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to have worked in common, as did all in 1854. But the 
married heads of families had gone out onto their pre- 
emptions, and paid to Thompson one-third the crop as 
rent. 
At the Solemn Assembly in August, 1857, Thompson 
declared the schools of Preparation, Faith and Works, 
closed and called on all to settle up the affairs of the 
schools preparatory to the organization of what was 
called the “Travelling Ministry of the Congregation of 
Jehovah’s Presbytery of Zion.” This was organized at 
this Solemn Assembly, but only four settled up at that 
time, and three only were ordained Travelling Presby- 
ters and started on missions to the Eastern States. 
This settling consisted in giving Thompson a new 
bill of sale of property to which each might possibly have 
a claim, followed in a day or so by a written release by 
each to Thompson for all demands, and then a turning 
back to each head of family some of the property named 
in the bill of sale, such as furniture to enable them to 
carry on the farms under family stewardship which he 
then organized, under which they paid rent for such land 
as they cultivated. They did not all settle till in Febru- 
ary, 1858, but in August, 1857, Thompson made a change 
in the temporal management evidently intended to allay 
the growing dissatisfaction. He appointed a number of 
the most reliable men as stewards and gave them each 
farms to manage. Stewardship was a great honor and 
each one of these gave his personal bond in the sum of 
Fifty Thousand Dollars, conditioned to perform the 
duties of family assistant steward of the Ecclesiastical 
Kingdom of Jehovah’s Presbytery of Zion, and account 
to Chas. B. Thompson, Chief Steward, for all property 
that came into their hands. And later, when he settled 
with them, as above stated, Thompson delivered to them 
household goods and clothing with which to carry on this 
stewardship, and he took their receipts for it as held 
under their bond. It is noticeable that this receipt and 
bond say nothing of the two corporations which nomi- 
nally held title to all the property; but as before stated 
just before giving them such property under their stew- 
ardship he took the precaution to take from each this 
new release to Thompson and to both of his corporations 
for all demands for a sum named equal to the stock they 
had before had in the House of Ephriam. 
