Show ar y W history his RIS TORY toey madr 6 r I 1 OR ORSON S 0 N i PR PRATT AT T 1 azil lyt loyt antin continued 1 ned 1832 on this dabby dayi da Yby lr tiie tile atlie co councel of th the Pio plo prophet phet I 1 was oida ordained ined a high priest under the hands of sidney elg Eig rigdon don 1 elder eider L fc johnson and myself started an on our eastern mi Baon ravel I 1 I 1 jn in g aa as usual 0 on n foot without purse or ori ort Scrip and car cart gour gouK goun change oC hands we vve traveled in an easterly direction ohio pennsylvania N ew jersey new york tork city to Huri Hurl gate on lone island preached thirty times in towns and add villages on the way where they never die fie er heard beard the thi gopel nithe lithe in the town of luzern Ju zern county pennsyl vani laniawe awe baptized four ana and ordained one of them namely asbury secor a priest at near ar the last of march arch Bf I 1 baptized baptie ed 1 ai and confirmed my oldest bral brai brother e r anson pratt arom aror this thia place wa wo traveled dorth morth visited ca naan nian columbia county new nev york baw baw saw my parents WJ W then tien t traveled r meled north east lil iti through rough i the he southern bouthern part p art 0 of vermont e r mont into tiela ew hampshire proceeded up the eastern shore of the connecticut ri river ver hobath to Bath preaching wherever i we vre were ivere led jed by the spirit while journeying from lang 1 island a liang to io bath heij helf five meetings 0 we tarried i tyrenty six days in the regions roundabout bath held twenty one orie meetings efte e e n amon among whom whon iho pho in were orson oraon johnson hazen aidrich amasa spasa lyman john Duncan rand daniel S A filea i sian ve trae teb Tei ildria and cime came came fa t 0 th the e town of cb armeston charleston ani ari eston in t tarried ten days pr preached se beven seven e times in thib thia region baptized fourteen among whom were farr fair and S snow ow 1 in ibe our hands bands man many mirac lesot lesof healing kealing kt aling i may 25 dewent we went abdat thirty milea north I 1 west to 6 tl tarried pin pi ti eleen ileen e days held bela 1 six sixteen ae i e n W an meetings i ee tins tin j F s lp thebe ib tse ise I 1 re gions regions 1 ba baptized p eighteen inthe in them town of jay and then i started back to charleton charleston 1 I 1 june juns 15 arrived amona among our bt brethren ethren A in I 1 C charleston tarried eleven elyrn day a ays held heid bold six meet lingo kinno i inn ing oneff one of whom was john johei badger cherf went bouth south a fw te wmiles and beld ele eie eleven va meetings here the lord healed maled a I 1 lame iame we baptized 1 i july 4 again visited bath tarried three adaya i days daye preached reached tw twice lc e baptized bobr lour ordained i hazer hazen kidrich lidrich Jl ldrich an elder eider i july 9 started d again again arain for charleston Chir leston 1 i tarried six da days y 6 attended three meetings baptized sized one ordained john badger anEl gneider inelder deri derp william sil sri snow a priest farr fri a I 1 teacher and th en traveled v tote to tha jay baj ay nd held two meetings we next returned to bath held two meetings and I 1 nun duncan dunean Dun aln vin yin a teacher july 30 jve we departed from bath and went sto ste ito atthe the town of Benson bensons Benso nj about five fire days joor agy aey wi we tarried in itt this region about twenty ay days day ie d S in towns town s an and ana rina gesy baptized two vo and nd attend att e nd ed A 1 1 i august 28 we ive started a journey of 6 over ons one on liu ilu miles t ave th e south part of connecticut where we e arrived on the farsi first of sep tet tei uber commenced preaching ching in the towns round about tar tarried ri U rifen twenty ty three days held eleven meetings in the town of madison and gix six ix ilk in the town of grib crib baptized tep ten and ordained orda ned one of theal thea them nap gamely nat bely tely willard Wood Woods an elder