Monday 4th A.M. Conference opened by the choir singing hymn 183 [Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed!] and prayer by Bro. Geo. [A.] Smith.

Pres't. Joseph Smith made a lengthy exposition of the condition of the temporal affairs of the church, the agency of which had been committed to him at a general conference in Quincy--explaining the manner that he had discharged the duties involved in that agency, and the condition of the lands and other property of the church.