Editing Lyman Wight (section)

===Itinerant preaching===
For the remainder of 1834, Wight worked making bricks in Missouri, and built a large brick house for Colonel Arthur of Clay County, employing several others, including [[Wilford Woodruff]].

In 1835, Wight was encouraged to travel to the [[Kirtland Temple|temple at Kirtland]]. While on the journey, he preached. He stopped by [[Richmond, Indiana]]. He knew that people in the area were antagonistic towards the Mormons, yet he made an appointment to preach at the courthouse. At the appointed time, he went to the courthouse. People with tar and feathers filled the room, ready to lynch him. The event is described thus:
<blockquote>He preached about two hours, reproving them most severely for their meanness, wickedness and mobocratic spirit. At the close of the meeting he said, "If there is a gentleman in this congregation, I wish he would invite me to stay with him overnight." Whereupon, a gentleman stepped forward and tendered him an invitation, which he willingly accepted. His host said, "Mr Wight, it is astonishing how you have become so well acquainted with the people here, for you have described them very correctly." He was kindly entertained and furnished with money in the morning to aid him on his journey.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jenson |first1=Andrew |title=Latter-day Saint biographical encyclopedia: a compilation of biographical sketches of prominent men and women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |date=1901 |publisher=The Deseret News |location=Salt Lake City, Utah |page=94 |edition=Vol. I |url=https://archive.org/stream/latterdaysaintbi01bjens#page/94 |access-date=10 August 2018}}</ref></blockquote>