CHAPTER IV.

My first hearing and embraceing the fulness of the Everlasting gospel of Jesus Christ as taught by
the Latter Day Saints. My Journey to Kirtland Ohio. My first interview with the Prophet Joseph

On the 29^th day of Dec 1833 Elder Zerah Pulsipher & Brother Cheny called at my House &
wished to hold a meeting in the neighborhood I and Brother Azmon were absent from Home My Brothers
wife informed them that we would light wish to hear them Accordingly they gave out an appointment for
preaching in the school house that evening when I arived home my sister in law informed me that there
would be a mormon meeting in the school House that evening. I immediately turned out my horses & without waiting
to eat my supper started for the school House I prayed all the way in my heart that the Lord would open my understa-
nding & give me his spirit and if they were men of God & had the truth I prayed that I might receive it I arived at
the school House in this frame of mind without any prejudice in my heart and when I arived the House
was crouded full I went alone my Brother Azmon had gone before me I crouded my way through the Assembly
and got upon one of the writing desks whare I could see Brother Pulsipher opened the meeting by Prayer He
knelt down and asked the Lord in the name of Jesus Christ for what He wanted his manner of praying
struck me vary forcibly & I felt the spirit of God bear testimony that He was a servant of God He arose & sung
then He preached to the People about one hour & a half & the spirit of God rested upon him He bore a strong testimony
of the truth of the gospel which he preached & of the truth of the Book of Mormon which he said was Delivered
to Joseph Smith by an Angel out of Heaven. [Joseph Smith-History 1:59] the spirit of the Lord bore a strong testimony to me that what
he said was true. I believed it when he closed He was followed by Brother Cheney who bore testimony
that what had been said was true Brother Pulsipher then gave liberty to any one in the congregation to
make any remarks either for or against what had been said. And almost instantly I found myself
upon my feet without any intention upon my part of speaking but when I founed myself upon my
feet I felt urged by the spirit to bear testimony to the truth of what I had heard so I exhorted my neighbors
& friends to be careful what they done as touching those moen not to oppose them for they were the servants
of God & had preached the pure gospel of Jesus Christ unto us this night & I warn you in the name of the Lord not
to oppose them but to search the scriptures diligently to see if those things are so. when I closed my Brother Azmon
arose & also bore testimony to the truth of the work & he was followed by several others at the close of the
meeting I went to the Brethren and asked them to go home with me they did & we had a good deal of conversation
with them. I took the Book of Mormon & went to reading it & the spirit of God bore testimony to me that the
Book was true I believed it we sat up till a late hour. I felt to open my Eyes to see, my Ears to hear, & my heart
to understand, & my Doors to entertain the servants of God.

30^th I arose in the morning reflecting upon the gospel
which I had heard the day before I felt it my duty to offer myself for Baptism. Brother Azmon also felt the
the same we told Brother Pulsipher that we wished to be baptized He appointed the next to Baptize us during
the day he called upon Elder Holton a preacher of the Free will Baptist denomination He had a Daughter lay
vary sick & he wished Brother Pulsipher to lay hands upon her & he promised the Lord that if she was healed
he would go foreward & be baptized. Hands was laid upon her & she was healed. also another young woman I spent
a good Deal of the time through the day & night in reading the Book of Mormon & conversing with the Brethren I became
more & more convinced of the truth of the work. Dec 31^st 1833. At 11 oclok A.M. there was quite a congregation
of People gathered together at the water and I went forth with My Brother Azmon & the two young women who were

CHAPTER IV.

My first hearing and embracing the fulness of the Everlasting gospel of Jesus Christ as taught by the Latter Day Saints. My Journey to Kirtland Ohio. My first interview with the Prophet Joseph

On the 29th day of Dec 1833 Elder Zerah Pulsipher & Brother Cheny called at my House & wished to hold a meeting in the neighborhood I and Brother Azmon were absent from Home My Brothers wife informed them that we would wish to hear them Accordingly they gave out an appointment for preaching in the school house that evening when I arived home my sister in law informed me that there would be a mormon meeting in the school House that evening. I immediately turned out my horses & without waiting to eat my supper started for the school House I prayed all the way in my heart that the Lord would open my understanding & give me his spirit and if they were men of God & had the truth I prayed that I might receive it I arived at the school House in this frame of mind without any prejudice in my heart and when I arived the House was crouded full I went alone my Brother Azmon had gone before me I crouded my way through the Assembly and got upon one of the writing desks whare I could see Brother Pulsipher opened the meeting by Prayer He knelt down and asked the Lord in the name of Jesus Christ for what He wanted his manner of praying struck me vary forcibly & I felt the spirit of God bear testimony that He was a servant of God He arose & sung then He preached to the People about one hour & a half & the spirit of God rested upon him He bore a strong testimony of the truth of the gospel which he preached & of the truth of the Book of Mormon which he said was Delivered to Joseph Smith by an Angel out of Heaven. the spirit of the Lord bore a strong testimony to me that what he said was true. I believed it when he closed He was followed by Brother Cheney who bore testimony that what had been said was true Brother Pulsipher then gave liberty to any one in the congregation to make any remarks either for or against what had been said. And almost instantly I found myself upon my feet without any intention upon my part of speaking but when I found myself upon my feet I felt urged by the spirit to bear testimony to the truth of what I had heard so I exhorted my neighbors & friends to be careful what they done as touching those men not to oppose them for they were the servants of God & had preached the pure gospel of Jesus Christ unto us this night & I warn you in the name of the Lord not to oppose them but to search the scriptures diligently to see if those things are so. when I closed my Brother Azmon arose & also bore testimony to the truth of the work & he was followed by several others at the close of the meeting I went to the Brethren and asked them to go home with me they did & we had a good deal of conversation with them. I took the Book of Mormon & went to reading it & the spirit of God bore testimony to me that the Book was true I believed it we sat up till a late hour. I felt to open my Eyes to see, my Ears to hear, & my heart to understand, & my Doors to entertain the servants of God.

30th I arose in the morning reflecting upon the gospel which I had heard the day before I felt it my duty to offer myself for Baptism. Brother Azmon also felt the the same we told Brother Pulsipher that we wished to be baptized He appointed the next to Baptize us during the day he called upon Elder Holton a preacher of the Free will Baptist denomination He had a Daughter lay vary sick & he wished Brother Pulsipher to lay hands upon her & he promised the Lord that if she was healed he would go foreward & be baptized. Hands was laid upon her & she was healed. also another young woman I spent a good Deal of the time through the day & night in reading the Book of Mormon & conversing with the Brethren I became more & more convinced of the truth of the work. Dec 31st 1833. At 11 oclok A.M. there was quite a congregation of People gathered together at the water and I went forth with My Brother Azmon & the two young women who were