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Show made him as comfortable as their limited means would admit of. Rhondo. . To be continued honse where the meeting of which I speak had been held, and we were confirmed members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Latter-day Saints, and, oh I the joy that I felt my lips cannot describe and a pen is a week instrument, indeed, in my hand to attempt to portray it for the spirit of God did in very deed boar witness to me that it was cf God and it was beyond, the power of man to convince me otherwise. other-wise. At this time I was working with my father for a farmer, and knowing know-ing that my father was prejudiced against the Latter-day Saints by the ministers and others talking to him, I had concluded in my own mind to say nothing to him at present in regard to my becoming a member of that church. Accordingly Accord-ingly on the following morning we started out as usual to our labors. We had not gone bnt a short distance dis-tance before we met . father Win-terton, Win-terton, the old man before mentioned, mention-ed, on whom the svn shoue so beautifully, on that dark day when he was baptized, and hehurried up to us and grasped mo by the hand and turning to my father said, "There is a fine boy about nine hours old." Of course my father knowing I was attending the meetings meet-ings of ihe Saints, also knowing that I was out late the night before, be-fore, took in the situation at once and as soon as we got away, he said "was you fool enough to join them mormons last night?" I.re-plieb I.re-plieb that 1 had joined them . He started out in his way to critcise me in relation to the matter. I allowed him to talk with-out interrupting in-terrupting him, until he ceased. I then said, "father, are you done?" He said he was. I then asked him if ho would listen to me? Ho replied re-plied that he would. I then told him a few things pertaining to the Gospel, and before I was aware of it, I bore a faithful testimony to him of the truth of the Gospel! It had a good effect and it was not long before he was baptized, and also my sister. My mother was also favorable and they took the elder home and fed him and i A YOUTH'S EXPERIEXGE. Continued. I told him I most certainly had faith in God that He was the God and Father of us all and that He had sent His beloved Son who had died a shameful death that we might live and that by obeying His coinmandients wo could be saved and that I had repented of my sins and was now ready for baptism. It was now dark and we went and all three of us were baptized that night, which was the 12th day of September, 1852. Wo were baptized in the river Dwash, at Empingham, Rutland county, England, and we returned to the |