ika I 1 sept 14 4 started oh on a to t 0 bensol Ben ar ovid in dive five days turig thrig AU ita a few faw da dagg held four meetings oct 2 went on board of a vessel sailed seventy miles lake landed at port kent oil od the thi tho dest west bhore shore and then than fraver rd about thirty mis new yora york or where chero we found ode one bour brethren ira ames bield three oct 8 are re crossed we t Ver vermont the th next day preach preached edli iq q lapkun village a e two awo ay iy more brou brought ht ua us aoatha town towa of jay at ahr we heid held three g 1 t tak tok 1 44 4 L bia hia bc 4 started st arted for bath called at charleston and held heid two meetings iq I 1 oct ab 20 arri arrived vedi in bath ftp stopped d five days held six meetings in i the neighboring towns baptized one and land ordained john duncan a priest and william snow from charle charleston toh ton le be inq ing preset pres pt we ie ordia ordained t ned him an elder eider oci oct 26 1 starie d in company with elders L E johnson hazen aldrich and william snow and traveled west went some dome three or or I 1 four it hundred niiles mile s a of which 4 we rode on a canal loat boat uller wiler where I 1 preached to the pas paa te beners ners 1 noy nor 8 Arri arrived in Spat spafford Sp nord ifford onondaga co coe coy new yorki york at which pia pta place tere wa vat vas a branch h of the thie church here ber we w Q tarried sim six days held five meetings idne of which was wag wa a conference eleven elder elders pie sent seni baptized bight echt a amon I 1 in whom were alien klien holcomb whom we ordained an elder tide r libbeus T coon add and Mahe wHilman E elden elder iberl L E johnson here united in the annit try with hazen aldrich aidrich iii ili and starred for ohio limited in the ministry with wit elder ejder william snow naw and started eastward preached inthe in the villages villa gei of vesper verper tully anid arid fabia fh in th the e latter place tarried carried tar lar ried six dayi tj tw II 11 ap fl amely namely S samuel uel and domima jemima newcomb nov ny 23 traveled delaven eleven daileg kniles preached twice in casanovia Cas inovia then traveled 1 six isik aciz days td the adv i n 0 of day sar stop toa co c where pr ye we 4 lar r ried seventeen day meetings t r dec 20 ae we start started i d for bolton on torti west shore of lake gor Georg geong e ellere eliere chere vv wa a a brane branch pg 0 the ch we tarried tirrie a ten aay days 1 i heldt heidt heil cn erl meetings gB baptized ba p sized ten t persons 4 1 dec pec 31 ordained silas T gardner an elder and then thern started or benson tenson in vert veit mont held heid heldo one ri 1 6 meeting maetin J in benson 4 enson an and the th yi A pursued dv gur oun our to Bath about miles distant dista dist ant apt oti ott i 1 ja January 1833 arrived it Bath I 1 tarrie nine kinei afi days dl duhain having goni gone lone gone to charleston held ae five mee meetings tings tinga then visited the church at charleston Charles charies tn held abne one meeting turned returned le to fb bath and anid held two tivo 1 I 1 ja jan n 28 S started 1 aad for 0 ohio 11 y feb 2 arrive arrived d jn in bolton tarried four dav held heid hed three meetings two ordained r d aine alne i id bohri tanner ajl aji a R riest ri est abd then pursued my journey several hu west about m miles lles ilea of kirtland Kirt iana lana I 1 fell it i company with D DAV AV patten and reynolds chho Cabo caboot cabbot ofil tarried and ind angheld held four meetings p arh rih rah them and ad thep proceeded eged on ngy rpy journey to kirtland where arrived feb 17 1833 having been beenau absent on this eastern ane year yeal and four fo ur 1 teen days dayi duning during which w we travel trivel traveled 1 ledon ed on foot near q pi miles attended meetings mostly in in places where they had not heard the word aper lenons k edn s and organized severa new branche bof of the couig i feb IS 19 W washed asbed my handa nd feet ae as a testimony unto