7. Behold, and lo, these are the words of Alpha and Omega, even Jesus Christ. Amen. Footnotes 1. Doctrine and Covenants, sec. 71. 2. Doctrine and Covenants, sec. 72. 3. These are the letters referred to at p. 217, note. 4. This conference had been appointed to meet on the 25th of January, at Amherst, Lorain county, Ohio. 5. Doctrine and Covenants, sec. 73. 6. Doctrine and Covenants, sec. 74. 7. The chief item of interest connected with this Amherst conference held on the 25th of January, 1832, is the fact that it was here that the Prophet Joseph was sustained and ordained as President of the High Priesthood. 8. Doctrine and Covenants, sec. 75. 9. Doctrine and Covenants, sec. 76. 10. Doctrine and Covenants, sec. 77. 11. It was not always desirable that the individuals whom the Lord addressed in revelations should at the time be known by the world, and hence in this and in some subsequent revelations the brethren were addressed by other than their own names. The temporary necessity having passed for keeping the names of the individuals addressed unknown, their real names were subsequently given in brackets. 12. Doctrine and Covenants, sec. 78. 13. Doctrine and Covenants, sec. 79. 14. Doctrine and Covenants, sec. 80. 15. Doctrine and Covenants, sec. 81. 16. It has been said that there was no First presidency in the Church of Jesus Christ in former days and that this body is peculiar to the Dispensation of the Fulness of Times. Here the Lord declares that the keys of the kingdom "belong always unto the presidency of the High Priesthood." In other words they belong to the Presidency of the Church. In a discourse delivered July 2, 1839, the prophet Joseph Smith said that Adam held the keys of the First Presidency, then Noah also held this office. He said: "The Priesthood is everlasting. The Savior, Moses and Elias gave the keys to Peter, James and John, on the mount, when they were transfigured before him." This being true, then Peter, James and John were chosen by the Lord as a First Presidency and served in that capacity in the Church of Jesus Christ in their dispensation. It was by virtue of this calling that they were sent to confer upon Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery the keys of the kingdom. (D&C 27:13.) {259} Chapter XIX. Mob Violence at Hiram--The Second Journey of the Prophet to Zion, and Return to Kirtland. [Sidenote: Prospectus of _The Evening and Morning Star_.] I received a letter from the brethren who went up to the land of Zion, stating that they had arrived at Independence, Missouri, in good health and spirits, with a printing press and a store of goods. Agreeable to the instructions of the fall conference, they also sent me the prospectus of a monthly paper, _The Evening and Morning Star_. [1] {260} [Sidenote: The Prophet's Life in Hiram.]