[Brigham Young Sermon] Pres. Young then motioned that we raise a fund to bring the poor to this place. That there be a committee of five appointed to raise funds to send back to gather up the poor'- Pres. Young moved that Elder Charles C. Rich go on a mission to Western California, and assist Elder Amasa Lyman in the duties of his office; to succeed Elder Lyman when he returns here; to receive tithings and donations on behalf of the church; and to perform all other duties as an Apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints'-The Twelve dictate in all the world, five of them may council together, and send Elders where they please'- Pres. Young proposed that a passenger train be started from here to the States, and vice versa forthwith. -- SLC Bowery [Thomas Bullock Minutes, LJA; Thomas Bullock—LDS Church Reporter, 1844-56.C, Archives, Church History Library, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah.; GCM, Archives, Church History Library, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah..; General Church Minutes. Selected Collections from the Archives of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints DVD 1 (2002)]
[source: The Complete Discourses of Brigham Young, Ed. Richard S. Van Wagoner, Smith-Pettit Foundation, Salt Lake City (2009), http://bit.ly/BY-discourses]
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