were baptized should receive the Holy Ghost in 24 hours,
and that Christ should come the second time before this gen-
eration passed away; the whole concern was a mob mock
trial, contrary to law, justice, judgment or truth.

On the 29th, I went to a baptist meeting house on
Thompsons creek, to ^preach^ fulfil an previous appointment; the
house was crowded with people, as I rose to speak in the
pulpit a baptist priest, Mr. Browning, arrived at the door
on horseback, & stepped in greatly agitated, and told the Deacon
to forbid my preaching in the house, at the sametime
commenced a tirade of abuse against the Mormons, telling
several lies, which I corrected before the people, which
increased his rage; as I was forbidden to preach in the
house, and had been invited, and travelled many miles
to fulfil my appointment, ^I told the people^ I would like to preach &
was willing to stand on a wood pile, a fence; a cart,
or any place, they would appoint; a man rose and said
he owned the land in front of the meeting house, and
I might stand & preach on that, and welcome, all the
congregation with the exception of the minister and one Deacon
arose and left the house, walked across the street &
formed seats of a worm fence, and gave good attention
while I preached for an hour and a half on the principles
of the Gospel; when I closed I gave liberty for any
one to speak. Mr. Randolph Alexander rose and
made a few remarks, it being the first time he
^who^ had ^never^ heard a Mormon Elder speak ^before^, he said, the
people of the present day made him think of a
pen of hogs, the keeper would make a trough, and
pour into it anything, hot
or cold water, dish water or anything else, ^and they would drink it,^, but let a
stranger come along and pour over a ba^s^ket of corn on
the back side of the pen, & the hogs would be frightened
and run and snort all over the pen; he said, it was
so with the people, the priests would feed them with

were baptized should receive the Holy Ghost in 24 hours, and that Christ should come the second time before this generation passed away; the whole concern was a mob mock trial, contrary to law, justice, judgment or truth.

On the 29th, I went to a baptist meeting house on Thompsons creek, to preach; the house was crowded, as I rose to speak a baptist priest, Mr. Browning, arrived at the door on horseback, & stepped in greatly agitated, and told the Deacon to forbid my preaching in the house, at the sametime commenced a tirade of abuse against the Mormons, telling several lies, which I corrected before the people, which increased his rage; as I was forbidden to preach in the house, and had been invited, and travelled many miles to fulfil my appointment, I told the people I would like to preach & was willing to stand on a wood pile, a fence; a cart, or any place, they would appoint; a man rose and said he owned the land in front of the meeting house, and I might stand & preach on that, and welcome, all the congregation with the exception of the minister and one Deacon arose and left the house, walked across the street & formed seats of a worm fence, and gave good attention while I preached for an hour and a half on the principles of the Gospel; when I closed . Mr. Randolph Alexander , who had never heard a Mormon Elder speak before, said, the people of the present day made him think of a pen of hogs, the keeper would make a trough, and pour into it, hot or cold water, dish water or anything else, and they would drink it,, but let a stranger come along and pour over a basket of corn on the back side of the pen, & the hogs would be frightened and run and snort all over the pen; he said, it was so with the people, the priests would feed them with