CHAPTER XXI THE RACE TRACK AT SPRINGFIELD-1846. Danger among Cut-throats - Springfield — The Grog-shop- - A Deliberate Conviction — 1846 The Result Cheering News CHAPTER XXII. TWO ASSOCIATIONS -- 1847. Letters Granted Colorado AssociationElder Ellis T. J. Pilgrim Elder Taliaferro Elder Chandler - Elder Kimball— Triumphs of the Gospel - The East - Herrin and Reed - Eastern Missionary Association Reasons for Organizing - Sabine Association-Border, Eightmile and Macedonia Churches - Elder Lewis - Elder Jesse Witt Church at Marshall-- Soda Lake Association — Elder Perry Missions - Elder Dodson - Increase and Decrease - 1847 PAGE 241 255 CHAPTER XXIII. TWO ORDEALS: ONE SPIRITUAL, AND ONE CARNAL 1847. Order and Obedience to Law Alien Immersion - Trouble The Victory of Truth - Great Personal Danger Four - 1847 269 Progress CHAPTER XXIV. TWO ASSOCIATIONS-- 1848. PAGE Trinity River Association Elder Ledbetter "Linsey-Woolsey, Tin-Headed" Elder Mays - Elder Clabaugh - Thirteen New Churches · Elder O'Brian Church at Waco Trinity River High School - Elder Burleson Waco University - Elder Benjamin Clark - Elders Parks, Green, and Allen - Red River Association - Elder Piland Missions - Elder Pickett - Elder Briscoe- 1848 . 276 CHAPTER XXV. STATE CONVENTION-- 1848. Necessity for a General Organization-Elder Jesse Mercer CHAPTER XXVI. TWO ASSOCIATIONS-- 1849. A Review- Elm Fork Association- Church at Rowlett's Creek CHAPTER XXVII. HARMONIOUS ACTIVITY--1850 TO 1852. Unity Collection of Historical Facts - Elder Jonas Johnston 291 . 305 Chilton Great Prosperity - Bethlehem Association - Elder Vining - Queries - Elder Phelps - Elder Reuben E. Brown -Elder Prewitt-Deaths 1850 to 1852 PAGE 314 CHAPTER XXVIII. THE EASTERN CONVENTION-- 1853. Northern Texas Sister Grove Association -Elder Briscoe — A Good Executive Committee - Elder Walker Ladonia Institute Elder Featherston - Children of Elder D. B. Morrill Elder Sam Wright - General Association - Elder Lepard Elder Lane Eastern Convention - Elder Baggerly - Agents - East Texas Male College-Elder Rowland - Army Mission - Elder M. V. Smith - Elder McCraw Brenham Church - Judson Association -- 1853. 324 CHAPTER XXIX. REVIVALS -- 1854 AND 1855. Sam. Houston Baptized - General Revival A Dry Season A German Boy and Heisig 1854 and 1855 San Marcos Association - Elder Covey - Elder Burroughs - Elder Pickney Harris The Droughts Elder Law Waco Association J. W. Speight -- Lawyers - Elders 341 Crain and Harris - City of Waco-Elder Carrol - San Antonio Association War-Triumph of Truth-Condition of the Churches-Elder Wm. Carey Crane -- Elder J. B. Link 1857 to 1867 PAGE 352 CHAPTER XXXI. THE LAST TRIP OF A PIONEER 1868. British Honduras Reasons for Going A Dream - Families 368 CHAPTER XXXII. THE CONCLUSION. Texas as it was in 1835, and Texas as it is in 1872-Area of Post Offices · Railroads - Schools -Contrast in number of Ministers, Membership, Churches and Associations Prospects FLOWERS AND FRUITS. CHAPTER I. A TROUBLED PREACHER. IN 1835. ECEMBER, 1835 October, 1871. Thirty-six years ago I planted my feet on the soil of Texas. How great the contrast in our circumstances then and now! And what a train of memorable events flashes upon my mind, as I review the conflicts and conquests of these years, conflicts between barbarism and civilization, anarchy and well-regulated government; conquests of truth over error, and the faith of the gospel over priestcraft and superstition. A brief history of some of the reasons that led the writer to Texas may be of interest. Some will, doubtless, suppose that a desire to roam over the earth, and to occupy fields hitherto uncultivated, was the only reason for this change. Not so. Perfect satisfaction was felt with the brethren, and the field of "good old Tennessee." But fourteen years of excessive ministerial labor in that State, attended with much exposure on long tours, swimming high waters, and preaching on an average about one sermon a day for nine years, brought on hemorrhage of the lungs, and made it necessary, according to the decision of two of |