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Sustaining of the General Authorities and Officers of the Church

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1909 October General Conference·Third Day Afternoon Session·1909-10-06

the General Authorities of the Church, to be voted upon by the assembly, as follows :

Joseph F. Smith, as Prophet, Seer and Revelator and President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

John R. Winder, as First Counselor in the First Presidency.

Anthon H. Lund, as Second Counselor in the First Presidency.

Francis M. Lyman, as President of the Twelve Apostles.

As Members of the Council of Twelve Apostles : Francis M. Lyman, John Henry Smith, Heber J. Grant, Rudger Clawson, Reed Smoot, Hyrum M. Smith, George Albert Smith, Charles W. Penrose, George F. Richards, Orson F. Whitney, David O. McKay, and Anthony W. Ivins.

John Smith, as Presiding Patriarch of the Church.

The Counselors in the First Presidency and the Twelve Apostles and the Presiding Patriarch, as Prophets, Seers and Revelators.

First Seven Presidents of Seventies: Seymour B. Young, Brigham H. Roberts, Jonathan G. Kimball, Rulon S. Wells, Joseph W. McMurrin, Charles H. Hart, and Levi Edgar Young.

Charles W. Nibley, as presiding bishop, with Orrin P. Miller and David A. Smith as his First and Second Counselors.

Joseph F. Smith, as Trustee-in-Trust for the body of religious worshipers known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Anthon H. Lund, as Church historian and General Church Recorder.

Andrew Jenson, Brigham H. Roberts, and Joseph F. Smith, Jr., assistant Historians.

As Members of the General Church Board of Education : Joseph F. Smith, Willard Young, Anthon H. Lund, George H. Brimhall, Rudger Clawson, John R. Winder, Charles W. Penrose, Horace H. Cummings, and Orson F. Whitney.

Arthur Winter, Secretary and Treasurer to the General Church Board of Education.

Horace H. Cummings, General Superintendent of Church Schools.

Board of Examiners for Church Schools: Horace H. Cummings, Chairman; George H. Brimhall, James H. Linford, and Willard Young.

Auditing Committee : Rudger Clawson, Reed Smoot, William W. Riter, August W. Carlson, Henry H. Rolapp.

Tabernacle Choir : President John R. Winder, President; Evan Stephens, Conductor; Horace S. Ensign, Assistant Conductor; John J. McClellan, Organist; Edward P. Kimball and Tracy Y. Cannon, Assistant Organists; George C. Smith, Secretary and Treasurer; Noel S. Pratt, Librarian; and all the Members.

General Board of Relief Society : Bathsheba W. Smith, President; Ida Smoot Dusenberry, Second Counselor; Emmeline B. Wells, Secretary; Clarissa S. Williams, Treasurer. Members of the Board : Jane S. Richards, Sarah J. Cannon, Romania B. Penrose, Susan Grant, Emma S. Woodruff, Julina L.Smith, Emily S. Richards, Julia P. M. Farnsworth, Phebe Y. Beatie, Carrie S. Thomas, Alice M. Horne, Annie W. Cannon, Priscilla P. Jennings, Elizabeth S. Wilcox, Harriet B. Harker, Minnie H. James, Rebecca N. Nibley, Amy B. Lyman, Anna K. Hardy; Lizzie Thomas Edward, Musical Director; Edna H. Coray, Organist.

Relief Society School of Nurses : Emma A. Empey, superintendent ; Dr. Margaret C. Roberts, Instructor of Nurse Work; Phebe Y. Beatie, Secretary and Treasurer.

Deseret Sunday School Union Board: Joseph F. Smith, Superintendent; David O. McKay, First Asst. Superintendent; Stephen L. Richards, Second Asst. Superintendent; George D. Pyper, Secretary; John F. Bennett, Treasurer; Members of the Board : Joseph F. Smith, David O. McKay, Stephen L. Richards, Joseph W. Summerhays, Levi W. Richards, Francis M. Lyman, Heber J. Grant, Hugh J. Cannon, Andrew Kimball, James W. Ure, John F. Bennett, John M. Mills, William D. Owen, Seymour B. Young, George D. Pyper, Henry Peterson, Anthon H. Lund, John R. Winder, James E. Talmage, George M. Cannon, Horace H. Cummings, Josiah Burrows, William A. Morton, Horace S. Ensign, Henry H. Rolapp, Harold G. Reynolds, John Henry Smith, Charles B. Felt, Geo. H. Wallace, Lindsay R. McGhie and Sylvester D. Bradford.

