[Francis M. Lyman] [San Bernardino to Colton] Rhoda and I went to dinner with Gideon Carter and wife. ... He told me of a council of 50 of which Lyman Wight was a member and father John Smith was the President. Lyman Wight said Brigham Young had no right to call that council together but if John Smith called together and sent him word he would go to it if he had to crawl on his hands and knees. He held that Brigham and any other member of the 50 could build up a branch of the church in any part of the world? Carters' affidavit was signed in presence of B. H. Roberts, Rhoda and me, and the notary.
[Source: Excerpts of Apostle Francis M. Lyman Diaries, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
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