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uniform co n duct his uni forill conduct and humility since he has been a jesus ja member of the church of j6sus christ of latter day saints and while engaged in different offices and in cireum stances cum tances cumstances the most trying and painful render it superills fluous for me to attempt to pas s a n y eulogium on liis his passaiiy character anl speak louder than volumes in his praise cliaract an cliar act r aal my afyrqqpaintance with him commenced in thespring of the spring acquaintance vith1im A d1837 while onayisit from canada to kirtland jt37 onay isit ona visit was about t mission interest jn feeling a deep intoestjil the missipn which yas abou feelihiia tp betaken fumy my nativecountryi cultivaledan an acbe taken fbmy native country 1 cultivated I betoken to gol ther going e quaintance with all those who were goi ng- there and if q uai ntanccnvith it it 1 no N was 1101 small gratification to me when I learned that lio1 &9 lioa & bfdtlfet brother kimball was to have thsbperjintendah de of that hav thesuperintendance mission A scene wh i c li 1 witnessed while iin kirfland fiand fland kirkland iland Kir riland c 6n6 which I atnes dd i hile kiriland ki rlland itnes 1 cannot refrain erom delatin g I from fro relating fio flo in telatin ea e6 tilo S 6 vhile nlllllle6n to kirtland sokir chile on d-visit tokir dand to see those brethren who had been the instruments lnth6 hands of god in G 0d ants ents in the lands t he stab lishing bringing borth the work 01 the lord and e stablishing his horth forth loid foith firth kingdom I kig4qm in these last days 1 felt very much delighted from and instructed andinstructed b y their conversation and in hearing froni things which their own lips an account of the great 1hingswhich they ovnlips llad seen and heard the temple of the lord li kewis e tempie likewise badeen iadeen ladeen attracted altr acted my observation it being too glorious a structure to tuk6lb escape notice my feelings at thatllm &were ot feeling that time nvere sat while I conn na ordinar y kind xvili161 1 cont timpl a e the commencecontemplated cofttimpl coft n6 nb ordinary nln tile tiie ill tvo op nin gl6iie me ild 0 tii work and ment of fil e NVO rk and the opening glories which had followed f6llo already appeared which were to be fallo wed by events piade plade glorious the most stupendeous and 91 orious that had taken place 7 conversing with a since the c reation the idea of tonv eising xvitha man toiv eisinr ie atlon creatlon who nyi had the ministering of angels and the revelations of and heavenand with those his companions who with him he heaven ana avenAnd and horne had borne up under afflictions ana persecutions of the aggravated nature mea who had most aggravatednature men whohad not counted their likegdear forth e testimony of jesus and for the word ilves dear for the lives contemplate buit bult contemplating house bulit god of go of contemplati ng a ii 0use built by the servants ofgod while under circumstances the most unfavorable of god vhileijader and unpropitious according to the pattern they had re
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ed were promis expected to have got some funds which werd promised assist us us to asistug on our journey but were unfortunately asi stus ts asl stug disappointed at that time we had but very little means but still sse de we terminedto to prosecute our journey ive determined believing that the lord avi duld open out oun way we would ourway wc our lordwould 1v burway believing sook our pas look burpas accordingly continued our journey and took bumpas joefw yl obr joufw sag c anzi iinc boat 0 n the erie canal ta utica zi disage inzi line to TJ tica a in cinc on erle eric tnncgof 250 miles from thence to albany 6ntthc on the tance of with vith which I vhich rali rall rail road from chich place 1 went sith brother Itic hartig pinto the coiiftr about 30 miles shere we were harols where w6 mileswhere wa werd richards into country tompros successful in obtaining some means to enable u s to pross topros pasage ecute our journei we then returned and took passage journey y vhic h pla cewe asteam chic pia in a steam boat for new york at which placewe arplacbwd placere jime rived on the 2 2 day of june oa dav on our arrival va met with brothen goodson and other brothen brother oil we bean snider according to appointment they having be6n havififf been ail ali round by the way of canddaall in good health canada all when