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MSS 8535 Topham family collection of Richard Benson, Alvin Benson, and William Richard Smith missionary journalsNumber of Pages: 1230

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Richard Benson'sRecord ofHis Mission

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Josh 266 - 9638MorganJuan 266.1689Nielson

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Richard Benson his BookDecember 1,, 1840 WrightingtonLancanshire

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1840An Acount of my mishion toNewcastle upon tyneNovember the 6th, I startedfrom home about 9 in themorning for liverpoolI sang one verse of a farewellhymn standing upon myfeet in the house an itcaused mee to feel soryat my departure fromhome I took leave of mymother and sisters Janeand mary alise and BrotherNathan then went roundto see some of the brethrenand sisters In that branchof the church I then movedon and met with myfather and brother Jamesgoing to the cenell with stone

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I shook hands with and kisedmy Brother James at Barbocenell Bridge and partedwith tears my Father wentwith mee to Newburghand there I parted withhim and Shook hands andkised him with tearsI then walked to Ormskiskand stoped a few minutesat a private house I thenmoved on in the rainand it rained nearly allthe way to liverpool I landein liverpool at Br Mitchelabout 3 in the afternoonI got some refreshmentand stoped all night with Brother AllNovember 7th Brother

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Fielding came at Nightwent to the councilmeeting Brother FieldingLed the meeting weefound that the lordhad send us just intime for the brethrenhad begun beeing veryAnkcious to have the gift of tongues B Fieldingspok concerning it totheir satisfactionand invited them to get ready for themlest if they had themand had not wisdom to use them it wouldnot bee very wellwee then went and lodgedat a private house i think

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November 8 it beeing the saba[--]In the morning BrotherFielding payed for ourlodging wee went to theirmeeting B. Fielding spokein th afternoon wee wentto the church meetingat the conclusion BrotherFielding said if I wouldgo over to preach atcheshire he would stopI went and preachedat cheshire to a very fewI spoke upon the first PiNov 9th wee visited thebrethren and sistersThe sick wass healed bythe laying on of Br Fieldinghand in the name of Jesus christ the brethrenand sisters felt to rejoise

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That wee had some Nov. 10thafter visiting some of thebrethren and sisterswee went to Br Mitchelsto prepare for our journeywee met With B Pratand Br Blakesley atBr Mitchels Br Blakesleywas on his way to GlascowScotland Wee heard himpreach in the sailors betheland Night Wee took leaveof them there then march[--]down to clarence Dockand got on board theRoyal victoria steampacket and a little after10 PM we were movingout of the dock into therivier wee had not been

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long going having somebread and cheese withus but I began to beevery hungry and I eata good quantity of itwithout any thing todrink to it but wee hada very unsetled sea andnearly a head wind soI began to bee very sickand I vomited a great dealnearly all night I wasvery ill and I had nothingto lie upon but the hardform and my hip boneswass sore with being on itwhen I had vomited all that I had in mee upI began to bee a litleeasier November 11 about12 am I set my feet upon

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Scotland at Anon water foodwee then went acros the[-]erth of Solway to port carlisleand landed about 1 P Mwhich is about 130 milesfrom liverpool wee thenrode in the packet upthe cenell 12 miles to thecity of carlisle wee wentto a private house andtook lodging for the nightI fet very poorly thereBrother Fielding went outto see som persons and hestayed late out and Iwaited of him till hecame back but I wassvery tired with the sicknesson the sea and not beeingthat I could have any

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Sound sleep wee went tobed and I slept verywell all night November 12I rose from the bed refreshedwe went to a friend bythe name of Robert Kenedyin Carlisle and got breakfastwith him him and hiswif was very kind untous and told us if wee evercame that way wee must beesure to call there we thentook leave of them andwalked about 9 miles toBrampton where there wassa branch of the church wewent to Sister Fawkes andLodged there while we stayedwe had not been many minutIn before they set meat before u[-]

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And we did eat we had here agood bed to lie upon and I feltto rejoice for they intreatedus very kindly while we stayedat night we had a meeting in theirmeeting house Brother Fieldingcalled upon me to speak to themso I spok a while the saints wassglad to see us and to hear ourvoices we went over to one ofthe friends houses which had2 sons and 1 dauter In thechurch we had not been Inmany minutes before 2 or 3of the brethren came in andasked me for my boots for theyallready seen that they wantedrepairing without me eversaying a word about themso they took them and mended them

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We was very kindly intreatedwhile we stayed there for therewass one here and anotherthere asking us to come andeat with them on the Sabathday we met together again andhad very good meetings wevisited the brethren and sisterson the monday and BrotherFielding baptized the manthat had 2 sons and 1 dauterin the church his Name wasNixon November 17th we wentand visited the brethren andSisters and sister Jane Fawkesgave me a pocket hankerchiefand the brethren dealedvery kindly with one andabout 1 oclock in the afternoonwe took leave of them

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and some of the brethrenwent with us 2 or 3 mileswe then walked 13 miles toburnstones and stoped whileBrother Fielding preached3 of the Atston brethrenmet us there we got somerefresment and then walked6 miles to Alston and landedabout 12 o clock P M at BrotherJohn Sanders I found myselfhere to be at home; the nightafter wee went to their meetingand they rejoiced to see ourfaces we visited the brethrenand sisters and found thatthey had a spirit of unityon the 21 of November we had a meetingat Brother Sanders with the brethrenand sisters and they spake intongues and I felt a desire

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To have the gift of tongues andthe interpretation and thespirit of profesy myselfon the 22 of November it beingSabath I felt in the morningto fast and pray so accordinglyI went upside of the rivertyne by myself and prayedthen I came back and wentto the meeting and at noonI stil felt to fast and prayso I went acros the fieldsto to pray by myself untothe lord that I might havethose gifts before I went awayfrom Alston if it was pleasingin is sight and not elce lestI should make an improperuse of them I prayed in cecretvery much then I came backto the church meeting

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and we had a very profitable time3 of them spoke in tonguesafter preaching at night wehad a meting with the saintsat Brother Sanders and aprofitable time we had someof them spake in tongues andthe interpretation was givensister Betty Spotswood spoke intongues and when it was interpretedsome of it was concerning me thatif I would stand on my feet andgive way to the spirit and let mytongue go that the gift I shouldhave so I stood upon my feetand did not give way but beganspeaking in my own motherlanguage so by that means I didnot get it at that time; on the 23of November betwixt 1 and 2 oclockin the afternoon on th monday

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Brother John Sanders an me wastogether in is house talkingabout the gift of tongues andbefore this sister Isabel on belhad told me that she believedthat I should have the giftof tongues before I went awayfrom alston; Brother Sandersa while we was together spokein tongues and said if I wouldstand upon my feet and besimple and humble an giveway to the spirit I shouldthen speak I could not excercisefaith enough at that time so hespok again in tongues and saidnearly the same and thatif I would stand upon myfeet I should have it so Istood upon my feet an the lordgave me is spirit and I spak

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In tongues for which I feltto praise the lord that hehad answered my prayersand brother John sanders interpretdedI then spoke again | and he interpredand I felt to rejoice before ourmeeting at Brother Sanders againthat night I went into sisterBels shop and 6 of us wass togetherWe began speaking in tonguesand sister Sanders said thatShe did not know whether shehad lost them or not I got upand spoke in tongues and the lordgave me the interpretationand I spoke to the brethren som prophesy concerning theirRemoval to the land of zion andI allso told sister Sanders if shewould stand upon her feet sheshould speak in tongues she

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Rose upon her feet and spokein tongues again and I felt torejoise that the lord wass withus for we all spoke in tonguesthat was in the shop we thenwent into Brother sanders andhad a meeting we were 11 innumber and we began speakingin tongues and Brother PeterMafin wass very sleepy for awhile Brother Fielding got upand told Brother Peter totake his seat he accordinglydid and the sleep left himthen Brother WilliamWandlass got up and spoketo Brother Peter and toldhim if he would stand uponhis feet he would speakin tongues he then stoodupon his feet and spoke in

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tongues Brother Fielding saidthat he could like to hearBrother Bentley speak I thenfelt moved to stand up andspeak to Brother Bentleyso I stood up and told himthat if he would stand upon his feet and bee simpleand give way to the spiritand never mind thosetemptations that he hadand bee humble he shouldspeak in tongues he thenaccordingly got up on tohis feet and spoke in tongueI then felt my faith strongerseeing that that profesywas fulfiled before mineeyes we all spoke in tonguesthat wass in the room andsuch a meeting I never had

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Before in all my lifeI then saw that the torddid answer my prayers andthat he poured out is blesingsaccording to his promises uponthose that keep his commandme[---]and looks for his promises;on the 24 of November at night weemet again at Brother sandersand had a very good meetingI spoke in tongues againon the 25 of November wee metagain at Brother sanders anda very profitable time we hadthe brethren and sisters couldscarsley leave us for wepurposed to leave them thenesct day they dealed verykindly with us while we waswith them they fed us andgave us money for our journey

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on the 26 of November we startedFrom Atston A little beforeNoon and left them in tearsBrother Sanders came withus 2 or 3 miles I turned myhead and looked at Atstonas far as I could see it withmy heart nearly broken to leavethem for I could scarsley speakfor bursting into a flood oftears when I thought of thekindness of the people andthe solid pleashuire thatwe had while we was withthem for which I felt to praiseGod for all his goodnessto me we then walked 6miles t. burnstones and stopeda few minutes at BrotherJoseph Greens and gotsome refreshment we then

