Here we are walking down the trail to the Susquehanna River. Somewhere here in the wooded area is where Joseph and Oliver knelt and prayed and received the visit of John the Baptist.
The water was pretty muddy and didn’t look that inviting. But I guess that was all they had. They had a man get baptized here in January. They had to chop a whole in the ice for him to be able to do it, but he was determined he was going to be baptized where Joseph Smith was.
So do you think Elder Blattman looks like he’s already standing in the water waiting for someone to come along to baptize?
So from there we went to the Newel K. Knight home where the Colesville Branch met for a while. The house is still standing. It is said that the persecution in this area was pretty strong and one night while Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery were visiting here a mob came for them and they had to escape out the back and race along the river all the way to Harmony which took them all night. It isn’t verified but the story is that perhaps while on this flight is when the Melchezidek priesthood was restored. There is no exact date or place for that ordination and visitation.
So we had a lovely adventure and got to see some beautiful countryside. We are grateful to that these things came to pass and that we are blessed to stand in “holy places”.
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