we arrived at new york we found a vessel ready to sail but not hav in g sufficient means we were having m6anvcverc oblig to wait until such tim 6 arvd could obtain funds obliged times asvd as wei ged wel oblia eed vitu als ais to pay our passage and buyvitubds forthe voyage we rituals buy vituals for the room hoping rented a small f6om in a store house iopinp that some from A V aynould be providedor us to go forward andjpim hor tor foriv ard and fulfill feriv f provide&f way would ond fulfil tiie tlle tile mission whereunto weweresent wespq atcon the vll all sii ereunt6 Wewe resent wespe ntcon sil we were sent we spent consid erable to our siderable time while we were there in prayer thour toour therein heavenly father foghis guidance and protection that r fbithis fathe forhis he would make our way plain before us bless us with th reigi a prosperous voyage across the billows of tha rnigi ity mighty tothy to hp ocein make us a blessing to each othor and tothp caprcean makh other totthe arcean tothe toeahotber jcrev duding tain and jurev with whom1wq should sail during our crew crewwith whom we durino stayid id inconvensubject stay ini that city wel were sub eatto to many incoqviq yel o ay ec tto yei vel wei ectto to iencts had to lay upon the floor and had 10 buy and lo iences
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none victuals yet noncof cook our own victualsyet noncom of these things moved beil bell believing lien nelt lier us neit iier did we feel discouraged beli elling that the neither gulde guide us guidess destinalord would open our way and guideus to our de stina avo we tion ayo conversed with many persons on the subject of the gospel and distributed a large number of pro0 73 phetic warnings phetialvarning 9 amongst all classes of the community forg eting not forgetting the ministers of religion who abound in riot forgeting axe are sent a copy to every one whose name we that city vre ovely ovelt ave ase we could ascertain through the medium of the post throuah tse
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rahain fordham sixty dollars to assist us brother elijah fo rdhain liketis e wise made usa present of ten dollars and concluded on on our us conour accompanying wr onour mission but upon more mature thocht consideration we thouht it was best for him to stop in that place believing that the lord had a people in that city an dthat7 a church would be built up which has since and that of elders been done by the instrumentality ofelders parley P eiders as asl and orson pratt having obtained asi much money as aylo uld pay ours passages across the atlantic we laid in a tylo our Avlo would went stock of p rovisions and on the first day of july sent on vent liverp6ol and weighed board the ship garrickbound for liverpool andweigbed sh garrick bound fourodock anchor about tenoclock A M and about four oc ock ten oclock ai fou 1 P M of the same day lost sight of my native land I 1 cannot had fe elinas which icannot describe when 1 could no I feelings I I aud longer behold its shores and when 1 bade adieu to the was land of my birth which awas fast receding J felt to exiwas

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ature my fellow creatures feltanaidedt and 1 felt an ardeirt desire that rpyfellb cr6 acture s in I feit nhy rhy ovier oter lands as well as those of the land of my birth otier iti might hear the sound of the everlasting gospel obey its fui ful ness fulness falness requisitions rejoice in the fulnegg and blessings thereof 0 a judge ments judgements winch wer threat ened and escape the judgembiltswhich were threatened upon wet the the ungodly our passage was very agreeable and thu banks banes banki banks tiie tile the winds for tlle most part very favorable on the banes Ls of newfoundland we saw several large fish nearly as newfo u ndland wd neffo adland etli othiong long as our vessel called by some whales and by otli mine wine we wei ditderent species of fish ferent lerent ers finners f also many diff finner s were kindly treated while on board both by the officers wa their conduct was and crew and theirtonduct wag indeed praiseworthy had we been their own relatives they could not have wa w6 s hind behaved more kind or have treated us better thus thu answeredour our answered the lord answer edour prayers in this respect for which 1 desire to praiselil holy name his I ili praise lil o the lord also gave us favor in the eyes o f the passengremtest greatest gers who treated us with the greelest