the Lord that 1 I had warred warned this wicked generation and nd that my were clean clin from their blood and on 04 the sain bain same sama I 1 r da day I 1 ara wag was admitted into the school of the prophet during my atten attendance danci at this thi school I 1 boarded with the prophet joseph from whom I 1 received much good on the sabbath days I 1 continued preaching in various places elder eider elmr lyman B R ainsa Jehns le hinsa dh and having havi received rece re ce ivd y 4 d through the prophet to aisi tf he churches and preach in the easterby States left kirtland on the of marcato march to fill odi mission we arrived in lath bath 1 new hampshire 06 on the t h e 7 th lne having hav 1 irig atten forty four meeting meetings by the way and baptized thirteen I 1 june sune 6 met vet in ln conference in high priests p 4 elders 8 priest priests 2 at this conference elders willard Woo woodstock harlow redfield leid william sno snow w 44 t 14 eal ehi ak adrich were ordained high priests Henry oa tar r r w or pined ian an elder and idaniel adaniel car r was ordained a priest adi nations being bein administered under und h 94 da cyri ilie flie fi tsi x days we we heid held meetings ibe tinga jin tin in the ovens tow round about r june 14 elden eiden lyman E johns johnt johnson n charleston and labori ngar ngAi t act r r MK mpg ipg ufra 13 ax A june 18 1 I baptized six namely gardner snow wallard f lucida lucina snow jacob gates mary gates gatts aridE an dEmily deally rally harvey the basl last pers 0 named having been healed three days before bedfor e by the bo power vatter tafter this ibell thirty in di gerent different counties jn northern vermont and baptized eight re rel rei i turned to oh p s bury hury j ii i july I 1 6 prach pd in SL st johnsbury and bap j tizra ally snow the preached and baptized susan briant or this held sixteen taw n sl around and bap sized seventeen the most moat oot of whom lived in i malt Mali jt lieeie tere healed through ah the ordinances by the power of go god guly july I 1 b 4 d i hon lor omar char i litof P y kiil liil ro j nig ija Al attended te tended n 1 a e d conference in charlei charlesi charleston charleton I 1 ton t ia I 1 jphnson n ja ind n d john badger we rel ordained high priests 1 winslow arr F arr isaac aidrich ildri cb and thins cerebi were ori daine d elder t j gardnor gardner Gir drel drei shor shoy il hwillard 1 sov snow and ind obi eswa 4 aad horace hora e evan evans 5 was 0 ordained o a teacher the ordinations di dinati ohis ofis being the hands handa af pf lymira E johp son after affer after ia flici feiel med mee in e tings I 1 left cpr r ganv a ti ville vilie J t ti i aug 31 Ordal ordained ned Jc in n I 1 elder tarried three days a s lon ion three meetings n e eting g and ap A tiei trel iree tree 4 then sie went in t to bath hell held h ell eld five mys mrs intha adjoining itogni and baptized three al 1 i J 1 11 1 1 8 haa hab held heid fj 0 o nat ubi nei heirigs digs rigs in baell aro sro V v u i ns aft i V adre r age caven ai y keg reg I 1 ap e eldera ner uder under the tb h L man E r a i i sept 91 left bath batu hald hild held heid spine some meetings is t by the w arri armed arwed arrain I 1 in kirtlan d sept sit git lei bee it abert abbit trix during vii I 1 traveled i mites ati attended ended bah bap tHid upwards I 1 of 50 per pen i i 1 j t t sons 1 lena leua Iena U ined about 1 two months labored borod lai lal an abr mouse of th elLoYd an nd d printing office thirty bayst daysi the moat most 01 ot the t ime tiple bor voa zw d ed with the afie frel prel I 1 I 1 Z i I 1 f V no boyl 27 eider der dmn ej johnson and my nyi self geif eit elt started started to fisit sonie bonie bome some of fhe ille eastern churches having ha 1 v 1 ih wen len sta bet set t b a of ghigli lail priests priest fo 0 th hat purpose I 1 iye e i ll 11 held heid a conference in the j at elk creek fettled some difficulties w the elderts I 1 1 3 amasa amaba thyma tym en h ordained ln e 4 a hig essly i