Close about About the time the dissenters fled, preached a sermon from the text, “Ye are the Salt of the earth, but if the salt have lost the its savour wherewith all shall it be salted &c.["] commonly called the salt of the earth <​sermon​>, in which the dissenters were called the salt that had lost its savour, & that they should be trampled upon, and driven out by the saints which was well understood by the danites as a part of their duty to do— When ’ men march up to . Smith told me <​as I understood him​> that he had said to one of the militia captains not to come any further as he might get into danger— Smith after erected erecting their <​his​> bulwarks asked me if I did not think him pretty much of a general & I answered in the affirmative— <​&​> we were advised all the time to fight valiantly and that the angles of the Lord would appear in our defence & fight our battles—

—In refference to s battle. I know but little personally as to the start of the troops to fight — I was called upon to go along with the company which was commanded by as surgeon, this was about midnight, but as I thought a little sleep would do me more good than fighting I remained at home— In the morning of the fight about 6 o’clock I was called on by a who informed me that was wounded mortally. I went to about 3 miles as I understood from the battle ground, where I found Jos Smith Jr present laying hands on the wounded & blessing them [p. [21]]