his feelings upon this subject when he called upon the Rocks, woods, Mountains, & hills to Praise the Lord He
calls upon the waves of the sea to praise their God "He says the Mountains skiped like rams & the Little
Hills like lambs. He exclaimed what ailed theeye ye mountains that ye skiped like rams & ye little Hills like
lambs.["] [Psalms 114:4-6] now my impression is that the mountains did not move but it was the feelings of the Psalmest he was filled
with such a sense of the Love of God & that these theings were the work of his hands & that God was in them &
that they were praiseing him, this feelings is enjoyed more or less at times by all who are governed and
controlled by the Holy spirit. I felt to resolve more and more that I would spend my whole life in the service
of the Lord. My work was very light in the Mill and I had much leasure time for reading, meditation
& prayer and I began to read the bible with a more prayerful attention than ever before in my life and
I found it to be a new book to me it contained truths of the most glorious & sublime nature if I wish for
History I could find it there. If I was cast down or tried or tempted I there found a remidy in con-
nextion with the spirit of God. The Lord is the author of the Book and his promises swep away the darkness
from my mind. The more I prayed & searched the word of God the more I felt my own weekness & dependence
upon the Lord. I felt to pray that the Lord would enlighten my my mind, enlarge my heart & give me wisdom
& understanding.

The reformation continued in Farmington, and a number of my relatives
were deeply ingaged in the service of the Lord according to the best light they have among whom was uncle
Ozen Woodruff & his wife Hannah Woodruff unto whom I have been much attached all my life having lived a
good deal with them during my early life I attended meetings freequently with them and Enjoyed
myself much in their society

There was an Island but a short distance from the Mill the center of which was an ^open^ level field
covered with wildflowers of various kinds, the Island was surrounded with a rapid current of water, dashing
over rock, the banks of which were thickly studied with tall waving pines. I chose this Island day &
night as my place of retirement for prayer, praise & meditation before the Lord I spent many a midnight
hour alone upon that Island in prayer before the Lord, and the many happy hours in sweet meditation
which I spent in my lonely walks upon that Plesant retreat I shall never forget in time. The words
of Robert Pollock in one of his poems often came to my mind while sitting alone in that solitary place
where He says "In the wide desert where the view was large,
"Plesant were many scenes but most to me,
"The solitude of vast extant, untouched by hand of art,
"Whose natured sowed herself, and reaped her crops.
"Whose garments were the clouds, whose minstrels Brooks,
"Whose lamps the Moon & stars, whose organ choir the voice of many waters,
"whose banquits the falling deesws, whose heroes storms,
"whose warriors mighty winds, whose lovers flowers,
"Whose orators the thunderbolts of God,
"Whose palaces the Everlasting hills,
"Whose ceiling heavens unfathomable blue,
"And from whose rocky turrets batteled high,
"Prospects immens spread out on all sides in air,
"Lost now between the walk in and the main,
"Now walked with hills that slept above the storm

The roaring waters, the waving pines, giving room to the passing winds, the field of flowers crusted with
the silver rays of the moon, being all open to the eye and ear while the curtain of heaven clo decked with the stars
and moon mingling with the survey. These things resting upon my mind as the handy work of God in connextion
with prayer & meditation accompanied by the Holy spirit, gave unto me peculiar charm, sensation Joy & happiness
which I had never before enjoyed & experienced in my life. The Lord Blessed me with joy happiness & consolation
becaus I was acting up to the best light and knowledge I had, and when a man will do that in any age of the world
I am satisfied the Lord will bless him. I had no Peter, or Apostle, or any man who held the holy Priesthood to lead me
or teach me the way to be saved. So I had to do the waybest way I could. I got up prayer meetings in our village & prayed

his feelings upon this subject when he called upon the Rocks, woods, Mountains, & hills to Praise the Lord He calls upon the waves of the sea to praise their God "He says the Mountains skiped like rams & the Little Hills like lambs. He exclaimed what ailedye ye mountains that ye skiped like rams & ye little Hills like lambs." now my impression is that the mountains did not move but it was the feelings of the Psalmest he was filled with such a sense of the Love of God & that these things were the work of his hands & that God was in them & that they were praiseing him, this feelings is enjoyed more or less at times by all who are governed and controlled by the Holy spirit. I felt to resolve more and more that I would spend my whole life in the service of the Lord. My work was very light in the Mill and I had much leasure time for reading, meditation & prayer and I began to read the bible with a more prayerful attention than ever before in my life and I found it to be a new book to me it contained truths of the most glorious & sublime nature if I wish for History I could find it there. If I was cast down or tried or tempted I there found a remidy in connextion with the spirit of God. The Lord is the author of the Book and his promises swep away the darkness from my mind. The more I prayed & searched the word of God the more I felt my own weekness & dependence upon the Lord. I felt to pray that the Lord would enlighten my my mind, enlarge my heart & give me wisdom & understanding.

The reformation continued in Farmington, and a number of my relatives were deeply ingaged in the service of the Lord according to the best light they have among whom was uncle Ozen Woodruff & his wife Hannah Woodruff unto whom I have been much attached all my life having lived a good deal with them during my early life I attended meetings freequently with them and Enjoyed myself much in their society

There was an Island but a short distance from the Mill the center of which was an open level field covered with wildflowers of various kinds, the Island was surrounded with a rapid current of water, dashing over rock, the banks of which were thickly studied with tall waving pines. I chose this Island day & night as my place of retirement for prayer, praise & meditation before the Lord I spent many a midnight hour alone upon that Island in prayer before the Lord, and the many happy hours in sweet meditation which I spent in my lonely walks upon that Plesant retreat I shall never forget in time. The words of Robert Pollock in one of his poems often came to my mind while sitting alone in that solitary place where He says "In the wide desert where the view was large, "Plesant were many scenes but most to me, "The solitude of vast extant, untouched by hand of art, "Whose natured sowed herself, and reaped her crops. "Whose garments were the clouds, whose minstrels Brooks, "Whose lamps the Moon & stars, whose organ choir the voice of many waters, "whose banquits the falling dews, whose heroes storms, "whose warriors mighty winds, whose lovers flowers, "Whose orators the thunderbolts of God, "Whose palaces the Everlasting hills, "Whose ceiling heavens unfathomable blue, "And from whose rocky turrets batteled high, "Prospects immens spread out on all sides in air, "Lost now between the walk in and the main, "Now walked with hills that slept above the storm

The roaring waters, the waving pines, giving room to the passing winds, the field of flowers crusted with the silver rays of the moon, being all open to the eye and ear while the curtain of heaven decked with the stars and moon mingling with the survey. These things resting upon my mind as the handy work of God in connextion with prayer & meditation accompanied by the Holy spirit, gave unto me peculiar charm, sensation Joy & happiness which I had never before enjoyed & experienced in my life. The Lord Blessed me with joy happiness & consolation becaus I was acting up to the best light and knowledge I had, and when a man will do that in any age of the world I am satisfied the Lord will bless him. I had no Peter, or Apostle, or any man who held the holy Priesthood to lead me or teach me the way to be saved. So I had to do thebest way I could. I got up prayer meetings in our village & prayed