April 9, 1840 ~ Thursday

9^th [FIGURES] I recieved two letters one from Elder
Richards, one from Elder Taylor informing me
of the arival of five of the Twelve one Seventy
& they had appointed a conference in preston
on Wednesday the 15^th of April & wished me
to attend. I preached at W^m Simons at Haw
Cross to a vast mass of human beings &
not a quarter of the people could not get
in to the house, & their was many of the baser
sort present, & the house was much disturbed
by the crouding of the people. the people did
not break up for several hours. many wished
to be Baptized but could not because of the
croud & mob, but some wih wishing to be baptized
notwithstanding the persecution I repared to
the pool about 12 oclock at night which was
surrounded by a desperate mob of the gentiles I
went down into the water & Baptized 5 persons
in the midst of a shower of stones flung at
me by the mob, & while they were pelting my
Body with stones One of which hit me in the
top of my head which nearly knocked me down
into the water with the man that I was Baptizing
but the Lord saved me from falling & I continued

April 9, 1840 ~ Thursday

9th FIGURES I recieved two letters one from Elder Richards, one from Elder Taylor informing me of the arival of five of the Twelve one Seventy & they had appointed a conference in preston on Wednesday the 15th of April & wished me to attend. I preached at Wm Simons at Haw Cross to a vast mass of human beings & not a quarter of the people could not get in to the house. & their was many of the baser sort present, & the house was much disturbed by the crouding of the people. the people did not break up for several hours. many wished to be Baptized but could not because of the croud & mob, but some wishing to be baptized notwithstanding the persecution I repared to the pool about 12 oclock at night which was surrounded by a desperate mob of the gentiles I went down into the water & Baptized 5 persons in the midst of a shower of stones flung at me by the mob. & while they were pelting my Body with stones One of which hit me in the top of my head which nearly knocked me down into the water with the man that I was Baptizing but the Lord saved me from falling & I continued