Henry Rock Bap Priest Williams Shuknell hill ^18^
Ann Jennings
Jane Tylor
Mary James
Sarah Wall
Sarah Cole
James Cole
Ellen Clark
19th I arose early in the morning & Baptized & confirmed
one. a number of others soon came to us & wished to be Bap
tized. We immediately walked to the river Lug, & we being
hendered a short time in looking for a suitable place for Baptizing
a man by the name of Pitt came to us filled with the Devil
& wrath at the head of a mob & commanded us not to Be Baptized
in that river & threatened us much if we did so. Elder Richard
Preached to Mr Pitt & warned him to repent & be Baptized
or he could not be saved. But the Devel raged to such
a degree in this man & his company we thought it wisdom
to omit it on this occasion. We did so & retired & went
our way, with this wicked man & the rest of the mob follow-
ing us shouting, hooting, & yelling as though a part of hell
at least had broke loose. the Saints were strengthened seeing
that they were not of the world but the world hated them
& we also went our way rejoicing that we were counting
worthy to partake of thes things. We clensed our feet
by the way side as a testimony against Mr Pitt for rejecting
our testimony, & forbiding, & hindering, others from Entering
into the kingdom of God. may the will of God be done conserning
that man, I pray that we may ever be reconciled to his
will in all things. We walked to Froom hill & found Br
& sister Benbows both in Better spirits than I have ever
seen them before. I Baptized one, & administered unto
one that was sick spent the night at Brother Benbows 8 [miles]
Total 2 Baptized one confirmed one healed
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Elder Richards Preached from these words "if the Lord be God serve him" the power of the Priest Hood rested upon & the principles of Eternal truth were presented so plain that no opposing power could withstand them when he closed I arose & bore testimony to the truth of what they had herd. The Church minister in the Parish Sent a spy to attend meeting to carry him word what we preached. as soon as meeting closed, I put my hand upon his shoulder & asked him what he thought of our doctrin he replied "I think it is of God" he appeared asstonished when he left the house.
hendered a short time in looking for a suitable place for Baptizing a man by the name of Pitt came to us filled with the Devil & wrath at the head of a mob & commanded us not to be Baptized in that river & threatened us much if we did so. Elder Richard Preached to Mr Pitt & warned him to repent & be Baptized or he could not be saved. But the Devel raged to such a degree in this man & his company we thought it wisdom to omit it on this occasion. We did so & retired & went our way, with this wicked man & the rest of the mob follow- ing us shouting, hooting, & yelling as though a part of hell at least had broke loose. the Saints were strengthened seeing that they were not of the world but the world hated them & we also went our way rejoicing that we were counting worthy to partake of thes things. We clensed our feet by the way side as a testimony against Mr Pitt for rejecting our testimony, & forbiding, & hindering, others from Entering into the kingdom of God. may the will of God be done conserning that man, I pray that we may ever be reconciled to his will in all things
The power of God is among the People the Lord is making a short work in this part of the Land. the Churches in this part of the vineyard now number more than 500 souls whare a little more ^less^ than four months since ther was not one to be found or the fulness of the Gospel herd. Praise the Lord O my Soul for all his goodness to the children of men, Prase ye the Lord O his Saints
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