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Walked 7 miles to plenmelerand stoped all night at sisterEliots on the 27 of Novemberwe walked 16 miles to Exchamthen took the train 20 milesto Newcastle upon tyne andlanded about 4 oclock in theafternoon we then walkedup to Brother Thomas LambertsHarthum Hill and lodged thenon the 29 it being Sabath wehad a meeting in the forenoonIn a sellar at Brother DicksonsI spoke to them for one on th30 of November we had a meetingagain in the celar I openedthe meeting and Brother Fieldingspoke December 2 we had ameeting again on purposefor the saints as a prayermeeting in the celar again

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Dec. 5 betwixt 9 and 10 P MWe went to the river tyneand Brother Fielding baptized2 women and 2 men we thencam back and held a councilfor the next day It wasscaried by vote that I wassto go out to west More whichis beter than 5 miles to preachin the morning and brotherLambert to accompany meand I wass to take the leadin the morning Dec 5 wewent and I preached out ofdoors in th open air at theconclusion there was a mancame and opposed me and heAsked me if there wasspeople to cry out here whatmust they do to be savedwhat should I say to them

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For sayed he if I told themto be baptized it would notbe scriptural I then pointedhim to the Answer of theapostle to the inquirers at theday of pentecost but he sayedhe must be going he ran awayand being in such a hury heran again a girl and knocke[-]her down flat upon her bac[-]for he could not stand the tru[--]I then coliseted for a houseto preach in the third timeover at that time but no onesaid that they would finda house I preached atnewcastle in the celar at nightwhilst Brother Fielding wass atthe carpenters Hall preachfor the campbelitesion thewedenesday night December 9th

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We had a meeting in the celarwith the brethren and sistersas a prayer meeting again; thenight after Brother Fieldingpreached in the celar againSaturday night December 12thwe held council it wasscaried by vote that I wassto go to west more againthe morning after and BrotherBateman to accompany meWe went and I opened themeeting by singingand praye[-]in the open air againthen Brother Bateman spokea few words and then Ipreached about an hourIn my discource therewass a man began tointrupt me in my dicource

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I Asked him to let me beuntil I had gone through withand then I would answerhim if he had a mind buthe stil spoke again and therewas a stander by caled himby name and said that itwass bad behaviour to intrupme in my dicource so hesaid no more to me I thenshowed them the plan ofthe gospel of Jesus christand many of them smiledI told them that whensiners asked the apostlewhat they might do to besaved they did not only tellthem to come and kneeldown at the penitent formand we will pray for youand you shall be saved

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But I told them thatthey wass to repent and bebaptized in the name ofJesus christ for the remisionof sins and they shouldreceive the gift of the holyghost and I looked himstraight in the fase andhe could not bear to lookat me for when I lookedat him he took his eyesof me I think there wassabove 100 people and theyheard very attentivelywe then sang and I prayedand concluded I then askedif there wass any one therethat would find us a houseto preach in but no oneanswered I stood a titleand the man that had

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Intrupted me never Spokenor asked me any questionso I thanked them fortheir kindly hearing andleft them and came backto newcastle I went to thechurch meeting and I opendthe meeting and BrotherFielding and Brother Sandersadministered the sacramentand attended to blesingthe saints children;as Brother Fielding and BrotSanders wass going to the carpenters hall I wass topreach in the celar againSo accordingly I preachedthat night to a goodly numDecember 14 I preached againin the celar to a very few

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When I had done preachinga man rose up and askedif he must speak I toldhim yea after I had conclude[-]so I concluded with singingand prayer and then hegot up and spoke hisexperienc and quoted somepasages of cripture for hisargument he quoted whenJohn sayed that Jesus shouldbaptize with the holy ghostand with fire and allsothat the gailor shouldbelieve on the lord Jesus Christand he should be saved withoutgoing any farther and whenhe had spoken he wantedto be going but I told himto sit down a litle so I readthe case of the gailor and the

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Office of the servants of godthat they should baptizewith water but Jesusshould baptize with theholy ghost and he sayedthat he believed that ifwe cincerely repented andbelieved we should besaved I told him I wanted scripture for that and oferedhim the bible and testamentbut he did not say thathe could find it so I hadhim fast at every sideand he would not stopto reason but wanted tobe going so I told himthat he must repentand be baptized for theremission of sins or whereGod an christ is he would

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Never come worlds withoutend he then sayed goodnightand I sayed good night tooDecember 15 We had a meeting[-]ver at gateshead in a private houseBrother Fielding preached and[-]t the conclusion a man roseup and sayed he believed allto be true that had been sayedthen Brother Fielding askedhim concerning obeying thetruth he sayed he would givehim an answer the day afterso the day after he told himhe would consider a litlelonger about it Decer 16Brother Fielding Baptized MiserAtkin then we had our prayermeeting in the celar againI opened the meeting; the nightafter I went to see the man

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that had been on the 14and had spoken after I haddone; he had not come hombut I waited until he cameso I told him I had caledto see him and speak to himconcerning the dicourse thathe had heard me give andthat he had spoken andI told him I wanted todiscuss the subject with himhe wanted to make someexcuse but we had a goodspel of talking together in thepresence of his wife andI found that they was hotvanters in our discourse Iasked him he being a preawhat he would say if a mor men wass to ask himwhat they might do to be

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Saved what would be hisreply he sayed that hebelieved if they wouldrepent and believe theywould be saved I thentold him that I wantedscripture for that planbut he could not find itI stuck to him and hiswife so close that theywanted to say no morebout it he began to be[-]ngry with me and in themain time a young womancame in; and he sayedhe did not want to talkany more about it becausethere wass some in the placethat wass as I understoodby what he sayed new[-]onverted to Methodism

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So when he had sayed thatI spoke very plain to himand told him his dutyand it tried both himand his wife to the veryquick and they could notendure sound doctrinehe began judging meand hinting that Iwass a wolf in sheepsclothing and sayed Imight have left a wif[-]and children and woulddeceive some young womfor what he knowed Ithen told him to preame to be a wolf by thscriptures but he counot so I told him thawith the same judg[-]that he judged me he

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would be judged[-]o he wanted me to be going[-]nd I told him before hiswife and the young womanthat came in and the servantthat he must repent andbe baptized in the name[-]f jesus christ for the remishion of sins or where[-]od and christ is he wouldnever come worlds without[-]nd and so then I left themDecember 18 I went out of town[-]ear 3 miles to a place caledthe low felin, and reacheda litle before noon I caled [-]t a mans house where[-]ne of the sisters wass at andhe invited me to diner so I stoped and got diner withhim then I went up to

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the high felin to see a manthat had heard me preachat arthurs hill in the celarI found his house with muchtrouble but he was not at homeso I asked his wife wherehe worked so she told me heworked across the water soI went and crosed the wate[-]in a small boat and payedone peny so I found him athis work he wass pleasedto see me so he wanted meto preach in his house thatnight if I would I had comeon the sole purpose so I told him I would so thenI went back again to the lo[-]felin and got something to ea[-]where I had got diner the m[-]went with me up to the

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High felin where I wassto preach it wass night opositeprimitive methodist chapel[-] the man had been to one[-] the cecretary of the chapel[-] see if I might preach inthe chapel but he could at though he wass aprimitive methodisthimself get consent sohe thought if he could[-]ot get the chapel he could[-]ot get any forms for peopleto sit on in his house[-] he never asked for them[-]o I preached in his houseand I had good liberty[-]t the conclusion 4 or 5 of themstoped a litle while talking to me I spoke to their[-]atisfaction and they sayed

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that those things couldnot be gainsayed they bidme god speed I then askedwhat wass the us of thatif they would not obeythemselves so they thoughthey would concider a litt[-]more about it and whenthey saw into it plainlythe would obey they shookhands with me and bid megood night after that theman and the woman belonge[-]to the house set meat beforeme and sayed that such [--]as they had I wass welcomto and prevailed on me tostop all night the nightafter the man came tonewcastle and I went andbaptized him in the river

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[-]yne after that I wentover to gateshead with himand then came back to[-]arthurs hill where weheld a council meeting thatnight I took the lead of themeeting and moved thatI should go to west mone[-]nd preach the morning afterI wass caried and that Iwould preach over at gateshead at night it wass carried[-] the next morning I wentto west more and I went[-]nto a house and asked them[-]f they would let me preach[-]in their house they made[--]me excuse they told methat there wass a class leaderclose by that had sayed[-]e wass very near the sabath

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Before giveing me concentto preach in his houseI asked a boy to go andask him if I might preachin his house then so hewent and asked him buthe would not give concentSo I preached out of doorsin the rain at the conclusconI asked if there wass any one that wanted to ask meany question to speak on butno one spoke a word so I wentup to a man and asked himwhat he thought about ithe had nothing to say agai[---]it I gave him my nameand told where to write toif if they opened a doorfor me to preach in for [---]wass to cold weather to prea[--]

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at of doors at least I thought[--]ite people did not like it[-]e told me he would send[--]f me if there was a doorhened so I shook hands with[-]en and bid him good day[-]nd left them I then cameback and went to Harthurs[-]ill into the cedar againto the church meeting and[-] led the meeting and a[-]ood meeting we had a fine[-]f them spoke their experience[-]nd sayed they rejoiced inthe cause of god and as the[-]on clusion they sayed it hadbeen one of the best meetingsthey had ever had; then of went[-]ver to gates head to one of thebrethrens and got some ref[-]reshment with him

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A man came in that bac[-]been teetotal for severalyears so I began to preach thegospel to him he asked me ifI believed in the mileniumI told him I did he sayed hecould like to live thenI told him what he must do to reign then we agreedvery well in our discourseI then went and preached that night in gatsehead andshowed the principles of thegospel of christ and some ofthe blessings promised in obeydienc to the commandments andTeusday December 22 I wentand preached at night atHeueth Lane the nightbefore I had a dreamand I saw an enemy by m[-]

