Show BAPTISMS IN INDIANA TASWELL Or crawford awford county indiana june 19 1893 thinking that a few hues truna from this part of the country will be read with interest I 1 make a few notes after bidding my friends and relatives farewell I 1 left my home at bountiful utah 0 the evening of may my 1892 to fill a mission to the N athern I 1 was with a R company ot ol seven but one of whom were going to Europe after a pleasant trip trin of three days and dighto I 1 arrived aili at taswell kewell crawfird county indiana dudla where 1 I met me four other edders the following day jung june lt I 1 was wae aligned to labor in the craw ford field with elder marti earlori an jp corbett i have remained rema lutick here ever since as aa a mes mease oger of the gospel of christ As in the vision to paul when there stood a man of macedonia and prayed him saying Come over into macedonia and help us so 90 the voice of some of the good people near taswell said to the elders elder come and help us that we may receive the blessings bleM ingi of of the gospel we Adf accordingly ugly gave notice that there would be baptism on sunday last june 18 at I 1 9 clook p in the time arrived and some ome two hundred people gathered to witness the alie ceremony we went to a small mall stream of water near job n W Bel belcher and were comfortably located beneath the be shade ahad of the beautiful arem re which abound in this country after singing and prayer elder truman H barlow addressed add reed the assembly for a short time un the aub deot of baptism our hearts heart were filled k with joy to see ice our follow fellow creatures creature yield obedience to the gospel of life and salvation alv atlon elder william A oar gar rett jr then wont went into the water wager to attend to the ordinance of baptism bap tiam john W belcher was the first to go in being followed by two of hia big ob obal wo dren and uncle aga aaa and aunt celia mason an aa the elders elden call them the last laet named two are approaching the allotted lift life of man years yean and ton ten after the b baptisms we retired to another beaucl beautiful ful spot about a quarter of a mile distant at J W belchers residence elder barlow spoke on the necessity of the laying on of hands for the reception of the holy ghost and the ordinance of the laying on of hands was attended to |