[18]. Heb. 11.
[19]. Mal. 4:5, 6.
CHAPTER I.
The Year Eighteen Hundred and Thirty-four—Affairs in Zion and Kirtland.
Condition of the Saints in Missouri.
January 1, 1834.—The scattered Saints in Missouri commenced the year eighteen hundred and thirty-four, with a conference, which they held in Clay county, on the first day of January, at which Bishop Partridge presided. After transacting much business relative to comforting and strengthening the scattered members of the Church, it was
Resolved, That Lyman Wight and Parley P. Pratt be sent as special messengers, to represent the situation of the scattered brethren in Missouri, to the Presidency and Church in Kirtland, and ask their advice.