D. Steele announced the edict. It was resolved to proceed with the ordination on to-morrow, at 2 o clock P.M. , the day to be observed by fasting and prayer. Adjourned, to meet in this place at 1 o clock P.M. , to-morrow. Closed with prayer. Members all present.
Minutes read and approved.
Committee on Signs of the Times reported in full. Accepted, and having been considered by paragraphs, was adopted. All the foundations of moral order are out of course. The family, the church, and the State are the moral agencies appointed by Jehovah to renovate society, to preserve the rights of its members, and to prevent those evils which lead to its destruction. Whatever, therefore, hinders any of these divine ordinances from answering its great end, is greatly to be lamented by all who have the glory of God and the good of their fellow-men at heart.