Show JT I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 xa I 1 copyright secured secure a I 1 C HISTORY OF JO JOSEPH PH SMITH SHITA W I 1 I 1 U 1 1 I 1 march I 1 ia tuesdays Tuesday as elder idar young out lr r turned returned b to liver ad 41 61 and anda ei baer r 1 hards i ard rd the hie foll following diving w atory lory of ls eno england na I 1 or tile be first aein e ei ah D scission P asip df bulhe he L atter day saints f abent the first of june 1837 elder heber 1 I 1 Kin iball was called by the lie aph spirit it of re revelation set a the first presidency of the roll of Jesus ChHat e i days then ii at t kirtland ano U north america ameria to to preside arc olda over over a mission to t bigla accompanied by elder eider oran oison alyde 11 do who i hiis W st set apart tor for the same IV work ork at the lie same linie th in a few days brother joseph fielding was set apart and aldon on the tha eve df tile elder willard richards having becq 1 I absent several months on a loii long g journey ama abd having returned cretu rn ed I 1 ilie 1 I e day previous was af cal called led and set et apart for the same m assion 1 1 11 the following morning tuesday these I 1 brethren alk ge vo the parting hand li iid bid fa rewel ti 0 horne home and an without purse or scrip started for england they were accompanied twelve miles to fairport fail Fair port on iltz erie eric by eldera elder brigham young solin john P greene and brother levi richards and sisters kimball greene and fielding Fieldi Dg brother R B thompson and wife accompanied tile mission to buffalo Buff dlo and brother fitch brigham to utica and others with whom they parted in the afternoon and went on oil board a steamer iVr for buffalo where abe re they arrived next day 1 at this place itlie the brethren expected 6 receive receive some means fram canid canada to assist cheni on oil their journey jouney jou ney but they were disappointed in ill the evening they the I 1 took passage on a canal boat and arrived in albany on the lath elder hyde having gone for orwar wah fl to new york from rochester brother fielding proceeded to new york 1 and on oil the elder Kini kimball bail accompanied elder I 1 richards to ills his fathers house in it richmond massachusetts thirty miles east where they spent one day d ay iy and having received some assistance from his hii friends bade them firewell farewell for the list last time chis ills futher father and having since died also it a sister whom lie he had left ii ia kirtland and on the returned to albany and arrived lit in new york on oil the where they found brothers 0 hyde and fielding also elders john goodson isaac ras russell 8 01 and john snyder priest abio had come from canada to boio joio the mission rills sion anxiously waiting their arrival so that they might take passage ou on board tile the 11 united states which was to sail next day lint but they arrived too late idle in new boik eldoi elder Ric richards hurds received some fi further triller means quite providentially and on oil the j the bro brethren thren engaged p issace to liverpool on oil board tile 11 garrick which was to sail on oil the I 1 ast 1st of july y I 1 tn a t the lie mean can time the b ethren received every ps possible sibl assistance assist ince from elder elijah fordham for at that time nine he fie was the only member of the church residing lit in the city and having no house ot of M irta 4 WP he 0 O I 1 lio foA liwo fur fr odthe brethren where they lodged on tile the floor amid straw rend blink blinkers ets on week caling their cold ahoi so and cobbel convening sing with tho the people ds as they had opportunity for no place could be to p preach reach in and there was no one to receive them into their hon hodi acs cs 1 1 I 1 11 Sund I 1 dy tho tile the bredar iii ii held a council dt a t their lodgings mr Ford For hams dhanis storsand store stor cand organized ready for taking tali ing their departure soa on the vie tie brethren sealed j and for warded sled of elder eider 0 s sn n hydes timely T ly nely warnings to the ministers of the ilie different denominations in tile tho city und wenton we lit o board the I 1 garrick Gaff ick which haded put out into tile the river and cast ast author I 1 july 1st at the ship weighed anchor and was towed to the hook by a steamer where she spread pread s s tit and lit in four houis bours and a half wis was out of 0 fright eglit of land with tile the exception of a strong wind w ind on oil tile there was generally a gentle breeze from froin the northwest north west during the voyage 4 on tile the elder eld er hyde preached on oil the aft quarter deck and on oa tile the cape clear was visible 18 days out olit of sight or of hind hand and on oil tile the morning of the the brethren landed ia liver pool i 20 days from new york here elders ki 1 ayd and richards found themselves on oil 1 a foreign shore shoie surrounded 1 by strangers without I 1 the first fai thing lit in their possession but bilt the lie brethren nn gedly took in a private 1 I so in union street fill ill after the inspection of ill alie ship and on oil saturday the took coach fo for rP preston npreston when they had alighted from the and were s anding by their trunks trunk in front of tile hotel in ill Pic preston stoll a luge large flag wa wis unfurled aver over their