the five men entered our camp there
was not a cloud to be seen in
the whole heavens, but as the men
left the camp there was a small
black cloud appeared in the north-
west and it began to unroll itself
like a scroll and in a few min-
utes the whole heavens were covered
with a pall as black as ink. This
indicated a sudden storm which soon
broke upon us with wind, rain, thun-
der, lightning and hail. Our beds
were soon afloat and our tents blown
down over our heads. We all fled
into the Baptist Meeting House. As the
prophet Joseph came in shaking
the water from his hat and clothing
he said, "Boys, there is some mean-
ing in this—God is in the storm."
We sang praises to God and lay
all night on the benches under cover
while our enemies were in the pelting
storm. It was reported that the
mob cavalry who fled into the school-
house tried to hold their horses by the
bridles between the logs, but when
the heavy hail struck them, they all
broke away skinning the fingers of

the five men entered our camp there was not a cloud to be seen in the whole heavens, but as the men left the camp there was a small black cloud appeared in the northwest and it began to unroll itself like a scroll and in a few minutes the whole heavens were covered with a pall as black as ink. This indicated a sudden storm which soon broke upon us with wind, rain, thunder, lightning and hail. Our beds were soon afloat and our tents blown down over our heads. We all fled into the Baptist Meeting House. As the prophet Joseph came in shaking the water from his hat and clothing he said, "Boys, there is some meaning in this—God is in the storm." We sang praises to God and lay all night on the benches under cover while our enemies were in the pelting storm. It was reported that the mob cavalry who fled into the schoolhouse tried to hold their horses by the bridles between the logs, but when the heavy hail struck them, they all broke away skinning the fingers of