with fife and drum hollowing & yelling to stirred up by the ^a^ prysbetarian priest
at the close of the meeting the priest came to me with his rabble and asked many
questions, he said I had no right to my opinion, and said that no man had a right
to preach the gospel unless he had a Colledge education. I told him I would
admit that point when he would tell me what Colledge Jesus Christ and his
Apostles had obtained their education in and received their diplomas to preach the
gospel, he ^they^ then left me. On the I preached in a school house in west Avon
to an attentive congregation. After meeting I baptized my Uncle Ozem
Woodruff and his wife and his son John, which was in ^a^ fulfillment of ^a^ dream
which I had at 10 years of age. I visited most of my relatives in Connecticut
and preached the gospel unto them. On Sunday May I preached at Adna
Harts in Avon where I was met by my step Mother and sister Eunice also my wife who had travelled alone from Kirtland to visit her Fathers family in Maine and met me at this point. & th I parted with Elder J. H. Hale who went to went to New Rowley Mass to visit his friends. I had been solicited
to preach to the citizens of Farmington by many prominent men of the place but evry
room which was offered me including the town hall was closed against me by Rev Noah Porter the Pastor of the Prysbeterian Church in that place, untill the Methodist
Chapel was offered me which he had not in influence to close, in two hours after I
gave out the appointment the house was filled and I preached to a very attentive congreg-
ation ^including my Father and his household^ for 1 1/2 hours upon the first principle of the gospel. I gave liberty to the assembly to
ask any questions or find any fault with what I had said but I met with no opposition th I left my Fathers house and ^in company with my wife^ took stage for and rode to Hartford. st Not having
money to pay the fare for both myself and wife I paid her fare in the stage to New Rowley
Mass, and I walked through a hot sultry day 15 hours averaging 3 1/2 miles an hour making
52 miles. I walked 48 miles, I walked 36 miles and ^arived^ at Elder Nathaniel
Holmes in New Rowley ^arived at 2 oclock PM^ making 136 miles on foot a little over two days and a half. I have
met with my wife and Elder Milton Holmes at his Fathers house, I spent several
days in preaching to the Saints in this region. We left New Rowley and was
joined by Elder Hale who acompanied us to Saco Maine, ^^ I acompanied my wife
to her Fathers House in Scarborough, it being the first time I had met with
any of my wifes relations we were kindly recieved and entertained, we found
Mother Carter very sick. I spent several days visiting the Saints in that region
on the I accompanied Ezra and Fabyan Carter my brothers in Law on a fishing
excurtion we caught with hook 250 cod fish haddock and hake and saw four whales
with fife and drum hollowing & yelling to stirred up by a prysbetarian priest
at the close of the meeting the priest came to me with his rabble and asked many
questions, he said I had no right to my opinion, and said that no man had a right
to preach the gospel unless he had a Colledge education. I told him I would
admit that point when he would tell me what Colledge Jesus Christ and his
Apostles had obtained their education in and received their diplomas to preach the
gospel, they then left me. On the I preached in a school house in west Avon
to an attentive congregation. After meeting I baptized my Uncle Ozem
Woodruff and his wife and his son John, which was a fulfillment of a dream
which I had at 10 years of age. I visited most of my relatives in Connecticut
and preached the gospel unto them. On Sunday I preached at Adna
Harts in Avon where I was met by my step Mother and sister Eunice also my
wife who had travelled alone from Kirtland to visit her Fathers family in
Maine and met me at this point. & th I parted with Elder J. H. Hale who
went to New Rowley Mass to visit his friends. I had been solicited
to preach to the citizens of Farmington by many prominent men but evry
room which was offered me including the town hall was closed against me by Rev
Noah Porter the Pastor of the Prysbeterian Church, untill the Methodist
Chapel was offered me which he had not in influence to close, in two hours after I
gave out the appointment the house was filled and I preached to a very attentive congregation including my Father and his household for 1 1/2 hours upon the first principle of the gospel. I gave liberty to the assembly to
ask any questions or find any fault with what I had said but I met with no opposition
th I left my Fathers house and in company with my wife took stage and rode to Hartford. st Not having
money to pay the fare for both myself and wife I paid her fare in the stage to New Rowley
Mass, and I walked through a hot sultry day 15 hours averaging 3 1/2 miles an hour making
52 miles. I walked 48 miles, I walked 36 miles and arived at Elder Nathaniel
Holmes in New Rowley at 2 oclock PM making 136 miles on foot a little over two days and a half. I have
met with my wife and Elder Milton Holmes at his Fathers house, I spent several
days in preaching to the Saints in this region. We left New Rowley and was
joined by Elder Hale who acompanied us to Saco Maine, I acompanied my wife
to her Fathers House in Scarborough, it being the first time I had met with
any of my wifes relations we were kindly recieved and entertained, we found
Mother Carter very sick. I spent several days visiting the Saints in that region
on the I accompanied Ezra and Fabyan Carter my brothers in Law on a fishing
excurtion we caught with hook 250 cod fish haddock and hake and saw four whales
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