heads on which was printed ri anted in ill golden letters I 1 truth will prevail at t tile alie sight of which their hearts rejoiced and they cried aloud amen ame n thanks bo be unto god TRUTH WILT WIL PRE I 1 W yam I 1 I 1 11 bro joseph fielding lodged with his brother 1 I 1 rev sallies james fielding ng then a preacher in va uch iren il 1 road ch chapel apol and the remainder le maindi r of the lie bred brethren 1 took lodgings in ill st wilford S reet fox street alie the saine same evening the elders visitor the rev mr fielding by his re request at liis ills lodgings ile he had I 1 previously been apar zed of the coming forth of I 1 11 ll this I 1 i b work vor k L in iu i america through tile the medi medium of lot letters lers from ills his relatives aud and others and had requested his c church ur elito to pray that god would send them ills his servants kit and extorted lus his people to receive their message when should come 11 sunday tile the as they had po do place in ill wh ch to 6 preach the seven ibre brethren fhren wend wen to 1 vauxhall V augha chapel to hear ilia rev mr fielding abdat and at tile the close of the morning service mr fielding ing gave public notice that an all eldr elder odthe latter latler luy would in tile afternoon in his I 1 pulpit this was voluntary with mr Fie dingi as no one biad requested tile privilege and in the I 1 afternoon according to the notice elder kimball gave a brief history of tb the e rise rie of the die church and the arst principles of the gospel and elder hyde I 1 bore testimony after which thu the rov rev mr fild field fing reque requester lie brethren bre thren to give out au an appoint 1 i t acut for foi tile the evening evening when elder eder goodson j preached prO proa ached phed and brother joseph fielding bore I 1 ii any ony I 1 at the close mr fielding again gave leave for preaching pie aching at tho the same place ou on wednesday evening when elder hyde preached and richards bore testimony skid and from that time the I 1 I 1 rev mr fielding closed his doors against the i I 1 elders wid and began to oppose the york work and stated 1 that ahat the elders promised promis pd to say nothing about baptism in their preaching before he consented to i I 1 let them preach in his pulpit whereas the subject I 1 of th the elders preaching in his chapel h had ad not hot been 1 named between the parties before mr F gave out the public appointment before referred to I 1 I 1 much less leas if pos possible that they would 11 say i nothing about i 1 r nine of mr fieldings members offered themselves for baptism and mr me fielding presented himself before the elders and forbid their bap dizig iema but bathe he received for foi atis answer that I 1 they I 1 i were ere of age aud and could act for themselves I 1 arid and i theW th they were baptized under mider the hands of beider K brother george D watt being the first who offered for ha baptism p in england and is now an elder laboring in edinburgh scotland I 1 I 1 russell preached in file marketplace market kev place in he afternoon and from that day ohp I 1 private houses kiouses were open ou on very every hand fiand fr tile the elders elder 1 11 a council of elders eders decided that elde elders rs goodson as and richards should go op on a ni iri s ildia to bedford and bluer bider russell and priest snyder on a mission to Alst alstan ard and afdera after a night naghi of prayer praise and thanksgiving the b brethren took their depa departure iture on the r or antl i ig of tile the f first of august for their several severa stati stations 91 cherev The Rev air fielding continued to oppose tho the doctrine of baptists baptism for a season buending but finding that iha t lie he was likely to lose all his 11 best basi members 1 11 he offered to baptize thern himself but th they ey awara aware that he had no aul aud arity declined his friendly offers whereupon he engaged the rev mr gies aves a baptist minister in preston of as little authority as hims himself if to do the baptizing for his flock bit ti b it this iniquitous scheme succeeded little better than tile other only one coming forward to liis his baptism so far as we have heard mr fieldings people also stated that lie he acted the part of a hypocrite and deceived them when he read the letters to them in public which lie he received cipp d from Air america terica by kaei keei keeping 0 g back that part which trea treated W oil en baptism I 1 which foregoing gAilure failure lie he has opposed I 1 11 elders Kill kimball iball aud and hyde and pi hiis lart fieldi field ig continued to preach daily in hi different parts of preston and on wednesday and thursday r evenings august 2 the meetings m were attended atte ded by miss jeunetta richards who was visiting her friends in preston and on friday she requested baptism which was attendee to li by eider kimball after M which inch she was confirmed confirm ed af at the water side by EI elders ders kimbrill Kimb Lill tIl and hyde it being the first confirmation confirm aion alon in a foreign land an fn m these list last days tl 61 tha day folk foil wing wag sister richards returned li biome me to her friends and informed lier e r father the rev J illich ards an independent finist r at walker fold chai gely whom she had ad found at P 8 ton ston arid aad what