respect during child belonging passengers our voyage a alildbelonging to one of the passen ers tlle docton tiie doctoi the was very sick and was given up for death by tile doctor who attended it consequently its parents had given up give n up of recovery all hopes 6 f its recgve ry and expected to have to commit recave their little one to the ocean feeling a great anxiety for v ith thei thel child 1 went to its parents andoreasoned with and its and I the laid before them the principle of faith told them that abier abler abie the lord was able to restore their child notwithstanding no earthly there was noearthly prospect of its recovery to which having an opporthey listened with great interest handsupon hand upon t u nay shortly after secretly to lay hands supon the child tunity 1 d id so and i n the name of jesus christo rebukedthe Christ rebuked tile christrebuked tlle naine naihe I d system disease which preyed upon its sy stern the spirit of the lord atte nded d lordatte anded the administration and from that time the Lor attended bor hild began zbildbegan to recover and two or three days after it had to was annin about perfectly well its parents hadto hadbo running rnnin wacknov heat va g heal edby healed heatedby acknov e 0 that it was heatedly by the power of the alacknowledge r mighty lle aith our lie alth while on the water was good with the exhealth band and were ception of brothers fielding 7and richards who wera we the watheiva sick a day or two thelaststinday wa were on cheiva the last sunday w6 onn one ter 1 went to the captain and asked the privilege for ono I 0 obligingly of us to preach on board he very obligingly agreed and obligihgly d ost uita bie ror ulta ble for appointed the time when it would be most s uitable fa f6 r tlle oclnsk eif the hims elf and tile crew to attend which was at one 606 t himself
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speak and then went and notilied tile crew and passengers oftho fied notili6d the notified tiie noti lied tlle thenwent ortho circumstance at the time appointed there was a congregation of from two to three hundred persons assemgre gation pegatlon lothree tothree bled on deck who listened with great attention and deep interest to t ie discourse wh ich was delivered with great which ile l 6 the discoursewhich power J think 1 never heard brother hyde speak with ower 1 I suell such power and eloquence as at t at time he spoke on ile lle lie that h t6estibject of the resurrection ghe time being limited the subject the on account orthe duties of the ships company his subject of the lii ill oi was necessarily condensed the congregation was comivas sed posed of persons from different nations and of different fpj4l english irishscote germans sce &c irish scotch faiths ste french sze ac Scotei both jews and christians A great feeling was produced upon the minds of the assembly who hadneverheard the had never heard subject treated in like manner before anufrom the conct from ed6je andfrom and grom versation we afterwards had with several of them bevith time began live that hovethat good was done and many from that timebegan abig to search the scriptures for themselves which are abia abla areablo to make men wise unto salvation on the i 5th the captain sent a manup to the mast head 1 man up canup ath 5th lle lie toyook to1pok he tojook for land and ile had not been up long before ho exclaimed ind sll pre sil shore which exl aimed land which was tthe irish sli ore wh ich exi almed 1lind 1 ile lie caused joy and gratitude torrise in mybosorn tom to arise my bosom toarise mybo sorn to my soin heavenly had so heaven lv father for the favorable passage we had jiadso oar and ihie prospect of soon deachin m our destination the reaching reachin far farand ifie we than sailed tiie tile thpn the wgl1pa ailed up tlle irish channel having irelandori ireland on dorl dori Irelan ireian right tne was very our left and wales on our idight ane scenery wasve ry nety aasve beautiful and imposing tiie tlle days afterfirst the three lays after first seeing land being tile 18th of the larwo july we arrived in liverpool1 which is one of chelar thelar liverpo liverio just eighteendays and eighteen days gent gest ports in great britain being uyb cyb hours from our departure from new york tile tho tvfb tiie tile the amelica packet ship south america which left new york tlle f6 v fa few came time we did came in a rew lengths behind the same vesseis vessel sight was very grand to see these two vessels