LEAVES FROM MY JOURNAL.

would give to me. I arose and spoke one hour and a half and
it was one of the best sermons of my life.

The lives of the congregation were opened to the vision of
my mind, and I told them of their wicked deeds and the
reward they would obtain. The men who surrounded me
dropped their heads. Three minutes after I closed I was the
only person in the room.

Soon I was shown to a bed, and in a room adjoining a large one
in which were assembled many of the men whom I had been
preaching to. I could hear their conversation.

One man said he would like to know how that "Mormon"
boy knew of their past lives.

In a little while they got to disputing about some doctrinal
point. One suggested calling me to decide the point. The
landlord said, "no; we have had enough for once."

In the morning, I had a good breakfast. The landlord said
if I came that way again to stop at his house, and stay as long
as I might choose.

CHAPTER VII.

CURIOUS WORSHIP—MEET ELDER PARRISH—LABOR TOGETHER
IN TENNESSEE—ADVENTURE IN BLOODY RIVER—A NIGHT
OF PERIL—PROVIDENTIAL LIGHT—MENACED BY A MOB
—GOOD ADVICE OF A BAPTIST PREACHER—SUMMARY OF
MY LABORS DURING THE YEAR

AFTER leaving Memphis, I traveled through the country
to Benton County, and preached on the way as I had
opportunity.

I stopped one night with a Squire Hardman, an Episco-
palian.

Most of the night was spent by the family in music and
dancing.

In the morning, at the breakfast table, Mr. Hardman asked
me if we believed in music and dancing.

LEAVES FROM MY JOURNAL.

would give to me. I arose and spoke one hour and a half and it was one of the best sermons of my life.

The lives of the congregation were opened to the vision of my mind, and I told them of their wicked deeds and the reward they would obtain. The men who surrounded me dropped their heads. Three minutes after I closed I was the only person in the room.

Soon I was shown to a bed, and in a room adjoining a large one in which were assembled many of the men whom I had been preaching to. I could hear their conversation.

One man said he would like to know how that "Mormon" boy knew of their past lives.

In a little while they got to disputing about some doctrinal point. One suggested calling me to decide the point. The landlord said, "no; we have had enough for once."

In the morning, I had a good breakfast. The landlord said if I came that way again to stop at his house, and stay as long as I might choose.

CHAPTER VII.

CURIOUS WORSHIP—MEET ELDER PARRISH—LABOR TOGETHER IN TENNESSEE—ADVENTURE IN BLOODY RIVER—A NIGHT OF PERIL—PROVIDENTIAL LIGHT—MENACED BY A MOB —GOOD ADVICE OF A BAPTIST PREACHER—SUMMARY OF MY LABORS DURING THE YEAR

AFTER leaving Memphis, I traveled through the country to Benton County, and preached on the way as I had opportunity.

I stopped one night with a Squire Hardman, an Episcopalian.

Most of the night was spent by the family in music and dancing.

In the morning, at the breakfast table, Mr. Hardman asked me if we believed in music and dancing.