Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-10-17

Lake and Fort Bridger, During the
winter of 1859, he was sergeant-at-
arms OF the territorial legislature.
He was ordained one Of the Seventies,
March 90 1858, and on october l6, was
ordained a High Priest, and appointed
a member OF the High Council In
April. 1860. he was called on a mission
TO Great Britain. On the 9th Of that
month, he left Salt Lake Clty
working his way eastward by driving
a four-mule team to Fort Des Moines,
Iowa. He called at Nauyoo, and
visited some OF his kindred. Proceed
ing to New York, he sailed for Liver
pool. arriving there July 9th.
He labored In the mission field In
Sheffield Hull and Lincolnshire confer
ences until the fall Of 1862, when he
visited Denmark, and afterwards went
TO Paris, and In June, 1863, was re-
leased to return home. He reached
New York early In July, and after
arriving at the frontiers, crossed the
plains as chaplain and physician In
company OF emigrants. In March,
1854, he started with others by stage
TO Sacramento on another mission TO
the Sandwich islands, arriving March
9th. He was placed In charge OF the
mission. and visited all the Islands.
making observations and arrangements
with view to establishing permanent
headquarters. He returned home In
December, after being showed In on his
way from San Francisco, In the Sierra
Nevada mountains, for several days.
For some time after he was engaged
in the church historians office, and la
bored as a home missionary. He was
elected a member of the city council
Of Salt Lake city, and also member
OF the Territorial Legislature. jlly /,
1886. he was ordained an Apostle by
President Brigham Young, and appoint
ed to MI vacancy In the Council of
the Twelve October s, 1867. In 1865, he
was called TO 20 to Provo. Utah coun-
", where he made his residence, and
was elected a member OF the Provo
city council, He Travelled extensively
through the territory in the discharge
OF his calling az an Apostle. and after
removing his family back 10 Salt Lake
city. resumed his work in the histor-
ian's office,
In February. 1874 he started on a
second mission 10 Great Britain. arriy-
ing March 2lst. where bewas placed in
charge of All the branches of tho
dinayia Germany gwitzerland and
France and I'm the fall of ls7b was
released 10 ,sturn home having
oomplished very sIecessful roiseion
He was then annointed 10 nresido over
Inc church In Davie coun,v irtah bnt
In The snrino ~ fSTT was again cont m
nresi6e c~er Tho r,,ronaan r,atss,o,,
After ATTENDING Tho ded,cet 10, 80 Ne
Ten,n,e NJ 81 George in Sontbar, I,tah
he took HE danart,sre for Iivernnol ar.
rivjne thero uov S7 tS77 n was Az.
nectad maj ha would stay eayaral
vsers In Eurono INT the dsath ~ pros.
iIont prigbanp yonng occs STONED ne no.
raIi md an The I9t5 ~ sentenhar be
started IRON, I ivernoo and reached
sait Iake Citv an ~ o-th
Aftsr iohoring with the othar Amos.
,lss who yvera az he bead of church
o,rairs ba ,,,ant an n h,ias nn,ssion "a
No lsast IN co'nnonv win .Ida, o,.,on
poi, Ioot,ing ba,na i, insnst is7S and
,,isi,tnn tNor Wet htisso,,,i piano n
i,nats tttr,io,,I ohio pair,vra ora
nisnchos,a. Nau, VT ali ~ which
r,ia'oce oro ,,ot hle In .,Aforp,o," history
A. p,ch,nnd Nissos,r, no yisited
ne,,ia V1hi,n,er one ~ The tbroe VII,
1890 ~ ~ pooi, 30 nor,,,on ana or
plano bs6 a." an inter,iey WIN Jnsenh
Smith SON ~ me dscsasad, pronhet He
rst,,rned In limo for the octoher CON
cerence ana vas nisseS IN charge NJ
tbc Fnaowu,ent House which nosifion
he orc,,nisd mill ths summer az 1884
when the house was closed.
In octoher iSso when John Taylor
succeeded IN Tho prasidencv of the
Chnrch Iosenh "a smith was chosen 40
his second Counselor ne was elected
q p,en,her NJ Inc Council Of the ITfah
e9ielatnre for Inc session OF 1850 and
,yas chosen he President He was also
president ~ the CONSTITUTIONAL Conven-
t,on held in hnrll Of that wear. when n
state ConSt,trtion was framed and an
,iicstion mad for The admission OF
Irieh into The Union as n stare Al the
doth ~ President Iohn Taylor July
~ iSS7 rosenb n smith resumed his
rosition In NE Council Of ,he Twelve
hnostIee and ON Anrn 1850 when
preeldent Wilford Woodruff succeeded
80 ~ prosI1nncv .1osenh n smith was
ob .", as ne second counselor This
nosit,ou he also occunied IN association
y Vim pTes'den, Lorengo Snow. After the