| 488 Mr. Fielding's people also stated that he acted the part of a hypocrite and deceived them, when he read the letters to them in public, which he received from America, by keeping back that part which treated on baptism, which, since the foregoing failure, he has opposed.
"Elders Kimball and Hyde and Priest Fielding continued to preach daily in different parts of Preston, and on Wednesday and Thursday evenings (August 2) the meetings were attended by Miss Jennetta Richards, who was visiting her friends in Preston, and on Friday she requested baptism, which was attended to by Elder Kimball, after which she was confirmed at the water side by Elders Kimball and Hyde, it being the first confirmation in a foreign land in these last days.
"The day following Sister Richards returned home to her friends, and informed her father, the Rev. J. Richards, an Independent minister at Walker-fold, Chaidgely, whom she had found at Preston, and what she had done, and requested him to send for Elder Kimball to preach in his chapel. Mr. Richards complied with his daughter's request. Elder Kimball arrived at Walker-fold Saturday eve, August 12, and the day following preached three times in Mr. Richards' pulpit, to crowded assemblies; also twice during the week and twice the Sunday following, being most kindly and cordially entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Richards for nine days, during which time Elder Kimball baptized several in the neighborhood.
"After a short visit to Preston, where Elder Hyde continued to preach and baptize, Elder Kimball returned to Walker-fold and continued to receive the hospitality of Mr. Richards' house for some days, while the work spread in the neighborhood; and from thence the work went forth to Clitheroe, Waddington, Downham, Chatburn, Thornley, and Ribchester, through the labors of Brothers Kimball and Fielding.
"Elders Goodson and Richards arrived in Bedford on the 2d of August, and having letters of introduction to the Rev. Timothy R. M Matthews from Brother Joseph Fielding (Mrs. Matthews' brother), they immediately waited on Mr. Matthews,
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