[40]. Doctrine and Covenants, sec. xxviii.
[41]. Doctrine and Covenants, sec. xxxvii.
[42]. Doctrine and Covenants, sec. xli.
[43]. Doctrine and Covenants, sec. lxviii.
[44]. Doctrine and Covenants, sec. cvii: 15.
[45]. Ibid, verse 20.
[46]. Ibid, verse 68.
[47]. Doctrine and Covenants, sec. lvii:17.
[48]. Doctrine and Covenants, sec. lviii: 15; 18. Ibid, sec. cvii: 72-75.
[49]. There are bishops holding different positions: Bishop Partridge was a general bishop over the land of Zion; while Bishop Whitney was a general bishop over the church in Kirtland, Ohio, and also over the eastern churches until afterwards appointed as presiding bishop. * * * There are also ward bishops, whose duties are confined to their several wards. * * * There are also bishops' agents such as Sidney Gilbert [he was Bishop Partridge's agent in Zion, Missouri], and others.—Items on Priesthood by the late President John Taylor.