enter right canvass port with every inch of ganv ass spread when we whbnwo tlle to tile liverpool I wenttothe first got sight of Liver pooli 1 went tothe side of the ves thanksgiving thanh sgiving eel and poured out my soul iq praise and thank saiving boulin soui soulin sei sel stand yoyage the to god for the prosperous yosage and for all them mervbyage he had thus entome cies which chehad vouchsafed to me and while thusen hehad anery pnery alid contemplating thescenery g gaged and while cbntqmplatip the sc scenery which then tiie tile wirich the presented itself and tlle circumstances which had resented trobzlit methus far the silt of the lord rested upon trousrht me thus tho spint p slit
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soui mo iaap6weiful mannerimv so ulYas filledtvith7ljvo me in a powerful manner my soul was nlledwlth lovo vhi16icov me whil& I and was and gratitude andwas humbled within mo while 1 covandaas d lo enanted to dedicate myself 10 god and to love a nd serve him with all my heart cama immediately after we anchored a small boat cams agers b rothers passengers nlong along side and several of the pass ngers with Brothers llyde hyde richards goodson and myself got in and went on shore when we were within six or seven feet from the I pier 1 leaped on shore and for the first time in my life stood on british ground among strangers whose manmy were different ners and customs weredifferent from my own when feelings at that time were peculiar particularly wh en mi1 realized the object importance and extent of my misI I sion and the work to which 1 had been appointed arid gred ered engaged in which 1 was shortly to be engra eyed I thaidda of standing forth and proclaiming the gospel the idea standin elon reli aion an religion in a land so much extolled for reil eion and which was overr constantly sending constand y sen dino forth her ministers to almost overy bendino constantis sendino nation under heaven amongst a people who of course rht taught did not expect to be tau aht but to teach others the principles of the gospel and at the same time feeling my own weakness and unfitness for such an undertakI ing 1 washed to cry mightily to the lord for wisdom I for and fo r that comfort and support which 1 so much I could I thong thought needed at the ame time 1 thoug lit that if 1 lcould same 0 have been relieved from the responsibility which restunequal terms upon me ed uponme by fighting goliath on as unequalterms as I david did 1 should have felt myself happy I however 1 endeavored to put my trust in god believgive ing that he would assist me in publishing the truthingze in the lle me utterance he meutterance and that lie would be a present help inaze reutterance pennylesswe time of need having no means poor and pennyless we penny less penniless timeofneed wandered in the streets of that great city where wealth 1 there met the dand luxury penury and want abound I land and next costly rich attired in the most costly dresses and the nex t moment wag saluted with the cries of the poor without covwaa was tha ering erintr sufficient to serene them from the weather such I a distinction 1 never saw before we then looked out for a place to lodge in and found a room belonging to a widow which we engaged for a few days tho the 0 council time we wbb e timewe wore iin liverpool was spent in counci1 andin might be directions 0 tho calling on the lord for direction so that we rniglicta led to places where we should be mostusefiil in proclaiming mostuseftiI ia opel the vpeb and iu establishing and spreading his king

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dom while thus engaged the spirifti of the tilo odthe the spi nt ofthe lord tho mighty power cf god xtasavith us andeewe gelt of was with usand felt feit greatly andwe feltgreatly strengthened and a determination to goforwam como trepgthenedand go forward come jife or death honor or reproach was manifest by us all eife ho nor our trust was in god who we believed could inake us r make as useful zlsuseful in bringing down the kingdom of satan as he did the rams horns in br bringing do nn the vails of jer down walis wails walls valis jcr valls jet I CQ ico and in gathering out a number of precious souls who were buried am idst the rubbish of tradition and juried amidst burled didst hurled who hadnone to show them the way of truth had none nono hannone hone feeling led by ifcciffigledby the spirit of the lord to go to preston a large manu factoring town in lancashire we started it manufacturing manufactoring for that place three days after our arrival in liverpool we went by coach and arrived on saturday afternoon wentbycoach about four oclock after un oadinfr our trunks brothunloading a er goodson went in search of a place of lodging and brother fielding antto tto seek a brother of his who was en went to entto z minister residing in the place

