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Jul 31, 1836

Journal Entry

July 31, 1836 ~ Sunday

31st Sunday Preached at David Criders to a large congre-
gation & no mobing manifest but I baptized Mr David
Crider amid darkness, blindness, scoffs snears, & the
prejudices of ungodly men. We confirmed him in his family {secretly}

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Crider, David
28 Mar 1804 - 25 Sep 1877
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1835 Southern Convert

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Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine

On Sunday, the , A. O. Smoot and I preached at Mr. David Crider's, Weakly County, Tennessee. After the meeting Mr. Crider was bap- tized. A mob gathered and threatened us, and poisoned our horses so that the one I rode, belonging to Samuel West, died a few days after. This horse had carried me thousands of miles while preaching the gospel. I continued to travel with Brothers Smoot, Patten and Parrish in Tennessee and Kentucky, and we baptized all who would receive our testimony.

Autobiography 1882 Leaves from My Journal

On Sunday, the , A. O. Smoot and I preached at Mr. David Crider's, Weakly County, Tennessee. After the meeting Mr. Crider was baptized. A mob gathered and threatened us, and poisoned our horses so that the one I rode, belonging to Samuel West, died a few days after. This horse had carried me thousands of miles while preaching the gospel. I continued to travel with Brothers Smoot, Patten and Parrish in Tennessee and Kentucky, and we baptized all who would receive our testimony.

Autobiography 1865 Millennial Star

Crider's]], also on Sunday the , where we were threatened by a mob. I baptized Mr. Crider amid the scoffs of the rabble, who went in the night and poisoned both of our horses; the one which I rode, belonging to brother Samuel West, died in two days after- wards; brother Smoot's recovered; the swine that eat of the horse flesh also died.

Autobiography 1858 Deseret News

also on Sunday, the , where we were threatened by a mob. I baptized Mr. Crider amid the scoffs of the rabble, who went in the night and poisoned both of our horses; the one which I rode, belonging to bro. Samuel West, died in two days afterwards; brother Smoot's recovered; the swine that eat of the horse flesh also died.

Autobiography 1857 Draft 1

His house also on Sunday the st we were threatened with a mob we I baptized Mr Crider amid the scoffs & jeers of the rablle they did not mob us but went in the night & poisoned both of our horses the one which I rode belonging to Brother Samuel West died in [t◊◊◊◊] two days afterwards Brother Smoots recovered

Autobiography 1857 Draft 2

at his house, also on Sunday the , ^where^ we were threatened with ^by^ a mob; I baptized Mr. Crider amid the scoffs of the rabble, they did not mob us, but ^who^ went in the night and poisoned both of our horses, the one which I rode belonging to bro. Samuel West, which died in 2 days afterwards, brother Smoot's recovedred, the hogs ^swine^ which ^that^ eat of the horse flesh also died.

Daybook (31 December 1835 - 3 January 1837)

31 Sunday Preached at D. Criders to a large congregation no mob appeared but I Baptiszed Mr David Crider amid darkness, blindness, scoffs, snears, & the prejudices of ungodly men We confirmed him in his family circle I spake with tongues {shorthand}

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Jul 31, 1836