General Board Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association: Joseph F. Smith, Superintendent; Heber J. Grant, Assistant Superintendent; Brigham H. Roberts, Assistant Superintendent ; Aids: Francis M. Lyman, John Henry Smith, J. Golden Kimball, Junius F. Wells, Rodney C. Badger, George H. Brimhall, Edward H. Anderson, Douglas M. Todd, Thomas Hull, Nephi L. Morris, Willard Done, Leroy C. Snow, Frank Y. Taylor, Rudger Clawson, Rulon S. Wells, Joseph W. McMurrin, Reed Smoot, Bryant S. Hinckley, Moses W. Taylor, B. F. Grant, Hyrum M. Smith, Joseph F. Smith, Jr., O. C. Beebe, Lewis T. Cannon, Benjamin Goddard, George Albert Smith, Thomas A. Clawson, Lyman R. Martineau, Charles H. Hart, John A. Widtsoe, James H. Anderson, Anthony W. Ivins, Oscar W. Kirkham.

General Board Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Association — Martha H. Tingey, president ; Ruth M. Fox, First Counselor; Mae T. Nystrom, Second Counselor; Ann M. Cannon, Secretary; Alice K. Smith, Treasurer; Maria Y. Dougall, Honorary Member. Aids: Adella W. Eardley, Sarah Eddington, Agnes Campbell, Susa Y. Gates, May B. Talmage, Joan Campbell, Emma Goddard, Rose W. Bennett, Elizabeth C. McCune, Julia M. Brixen, Augusta W. Grant, Mary A. Freeze, Estelle N. Caldwell, Nellie C. Taylor, Emily C. Adams, Mary E. Connelly, Elen Wallace, Lucy W. Smith, Jane B. Anderson, Edith R. Lovesy, Letitia T. Teasdale. Alice C. Tuddenham, Music Director; Mattie R. Evans, Organist; Lizzie T. Sardoni, Assistant Organist.

General Board of Primary Association: Louie B. Felt, President; May Anderson, First Counselor; Clara W. Beebe, Second Counselor ; Olive D. Christensen, Secretary; Vera I. Felt, Recording Secretary; Vilate Peart, Librarian; Isabelle S. Ross, Physical Director; Lillie T. Freeze and Josephine R. West, Honorary Members. Aids : Aurelia S. Rogers, Lula L. G. Richards, Camilla C. Cobb, Edna L. Smith, Eliza S. Bennion, Edna Harker Thomas, Alice Howarth, Emma Romney, Rebecca N. Nibley, Zina Y. Card, and Maria B. Winder.

General Board of Religion Classes : Anthon H. Lund, superintendent; Rudger Clawson, First Assistant Superintendent ; Hyrum M. Smith, Second Assistant Superintendent. Members of the Board : Anthon H. Lund, Rudger Clawson, Hyrum M. Smith, Henry Peterson, Horace H. Cummings, Joseph W. Summerhays, Rulon S. Wells, Joseph W. McMurrin, John Henry Evans, William A. Morton, Joseph J. Cannon, George Albert Smith, Charles W. Penrose, Orson F. Whitney, James E. King, George F. Richards, George H. Brimhall, John Henry Smith, Heber J. Grant, Anthony W. Ivins, Joseph F. Smith, Jr., P. J. Jenson, and J. D. Cummings, Secretary.

Trustees of the Brigham Young University: Joseph F. Smith, President ; Jesse Knight, Vice-President; Wilson H. Dusenberry, Susa Young Gates, John Henry Smith, Reed Smoot, Lafayette Holbrook, Stephen L. Chipman, Jonathan S. Page, Jr., Richard W. Young, Willard Young, and Joseph R. Murdock.

Board of the Genealogical Society of Utah: Anthon H. Lund, President; Joseph F. Smith, Jr., Secretary and Treasurer; Charles W. Penrose, Joseph Christenson, Anthony W. Ivins, D. M. McAllister and Heber J. Grant.

Duncan M. McAllister, as Clerk of the Conference.

Each and all of those named were duly sustained in the positions designated, by unanimous vote of the Conference.

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