Autobiography 1857 Draft 2
we buried him on the .,
This singular dispensation of providence brought solemnity
upon the people, and they began to reflect and wished to heare
preaching; we held several meetings and preached to the people, and
baptized Mr. Hubbel and his wife, aged people ^persons^, who had opened their
doors, and given us a home; and just as we had got the people
prepared to receive the Gospel, and anxious to learn and pleading with
us to stay and preach, bro. Brown resolved that he would continue
his journey south. I was fully satisfied that should we stop, we would
build up a church, and was convinced it was our duty to stop
but bro. Brown held the office of an Elder ^& I submitted^ and I was a Priest, we
were travelling together upon a mission, and I felt that I must be
subject to those over me in the priesthood, so I submitted.
This is an error which many have committed in this church
who were sent as Missionaries to the world, as soon as they got doors
open and a people prepared to receive the Gospel, they go away and
leave them: we left this people with tears in their eyes. Brother
Brown did not baptize another person ^on the mission^ during his whole southern
mission.
