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Oct 21, 1835

Journal Entry

October 21, 1835 ~ Wednesday

21st Got 2 signers for M & Ad. rode to Br Clapps
3 miles Preached in the evening at Br Claps ^on Terropan River^
from the Lth Psalm 3, 4, 5 verses When I opened
A door for the reception of members by baptism
When 8 came foreward & gave me their
hand all were Campbellites save 1 which
was A Baptist. We repaired to the water
whare the Spirit of God & the solemnities of
of Eternity rested upon us while administering
the ordinance of Baptism. It was A scene
that caused rejoicing in both heaven & Earth
to view 3 men lead their wives into the same
element whare our Saviour had lain to obey
the mandates of heaven

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Clapp, Benjamin Lynn
19 Aug 1814 - 21 Oct 1865
135 mentions
1835 Southern Convert

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Terrapin Creek, Calloway County, Kentucky

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We repaired to the water whare the Spirit of God & the solemnities of of Eternity rested upon us While administering the ordinance of Baptism. It was A scene that caused rejoicing in both heaven & Earth to view 3 men lead their wives into the same element whare our Saviour had lain to obey the mandates of heaven
~ Wilford Woodruff

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Daybook (13 January 1835 - 26 November 1836)
Got 2 signers for M & A Rode from Father Greenwood's to Br Clapps 3 miles Preached in the evening at Br Claps from Lth Psalms 3 4 5 verses: When I opened A door for baptism and 8 came foreward & gave me their hand all wer Campbellites save 1 which was A baptist we repaired to the water whare the spirit of God & the solemnities of Eternity rested upon us while administering the ordinance of Baptism 3 men led their wives in^to^ the water to obey {shorthand}
Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine Notes 1
I got 2 signers for the M & Ad I rode to Brother Clapps and Preached in the evening at his house from the L Psalm 3, 4, 5 verses at the close of the meeting I opened a door for Baptism when 8 came forward and gave me their hand all were Campbellites exscept one He was a Baptist. we repaired to the water And the spirited of the Lord rested upon us while I administered the ordinances of Baptism unto them 3 men led their wives down into the water
Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine Notes 1
On the I rode to brother Clapp's and preached at the evening at his house from the L Psalm—3, 4, and 5 verses. At the close of the meeting I opened the door for baptism when eight came forward and gave me their hands, all of whom were Campbellites except one and he was a baptist. We repared to the water and the Spirit of the Lord rested upon us while I administered the divine ordinance to them. Three of the men also led their wives down into the water and they were baptised. This day I obtained two subscribers for the Messenger and Advocate and two more in the several following

Oct 21, 1835