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and I talked to him aboutthe dealings of the lordand he got so angry withme that he began to oferto kill me and he aimedabout my breast but therewass something betwixt sothat he could do me no harmso it made me think abouthaving on the breastplatethat the scriptures speaks of[-]o all the conclusion of themeeting 5 or 6 or moreof my hearers began to spos[-]e I told them to let me[-]ave one at once and I did[-]ot mind if they all had[--] round; they brought thingsforward for argument[-]hich they could not find[-]n the scriptures

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They would not stand bythe scriptures but sayedwe did not know the wordthat jesu christ spok tohis apostles I told themthat the word of god wouldbe their judge at the las[-]day and that they mustrepent and be baptizedin the name of jesus christfor the remissionof sins orwhere god and christ is theywould never come worldswithout end and thesewere methodists but thetruth tryed them andthey could not stand itthey went away then outof th house and left meI then shook hands wi[--]the master of the hous

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and thanked him for hishouse and bid him goodnight and has I wass goingcross to a friends houseand had got to the doorthere wass a man at my heels[-]nd invited me to go withhim to his house and getsomething to eat so accordingwent with him and gotsomething to eat one of the[-]methodists came in and sayedthat he wass quite convincedand if he lived untill saturday[-]ight he would be baptizedI then left them and cameback to my lodgings and[-]eached about 12 oclock PMThus I saw my dreamfulfiled for which I felt topraise the lord for showing

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it me beforehand; OnOn wedenesday the 23 of Decat Night I went and metwith the saints in the ce[---]again and I led the meetingand read a litle out of thebook of mormon and spok[-]from it to the saints satisfaction we rejoised togetherand had one of the bestmeeting we ever hadbefore for which I feltto praise the lord; on frida[-]Dece 25 I went to the highFelin in the afternoon itwass crismass day I wass ina house oposite th primilMethodist chapel and a quantity of their membe[-]had come to the chapelbut no preacher cam

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[-]o I purposed preachingin one of their houses andso I did to their satisfactionfor they acknoleged that it[-]ust bee right one man[-]urposed going to bee baptized[-]nd too young women believedand sayed they would go andwatch the man baptized butthey took either a gown with them so that if they felt whenthey wass there to be baptizedthey would bee ready we wentto the river tyne and when we reached there the youngwomen consulted a litle[-]nd sayed they would beebaptized then so I spoke[--] litle to them and the[-]eople that wass there[-]oncerning the work of god

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We then sang a hymnand I then kneeled downand prayed to the lordconcerning the matter andthe lord answered andhis spirit we felt andthe candidates wass veryhumble we then stripedand made ready I thenwent into the water totry the depth I thenbaptized one maried manand too young womenthere wass several mencame and watched butthey behaved themselvesvery well for I thinkthey never spoke I thenwent up to the Felinagain with the women

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[-]nd the man went home[-] Fleueth lane therewass too or three boys withis that saw it their dutyand would have beenbaptized then but I toldthem that I would not[-]dvise them to break onecommandment to keep anotherbut they must ask theirparents and if they would[-]ive them concent thenI would baptize themI then left them and toldthem to stick to the truthand the lord would bless themand reached to my lodginglittle before 12 o clock PMon saturday night Dece 26 wehad a council meeting in the celar[-] led the meeting and it wass

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moved that I should go on themorning following to Hewethlane and preach and it was cardand also to preach in the celarat night again so I went andpreached at Heweth lane in themorning and at the conclusiontoo of the same men thatopposed me before came andopposed me again and thewoman of the house told themthat She would not have suc[-]lik work in her house withthem they went away andone of them looked behindhim just like a dog whenit is youling and fleeingaway; she invited me to dinerand I stoped she concludedthat she would be baptizedand her husband believed

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told them that I wouldbaptize some from amongstthem so what they sayedand some of them cried outbelieve that; so I left themand came and led the churchmeeting at newcastle in theafternoon then went acrossgateshead to sister Atkinsand I found a man by the[-]ame of Udson a Methodistpreacher I had seen hiswife before and I supposedshe wass a very nice womanhad prayed for them both[-]fter I had seen her manytimes though I had neverseen him when I sawhim I took him to be ahonest man and one thatwanted to do that that is right

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I had some talk with himabout the work and hebelieved in baptism and the only thing which hewanted about that wasswhether sprinkling woulddo or not I told him thatthe saviour sayed wemust be born of water andof the Spirit or we could notenter into the kingdom ofgod he sayed he wouldconcider a litle more a[--]it he seemed to bee atvery humble man I wentup the street with himand his wife and we agreevery well so I parted withthem and they invited me to come and see them I Shook hands with them

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and bid them good nightand sayed peace be withyou and he sayed amenI then went and preached[-]n the celar again at nightwe had a very good meeting[--] went up to too of themand asked them about itand they sayed theybelieved and had nothingto say against it;On monday night Decer. 28[-] went and preached at theHigh Felon to a good house[-]ull I wass very well likedby some of them but at theconclusion one man sayed he did not believe in waterbaptism so I asked hisfoundation for such likediscourse as that

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and he sayed he believedit wass not essential to salvation I told him manythings out of the scripturesand cast him in every poi[--]but he would not give [-]one of their own memberssayed to him thou arebeaten and thou wilt mo[-]give in and another mansayed it wass no use talkingfor we should come no neare[-]I told him that he must be born of water and thespirit to get into the kingdhe sayed he had been with the water out ofjesus christs side I sayedthat wass spoken long enou[--]before Christ wass crusifi[-]So what would he make

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[-] that he had a testamentin his hand but he couldnot hold it still for itshaked in his hands andhe looked a very comicellook he sayed that Ihad sayed that no oneever did recieve the holyghost before they werebaptized with water Itold him I had not andsome of my hearers testifiedto the same that I had notbut he stuck to it I neversaw an ignoranter man inall my life for he wouldnot hear reason I told himthat the same as Jesuscommanded to teach hecommanded to baptize

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And the man cried outwith what whith whatand I told him not withthe holy ghost for thatwass for Jesus to do butwith water he sayed hehad been baptized withthe holy ghost and hedid not need to waterbaptizm I then sayed to the people which ofyou can forbid waterthat this man shouldnot be baptized whichhave recieved the holyghost as well as mee andI say you are commanded to be baptized by the criptures as wass corneliusbut he would not have i[-]

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he wanted to do away withwater baptizm but I would[-]ot let him I asked hima question what wass theplan of salvation hesayed we must believe[-]n the lord Jesus christand we should be savedI then found him thatpasage and read it to himbut those believers therewass taken the same our[-]f night and baptizedthen he saw he wass castand sayed I had no buisnessto ask him if he could cast[-]e I would be cast and[-] did not care if they putmy name in the papers

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But his arguments proveto weak for I had the t[---]on my side and it wouldstand trying I then sayedI would come and baptizepeople there and he cou[--]not stop it one man say[--]I should go into the hig[-]ways and not com amon[-]them for they sayed Iwas breeding discordthus I saw that the trut[-]will try every man w[--]he is I then came bac[-]to my lodgings Next nightI went to Heuets lanto a friends and therethey told me that thepeople wass very uneasysince I came preachingthere they had told

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many lies concerning meone thing they sayed that[-] had a litle base with[-]e the other night andsayed I would work amiracle with it andthat I had sayed thatunless a child wass baptizedit would go to hell andmore things besidesthat which wass abominablelies in the sight of godthey had been grumblingabout them leting me preachin their house for theywass in the primitivemethodists cociety butthey sayed that they payed[-] rent for their house anthey could please themselves about it

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Both the man and th[-]wife believed the doctrineand welcomed me asa brother and prevaile[-]on me to stop all nigh[-]with them; on wednesda[-]Night the 30 of Dece I wentand led the meeting in th[-]celar again we had a verygood meeting; on thursdaythe 31 of Decem I went andhad a longish spell witha ranters preacher aboutbaptizm he acnoleged thatfaith repentance and bapt[---]wass for the remision of sinsI told him he must bee[-]baptized he then sayedhe had in is infancy I told him that wass notaccording to the scriptures

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he sayed he believed it wassbut he could not find anyfoundation for it in thescriptures but he sayedhe would exhamine itor look more into itwe had a great dear more talkbesides; I told him when[-]e parted that when hewent preaching againif any wanted to knowwhat they must do to tellthem to repent and beebaptized for the remisionof sins he then sayed hewould not I then sayedwhat will you sayhe then sayed I hadnoithered him and hewanted to say no more aboutit so we parted and I came

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on friday 1 of jenewary 1841a man from the balasthills came for me to goto his house to see one ofour sisters that wass illso I went with him andI layed hands on her andprayed for her the manwass a class leader for thewesley an Methodists I stopwith them and got tea wi[--]them and I told him aboutthe gospel plan of salvatio[-]he owned that he hadlooked at some pasagessof scripture which I ment[--]concerning baptizm andwondered why it wass notpreached in this day heacnoledged that he didnot know much about

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anything elce but Methodismbut what I told him hesemed to believe and sayedhe would come and hear us preach he went and[--]ok me across the rivertyne in a small boatand then we parted good[-]einds and they give mean invitation to go and seethem again; I then wentup to the high felon to[-]ee too sisters and a brotherand some friends one of thesisters wass taken ill andhad had the doctor and ithad been sayed that itwass through beeing baptizedasked them why the otherwass not ill which wassbaptized at the same time

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to which they could giveno answer I went to herand found her in bed ana bottle with some medici[--]in at the side of the bedI prevailed on her to tak[-]no more medicine thatnight but we would trythe great phisinan abo[--]it so I layed my hands o[-]her head and proved for [-]that she might get wellvery soon; I then left herand went down to Heuetlane to preach but whenI wass at the high felonthey told me that therwass a talk of sending for one of their head preachagainst I came there agai[-]to confute me I told

