Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine Notes 1
at Gadfields Elm and on which was Sunday I met
for prayer-meeting at Leigh.
After meeting we went to a brother's for
the purpose of again administering the ordinance of baptism
Ten prepared for the ordinance but before we closed singing
and prayer a desperate mob gathered together of about a hundred
and the owner of the pond would not let us baptise while
such a mob was present fearing serious consequences
I then went in search of water in other
places for about of an hour with the mob following me, and
railing against me; but I could not find water and we had to
defered it until the aftermoon. The mob commenced fitingghting
among themselves and the people sent for constables to clear
the ground.
After this I went to Norton and
preached and then returned to Leigh and the man gave his
consent for me to baptize in his pond
We went immediately to the water and
as I commenced to baptise the mob began to gather but I
succeeded in the administering the ordiance to nine persons
while surrounded by the rabble. I did not however receive
any injury nor did any of those baptised receive any
molestation except with the tongue. In the evening I preached
to a large congregation and the power of God rested upon us
