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Show 1867, Dec. 2 A meet~ng of the school of the Prophets was held in G.S,L. City, addEes~~d by Brigham Young , Heber c. Kimball and Daniel H. Wells. The folQ..ovving was publ.ished in the "Deseret News .,,, I Q : FR0 1M MONDAY'S D.A ILY --·- ~ I . $CHOOL · OF T ~E PROP:HE'rS ' I ' • • l' This · morning . at · 9 o'clock a meeting convened . in the ,.counoil House ·, in this oi ty., to . inaugur~-.te th~ opening .of the classes advertised b¥ the B6ard of Reg~ncy, in op nnec~ ion wi~h the · Univer~ity Of ~eseret • . ~he~e were ·present Pr~s~dent~ Brigham · Young, H. ·C. ~Ki'Inball and D • . H. Wells, .. Elders Orson Prat._t, Wi l f ord~ Woodruff ·, . George Q, . Gannon and Joseph F. S'rnith of the .. ·Twelv:e Apostles; Chancellor Carrington, several members · of · the Board of Regents~ with a large number of the Bishops and leading m.en of the _,oi ty ~ · · ( Pre~ide.o.t Young made somE? remarks -at ·the commeilcernent '·, whi ch we will publish at length to-morrow.; after which he offered tne following o pening prayer: . · . o, God, OUl"' Father who lives in the, heavens ' in . the name of J~sus Christ we approach Thee. this morn ing ~s Thy children, and vi~ come t .o Thee as our Father and God, even the God and Father · of ,o·ur Lord -Jesus Chri·st. ·and, .t 'l;le Father of our 's ·pirits. We thank Thee for the blessings ·which Tpou hast given unto us, and we J)ray Thee . in the name of .. Jesus to look .in mercy up_on us • . 'Bless , 0 Lord,, these Thy .s .e r vants, and wilt Thou be compassi,onate unto us, .and .bless ·us with .the out.pouring of Thy Spirit as the time ·has now arr ive-d when we ' dan commence ;' aga i n a school , here on thi.s earth for the i mprovement of.. . t 'he minds of Thy servants, the Elders of Israel in'· all truth · that · pe·r.tains t9 heaven and earth, ·:through the I?riest hood of the Son of God, and by .. the learning which we have 'in books that hath been revea'led in days of old, and ·in this · our day.. Inasmuch · as we enjoy thE3se, privtleges, we ask Thee t 'o. inspire the hearts of Thine Apos,tle._s, , Eld.ers, High Priests, an~ . S~ventie~, and pour out Thy Sp irit upon th~ Bishops and e·very servant of Thine that t ,heir ,eyes may b.e opened to see and understand things as they are.' Bless all who take an . intere-st· in th~ · irnpr·ovement of the minds of Thy people, and wilt Thou .-rinstruct t:b.e .r.h by the revelations of Thy Spi:rit;fe>r 'we realize .that we a ·:re· i gnorant, and our opportunities to be taught ·:Ln the _lear:ning 6f men on earth have been few. We h~ve had the . priv1lege of th~ gospel revealed unto us thrbugh ~hy ~erv~nt Jriseph, ~rid of gathering fDom the nat ions, to a: s'semble ourselves together where we -oa·n i mprove , our lives, and, ins t.~ucteach other in · the know1edge .of all |
