[13]. Doc. & Cov., Sec. cvii: 76, 82-84.

[14]. This special court was once organized; before it Sidney Rigdon, one of the Presidency of the Church, was tried and condemned in 1844.

[15]. Bishops, when acting as judges, high councilors, presidents and all witnesses before these church tribunals act without compensation, hence these courts are without expense to the litigants.

[16]. Matt. xx: 20-28.

[17]. I Peter v: 2-5.

[18]. Mill. Star, Vol. xiv. (Supplement), pp. 20, 26.

[19]. Doc. and Cov. Sec. xx: 65.

[20]. Doc. and Cov. Sec. xxvi.

[21]. Doc. and Cov., Sec. cvii.

[22]. Doc. and Cov., Sec. cxxi.