there. ^I afterwards baptized 600 in this pool of water^ On Sunday the , I preached at Frooms Hill
in the morning, at Standly Hill in the afternoon
and at John BenbowsHill farm in the evening. It was
a remarkable incident that the parrish Church that
stood in the Neiborhood of Br Benbow and occupied
by the rector of the parrish had but 15 persons
attended his Church during the day while I had a large
congregation judged to be a thousand attended my
meetings through the day & evening, and as I arose in
the evening to speak at John Benbows house a man
entered the door and approached me and informed me
he was a constable sent by the rector of the parrish
with a warrant to arest me I asked him for what
crime, he said for preaching to the people, I told him
I had a license for the preaching ^of^ the Gospel to the people
as well as the rector, and if he would take a chair
I would wait upon him after meeting, he took my
chair & sat beside of me, I preached the first
principles of the fulness of the Everlasting Gospel for
an hour & a quarter the power of God rested upon me
the spirit of God filled the home the people were convinced
at the close of the meeting I opened a door for
there. I afterwards baptized 600 in this pool of water On Sunday the , I preached at Frooms Hill
in the morning, at Standly Hill in the afternoon
and at John BenbowsHill farm in the evening. It was
a remarkable incident that the parrish Church that
stood in the Neiborhood of Br Benbow and occupied
by the rector of the parrish had but 15 persons
attended his Church during the day while I had a large
congregation judged to be a thousand attended my
meetings through the day & evening, and as I arose in
the evening to speak at John Benbows house a man
entered the door and approached me and informed me
he was a constable sent by the rector of the parrish
with a warrant to arest me I asked him for what
crime, he said for preaching to the people, I told him
I had a license for the preaching of the Gospel to the people
as well as the rector, and if he would take a chair
I would wait upon him after meeting, he took my
chair & sat beside of me, I preached the first
principles of the fulness of the Everlasting Gospel for
an hour & a quarter the power of God rested upon me
the spirit of God filled the home the people were convinced
at the close of the meeting I opened a door for
"Autobiography 1882 Leaves from My Journal Notes 1," p. 56, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed January 7, 2025, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/D6gB