BAPTIZE ALL MY FATHER'S FAMILY.

The Lord heard my prayer and answered my petition, and
when the hour of meeting had come I arose from my bed, and
could sing and shout for joy to think I had been delivered
from the power of the evil one.

Filled with the power of God, I stood up in the midst of the
congregation and preached the gospel of Jesus Christ unto
the people in great plainness.

At the close of the meeting we assembled on the banks of
the Farmington river, "because there was much water there,"
and I led six of my friends into the river and baptized them
for the remission of their sins.

All of my father's household were included in this number,
according to the promise of the Patriarch. They were all
relatives except Dwight Webster, who was a Methodist class-
leader and was boarding with my father's family.

I organized the small number of nine persons, eight of
whom were my relatives, into a branch of the Church, and
ordained Dwight Webster to the office of a Priest and
administer the sacrament unto them.

It was truly a day of joy to my soul. My father, step-
mother and sister were among the number baptized. I
afterwards added a number of relatives. I felt that this
day's work alone amply repaid me for all my labor in the
ministry.

Who can comprehend the joy, the glory, the happiness and
consolation that an Elder of Israel feels in being an instrument
in the hands of God of bringing his father, mother, sister,
brother, or any of the posterity of Adam through the door
that enters into life and salvation? No man can, unless he has
experienced these things, and possesses the testimony of
Jesus Christ and the inspiration of Almighty God.

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BAPTIZE ALL MY FATHER'S FAMILY.

The Lord heard my prayer and answered my petition, and when the hour of meeting had come I arose from my bed, and could sing and shout for joy to think I had been delivered from the power of the evil one.

Filled with the power of God, I stood up in the midst of the congregation and preached the gospel of Jesus Christ unto the people in great plainness.

At the close of the meeting we assembled on the banks of the Farmington river, "because there was much water there," and I led six of my friends into the river and baptized them for the remission of their sins.

All of my father's household were included in this number, according to the promise of the Patriarch. They were all relatives except Dwight Webster, who was a Methodist classleader and was boarding with my father's family.

I organized the small number of nine persons, eight of whom were my relatives, into a branch of the Church, and ordained Dwight Webster to the office of a Priest and administer the sacrament unto them.

It was truly a day of joy to my soul. My father, stepmother and sister were among the number baptized. I afterwards added a number of relatives. I felt that this day's work alone amply repaid me for all my labor in the ministry.

Who can comprehend the joy, the glory, the happiness and consolation that an Elder of Israel feels in being an instrument in the hands of God of bringing his father, mother, sister, brother, or any of the posterity of Adam through the door that enters into life and salvation? No man can, unless he has experienced these things, and possesses the testimony of Jesus Christ and the inspiration of Almighty God.

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