with mighty power. After two days the conference broke up receiving the revolation
which appointed 28 elders their Mission to Missouri which you will find in
the Book of DC. Myself and John Corrill was appointed to travel together.

All things being now ready I started on the above named mission
on the 14^th day of June 1831; and on the 13^th of Aug landed at Joshua
Lewis's ^Jackson Co^ a member of the church, here I found many of the brethren named
in the foregoing revelation this being the first time I had seen them
since I left home. We stoped with a ^small^ branch of the church thad had
went up by water and camped in a school house. On the 14^th I dlivered
a lecture ^to^ the branch on the subject of the geathering comparing their
circumstances with the perilous circumstances of the ancient churches.

From the 25^th of Aug to the 21^st of Oct I continued labouring in
the land of Zion with the exception of makeing two journies the Snybar
Creek and back makeing 200 miles preach eight times, and also one journey
to Clay County 50 miles. The remainder of this time I preached at
home twice a week besides my daily labor.

From this time to Jan 26, 1832 I confined myself to hard labor
preaching with the church, makeing preparations for my family, and to
return to the eastern land according to an other revelation which says
"Mine Elders s[h]all return." From this you will disc^o^ver that I filled the
mission with due diligence according ^to^ the requarements of the revelation
having traveled through the states of Ohio, Mich, Ind, Ill, and Missouri
being 1200 miles on foot, and having either waded or swam forty seven
rivers and creeks and ferried three. In the mean time on the 6^th of Sep
1831 my family arrived with a small branch of the church I doubled
my exertions which gave me but a small portion of rest either by day
or by neight, yet by the memorable 26^th of Jan. 1832 I had accomplished
my designs of prepairing a comfortable house with food and raiment
sufficient to make my family comfortable for 6 months, and again
shouldered my valise to bear the glad tidings of the gospel through the
broad spreading prairies of the west and to the scattering inhabitants
thereof, even eastward to the city of Cincinnati. After being absent

with mighty power. After two days the conference broke up receiving the revolation which appointed 28 elders their Mission to Missouri which you will find in the Book of DC. Myself and John Corrill was appointed to travel together.

All things being now ready I started on the above named mission on the 14th day of June 1831; and on the 13th of Aug landed at Joshua Lewis's Jackson Co a member of the church, here I found many of the brethren named in the foregoing revelation this being the first time I had seen them since I left home. We stoped with a small branch of the church thad had went up by water and camped in a school house. On the 14th I dlivered a lecture to the branch on the subject of the geathering comparing their circumstances with the perilous circumstances of the ancient churches.

From the 25th of Aug to the 21st of Oct I continued labouring in the land of Zion with the exception of makeing two journies the Snybar Creek and back makeing 200 miles preach eight times, and also one journey to Clay County 50 miles. The remainder of this time I preached at home twice a week besides my daily labor.

From this time to Jan 26, 1832 I confined myself to hard labor preaching with the church, makeing preparations for my family, and to return to the eastern land according to an other revelation which says "Mine Elders shall return." From this you will discover that I filled the mission with due diligence according to the requarements of the revelation having traveled through the states of Ohio, Mich, Ind, Ill, and Missouri being 1200 miles on foot, and having either waded or swam forty seven rivers and creeks and ferried three. In the mean time on the 6th of Sep 1831 my family arrived with a small branch of the church I doubled my exertions which gave me but a small portion of rest either by day or by night, yet by the memorable 26th of Jan. 1832 I had accomplished my designs of preparing a comfortable house with food and raiment sufficient to make my family comfortable for 6 months, and again shouldered my valise to bear the glad tidings of the gospel through the broad spreading prairies of the west and to the scattering inhabitants thereof, even eastward to the city of Cincinnati. After being absent