32. --Of baptism. 33. --Of the manner of baptism. 34. --Of confirmation. 35. --Of the duties of members. 36. --Of the duties of parents respecting their children. (Note.) 37. --Of the duties of officers--elders. (Note.) 38. --Of priests. 39. --Of teachers. 40. --Of deacons. 41. --Of conferences. 42. In what manner did the public ministry of the church begin? 43. Relate the first miracle performed in the church. 44. When was the first conference of the church held, and what occurred? 45. What error did Oliver Cowdery and the Whitmer family fall into? 46. How was Hyrum Page deceived by Lucifer? 47. What great principle concerning revelations to the church was brought out by these errors? {315} SECTION III. 1. First Mission to the Lamanites.--At the conference held in Fayette, New York, September, 1830, the first mission to the Lamanites was appointed. In the revelation[40] which corrected the evils introduced by Hiram Page's "seer stone," Oliver Cowdery was appointed to a mission to the Lamanites; and before the conference was adjourned another revelation as given appointing Parley P. Pratt, Peter Whitmer, Jun., and Ziba Peterson to accompany him. Great promises are contained in the Book of Mormon concerning the Lamanites, and the elders at that conference hoped that the time had come for their fulfillment. [See note 1, end of section]. 2. _En route_ for their field of labor--the western part of the State of Missouri--the elders of the Lamanite mission stopped at Kirtland, in the north-eastern part of Ohio. Here they found a society of reformed Baptists, sometimes called Campbellites, after Alexander Campbell, the chief founder of the new sect. Their pastor was Sidney Rigdon. Elder Parley P. Pratt had formerly been a member of this sect, and he presented to his former co-religionists the Book of Mormon, and with his associates preached the fullness of the gospel to them, which, finally Mr. Rigdon and nearly all his congregation accepted. 3. The Lamanite mission continued its journey westward, and in mid-winter reached the city of Independence, in the western borders of Missouri. Crossing the frontier, several meetings were held with the Delaware Indians, which had the effect of arousing the jealousy of the sectarian missionaries {316} among them. Such was their influence with the Indian agents that they succeeded in getting the elders banished from the territory. Returning to Independence, they sent one of their number, Parley P. Pratt, to report their labors to the prophet.