Original sentence: " Nevertheless, Smith attended the meetings of several denominations, particularly those of the Methodists, "as often as occasion would permit," and reportedly spoke during some Methodist meetings.Following the death of Smith's first-born son and the loss of 116 pages of the Book of Mormon manuscript, Smith asked to be enrolled in a Methodist class in Harmony, Pennsylvania
Edited sentence: " Following the death of Smith's first-born son and the loss of 116 pages of the Book of Mormon manuscript, Smith asked to be enrolled in a Methodist class in Harmony, Pennsylvania." Nevertheless, Smith attended the meetings of several denominations, particularly those of the Methodists, "as often as occasion would permit," and reportedly spoke during some Methodist meetings, being described by an associate as a "very passable exhorter