
I got [$]12,000 at one time-
N K W.[:] "I motion that bro Ellis M. Sanders tithing, be allowed on his claim against the Church".
B. Young-[T]he law of God in tithing, is binding on this Church, without any alteration, & the people will be tithed on the coming of Jesus. [L]et the tithing be paid on those tax bills where it ought not to be collected-[B]y & by if a man gets rich & boasts too much, he can be shewn the books that there, his taxes were remitted-
Hosea Stout gave an account of the Stray Yard-& Father Lot s cattle destroying Hyrum s Wes Corn-
Pres[iden]t. Young instructed br. Fielding to prefer a charge against him before this Hi[gh]
Council-
[source: Minutes, Quorum of Twelve]
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