to their church and the Baptists to theirs. They exclaimed, "The Judgment Day has come and the earth Is about to be burned up!" ''They carried on such shouting and howling that they could be heard all over town. Mr. Gaskell came to the door and asked if I was coming to the Church to pray, because the end had come. "I replied, "No, if the end has come it is too late to pray now. I will stay in bed and take it as easy as I can." I poked my head out the window to satisfy my curiosity, and after listening to the Methodists howling, went back to bed and to sleep. The next morning we found that the end had not come. "I worked for a Quaker making edged tools, than on a farm for a Mr. Wells. In the Spring of 1837, I married Miss Ann Dennis, daughter of Edward and Mazy Bunting Dennis. She was born, 5 April 1818. "We lived in a house on Mr. Wells farm and in May of 1838 our son, George Henry, was born. Mary Ann, our first daughter, was born on Christmas Day in the same house. "In January of 1842, Andrew, another son, was born. . . and in the Fall of that same year I met a man. . .who told me of a strange people whom he had visited in Illinois. His name was Mathew Ivory. "I did not believe in any of the numerous sects.. .because there was such a difference in their beliefs... in regard to the... Bible, The rehearsal of the faith of this strange people.. .brought such a flood of light to my mind that I was led to marvel. "At two different times previous to talking to Mr. Ivory, while lying in bed, a light brighter than the noon-day sun burst into my room, encircling a personage who looked me in the face and passed out of the room.... "Passages of Scriptures came to me, one after another, confirming the doctrines of these strange people, as related by Mr. Ivory.. .He said he had some pamphlets he wished me to read. (These were locked in a chest so his wife could not get them and burn them.) "I took the phamphlets home and in the evenings I read them while my wife sewed. The Holy Spirit bore witness unto our spirits. .. that the doctrines therein were true and from God." In December the Petersons met with Elder Joseph H. Newton and on the first Sunday of February Charles Shreeve Peterson, his wife and young Thomas Learey, were baptized and in a short time the Shreeveville Branch was organized with 40 members. Following their baptism, friends and neighbors of the Petersons turned against 104