We journeyed 27 miles the next day and
during our days ride we passed over the ground of
the Brandywine Battle saw where the action commenced
w[h]ere the Americans retreated and a part of them surrendered
and saw also where Washington led away the remainder
of the army
The day after Elder Moor and
myself travelled 25 miles to brother John Neffs in Strasburgh and found him disposed to sell his
property and go to Nauvoo and take stock in the Nauvoo Houseor Temple On the way we passed by
Bishop Edward Hunter's former residence and found
the country throughout this region exceedingly rich
and fertile
We continued our journey on
the succeeding day to West Nantmeal and on
the next in the evening met with Elder Pratt
and others and held meeting at West Nantmeal
Seminary and the day after commenced a two
days meeting 12 miles distant in a grove in Uwchland Township
The second day of our camp
meeting was Sunday . A good
congregation came together and I addressed them
in the forepart of the day from the text—"If
our Gospel be hid it is hid to them that are
lost" &c. [2 Corinthians 4:3]
In the afternoon Elder O Pratt
delivered a powerful discourse from Revelations
22 ch 3rd verse "And there shall be no more
curse.["] He began with the fall and
traced his subject through to the Millennium the Second Advent the binding of Satan and the
New heaven and the New earth when Christ shall
deliver the Kingdom up unto his Father and the
last enemy Death be destroyed.
Next day we returned by
rail to Philadelphia where we met Elder Grant
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We journeyed 24 miles the next day and
during our days ride we passed over the ground of
the Brandywine battle saw where the action commenced
were the Americans retreated and a part of them surrendered
and saw also where Washington led away the remainder
of the army
The day after Elder Moor and
myself travelled 25 miles to brother John Neff's in
Strasburgh and found him disposed to sell his
property and go to Nauvoo and take stock in the
Nauvoo House On the way we passed by
the country throughout this region exceedingly rich
and fertile
We continued our journey on
the succeeding day to West Nantmeal and on
the next in the evening met with Elder Pratt
and others and held meeting at West Nantmeal
Seminary and the day after commenced a two
days meeting 12 miles distant in a Grove in
Uwchland Township
The second day of our camp
meeting was Sunday August 20th. A good
congregation came together and I addressed them
in the forepart of the day from the text—"If
our Gospel be hid it is hid to them that are less" &c.
In the afternoon Elder O. Pratt
delivered a powerful discourse from Revelations
22 ch 3rd verse "And there shall be no more
curse. He began with the fall and
traced his subject through to the Millennium the
Second Advent the binding of Satan and the
New heaven and the New earth when Christ shall
deliver the Kingdom up unto his Father and the
last enemy Death be destroyed.
Next day we returned by
rail to Philadelphia where we met Elder Grant
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