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them that I did not careif they send for the bishopof durcham for sayed II would wip him with hisown rod; I preached at Heuetslane that Night in John Bonma[-]house while I wass talking[-] sayed that it had beensayed of me that I toldin my preaching thatthere never wass any onereceived the holy ghost beforewater baptism to whichI replied I never sayed such a thing then the [-]ame man that hadSiposed me both of thetimes that I had been there[-]efore Which wass William[---]el sayed no one had ever[-]ayed so I told him to just

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hold his peace and let mealone he sayed I wassteling a lie for no one hadever sayed so though Ihad myself with manyothers heard the manssay it ourselves I hadprevious to that timetold them that the spiritof god would leave himand he would go into darkness thus I sanethat it wass fulfiledfor he wass not afraidof telling a lie thoughe wass a preacher forthe primitive Methodistand the man of the hou[--]told him he would nothave is goings on in ishouse so finished my

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discourse and concludedand no one ofered afterto contend with me atthat time I stoped a litlewhile and both the manand the wife purposed[--]ing to be baptized thatnight so we went to theriver tyne and I baptizedthem both; and they feltto rejoise after; Previousto this the woman had adream and she thoughtthat a spirit came to herand it seemed that it wantedto speak to her but sheventured to speak to itand she sayed in the nameof the father and it did notspeak but made a noise[-]n then she sayed in the

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Name of the son and itdid the sam way and thenShe sayed in the name ofthe holy ghost is it methat you want and itsayed yes she then wentout of the place and itfollowed her and it gother down and she hada strugle with it butshe did not see much farthfor her husband wakened her and she sayed that when she came in on thnight that the men wassopposeing me to such a grea[-]extent her dream ttruc[-]her and she sayed withinherself that I wass justthe Image that she sa[-]in her dream by my

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features and all togetherand she likened themto as many bull dogsupon me; she told me this dream a few dogsbefore she wass baptizedand it pleased me and Itold her to think uponthat dream for she wouldbe more into it and whenshe wass baptized I told herhad got her down and she[-]ejoised and wass very gladwe then went up to their[-]ouse where I had been preaching[-] at night and some of the [-]rethren wass waiting of mebut before we might go home[-]e might have all something[--] eat so we stoped and got[-]m tea and water and bread

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and butter and rejoisedtogether we then left themand bid them good nightand I told them I would leav[-]them my peace and theyshould have peace morethan ever they had in alltheir lives if they wouldonly keep faithfull I thencame to my lodgings andlanded betwixt 12 and 1 PMon saturday the 2 of jenewerywe had a council meeting inthe celar again Brother Fiel[-]led the meeting and purpose[-]for me to go to the High Fela[-]in the morning so accordingI went and when I got there there wass a man began tocontend a litle with me aboutbaptizm but he could not get

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with it for I stoped him asfast as he could bring anythingforward and when he could not[-]et on he asked me what Iwould think if he wass to callme a rogue I then asked himwhy he sayed because I wass a sheep Stealer for comeingamongst them and breeding discordand taking of their flock hemorehover sayed that I should[-] into the high ways and edgesand get them out of the rockdid not let him go free for allthis but I showed him in folly[-] then went and left m and[-]nt to the chapel I gave an[-]paintment out for monday nightand then went down to Heueth[--]ne to see som of the members[-]nd brought them with me

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up to Newcastle to the churchmeeting in the afternoon forto bee confirmed so brotherFielding confirmed them thatafternoon and he preached at n[-]and I wass at the meeting with h[-]on the monday the 4 of Janewarywe went to the High Fellon andBrother Fielding preached andbefore he concluded there wassa independant minister got upand opposed him and caledhim an imposter and manymore things and sayed thata lion could not live withoutanimall food for it could notlive uppon straw and besides [-]sayed that the ox did not eatstraw he told the people t[-]bee aware of us and shunn and many more things he saye[-]

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on the teusday night 5 of jenewary[-]e went to a fresh plase by the[-]ame of windy Nook and Brother[-]ielding preached to a goodly numberand they were very attentive anddid not contend any; on wedensday[-]he 6 we went to Heueth Lane and Brother Fielding Preachedand the same independantMinister wass there and whenB Fielding had done is discoursethe mansprang up and told Fielding he wass an imposter[--]d he wass a minister of darknessa mad fannatick and insane[---] raged and went on to a great[-]tent and as he wass finishing[-]hat he had got to blunder outhe kept moving out of the place[-]nd would not stop to hear a replyfor we concluded with singing and prayer

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on friday Night we went to s[-]a ranter Preacher he sayed hebelieved that baptizm wass a command but the thoughtsprin[-]would do so he would not giveand we left him; on saturdaythe 9 of Jenewary I went to the hig[-]fellon and to Heueth lane to [-]the brethren and sisters and g aout an appointment for the sunafternoon Previous to this time Ihad told them that when thei[-]superintendant came there hewould make a great blow upso that night when I went to H[-]lane they told me that he ha[-]been on the thursday nightand talked much about the latter day saints he had saythat we wass a joined stockand there wass a piece of la[--]

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[-]n ammerica that wanted[-]raining and we wass taking[-]te saints there to cultivate[-]t and told them that whenwe got them there we would[-]eak in other tongues for them[-]d he sayed that we were[-]ly a lazy set of men going[-]bout the country because wewass to lazy to work seeking[--]mething to eat and preaching[-]ater baptism without ever[-]ce mentioning Jesus Christ[-] also forewarned his hearerstake care of their wives[-]d parents their dauters and[-]eep, away from us before this[-] of the sisters before shewass babtized which had let[-]e preach in her house some[-] her class mates had found

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fault with her for letting mepreach there and they hadsayed a great deal to herand she thought that theirsuperintendant whas sucha fine fellow that she wou[--]relate all to him but whe[-]he cam and told suchabominable lies out of thepulpit he wass quite outof both her and herhusbands books so I sawthat what I had told thembefore proved to be true afthat I came to my lodging an[-]landed about 12 oclock P MOn sunday afternoon January 1[-]I went and preached at Heue[-]lane and livered the sacram[--]to too brothers and too sister[-]and then heard Brother Fielding pr

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on monday night we went tothe High Fellon and and bothof us spoke to their satisfactionon tuesday the 12 of jenewary we went[--] Heueth Lane and Brother Fieldingpreached one man a ranters preacher[-]ad sayed that when we came againwould come and oppose us imselfcame and heard the preaching[-]ut never sayed a word;[-]n wednesday night the 13 I wentto see one of the sisters that hadbeen poorly to a plase called[-]alast hills on thursday nightthe 14 I went and heard B Fixcuss the subject with thedependant preacher there wass[-]bout 600 people but they did[-]t finish that night for B F[-]w that it would be a nice chance[-] get the people warned about there

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on friday night the 15th I wentto see the brethren and sistersat Heueth lane and High Fell[--]and I baptized 1 out of the Hig[-]Felling that Night but beforeI went to the High Felling fro[-]Heueth lane I had a good sh[--]spell with 3 ranters they wou[-]not have the word of god bu[-]their hown experience soI told what they had to dobefore they would come into [-]Kingdom and then they left meon saturday night we heldcouncill meeting in the celarand I wass appointed to goto preach at Heueth laneon sunday morning the 17 ofJenewary I went over to gatescalled at Sister Atkins and Stoped a little while and

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prayed with them then herhusband went and set me on the road about a mile towards[-]igh Felling he purposed coming[--] hear me preach in the afternoon at Heueth Lane so I went [-]nd visited some of the brethren[-]n High Felling and they wentwith me and some mor peoplehear me preach at Heueth Lanepreached about an hour and then administered the sacramentthe brethren and sisters whilethe other people stoped with usthe conclusion too wass convincedand purposed going to be baptizedwe went down to the river[-]yne and sister Atkins husbandwent to watch us when we were [-]oing a many people followedus to watch and when we got

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there the place when I hadbaptized before wass complet[---]blocked up with Ice some of thepeople began saying we couldnot manage but wanted u[-]to turn back I took the leadand would not be taughtby them but requested the[-]to stop a few minutes while I went a litle up the riverside to find another placefor I did not want to tur[-]back untill it wass accomp[--]though it rained very fastall the time I found a sm[---]place and them to me andI spoke to the people concern[---]this work which had a pretygood effect uppon them asI requested them to be quie[-]which they wass then sang

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and prayed and then I went[-]n to push some Ice awayto make more room then baptizedone man and one young womanthen came out of the water[-]nd began to make ready for dressing myself againbut I found that sister Atkinshusband powerfuly convinced[--]d wass puling his clothes of[--] bee baptized so I baptizedhim and as we came out the[-]ce followed us and filed upthe place where we had beenhe thought he had lost his[-]hoe in the water so I went[-]n and feld for it but could[-]ot find it but I found it atthe out side it appears he never[--]ok it in with him so in answer[-] my prayers there wass no accident.

