Day in the Life

Jan 16, 1838

Journal Entry

January 16, 1838 ~ Tuesday

156 We met a company upon the beach near Br Starrett's to administer in the ordinance of Baptism
after singing a hymn I led a man down into the water and Baptized him & as on the night before
so on this occasion our ears were saluted with the report of fire arms. O when will the earth rest
from wickedness and pollution men learn righteousness & satan know the length of his chain. We
walked to the east schoolhouse to hold a meeting Elder Ball arose & opened the meeting & commenced
preaching a mob of the baser sort soon appeared & began to disturb the meeting by walking across
the house & talking, whistleing, singing, dancing, &c I followed Br Ball and closed amid much con-
fusion we walked to Mr David McMullen's & spent the night distance 3 miles

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Starrett, Cyrus
21 Feb 1802 - 31 Dec 1879
31 mentions
Host, Maine Mission
McMullin, David
6 Jul 1783 - 30 Nov 1855
3 mentions
Maine Mission
Ball, Joseph T.
21 Feb 1804 - 20 Sep 1861
52 mentions
Maine Mission

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The next we met a company upon the beach to attend to the ordinance of baptism. After singing a hymn I led a man down into the water and baptized him; and as on the night previous we were saluted with the report of fire arms. From thence we went to the east school house to hold a meeting which was interupted by a mob. As soon as we began they commenced to disturb us by walking across the house and talking whistling singing dancing &c. We were forced to close in confusion

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Jan 16, 1838