Price, John - Journal (2)

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Nov 21^st Baptised [sic] Mary Jones and Eliza Jones her daughter and confirmed them on the 24^th at Monkton Sts. meeting

December 4^th Baptised Mary Sinnatt and Elizabeth Sommers two aged women, one 88 & the other 85 years. Confirmed them the same time.

Feb. 2^nd 1851 Confirmed Lewiza (and baptised [sic] _________ Thomas Oliver - confd - 4^th

Feb 7^th Baptised [sic] Mary Dawkins and confirmed her 9^th

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December 6^th I attended the council at Monkton where I adressed [sic] the officers on the importance of their fulfilling their offices with magnanimity as they should be guided by the Holy Ghost and shewed [sic] the necessity of carrying out the counsils [sic] of the presidency. In this council John B______ __________ Dawkins & Hannah Philips were cut off.

On Saturday 7^th I started for H West leaving Eld. Daniel Williams at Monkton to carry out the decision of council on the following sabath [sic].

I preached at H West and attended Saints' meetings on Sunday. Attended council on Teusday [sic] 10^th where it was determined

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I also ordained John Davies of ___________ a teacher, and Thomas Griffiths a Deacon in Pembroke branch.

I also cut off Phillip Thomas of Milford for Drunkenness, and opposing Elder Morris when preaching at Hakin near Milford. In all this, the officers unanimously assisted me and the spirit of God was abundantly enjoyed by all. From this time the branch began to flourish greatly, and I gained great influence among the Saints and offices, and also in the neighbourhood. I baptised many but I was not so a head [sic] without opposition, for satan began to work in Isaac Morgan, a teacher in the Pembroke branch who began to find fault with my proceedings in setting Elder Hopla to provide over the branch. This he

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confessed before the council and was forgiven; but he never ceased from it till it worked his final apostacy [sic] from the church.

I then took a tour through the branches, visiting their sts. meetings and councils - and setting things in order as I was directed by the spirit of God. At H West Council I met with Elder Daniel Williams, my first counsellor [sic], and suggested to him that it would be good for all the officers to meet in a general council, or conference of the priesthood, once a month he was one with me on the subject, therefore we passed it by vote in that council Nov 12^th that our first General Council should be held at Monkton Pembroke on the 22^nd Instant.

November 22^nd 1850 I was at the General Council Pembroke at which it was determined

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that the saints at Freystrop shall be organised [sic] a branch and that Elder William Bowen shall preside over it with Moses Phelps as his first counsellor [sic] .

John Thomas of H West was ordained an Elder to act as first counsellor [sic] to Elder J. Griffiths in the presidency of that branch.

I also ordained Richd. Jones a priest in Pembroke branch.

I sent Elder William Thomas late president of Broadway branch to raise a branch at Milford, and set elder Thomas Rees to preside over the branch of Broadway and thus opened up the way for the spread of the gospel.

I abode at Monkton over the following Sunday, had a good meeting with the saints, much of the

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spirit of God was poured out upon them, and the gifts were abundant.

About this time it was frequently predicted, through the gifts, that a woman should rise, and swear lies against me, to destroy my influence which set me constantly on the watch, for I felt by the spirit of God that it would surely come to pass as it did in due time, as will be shewn [sic] in its proper place.

Monday I attended a prayers meeting at Monnkton with a goodly number of Saints.

Nov 4^th I baptised [sic] Eliza Lewis and Prisilla Baker at Monkton and confirmed them on the 5^th.

While baptising [sic] them my hat was blown away by a gust of wind and I narrowly escaped from drowning by trying to recover it.

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5^th I attended saints meeting at Fishguard

7^th attended saints meeting and ordained William Rees to the office of a Teacher. 9^th Preached at __________. Went to _______Castle but could not preach

11^th Preached at L______ Parsonage

12 Attended Saints meeting at Fishguard.- ditto 14^th

Held prayer meeting in the morning 16^th Preached at ___________ 18 Preached at Letterston19^th Cuffern Mountain 20 at Fishguard prayer meeting 22 Prayer meeting at Letterston 23 Preached 24 at Little New Castle

25 Saints meeting at Letterston

28 Preached at Cuffern M. held saints meeting also

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29 Preached at Simson

Nov 4^th Attended conference at H West. 6^th Preached at Simson. 9^th Attended saints meeting at Fishguard. Ordained David Davies to the office of Priest

11^th Preached at Cuffern M______ In Saints meeting ordained Thomas Rowland and John Twigg to the office of Elders and William Rowland to the office of Teacher.

12 Came to H. West Saints meeting. 13 Pen______ Saints meeting. 15^th St Clears

18^th Attended Swansea conference and was appointed to travel in that conference under the Presidency of Elder Thomas Pugh.

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After conference was over I commenced travelling [sic] from branch to branch preaching and ministering as occasion required being directed by the presidency.

The Lord blessed my labours in all I took in hand.

November 22^nd I visited Cwm-Avon branch and ordained Lewis Davies to the office of Elder. December 2^nd visited Llwyni branch and confirmed John Williams. Dec 22^nd. Baptised [sic] William Griffiths at the Drym branch . Feb 24^th /50 Baptised [sic] John Wardlow at the Llwyni branch. ["also Margaret" - striked out] Wardlow wife of the above J. W. and William Thomas.

Feb 3^rd Baptised [sic] Thomas Wardlow.

Feb 21^st Confirmed Ann Wardlow. Also at Llwyni I baptised [sic] James Thomas and his wife of Foxhole near Swansea, who

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had come to Llwyni on a visit. About this time I visited Pyle branch and preaced [sic] and baptised Mary Ann Lewis who had been a Roman Catholic, and was at this time preparing for perpetual seclusion in a Nunery [sic] . I confirmed her the same night to the great disappointment of her parents. Her Father threatened to kill me and her mother to pour boiling water over me and prayed heartily on their god to send fire from his heavens to burn us all up, but there was no answer for he was asleep.

Next morning the daughter was turned out of doors without protection which she bore with joy and took shelter in the house of a sister at port Talbot.

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Feb 28 Visit Altwen and confirmed Evan Hopkins.

At Neath the power of God was manifested in the gift of healing on the person of Mary Richards wife of Elder Thomas Richards of that place, who in a case of relapse after confinement was to all appearance dead. I was called for, in company with Elders David Evans and Hopkin Jones. We ministered to her the ordinance of anointing with oil and laying hands with prayer. She was restored while under our hands, and the next day was about the business of the family as normal.

We all thought her to be dead and she declared that she was dead.

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About this time I ordained Elias Thomas to the office of Elder, and David Richards of Burton Ferry to the office of Priest.

July 1850 At the conference at Swansea I was appointed to the presidency of the Pembrokeshire Conference in stead [sic] of Elder John Morris who was about to emigrate with his family to America.

About 7^th of August I left Glamorganshire for Pembroke and commenced to travel through the Welsh district preaching in the places where I had formerly been occasionally visiting the lower parts in my course

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