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on monday night the 18th of Jwe went to hear the greatJoseph Barker preach a serm[--]at the Windy Nook upponbaptizm at the begining hesayed that they must notcondemn a thing because itwass in opposition to thembefore they had exhaminedwhether they themselves wa[--]wright or not he went on toState that he had not shunedto declare unto them the whol[-]councill of god he wass theirsuperintendant of the Method[---]New connextion he sayed tha[-]baptizm wass lawfull but n[--]binding so they might if th[--]thought fit be baptized or n[--]he further stated that peter searsley knew his offis

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when he told them to repentand be baptized for the remision of sins yet he sayedthat most of the formerchristians where baptizedand for all this he exhortedus to give heed to the teachings[-]f the gospell; it wass at a place where B F and oheehad been one night beforeand it had disturbed theirminds and so it had beentalked about at their quarter[-]ay we heard one of their hearers[--]y so; at the conclusion hegave a chalenge to discuss thesubject with those menwhen they had sang andprayed and wass moving away[-] F sayed he wanted the[-]ongregation to stop while

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he spoke to Mr Barker sohe went to the pulpit andaccepted the chalenge andit wass to take place whenboth of them had time;on wednesday night I went andheard B F discuss the suppre[--]with Mr Browning the time beforehe had sayed that the Jews ca[-]not be gathered back for the 10 tri[---]did not exist he sayed and thetime he offered to prove that th[--]had been gathered back frombabylon and that must be theliteral fulfilment for therecould not be any other hesayed B F knowed nothing abo[--]the gospell of christ he wan[---]a miracle to he sayed thatthe book of mormon whas astolen writing for it wass write[-]

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by Spaulding sayed he[-]he raged very much and[-]as he raged the peoplehised at him and he toldthem they wass not betterthan geese he kept twisting[-]is poor body about enough[--] hurt himself the peoplewass disgusted with him[-]n friday night jenewary 22[-] went to High Felling andHeueth lane to visit the brethrenand sisters they told me that people had got it out thatB F had Profesied thatthere wass going to be anearthquake which would[-] wallow M Browning upand more things they had got[-]ut that wass not true

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on saturday night we had thecouncill in the celar againit map movd and caried thatI should stay at the celar theday after on sunday jen-y 24I went and led the meetingand spoke for one in the evenand led the church meetingin the afternoon and preachedat night in the same placeon monday the 25 of jen-y I wentand heard BF preach at theHigh Felling the meeting hadnot been given out but I knewsome of them in that vilageSo I went and got a few tocome to the meeting so we hada prety good congregationand very attentive; On tuesdaythe 26 I went and preached at Heweth Lane at night and BF spoke

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[-] little after has we came backthough it wass dark there wass[-]ome people saw us pas themand they began singing aboutis and calling us Satterday saints[--] wednesday night we had ourmeeting in the cellar againon thursday night the 28 I wentup the water side to see a man[--] name of George Hunterand I lend him my voice of warninghe invited me to something toit so I got some with him and[--]me away with him into the town[--]d talked to him on the road andhook hands and parted with him[-]n saturday night we had the councillmeeting in the cellar again it wassmoved that I should stop and preach[--] Harthurs Hill on sunday forenoonnd allso to take lead at the churchmeeting in the after

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30 of JunOn sunday morning we met in thecellar I opened the meeting by singand prayer and then B Lambertspoke a while then I spok a whileafter and in the time B Fielding camein and he spoke a while and thenI gave a himn out and we sang andBrother Lambert concluded by prayerin the afternoon we met and tookthe sacrement I led the meetingand at night I went over to gateshead where B Fielding purposed preachthat night at B Atkins Brother Lamspoke the first and I spoke the secondand Brother Fielding the last I gavout the hymns both first and lastOn monday night the 1 of Febrewarywe went to the High Felling to preachbut there was a teetstall meetingso that people was all there nearlybut we had a meeting with the brethand a very profitable time

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On wednesday night the 3 of Febywe went to Heweth lane and preachedI spoke the first and B F after2 men opposed B F and walkedway On thursday night 4 of Feb-ywe had our meeting in the cellar[-] friday night I went and preach[-]at the Fligh Felling and at theconclusion 2 or 3 of them beganppose one of them wanted a miracle but they coded andd me good night On saturdayight we held councilleeting I led the meetingnd I was to go to Heweth laney after and to Brother Atkin's t night [-] sunday morningthe 7 of Feby I went to High Fellingand went into their chappel andheard the man preach and at the conclusion he sprinkled a infant

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and in his prayer sayed the lorhad commanded it here he wasslying for the lord neve did com[-]and it I then went across onof the Brother and he wantedme to stop and take dinner wit[-]them but his wife wass not bap[-]and I saw that she wass not in a [-]good humour and so I thoughtI would not put any stumbli[-]in her way but left an wentamd preached at Heueth laneaccording to appointment and bir[-]the sacrement to the church the[-]After the conclusion a man turne[-]back to tell me he wass not satisf[-]he wanted a miracle I askedhim to let me look at him solooked at me and I saw that he had not a very good spirit in hi[-]I asked him if he would belie[-]

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[-]f he saw a miracle he sayed he[-]ould I told him he would notasked him if he believe the word[-] god he sayed he did I told what[-] had to do he sayed when he[--]uld see it plainly he would obey[-]nd left me at night I went andreached at William Atkins a feell[-]er I spoke concerning the orderthe kingdom in respect tothe servants of god being sent[-]re I found that a Brother from[--]otland had come to see us by the[-]ame of Robert Wells I went to take[-]im up to Brother Lamberts to lodge[-]t before we went in we went[--]wn into Brother dicksons and got[--]mething to eat and talked[-]bout the work of god in the last[-]ays I found that Br Wells[-]ad recieved the gift of tongues

