Seven Southern states secede from Union. (Confederacy includes 15 states and territories by 1862.)
14 We left Brother Snow & rode about 2 miles from Brigham City and
met with some of the leaders of the Welsh at the House of Brother
Philips, who had been cut off from the Church for apostacy & was
cut drawing away some seventy five families from the faith more or less
Brother Philips was a Presiding Elder in Wales & had great influence over
that Body of people after ariving in this country He lost the spirit of the
Lord found much fault with the authorities of the Church & for a long time
had been in a Bad state of mind & was preparing to returned to the States
they attended our meeting yesterday and got there minds stired up & wished
to see us. We found six of the leaders of the Welsh Saints Present
Elder John Taylor talked to them for more than an hour and [they] told a
long string of complaints & we overthrew all there arguments the
spirit of the Lord was poured out upon us in a powerful manner
and we could see that two powers was at work with those men
who were contending against us finally they were over come by the spirit
of the Lord. Elder Taylor had taken away all there objections He exhorted
them to go & be baptized for the remission of their sins & keep the com-
mandments of God they all covenanted they would except Brother
Philips He was vary stubborn but soon he yielded & they all covenanted
that they would go & be baptized & repent of all there sins & sustain the auth-
orities of the Church. We then went down to a pool of water & Elder
Taylor Baptized seven persons 6 men & 1 woman they returned to the
House and we confirmed them we ordained Brother Philips to the office
of an High Priest. We ordained three to the office of 70, & 2 Elders these
were Elders, 70, & High Priest Before we left them feeling well &
went on our Journey to Boy Ogden & spent the night with Bishop West
President Farr, whare we got the Extra Deserett News.
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