way to be saved, when I learned these things I could
clearly see why the Lord had commanded me while
in the town of Hanly to leave that field of labor
and go to the South, for I could could clearly
see in Herefordshire a great harvest field for
gathering many saints into the Kingdom of God, I retired
to my bed with joy & rejoicing after offering my prayer
& thanksgiving to God, & slept sweetly until the
rising of the Sun; I arose in the morning of the 5^th took breakfast
and told Mr Benbow I would like to commence my
Masters business by preaching the Gospel to the people
He had a large hall in his mansion which was licensed
for preaching, and he sent word through the Neighborhood
that an American Missionary would preach at his home
that evening, the time came, many of the Neighbors came in
& I preached my first Gospel sermon in ^his home^ the home. I also
preached on the following evening March 6, at his home
and baptized 6 persons including Mr John Benbow
& wife 4 of four of the six were preachers of the United
Order ^Brethren^, I spent most of the following day in clean
cleaning out a nice pool of water and prepared it
for baptizing in as I saw many were to be baptized

way to be saved, when I learned these things I could clearly see why the Lord had commanded me while in the town of Hanly to leave that field of labor and go to the South, for I could clearly see in Herefordshire a great harvest field for gathering many saints into the Kingdom of God, I retired to my bed with joy & rejoicing after offering my prayer & thanksgiving to God, & slept sweetly until the rising of the Sun; I arose in the morning of the 5th took breakfast and told Mr Benbow I would like to commence my Masters business by preaching the Gospel to the people He had a large hall in his mansion which was licensed for preaching, and he sent word through the Neighborhood that an American Missionary would preach at his home that evening, the time came, many of the Neighbors came in & I preached my first Gospel sermon in his home. I also preached on the following evening March 6, at his home and baptized 6 persons including Mr John Benbow & wife four of the six were preachers of the United Brethren I spent most of the following day in cleaning out a nice pool of water and prepared it for baptizing in as I saw many were to be baptized