e feast were well drunken, He
turned water into wine that they might have more to drink; that
in the cornfield He plucked the cars of corn and ate them; that
He saw an ass hitched, and without leave took it and rode into
Jerusalem; that He went into the Temple and overset the tables of
the money changers and took cords and whaled them out, telling
them they had made His Father's house a den of thieves. I am
aware that all Christians justify the acts of Christ, because He
was the Son of God. But the people at that time did not believe
Him to be the Son of God, any more than the gentleman believes
that Joseph is the prophet of God. I have alluded to these
instances merely in answer to the challenge imposed upon me by my
opponent.

Few seem to comprehend that man, in and of himself, is frail,
weak, needy, and dependent, although the Creator placed within
his reach, as a free agent, good and evil, and instilled in the
heart of every rational being a degree of light that makes us
sensitive to, and teaches us right from, wrong. As the Saviour
says:

"There is a light that lighteth every man that cometh into the
world."

My argument as I relate it here has been abbreviated very much,
lest I tire my readers. I had scarcely closed speaking before my
reverend opponents were making for the door. They would have
nothing more to do with the Mormons. Some were honest enough,
however, to acknowledge that Mormonism had stood the test; that
it could not be disproved from the Bible, and sooner or later all
other creeds would have to give way to it, or deny the Bible, for
the more it was investigated the more popular it would become, as
it would expose the many weak points and inconsistencies of the
different denominations. Others denounced it as an imposition,
and warned their adherents to have nothing to do with it. This
kind of talk from the pulpit served to give Mormonism a new
impetus. I soon baptized many converts, and organized branches in
that and adjoining counties of over one hundred members.

CHAPTER X - LEE CASTS OUT DEVILS

After holding the discussion mentioned, Brother Young, of Jackson
County, Tennessee, wished me to go with him and join in a
discussion with a couple of Campbellite preachers. At first I
declined, as the distance was nearly one hundred miles, and my
labors in the ministry where I was were pressing. I had more
calls to preach than I could fill. However, I finally consented
to go and attend the