The Contributor, Vol. 8

The above is an extract from a letter of appointment given to Orson Hyde by President Joseph Smith, at the conclu sion of the April conference of 1840, at which Elder Hyde had been called to go _ou a mission to Jerusalem. It appears that Apostle Hyde in a heavenly vision saw himself on the Mount of Olives, blessing the land for the return of the people of Judah, hence, that he might be obedient to the vision, he was appointed to go to that land for the purpose mentioned.

On the 1sth of the same month that Apostle Hyde was called, he left his family at Nauvoo and started for Jerusalem without purse or script. The next day he met with Elder John E. Page who subsequently to the conference at which Apostle Hyde had been called, was appointed to go with him to the Holy Land.

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