Autobiography Volume 1 circa 1842-1865
On the I had joined Elder Kington in
Dymock and that evening we were to hold at his house the
weekly prayer meeting of the Branch.
As we began to gather together the beating
of drums and kettles were heard through the street and the
mob soon collected and paraded in front of the house
We closed the window and shutters and doors in the house and
I opened the meeting with singing and prayer
But we had no sooner commenced than
the mob armed themselves with rocks bricks eggs and any
thing they could lay their hands upon and began to throw
them at the house like a shower of hailstones for nearly
an hour. They dashed in the windows scattered bricks and
glass through the rooms broke the tiles of the roof and
continued such depredations until the close of the meeting
The brethren being disposed to test the virtue of the laws
which were strict against such outrages I proposed to
go into the midst of the mob to see who they were but
they would not permit me lest I should receive injury
from the shower of stones. Several of the brethren
however went themselves and took down the names of
the leaders and returned to the house in the midst of a
volley of stones and brik-bats but without injury. Soon
afterwards the mob broke up and having cleared the room
of the bricks stones and glass we laid down to rest
and had a good night