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And I could see he wanted to spe[-]and I felt to speak to but I thought that I should not speak firstI felt to kneel down and prayand I prayed that the lord wouldbless us with a profitable timeB Wells spoke in tongues andwe believed that sister dixonwould recieve it that night sister dixon to sit on my seatso she did and soon after gotup and spoke in tongues thenI got up and spoke in tonguesand as soon as I sat down sisterdixon got up and spoke in tongues again after we belived that Brother dixon would haveit too so he got up and spokein tongues too we felt to rejoiceand praise the lord for wea very profitable time----- new page (MSS8535_B1_F1_p098_0udDZAy.jpg)sang in tongues which Inever had done before thiscaused my heart to rejoisewe concluded by prayer and fastedthen went out to the stonequary to pray and I greatleyrejoised on my way then cam backand got to bed about 4 MAOn monday night the 8 of Febywent to preach accordingappointment at the High Fellingout when I got there M Mayhereranter which owned the enptyhouse which I had preachedin before had left word thatwass to have it no more andprevious to this I had some of the forms out of the chapel but I wass to have then nomore I went accross to preachin Brother David Mackclarence----- new page (MSS8535_B1_F1_p099_008xzXZ.jpg)But his wife wass not baptizedand she wass not for letting me preach in there but I prevailedon her for that night but shesayed it should not be any moreI preached to them and warnedthem plainley and faithfullyand then left them withoutbeing asked to any references Brother David cam a little withwith me and expresed his feelingsof sorrow for his wife doing hasdid and sayed he would take aplace to preach in and pay forit out of his hown pocket ahow would she like that ifshe did not be diferent I advised him to be faithfulland not to be ruled by hiswife for if he did he wouldgo into darkness and bid him----- new page (MSS8535_B1_F1_p100_QQiU9zI.jpg)[-]n tuesday night I went to see[-]man up the water side whichhad lend my voise of warning to[---]red to him and his sister thatart which speaks of the kingdom[-] god and there wass another man[-]me in which wass an independen[-] had a good spell of talking[-]bout the work the man inv[-]ted me to something to eatI got some and I invited them[-]come and hear us and left[-]em and came to my lodgingswednesday night I went and[-]reached at Heueth lane[-]ene wass only one man there[-]esides the member; on Thu[-]day night we had our prayer[-]eeting in the celar againtook lead of the meeting[-]nother Dixon spoke in tongues----- new page (MSS8535_B1_F1_p101_gIAMDev.jpg)we had a very serious goodmeeting and our hearts rejoisedseeing the power of god made [---]On friday night Feby 12 I went tosee a man at Ballast Hillsand we came together to Ne[-]castle I then came to my lodg[-]but I found Brother Lambertthere so we made it up forhim and me and BD Sister Fo[--]A, go and hear the atkinitesso we went and it proved tobe a prayer meeting so we stayedand while they wass kneeleddown one of them by the nameof James Bartrim he wass onetheir ministers came whileanother man wass praying andasked sister Forster if she hadgot her sins pardoned she askedhim what she might do to get----- new page (MSS8535_B1_F1_p102_YJJt6bJ.jpg)them pardoned he told herto believe on the lord JesusChrist and leave of her sinsshe then sayed and what thenhe told her she had a great deal of impidence and turnedwafs in a rage when we gotup he sayed sit down and he began talking and saying itwass his duty as a minister to speak of things here there hiswoman I dont know who sheis but I asked her some questions and she used a deal of impidence she got up andtold what she had sayed andasked him if there wass notbaptizm too for the remisionof sins he then looked at his congregation and in a scorn[--]ell way sayed hear her hear her----- new page (MSS8535_B1_F1_p103_uhDpreP.jpg)He then sayed he knewwhat she wass he supposedShe wass one of these peoplethat wass going up and downwith this new doctrine andhe sayed he thought he wouldtake it up and oppose itand he sayed if she wantedher sins pardoned what hadshe come there for whycould she not go and plu[--]her self in the water likea duck he sayed that shewass in the gall of biteness and in the bonds ofiniquity and the devil andher wass very near assotiate[-]he sayed that the saviorsayed they wass to teachand baptize and he thatbelieveth and his baptized----- new page (MSS8535_B1_F1_p104_fgE7nwn.jpg)Shall be saved but theywass to believe and be savedand then be immersed aftersuch Redicule and Blaggard[---] I never saw; we supposedthey had concluded byprayer but they begansinging again and we wentto go out and I spoke tothe other preacher and toldhim that I wanted to havea little talk with themabout abusing that womanbut he told me he had nothing to do with it I then got toknow where his partnerlived and purposed to go and see him and left themOn saturday night 13 we held councill meeting moved and[-]ried that I should go in the----- new page (MSS8535_B1_F1_p105_ZgxGr38.jpg)morning and hear M Brininpreach a sermon on baptizat the High Felling and goand preach at Heueth tanin the afternoon and preachat Gateshead at nightOn sunday morning the 14of Feb-y went and heardthe traveling preacher bythe name of Brining he sayethat he would rather preaa gospell sermon than comon the erand he wass comeupon he began shouting ascreaming and rageing againthe truth to a great extenin his discourse he sayedthat there wass nothing soto paull about baptiziwhen he wass called andhe read at the begining----- new page (MSS8535_B1_F1_p106_zJlUqyW.jpg)The first chapter of the first epistle to the corinthians when paul says I thank god that baptized none of you but sohe pretended to say that baptizmwass not of much consequece[-] paul would not thank godthat he had not baptized so he sayed that baptizm wassa divine institution but hesayed it wass not essential salvation he sayed thatjohns mode of baptizingwass not to continue he sayedthat we never read of theapostles being at the riverhe quoted where it he's sayedthat the lord would sprinkleclean water upon us andallso that he would pourout his spirit so he sayed----- new page (MSS8535_B1_F1_p107_YQdG6Ep.jpg)he believed nearer they could bring the figure arbetter and that sprinklin[-]he thought was the bestand purer the water andthe better in his opinionand he sayed that mode of baptism never was presen[-]he sayed that there was 19 out of 20 that decided itso and so and he would thatthe greater number he sayedit had been asked whatan hour people might ente[-]into their church to wh[-]he replied they would tak[-]them 3 month on trialand if they continued thethey might be mad aa full member and if the[-]came from another chur[-]----- new page (MSS8535_B1_F1_p108_en6txSz.jpg)without a lawfull causehe would not have thembut he would drive them back for it wass hardsayed he for other peopleto tak people out of anotherflock when they had hadto much trouble with themhe sayed it had been sayedthat they went down intothe water to which hereplied that jesus wentinto the mountain hewould not go into the leadmines sayed he so hewanted to prove from thatthat immersion wass not ithe sayed that it had been sayed that philipand the euneuch wentdown into the water----- new page (MSS8535_B1_F1_p109_D71NtdK.jpg)he sayed there could notbe much water for it wasdesert and that the euneuchhad not clothing conveniece[-]he sayed we never readof the appostles baptize[-]because there wass muchwater and he wanted toprove that infants wasbaptized for his arguement he brought forward andthey went unto John allJudea and all Jerusalemand if they all went theninfants must go to andallso the saviours wordsgo and deciple me allnations and of course anation existed of menwomen and infants hesayed that it wass the----- new page (MSS8535_B1_F1_p110_dx1FHTu.jpg)thing that should be donewhen people entered intothe church of christ and[-]ill you sayed he refuse it[-] your children and keepthem out of the church like[-]athens here he screamed[-]ery hard and at the conclusionhe exhorted them that wassmethodists to continue forhe wass the happiest amongstthem and he would continueand sayed that it would [-]ok better for people to[-] into the high ways and[-]ot come into societyes and[-]reed unease amongst thembout nonessential things[-]t was given out that there[-]ould be a lovefeast inthe afternoon and one of----- new page (MSS8535_B1_F1_p111_17RvQJO.jpg)them sayed that if therewass any one that had adesire to flee from the wra[-]to come they would likethem there but if theyhad not they would rath[-]be without their company I then went and preached an[-]livered the sacrament at Fl[---]lane to the brethren and sisterand at night I preached atBrother Athins at Gates headOn wednes the 17 of Feb BrDixon came for me to go toBr Bells for he wass ill onhis old complaint in the he[-]I had not got drest but I soo[-]dressed myself and sayed hewass not going to be ill ve[-]long so I went up and ask[-]him how he was he sayed----- new page (MSS8535_B1_F1_p112_qtRQUkg.jpg)[-]e had begun mending about of an hour since that wass[-]bout the time that I got[-] know I laid my hands on him[-]nd rebuked his dishease and[-]rayed for him and the power[-]f god wass made minifest[-]nd he went well of it or thpain left him in a very litle[-]ime for which I felt to praise god[-]nd several other cases of healing[-]ass mad by the power of god[-] as few days before thenthus I saw that the lord wass[-]ith his people At night[-] went and preached [-]t Heueth lane to a very[-]ew On thursday nightthe 18 we had our prayermeeting in the cellar[-]gain I led the meeting----- new page (MSS8535_B1_F1_p113_yDeh6IQ.jpg)On saturday night 20 we heldcouncill meeting in thecellar again I led themeeting moved and cariedthat I should preach atHarthurs hill on sundayforenoon and liver thesacrement in the afternoonand preach at Gateshead atnight On sunday morning I preached at Harthurs Hilland in the afternoon liverthe sacrement and preach[-]at B Atkins at Gates headat night On tuesday nightthe 23 of Feby I went to he[-]Mis Martin from londona cotialist Who had pledg[-]herself to Show that th[-]profsey of paul wassfulfilled by the modern----- new page (MSS8535_B1_F1_p114_5W3jdDz.jpg)professing christians wherehe says that God shall sendthem strong delusians so thatthey shall believe a lie thatthey all might be damnedtogether she called jesus christ good man one that offered to[-]ring in a better sistem than the jews had but she would[-]ot believe that he died for[-]an but wass a great philosopherhe sayed she believed he wassmurdered she would not believe[-]nything without she had some[-]vidence and she believed that[-]hat man did he could not help[-]t she would not believe there[-]ass any devill at all and many[-]ore things On thursday night [-]he 25 of Feby we had our prayer[-]eeting in the cellar again B F led----- new page (MSS8535_B1_F1_p115_upAGqsv.jpg)On sunday morning the 28 I went to the preaching atHarthurs hill and I spoke alitle for one and I began themeeting I went and livered thmsacrement at Henworth Lanthere wass only me and Brotand sister Bowman here theytold me that a ranter by thename of Richard Straffenhad on the friday night [-] the26 been profeseying with thbible before him that in 3months time there would nbee a seed of us coming thereand if his profesy wass notrue he sayed let him beaccursed at; night I went aheard B Fielding preach aGateshead and I concluded byprayer On wednesday nigh----- new page (MSS8535_B1_F1_p116_AEVrSlU.jpg)the 3 of March we had our prayermeeting at Harthurs hill beforethe meeting a little I had been uting hand bills up concerninger meeting in the joiners hallnd at after the meeting I went and put more up and continueduting them up till nearly o clock in the morning On thursday night the 4 of Marchwent and heard B Fielding preachn the joiners hall there wass but fortn friday I went to see the brethrent Heueth lane On saturday night he 6 we had our councill meeting oved that B F and Myself should reach in the joiners hallorning afternoon On sundaymorning March 7 B F and Myselfreached in the joiners hallnd in the afternoon too----- new page (MSS8535_B1_F1_p117_RxMjHOm.jpg)And we preached at Brethrenat night On monday nightMarch the 8th I went and hearM Martin lecture onthe popular opinion of thecreation and deluge shewanted to make it a pearthat the deluge was beforethe creation and she sayedthat Noas flood did notcover the earth because shsayed that there wafsmountians higher thanwhat the flood arose shedenied that the creationcould be accomplised in six days she believed ithad taken some thousandyears for to accomplish ishe sayed the ark wouldnot hold representations----- new page (MSS8535_B1_F1_p118_E8h0Dsw.jpg)[-] every animal that wass upponthe earth and many more things[-]n wednesday night March 10th[-] F and I went according to app[-]ntment to preach at Hueth [-]ane but no one came so we hadmeeting by ourselves and a very[-]ood one to we sang and B F[-]rayed then some of the brethren[-]oke their experience B Ftold me I had better get up[-]t stroke me wat he wanted[-] I got up and spoke in tongues[-]nd he interpreted then he[-]poke in tongues and interpreted[-]ister Bowman wass very humble[-]nd her child wass very cross[-] thought it wass for to try[-]ur patience I believed ifthe child woud be quiet she[-]ould have recieved the gift----- new page (MSS8535_B1_F1_p119_uZuq84o.jpg)I had been fasting all thatday and praying to be releafrom a disease which I had haupon my body a many weekwe then got supper and lefthem but B Fielding anointtheir childrens knees theywere crooked with weaknessand prayed for them and prayfor sister Bowman to get ri[-]of her hasty temper andwe left them in good hear[-]On thursday night March 11we went and preached in [-]joiners hall On friday Ifelt to fast and pray for th[-]disease had not left me soI wass with out meat or dr[-]all day and all night nearly38 hours On saturday nightMarch 13 we had our counci[-]----- new page (MSS8535_B1_F1_p120_zbfwIxm.jpg)meeting On sunday morning[-]arch 14 I went to visit a brother[-]t High Felling which had notbeen of a long time he promisedto come that afternoon thenwent to Heueth Lane and[-]toped till noon than helped[-]ister bonman to cary her[-]hild up to harthurs hill[-]here we had the sacrementthen we went and preached [-]t B Atkins at nightOn tuesday we went out nite our sacret place to pay[-]e agreed and prayed thatthose people which we hadtaken the joiners hall of[-]hould not be hard withus about the rent of itwe had collected 10 or 11 andB F had payed 5 for hand bills----- new page (MSS8535_B1_F1_p121_RKGJKVX.jpg)so he went and accordingto the agreement it shoul[-] have been 16--& the manthough he wass a cotialisthe only asked 10 B Fieldin[-]asked him if he would ta[-]what we had collected forvery little well he sayedyou may give me 6 B Fput him down 5 andasked him if that would do so the man asked himif he wanted a reciept hetold him he did no theman sayed he could pu[-]it down recieved in par[-]but B F sayed nay he shou[-]put it in the full sohe did very kindly so wesaw our prayers answered----- new page (MSS8535_B1_F1_p122_lS5y6W2.jpg)March 21On Sunday morning, we hadpreaching in the cellar again[-]nd in the afternoon we had our[-]hurch meeting at B Atkins[-]nd at night we had preaching at[-] Atkins and at the conclutionA Ranter preacher stoped[-]nd began to contend with B[-]ielding and told him if hebelieved that those sinesshould follow them thatbelieve he sayed strike meblind and than I will believe[-]f I can see a miracle and[-]early all newcastle wouldbelieve and such a conversionthere would be that never[-]ass he went away and we concl[-]ded and a little after we hadmeeting by ourselves andgot up and sayed that----- new page (MSS8535_B1_F1_p123_oKlGFfj.jpg)has sister bowman had thegift of tongues confered upon h[-]when she was confirmed Ibelieved she would speak intongues that night so she didand I sayed the same about sinann Athen so she spoke in tong[-]and I spoke in tongues diferent t[-]and B Fielding and B Dixen andB Wells from Edinburgh spokein tongues and a very good mee[-]we had sister bowmans sis[-]though she never saw me norever heard us preach she se[-]me a shiling and the lord willreward her next morning w[-]took the train at half pa[-]5 in the morning for exchan[-]20 miles payed 2.0 thenwalked 20 miles to Alstonand it was very boisterous----- new page (MSS8535_B1_F1_p124_zCrVbuG.jpg)[-]cross the mountains which madeA very dificult walking for us[-]toped all night and then went[-]eset morning to Brampton andbrother Fielding went on to carlist[-]d I stoped all night and next[-]orning went and landed at[-]arlisle a litle before 8 A M[-]xpecting to set sail for liverpoo[-][-] M but B Fielding had[-]oncluded to stop untill saturday[-]nd I concluded to go back tobrampton and came again on[-]aturday and stop over sunday[-]nd monday to asist B Sanders[-]as he was poorly so next[-]ay I went back to brampton[-]nd preached for them at night[-]n friday night the 26 of Marchwent 4 miles to Hall bankate an preached [-] next day----- new page (MSS8535_B1_F1_p125_xTGH57d.jpg)I came back to carlisle thereB Daley turned my coat andrepaired my trouser On sundaymorning March 28 I preached inthe latterday saints meeting ho[-]carlisle to a good few in theafternoon, we had the church me[-]and at night I preached againand the place was crowded andmany began to believe and wasin a maze whether to go forwa[-]or not on monday night the 28 Ipreached again and the placewass crowded again and I baptized 4 men that night an[-]many more wass believing3 of the firsts was all I [-]hand the other William Nextmorning we set of about 6oclock for Kendall and Iwalked all the way, but abou[-]----- new page (MSS8535_B1_F1_p126_MMIidsj.jpg)[-] miles which wass about 44 milesfrom carlisle to Kendall and muchthe way it was very windy and[-]ainy so has we could scarcely walk[-]d I was very wet so we put up[-]t a temperance coffee house and[-]toped all night next morning Marchwe went and took the packet[-]t half past 8 and payed 3 shilings[-]nd rode 44 miles through Lancaster[-]nd Garstons in [---] [---]t. [-]reston and stoped all night with[-] Adams from america; next[-]orning April first we got[-]reakfast with B John Newsham[-]han went through chorley and[-]et with sister Barrow from[-]otten and sister Nightingale[-]ster Barrow cried for joy to[-]e us then went on to B Fieldings[-]d I left B Sanders there then----- new page (MSS8535_B1_F1_p127_ZJGFSBZ.jpg)I went on home and has I [-]going I met with with Edmun[-]Haydock B Fieldings Brother [-]law and I had a long talk withhim about the gospel and Ihad good liberty and he sayedhe could not get beyond itso I told him to examine an[-]then obey and wished him go[-]then I went home and waskindly received by my pare[-]and Brothers and sisters beingabcent from home 21 weekall but a day I landed about7 oclock on thursday nightApril first when my fathgot hold of my hand he kisse[-]and I told him that I hadn[-]brought down his gray hai[-]with sorrow to the grave forI remembered that when [-]----- new page (MSS8535_B1_F1_p128_pfdBKi7.jpg)first heard of me going out topreach he sayed them wordsif he must be bereaved of his[-]n thus I saw that the lord[-]ad brought me safe back[-]from my tedious mission forwhich I felt to praise the lordthey wass all gladd to see me[-]nd I wass glad to see them yea[-]y heart rejoiced in the god[-] my salvation my mother wass[-]ery poorly in her head and[-]he asked me to lay hands on herI did and her head wass easierwhen I took my hands of her[-]n which I felt to praise GodOn the 5 of April I went to[-]anchester and stoped all night[-] a Brothers next day April 6the general conference wass much[-]nstructions wass given and near----- new page (MSS8535_B1_F1_p129_NJEF20w.jpg)6 thousand members of thechurch wass represented som[-]ordinations took place and I wass ordained an elder of thechurch of Jesus Christ of late[-]day saints On wednesday th[-]7 of april I came to boltonstoped all night at B Bar[-]then next day went homeOn the 17 of April I walk[-]to liverpool and got there befor[-]eight oclock in the morningwhich is 20 miles to see the mi[-]of to america in the ship roche[-]in company with H C Kimba[-]B Young W Richards O Pra[-]G A SmithWoodroug[-]and J Taylor which wassreturning to their own lan[-]On the tuesday morning about10 oclock on the 20 of April----- new page (MSS8535_B1_F1_p130_Uiee9jy.jpg)they went out of the dockinto the river to stop all[-]ight I then walked homethat night 20 miles andthey started next day about[-]oon for new york americaOn the 27 of April I startedfrom home For Newcastle on Tyne[-]ng one verse I go an eving child of dustten thousand foes among yet on his[-]ighty arm I trust that makes th[-]eeble strong my sun my shieldfor even nigh he will my fears[-]ispell this hope supports mewhen I sigh my native land farewellleft them all in the house in tears[-] I myself cried and felt very much[-]rrow at the fold end I parted with[-] father he shaked hands with[-]ith me and kissed me and turned[-]way in much sorrow I thought----- new page (MSS8535_B1_F1_p131_zIJgvUg.jpg)he would hardly stand forfalling down to part with meI then went and bid them of myother brethren and sisters in th[-]church farewell my BrotherJames and Brotherinlaw took me down into Halthill Laneand parted with me with verymuch sorrow I then walked20 miles to liverpool that nigh[-]and stoped all night at Broth[-]Thos Whittaker On tuesday nigh[-]the 27 of April I went to a meetin[-]with the brethren then after th[-]meeting I went with Brother A Field[-]to where he lodged and set orlayed down on the chairs untilabout 2 oclock in the morningof the 28 of April then I wentand got on board the royalvictoria in the clarence doc[-]----- new page (MSS8535_B1_F1_p132_KXDupWG.jpg)[-] little after 2 we moved out ofthe dock into the river andproceeded on to carlisle andlanded at the port carlisle about[-] oclock on the same day when we[-]ot out of the dock at liverpoolwent by myself into the sidehouse and there I layed my[-]ands uppon my own head and[-]rayed that I might not be sick[-]e had a very pleasant pasage[-]nd I did not feel any sick whichused my heart to rejoise for it[-]hen I got into the city of carlislewent to the meeting of the saints[-]nd wass very kindly recieved[-]nd wass called uppon to speak[-] the brethren and sisters so I did[-]nd at the conclusion I began to [-]ant my wednesdays breakfastfor I had had no breakfast dinner----- new page (MSS8535_B1_F1_p133_NSJXB56.jpg)nor supper untill about 10oclock that night yet I wassnot particular fateaguedwhy because the lord sayedall things shall work togeth[-]for good to them that lovegod and keep his commandme[--]On saturday night May fir[-]I baptized 3 at carlisle in t[-]river caldew On sunday m[-]ning May 2 I preached in themeeting room for BrotherSanders wass gone home toalston and desired me to sto[-]in the afternoon I adminis[-]the sacrament to nearly 70of the church and I allsoanointed Brother Robbert[-]Ears for her deafness an[-]prayed