The order in which the quorums voted was as follows:
First, the Twelve Apostles;
Second, the Patriarchs, Presidents of Stakes, their Counselors, and the High Councils;
Third, the High Priests;
Fourth, the Seventies;
Fifth, the Elders;
Sixth, the Bishops and their Counselors;
Seventh, the Lesser Priesthood.
After this the Presidents of the quorums voted on the question and it was then put to the entire assembly which arose en masse and voted in the same manner.
It was a remarkable scene. There was not a dissenting vote in all that vast assembly; and there were probably thirteen thousand people crowded into the great Tabernacle. Perfect unanimity prevailed; and as the several quorums registered their votes and the entire assembly arose and with uplifted hands sanctioned what they had done, the scene was indescribably grand and impressive, carrying with it a power and influence that can only come from a righteous people giving their unrestrained assent to that which God has appointed. It was an influence born of a union of vox dei et vox populi. It was a Spirit identical with that which in a larger degree pervades the councils of the Gods.