she had done and requested him to send for elder kimball to preach in ill ills his chapel mr richards complied with liis ills daughters request elder kimball arrived at walker fold saturday eve august 12 and the day following preached three times in lit mr richards pulpit to crowded assemblies also twice during the week and twice the sunday following being most kindly and cordil cordially lf entertained by mr and mrs richards Rich aids for nine nind days during time elder kimball Kin iball baptized several iu in the n n 11 after a short vis visit t to preston whore elder H hyde ky do continued to preach and baptize eld elder er kimball tin ball returned to walker fold and continued to rec ive tile the hospitality of mr Richard richards ss house for some days while fl 11 e work spread in fit the neighborhood and from thence tile tho work vacit forth foith to clitheroe clieh roe downham Down harn chatburn thornley dev and ribchester Rib Ribe chester haster through the he labors laboa of brother kimball and fielding 4 elders eiders goodson and richards arrived in bedford oil on the 2nd and of august and having letters of introduction to the rev timothy R Matti matthews lewi from brother joseph field fielding 1 ng mrs matthews brother they immediately waited on mr P matthews who expressed great joy pt at their arrival and manifested ills his sincerity by walking arm in arm with the through of bedford calling on tile the members of his church and g them to attend tha the eld ears rs at his chapel vestry that evening mr matthews had previously been apprized of the saints in Ar ameri ameria a through the medium of tile the rev james fielding of preson and ahe he letters from america before referred refe ired to in ill the evenin g his church assembled in tho the vestry and elders goodson Goods and richards continued to lecture and testify of the work or of cad on o n ii 11 f hiir iid the hp thaw fol following lowin evenin evenings sill in the same with wilh the he entire ampro approbation aaion evenings of gM mr r matthews who at the close of the lecture publicly licay bore testimony to tile the truths advanced advance ed and called upon liis his people to know why they di dil I 1 not come forward for m while they in return wished to know why lie he did not st set then the pi I 1 11 after this mr mathews house in the neighborhood for tile elders to preach in in under the pre predence pretence pret tence euco that some of the proprietors of the chapel might not be pleased wm with the elders occupying the vestry and mr matthews Mal continued to attend tho the preaching of the elders ciders and also spent a great share of ins his time lime from day to day in conversation with them mr matthews told the elders that he be had bad received ired two one from bishop west whom lie biad proved to be an all impostor and another from the chuich of england which he acknowledged to be descended from the church of rome and he further acknowledged that he had no authority auth only from gol go I 1 for far administering in tle the ordinances of gods house 6 on oil the mrs Brad braddock docic ard and four others were baptized by elder goodson soon after this I 1 mr joseph saville mer member of mr matthews church being very devrous des jious of receiving baptism at the same time w etli mr Mut waited on oil him bini at his huse in company with elders goodson and richards and mr Matthew sand mr savilo savi IQ mutually agreed to meet the he eiers on the bank of the river bouso use at a specified hour iu ill the a afternoon f eill odil and attend to alie ordinance of baptism at the hour appo appointed mr so 16 mat the elders at the place previously opsy digua de ted d by mr matthews but as he dil did not make liis ills appearance according to promise after waiting waitie 9 for him an n hour mr stville seville haq was baptized NO when n the elders repaired to mr matthews to lethe the cause of his ilot ot fulfill ii g his engagement and were iu in form formed d by mr Mit family that he ha ba 9 gone one out into the country to preach in III a day or two it if was durrent currently ly rumored that mr matth matthews ws had baptized himself and this 1 rumor was afterwards confirm ea by mrs matthews who stated to elder kimbull at preston that MT matthews had baptized himself reasoning u upon anis principle within him himself solf 1 I if I 1 have authority to administer the sacrament to my Oe deolde olde wily why not have authority to baptize myself ac 11 and all this after mr matthews had ac knoW ledfred to elders goodson and richards that he had no authority to administer in the ardi ii bances nances aces of gods house ard altogether regardless of the words worda of tile the apostle heb v 4 no mail man tins this honor unto himself but lie he that is called of god as ati wt s aaron 1 11 by the foregoing it is plainly to be been seen that mr M r matthews has as attempted to take that upon h myself which was never conderi conf enen upon him by the spirit of revelation reve lalion either by god his angels or ills his servants viz the ilia holy priesthood and from that period mr began to preach baptism and baptized those who felt it their duty to be baptized and then them to the penitent form to iret get remission of their sins but finding ing th tint thit it wow not answer all the design |