udder ill lil A the hands andi ands of ejohnson E so this place wo we had held heid meetings ol 01 ded dec dee 16 ve ve iani to siw SIN rC reek tarried eight meeting in w the adjoining nhep left for geneseo where we weld weid ce ani ana V preached i 1 enuch muc h in the bi oleif ns I 1 went I 1 to Werl fc aex was first orga organized organised ni aed sed w here I 1 arnved anthe of jan aar iI t r 1 january 20 1 18 34 4 tat v eaf for kirtland rutland b t fi way feb 11 arrived if ih kirtland elder lyma iisman having arrived a few days before e me e I 1 had bad a been teen be n absent about two months and a half halt f traveled about t 1 Q miles and attended rl 1 web 22 1 I preached ched abbat four fou nilea flea eart cart of Cleave clea e landL n j febi feb 23 J pe cho rho at newbury New buryCe centre atre reb peb 21 traveled to kirtland this thi s hy daly dlly the prophet received a revel revelation klion gilon wb wherein e orbon orson hyde and ysela I 1 were lvere to travel 0 wether gether to assist in gathering gather ingup up tiie the strength i of the lords house libuse preparatory prep to tb ilie tilt redemption of see doc do and add coy COT sec par 7 feb 26 we left kirtland traveled led ianth ast abt 4 ward wand above abo e two weeks preaching by the way arrived in geneseo arch 1 mar cs 17 7 cil cli held heid at aulber fataei banys bauls house in which I 1 was wa sappo appointed anted ta 6 travel with elder JohnI johnl john murdock kurdock x larch 20 L 1 10 io 10 westward gd preaching 1 everYdaY every evers day hi baptized two n e 0 0 green Grcen greenwood wood t 4 I 1 I 1 march 30 arrived in ihbe ibbs towa town of free rree don doe I 1 a ra I 1 i J aw I 1 A X region jy oday held ia 22 ond omd one ome cne of f whom remar lamar hyde 1 a t fac e r april til ill 11 continued our journey towards w rd r kirtland Kirt land lind occasionally preaching by the m w way a y 24 Arrived in kirtlan kirtland id having beh bea absent nearly two awo months during which we traveled trav tray e led about SOO foo ir miles ailes attended thirty four persona persons 1 26 1 I the tb prophet joseph I 1 r f P i lih lii r 11 mayl may 1 I 1 to take charge of a co company of twenty persons person swe we started for zion aith four wagons 1 oter over in ih a ferrid dys with a larger company and we continued our jour journey neyl to clay elay co missouri r ip i eif a i july 7 iwas I 1 was wab of the the a fligh high council in zion und erthe hand hands 4 of prest joseph smith ia j i 1934 1914 bishop partridge ei and myself haring haying been appointed by th thet thes high EHigh council to let visit the the scattered saints clay co and set the churches in order ordery commenced our mission whelk eight el ht meetings in different parts of the county k av 1 t j rah ah we report edthe results of our mis mia sion bion high Council which accepted the same after which the council selected belec fed eed john carrill simeon carter eprat and iny seif self to visit the ithe church throughout tb the county and hold public meetings ivsich wo w accordingly did f H aug au 21 ther the high ret their sanction lom if for fon mea tto trave 1 eastward eastward towards kirtland Ki rlland preaching by br th the eway way I 1 accordingly ministry with wih my brother Wm pratt bark baik in a few days jt left trave raveling lingon on the aide alde 4 of tha th missouri lisso url uri river oyer exar exer exertion tion lion jn in br brought 0 aught 04 the fever and add ague arue P which wh icar continued to afflict am idt me at inter intervals int errald vals rals for months sometimes SomI timp s I 1 laid down upon tb the iv wt t prairies many mahy ny milea from any houte bon bos sp dmd jmj pratt stopped topped at t vanalla vanolia V alia gila lii plinks Ill mois mols kt t terre hauta hautt I 1 K preached ca few and baptized piort W 7 jams and his hit hi B wifel wife wite about the th sast jast lat lai ot of november I 1 united in the ministry with elder lohn john cau caD continued |