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which the lord had commenced and conversedon thosa on those conversed onthosa subjects until a1ateliour the next morning wo wero iata lata bour we a late hour dinus fieldings presented withhalf a crown which mr Fiel dinos sister g resented with half 0 had sent us ad ve it being sunday we went to hear mr fielding dis ais withdiscourse preach after he had got through his als course and wh h out beingrrequested by us he gave out an appointment being requested for some onne of us to preach in the afternoon it being onie orio orle noised abroad that some elders from america were in town and were going to preach in the afternoon a treach c large concourse largeconcourse of pe 0 1 e assembled to hear us it fallpeople ing to my lot to speal I called their attention to tho speak 1 the girst principles of the go first gospel and told them something of PI wlinich tlle nature of the vork IV lich the lordhad commenced tiie tile wliich the work ilch lord had on the earth after which brother hyde bore testimony to the same which 1 believe was received by many I with whom 1 afterwards conversed another p ppointwarda I after wards a foint ment was given out gor us in the evening at whic timo for llma which limo forus chic lima brother goodson preached and brother fieldin c boro fielding bora testimony an appointment was then made for us on appointinent VV fi evenifi wednesday eveni at tile sams place at which thp3 ahna tiie tlle thna the same evening preached elder hyde prea chedi A number now being convinced of the truth believed the testimony and began to praise god and rejoice exceedingly that the lord had bad za z5 again visited his laople and sent his servants to lay bepaople forc fore them the doctrine of the gospel Iaud the truthas it tha tha and thcdoctrine oatha thadoctrine oftha truth as trushas is in jesus the rev mr fielding who had kindly invited us to 0 mho reach his knowing preach in hs chapel kn owing that quite n number of a plis ilis tils members beli lus ins ius bell eved our testimonyi and thatsoms wero believed aved soms that soma wishful to be baptized shut his doors against us and would sufler us to preadil no more in his chapel and for suffer sutier sutler to preado preach 11 l vye had nn excuse said that nye llad preached the doctrine of an we baptism forthe remission of sins contrary to our arrancrc for the cont rayy arrangerary ment with him 1 need scarcely assure my friends that noth inf was I nothing nothinf gawn eaid sald said to him from which any inference could b- dr lawn bs drawn i no that we should sur press the doctrines of baptism plot surpress dontrins doctrins subpress we deemed it to important a doctrine to lay aside for deemedit deew edIt deem any privilege we could receive from mortals T mr lvir aldaing tin derstood our doctrine even before wa ca alde understood fielding we cm5 thena thene having rece ived several communications erom ilia thero there received fewin hi femin llla from lila
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standing his talents and standing in society lie would stan dint standint standing ile lle he llave to come into the sheep fold by the door and after all his preaching to others have to be baptized himself tbralic remission of sins by those who were ordained lor the to that power these considerations undoubtedly had theiracight uptheir weight on his mind and caused him to act ashc did and notasahe asihe ashe withstanding his former kindness he soon bccaniq cue of be becam3 cne became one rne our most violent posers an observation which esop opposers caped his lips shortly after this circumstance 1 shall here I mention speaking ons day respecting the three first ona 0 sermons which were preached in that place he said that mere whiee vere eli sll Kimb ell tile tiie kimball bored the holes goodson drove the nails and llyde clinched them however his congregation did i Poll owhi sexampletliey pollowhi ellmer eilmer follov follon i not fo llov his example they having for some time been som raving praying for our coming and havinr been assured by T r haviar