for him he soonto mend of is hearing----- new page (MSS8535_B1_F1_p134_KX7wuA5.jpg)At night I preached againto a good number of peopleand a good few of them whichwass not of the church wass[-]onvinced of the truth Ononday night [-] May the 3 we had[-]reaching again in the roomopened the meeting and thenspoke a litle then gave way forBrother Joseph Clementson to[-]reach then I spoke a littlemore and gave out a hymn[-]nd B Joseph concluded byprayer On tuesday night May 4baptized 3 sisters and a[-]an and his wife in the river[-]en Carlisle Swifts On wednesday[-]ight May 5 I led the prayer[-]eeting we had a good meeting[-]hile we had the meeting[-] man not belonging to the----- new page (MSS8535_B1_F1_p135_UkXQ1q2.jpg)Church got up and askedif he wass allowed to spea[-]I then asked him what hewanted to speak abouthe only wanted to speaka litle of his experience soI told him to speak on hespoke and sayed he wass awesleyan methodist and ha[-]never been before to a latte[-]day saints meeting but hehad that night come throug[-]curiosity and he wass ledto acknowledge that therewass a few of the peoplegod and that he rejoicedwith them at the conclusi[-]I called him to me for toask him some questionsbefore the brethren andsisters I allso told him----- new page (MSS8535_B1_F1_p136_P5nptfg.jpg)that I had come out without[-]urse or scrip well he sayedhe never found those caractersbefore but he sayed it wass[-]ertainly according to the[-]criptures yes sayed I and[-]ou can not find anotherpeople but what hishirelings even from themother of harlots down toall her dauters for sayed[-] I expect that thedauters his acin to theirmother so I advised him to[-]ome on sunday to hear forhimself he promised ifnothing hapened then hewent away On sunday morning preached in the room again[-]nd in the afternoon led the[-]acrement meeting and at----- new page (MSS8535_B1_F1_p137_mOos5mE.jpg)night preached again manywass effected with that daywork and they wass cryingnearly on every side On mond[-]night the 10 of may I preac[-]again in the room and at theconclusion I baptized 2 peop[-]on wednesday mornin 12 I wass sen[-]for to Old Mother Barkersthat wass very poorly I wen[-]and gave her a little [-]ian pep[-]and layed hands on her andprayed for her and she wassnot many minutes beforeshe wass well and at thistime and too or three daysbefore many of the Brethrenand sisters was sick and Ihad has much has I couldcomfortabley do to go amongs[-]them yet they wass healed----- new page (MSS8535_B1_F1_p138_puOK1GB.jpg)by the prayer of faith and[-]he lord raised them up for[-]hich I felt to praise the lordwednesday afternoon May 12went to Brother Daleys -litle after 5 in the afternoonfound sister Daley in bed[-]ather poorly I went up[-]o her and asked her whatwass the matter she[-]miled at me and did[-]ot want to tell me Ithen looked at her and[-]sked her what she would[-]hink if I told her whatwass the matter with her[-]e then laughed at meknew what wass the matter[-]nd she [-]owned to it she[-]ad hurt herself and I[-]ought that she would----- new page (MSS8535_B1_F1_p139_VSmkcXG.jpg)miscary she asked meto lay my hands on he[-]and so I did and praye[-]for her and when I lef[-]for her and when I lef[-]her to go unto the praye[-]meeting I told her tha[-]she would know one wa[-]or the other very soon o[-]left her and went to [-]meeting I went and to[-]too or three of the siste[-]about it and I told the[-]to go unto her and whenthe meeting wass over I n[-]come so when the meetin[-]wass over I went to herhouse and found herin pain to be delivere[-]she called on me to pra[-]for her again so I didand then I went out----- new page (MSS8535_B1_F1_p140_1e3pNag.jpg)[-]nd in a few minutesshe wass delivered of a son [-]fter that I went in again[-]nd she wass sickly andfaintish I then gave her[-] litle kianpepper and[-]ayed hands on her and[-]rayed for her and the[-]aintness and sickness[-]eft her and nothing[-]ore ailed her but hadvery good nights rest[-]ext day she wass up out[-] bed and wass working [-]she told me that she[-]ass as well has ever she[-]ass in her life and onthe next day she wass up[-]ll day working and wass[-]ut into the field takingwalk and wass very well----- new page (MSS8535_B1_F1_p141_HTAT20Y.jpg)next day [-]May 14in the afternoon at 3 oclo[-]her husband Brother DaleyI and 8 more making 9 wento see him start on boar[-]the harrow up the cen[-]12 miles to the steamerroyal victoria which wa[-]going about 130 miles toliverpool and her wife t[-]follow him on the wedesday after to liverpooland from thence to amer[-]he was the first of[-] thesaints ever emigratedfrom Carlisle next dayMay 15 she sister Daley wassup in the marketplacebuying what she needed a[-]was very well I feltabundantly thankful----- new page (MSS8535_B1_F1_p142_5Wmm05g.jpg)unto the lord for thiswhich he had done for Ithink she wass above 4 months[-] her time such a casewas calculated to strengthen[-]er faith in the work of[-]d in the last days[-]n the afternoon of the same[-]turday I had some discoursewith one of the sisters Brothers[-]bout the gospell we talkedgood deal and he wass[-]ery duncely about it[-] asked him if he wouldbelieve the word of god hethen paused a while andthen sayed which of it[-]d I mean I then told himthat every word of god wasspure and bore testimony[-] the truth and offered----- new page (MSS8535_B1_F1_p143_o6SDm2M.jpg)him my hand and he wo[-]not shake hands with m[-]I then told him I wouldnot offer it him againand told him that I sho[-]have to stand has a witne[-]and left him and told hi[-]I wished him well in-as much has he wouldobey the commandmentsand came away from himOn sunday morning the 16 of MayI preached in the meeting hous[-]and administered the sacramentin the afternoon and preached aga[-]at night On monday night May [-]I preached in the meeting houseand after the meeting I went andbaptized 2 and then put my clotheson again but soon after I had gotthem on I had to pull them----- new page (MSS8535_B1_F1_p144_0eykgcN.jpg)[-]f again and baptized 2 moreOn tuesday May 18 Brother Sanders[-]ame back from new castleOn wednesday morning May 19 I wentwith sister Daley and her Brother &[-]ife up to the canall to see themway from carlisle for liverpool[-]nd then for america we wass[-]ost part of an hour to soon[-]nd I felt for the first time to pen[-]nd make a litle poetry at their[-]eparture I made and sang the[-]ollowing lines by the canall in When you are fled and goneremember those thats leftand offer up your prayers to godto gather up the blessedFor zion shall like eden bloomthe saints shall all be gathered homeFor soon our lord will comeand call his hown to him----- new page (MSS8535_B1_F1_p145_aurFHPc.jpg)and bid them sit down on his thr[-]with all his faithfull saintsFor zion shall like eden bloomthe saints shall all be gathered ho[-]3 The saints shall all become [-]the blessed of the lordand joys and gladness shall adorethose that have kept his wordFor Jesus shall their tears drie upand give them joy and fill their, c[-]after this wass sung with sorrowthey retired to the packet andstarted up the canall about3 minutes before 8 in the mornin[-]I walked a little up the cana[-]round a turning has I could se[-]them farther than any oneelse I pulled my ancerchiefout and waved it has far hasI could see them and they wav[-]their hand and bid us adieu----- new page (MSS8535_B1_F1_p146_eDA75Mx.jpg)for awhile I felt rather sorry topart with them because theywass very affectionate people[-]t night we had the prayermeeting before we had been inlong sister Mary Maurey wass takenbadly and went out of the roomfollowed her and got into one[-] the brethren and gave her[-] little kianpepper and layedhands on her and rebuked thepain and prayed for her andtold her I did not want her[-] go away for I sayed we shouldhave a good meeting she thenwent again into the room andgot up and spoke and sayedwould make a covenant withthem that wass we would unitetogether that fear and shameshould be banished so after----- new page (MSS8535_B1_F1_p147_VcemxlC.jpg)after that many of them spo[-]among whom wass sister Mu[-]she sayed that the pain hadleft her in a few minutesso we had a very good meetingwhile we wass in the meetingI felt to make a little poetryso I composed the following lineThe saints though poor has yetshall find their promised restand when the saviour he doth com[-]heel prove to be the bestFor Jesus shall all things restor[-]to order has they were beforeI then got up and sang boththose verses which I had madeat Daleys departure and thelast which created a good feeli[-]amongst us shame wass drivenand joy received amongst usI then purposed to make----- new page (MSS8535_B1_F1_p148_VsMOtLR.jpg)[-] covenant with the brethren[-]nd sister that we would[-]way the lord to give B Daleys[-] good pasage across the oceanto america at night Brother Sandershaving come back he baptized 2[-]n the river Caldew On friday Maythe 21 we wass send for to sister[-]ane Murrey she wass ver ill[-]n something tike sterrick fits[-]e layed hands on her three times[-]nd prayed for her one of the[-]isters came in to see her andwass frightned lest she shoulddie and indeed she wass verybad but in little more than[-]alf an hour after we had[-]ayed hands on her the thirdtime she wass out of bed working[-]nd making a cake she expressedherself to be very well and----- new page (MSS8535_B1_F1_p149_QXRQaP8.jpg)praised the lord for sheacknowledged that thelord had healed her throu[-]our prayers we then left herrejoising in the lord but Iwould say the night beforesister Mary Murrey wasstaken very ill we wass send [-]to her so we went and foun[-]her in bed very poorly I ga[-]her some kian pepper and th[-]we layed hands on her and Iprayed for her and that sh[-]might have a good nightsrest next morning she sayedshe was well and had ha[-]a very good nights rest wh[-]caused us to rejoise seeing ourprayers answered from time toOn sunday morning May the 23 B San[-]and I preached in the meeting house----- new page (MSS8535_B1_F1_p150_BKstl3Z.jpg)and in the afternoon we administeredthe sacrament and confirmed 18 and[-]rdained John Barker to the offise[-] a priest after the meeting we[-]ent to the Market Cross andthere I preached to a large[-]oncourse of people I spoke something[-] the first principles of the gospell[-]nd contrasted the doctrine of christ[-]th the doctrine of men and showedthem something of the difference thatthere wass I told them something of the[-]udgments that wass coming and bore[-]estimony to the words of jesus christ[-]nd left them without excuse then[-]other Sanders got up and bore testimony to what had been sayed andconcluded and came away without[-]ny opposition at night Brother Sanders[-]d we preached in the meeting housewhile we wass standing singing I wass----- new page (MSS8535_B1_F1_p151_cOGtEKg.jpg)aware of Sister Mary Murrey beingpoorly at her heart and in her stomicwhen we kneeled down I prayed tha[-]the lord would remove afflection outof that place she told me afterthat she wass before I prayed verybadly but has soon has we got dow[-]on our knees and I began to praythe pain left her in a moment forwhich she felt to rejoise in the workof god in the last days ; at night afte[-]preaching we went to one of the brethre[-]houses to supper and while thereI thinking something about my g[--]to newcastle I felt to make a litl[-]poetrey so I composed the following li[-]When I am at newcastle my brethren Ido think on the battle in which cam engageand offer your prayers to god whoes on highto help me and bless me and thus bring me through2 I leave you my brethren and sisters to go----- new page (MSS8