There is the Journal History and the Journal
of History. Both are historical texts, but one belongs to the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and one to the Community of Christ. Which is
which?
Yesterday’s
answer:
a.
Baptize
Nearly
twenty years ago, I was in a place in England in which I felt very curious; but
I did not know at the time what it meant. I went through a town called
Chadburn, beyond Cithero. Before I went there, some persons told me that there
was no use in my going, and asked me what I wanted to go to Chadburn for,
saying it was the worst place in the county; for the sectarian priests had
preached there faithfully thirty years without making any impression.
Notwithstanding that, I went, and preached once and baptized twenty-five
persons, where the priests had not been able to do a thing.
I
went through the streets of that town feeling as I never before felt in my
life. My hair would rise on my head as I walked through the streets, and I did
not then know what was the matter with me. I pulled off my hat, and felt that I
wanted to pull off my shoes, and I did not know what to think of it. When I
returned, I mentioned the circumstances to brother Joseph, who said: “Did you
not understand it? That is the place where some of the old Prophets traveled
and dedicated that land, and their blessing fell upon you.”
Journal of
Discourses. 26
vols. (London: Latter-day Saints’ Book Depot, 1854-86), 5:22.
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