The history of the saints Author:John C. Bennett Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: On the 7th day of April, 1841, I was elected to the First Presidency of the Mormon Church, as will be seen by reference to the conference minutes, published in t... more »he " Times and Seasons," (the official Mormon paper, edited by Joe Smith, the Prophet, assisted by John Taylor, the Apostle,) Vol. II., No. 12, page 387, from which I extract the following : " Gen. J. C. Bennett was presented with the First Presidency, aa Assistant President, until President Rigdon's health should be restored." MORMON TESTIMONY, UP TO THE TIME OF, AND SUBSEQUENT TO, MY WITHDRAWAL FROM THE CHURCH. "' The Quarter-Master-General of Illinois, (Dr. J. C. Bennett) has joined the Mormons and been baptized according to their faith. Under such a leader they will no doubt be able to whip the Mis- sourians in the next campaign.' Louisville Journal. "Very liberal, Mr. Editor : iiut the ' next campaign' belongs to the People, and unless they arise with one voice and avenge the wrongs of an innocent and much injured community farewell to Liberty she has fled forever, and moliocrats bear rule."Times and Seasons, Vol. II., No. 3, p. 234. " [CT Great Moral Victory! The high grounds taken by our Mayor, General Bennett, in relation to the great work of tem- ierance reform, have been fully sustained by the City Council, 'resident Joseph Smith, chairman of the committee to whom was referred that part of the inaugural address of His Honor, the Mayor, which relates to Temperance, reported the following Ordinance to the City Council on the 15th instant, which was elaborately discussed by Aldermen Wells and Whitney, and Councillors J. Smith, H. Smith, Rigdon, Law, and Greene, and in Committee of the Whole, by His Honor, and after dispensing with the rules, read three several times, and passed Unanimously....« less