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Show performed tha t ordinance for Mrs . William York , inducting her into the church and la~er they walked down to Horton's Chapel where they held ~ mee~ing a t the Dixon Bailey home . The f ollowing day they continued ~ hei r work of baptizing, and lead M.rs . vic B1awse lt t, a .MrS . payne , a nd Miss Dolly Bailey into the waters of baptism. GL . ~ha t evening they hel ~ meeting a t the Bailey home . Members .of the Church and country :tolk !·rom the vicini ~y gathered to hear the Mormon Elders preach on Gospel principles prior to their ~~~!~~~~~ - ·. ~~~-~~~~ · , heir i-'ssio-na r-y wor !'or home The meeting was heJ.d in the l a rge f ront yard or the Ba iley home The group , having assembfecr;-tne customar y OIJ.enlng song was sungl .- ~~_;l:·:,:n~v-!..ocation OIIe red,.. N'hen om o:t· the Hailey girls , who h ad bee ..o/J. - I ~~~ visiting wi ~h some neighbors a short di s~ an ce away~ th~t members OI ~ne Klu Klux Klan were preparing to break up ~he meeting t the ixon H iley nome and o :ror ce:rully drive the Mormon El ders Irom tha t community. - ~ HUrrying home, ~he Bailey daughter in f orme ~ her fa t her of ~~at was impending an ~lder morgan was advised of the si tua ti on . ~ ..-. ~~ ~n his li :te~ime ..~, had been ~~---,.. /' / through many experiences th a ~ required determination and ~ . . Athe ~ situa tion tha t -now cOn ~ ronted him was not disconcerting . .He merely asked Dixon Bailey i f he had any firearms i n his home and when , a :rew minutes l ater , ~ o~her ~ai ley ;::; returned wlth three loaded rii les , Elder morgan sta cked t he three guns imme d ia ~ely beside the table he was using as a pulpi~. He then advised the assembled people tha t he was sure tha t ~here would be no trouble and counseled the assembly to r emain quiet and undisturbed . He then proceeded with his sermon. Being a speaker of gre a t eloquence and persuasion , El der Morgan ... soon had his audience c omple~ely engrossed in the sub ject to which |
