A report of a conference held October 7, 1859 in Salt Lake City, states that Theodore Turley “bore testimony to the truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ; referred to the words of Daniel relative to the stone being cut out of the mountain without hands and spoke of the influences by which he had been surrounded; told of his experiences in California, while preaching the gospel there.” President Heber C. Kimball spoke in high commendation of Brother Turley. Said he, “I have been much gratified to hear the remarks of Brother Turley . . . I naturally love him, for he is a true man. He is as true as gold that has a little dross in it, there is a good deal of the true metal in him.”
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