In March 1865 a further change and addition took place in the Morgan area. William Wallace Guff was called to be the presiding bishop of the area by President Young. He was to preside over the settlements in Morgan, Summit, and Wasatch Counties. Bishop Cluff settled with his family at Coalville, which was centrally located to the district he was over. Except for an interlude in 1870-71 in which he presided over the Scandinavia Mission, he served as presiding bishop of the Morgan, Summit, and Wasatch areas. He was finally released from this position on 9 July 1877 when he was called to be the president of the Summit Stake.27 At one time there were fifteen presiding bishops in the Church. In 1877 these were eliminated when Brigham Young announced that Edward Hunter would be the only Presiding Bishop of the Church.28 To assist the Saints in the smaller settlements that were distant from Salt Lake, missionaries were called to visit the settlements and strengthen them. Elder Edward Stevenson, born at Gibraltar, Spain, was one who was called as a special home missionary among the Saints in the northern settlements from 1865 to 1877. He later served as a General Authority in the First Quorum of Seventy, being called to the position on 9 October 1894.29 In the month of July 1867 in company with Bishop Cluff, Elder Stevenson spent six days visiting the settlements in the Morgan area. He spoke in the various areas to attentive audiences and reported that the settlements were in good condition.30 In the fall of 1869 President Young called Jabez Woodard, who was living with his family in St. George, to go to Morgan to help strengthen the Saints. Jabez, a faithful missionary, had labored with Lorenzo Snow in opening Italy for the gospel in 1851 and was left in charge of the mission by Elder Snow. He also helped open Malta where he labored for five months. Obedient to the leadership of the Church and ever willing to sacrifice all for the kingdom of God, Jabez spent the winter of 1869 and 1870 in Morgan where he died at Milton on 2 March, away from his family, but ever faithful to the Savior and the cause which he had espoused. A vision he received nineteen years before his death seems a fitting epitaph: "I saw Jerusalem inhabited by happy multitudes. The children were playing in the streets and old men leaning upon their staves. The curse brooded no longer over Judah's ancient land, for the midnight shades of sin and sorrow were replaced by the brightness of the Millennial mom. 'Jesus had visited the earth again, and all nature smiled as if conscious of her Creator's presence. Myriads of noble beings came from tower and temple, and stood near the holy city. Then the Savior came forth, and every eye rested upon His glorious countenance, while every knee bowed in reverence. He raised His right hand, and pointing to Calvary, thus addressed the mighty host which worshipped at His feet: Two thousand years ago I died upon that Mount for the sins of the world, but now my Father hath given me the crown of universal empire. Thus shall it be known through all His vast creations that sacrifice and obedience bring forth honor and immortality.' "31 11