Iiy Agent ad.vised me he l;ould be at the place at the right
time. I advised. Brobher John and. anothcr of the congl?egation
to go to t:d-el-aid.e, and- be a quiet lfstener a.t the Auction,
vrhich they did..
With a fevr more of tlre Brethren, I ,got into my room a.t
Lightrs Pass, ancl.we held. a prayer meeting at thc tiue this
lanc1 was to be solcl, a.I:d- after that ;;itir Goc1.
The ncxt d"ay, ttrc ti'io Biethren caLLe bacll fron Lcleiaicl-e
rtith ne\,is of the -&uction. /ilso a leticr from nJr agent l.;ith
the neus that the three qnaclrat uile s of land r'rcrc knocliecl
clor.,;n to ne, burt only afcer soulc Go1cl Ba.ron, vrho as land. specul-
ation agents:. ran it up in price, thinking to have ii f or. Lhem-
selves, Lc seIL_ again at, -oi-cf rt. 
Tlici quit, only riircn they
sal,tr they coulcl not get 100ii prof it. 
The LgtZ acres c-rf lanci
I'rwere irnocked. dolrn to me a.t a. price of E3ZLU Stg.
It d.icl not help uc to be angry ovcr golclen T/rolves in
uanliind, but to quiet uyserf by thinking the Lord- 1et it happen
to let ue see things rlere not as basy as I anticipated..
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As r had to procli-rce ttris sumiof noney in 4 t.reeles tine, I
l'Ias forcecl tc go to thc first mentioned mand. and. ask him for
the loan of €.2,090, vrhich f got ( tltre resL I thought I cou.ld.
nanage otherl.,rise) . 
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Then I got out a carcl for sptcial neasu.ring of these
three er-iadrat uiles ind. got the sufveyors r.rho r,rerc sti1l on
the lanc to mec.sure it ourt in parcols, f or uhich r still 
had.
to pay theu €16 Stg. I ccr-rlcl then isoon sel-l sof,re of the parcels
of land to olr.r oi.in Church people foi e2 per acre, but rrith
other expenses to my reckoning it iracl becoue d.ear. rt l,ras
::still 
cheap, as seconci-hand lancl r,n,f selling for € per acre,
and still 
was. 
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Af ter sale of thcse parcels, tirere l,rere still 
?O acres
left overr',;hich I lookcci on as try share in rccompense for ny
serrrices in the affair"
f i.las pleersecf i,hose '/0 acres i,.iere jr-rst abolr.t in the
nid-d.le of the three quad.rat miles, ancl hand;r to start a
ccrilgr€g3t ion i,r'it h the Church , Ceile ;cry, schcol and. other lioLrses ,
etc" , tt-]e corncr stone iias laicL f or a general settlenent of
our ol'rn Church lteoplc, anC tirey coulcl nou loolc at i'r as or,.rners.
Cur people then soon caue one aftcr anothcr tc scttle on
their properiy, rrhich u'as not easy, as buiiloing maberiar hacl
to be provrcled- a',nd- brought to the ple-ce, and. tfren some parts
that i',rere no1, hand.y, as r{e aIr had to }ive in hr-its (rrurley).
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