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Source: Church History Vol. 3 Chapter 26 Page: 497 (~1868)

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497 the preachers four miles from Milton, on Black Water, and ordained him to the priesthood, and I hope that his flock will follow him. I expect to baptize some seven more next Sunday. Bro. G. R. Scogin will meet me this evening. Isaac Beebe is preaching in the neighborhood of the Lone Star branch."-The Saints' Herald, vol. 13, p. 156.

April 27, Elder J. W. Lewis reported the work in England in good condition, and that it would be left in safe hands. He was about ready to embark for America.

On May 3, Elder J. W. Gillen reported seventeen baptized in Salt Lake City, April 18.

On May 9, Elder T. H. Waddel wrote from Milton, Florida, of wonderful progress. He states:-

"While Satan is working, the Lord has blessed the many testimonies that I have borne in his name, and since the first of March last, I have baptized forty, and one of them has been preaching for the last twenty-eight years. The first ten years of his ministry was in connection with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and for the last eighteen years he has been connected with the Baptist Church. His name is M. B. Ellis, well known in Western Florida." The Saints' Herald, vol. 13, p. 188.

On May 15, President Smith stated the situation as follows:-

"In California there is much to encourage. Brethren there are zealous of good works, and are extending their labors into Oregon. By the minutes of their April conference, Bros. Joseph C. Clapp and George P. Slayton were appointed to go up into Oregon. May God bless them in their labors.

"Bro. E. C. Brand and others, as shown in the extract of conference minutes, are at work in Nevada, doing what they can for the work.

"Bros. Gillen, Job, and others are still at work in Utah.

"The brethren in Alabama and Tennessee are also laboring with apparent good success.

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