beenassurcd m having dir nir air Viel dm vieldm g that ho could not place 0 riei riel vielda fielding he more confidence in an inore ail ali all sugel than lie did in the statements of his brother resile lle bis he m pe ding this pecting tiu s people consequently they were in a great tin measure dho roba dlo asure prepared for the reception of the gospel p robavic vicasure bly as much so ag cornelius was antiently having anticntly W as anciently as now no public place to preach in we began to preach in private houses which were opened in every direction vfhilc numbers believedthe gospel and after we 11 ad luid believed the c whil ahil been in that place eight days we began to baptize in flie flae name of the lord jesus for oole remission of sins the ame i one rev gentleman came and forbid us baptizing any bapti zing zino t whowe or his members but we told hirn that all chowe re of him who were cfliis find and 4 c tind requested baptism we should undoubtedly administer that ordinance to thein one saturday even them mikii ter minii ler juo was appointed by the brethren to baptize a number iti the kibble ribbie uns the next morning in tlle river ribble which runs through bouis bouls that place by this time the adversary of souls began ra c rageb and lie felt a determination to destroy us before ragef rac rae kinfrdom ndi and landjmd adi nnd nir had fully established the kingdom in that indi tir fc srm such soch atnia 0 he next morning 1 witnessed sum a scene of

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dorget shall powen power and influence a s 11 shail never forgetwhile memoC shallnever forget while influefic I shali j ry lasts about day break brother russel who was appointmeo siept slept ed to preach in the market place that day who aeo ACO ell ene in the second story of the house in which we were eli llyde tertained came up to the room where elder hyde and i niy elf myself my eif were A sleeping and called upon us to rise and 0 pray for him CZP nir was so afflicted with evil spirits mor ror lie pray for r teat that he could not live long unless he should obtain reriot ilot himl him lief we immediately aroseand laid hands upon himi arose and iaidliands cord lord ud and prayed that the word would have mercy on his serI while vant atad rebuke the devil whiled thus engaged 1 was and soms struck with great force by some invisible power and fell sensel tonsel oss on ale floor as if 1 ha&been shot and the tensel ess senseless dle oie the I had been I first thin that I recollected was that 1 was supported by thing thai 1 chinc beseeching a brothers llyde and russel who were besee chanc d hyde gracd throne of grace on my behalf they then laid me on racd I the bcd but my agony was so great that 1 could not enbad bed dure and 1 was obliged to get out and fell on my knees I c bad ouid ould and began to pray 1 then sat on the bed and C ould disgnashed tinctly see the evil spirits who foamed and grashed their tinctl5see teeth upon us teethuponus we gazed upon them about an hour and a malignity liorror I half and 1 shall never forget the horror and malini tv hail hall countenances depicted on the countenancer of these foul spirits a nd pros pres e ntedit any attempt to paint the scene which then presented it depict edin depictedin tlieir seif or portray the malice and enmity depictecrinaleii self seii seil exceed exceedindy I countenancer countenances would be vain 1 perspired excee indy elcee 1 n taken and my clothes were as wet as if I had been take out tahe wa oe the river Alt houll 1 felt exquisite pain and was although 0 ait 0 I in thegreatest distress for some time and cannot even the greatest scene without the seene ditl cene now look back on theseene witl lout feelings of horror adversad ry adver saD adversary his I yet by it 1 learned the power of the adversed hig enmity na against gainst the servants of god and got some understandin P of the invisible world ing however the lord delivered from uscfr 0 m the wrath of ourspiritual enemies and blessed us spiritual our spirittialciiernies tivith notwithI exceedingly exec edingly exee edgingly that day and 1 had the pleasure no tivitt shosky sh6 I md shoskl from bodyfroin weakness standing my wealibessof of body froin the sha 1 hid experienced spiritual of baptizing nine individuals and perien perlen ced llul litirr them brethren in lile kmgdom of god lila kirigtom ilia the lulling side A circumstance took place while atlothe water sider attha atthc atthe cl reum3tance froni I which 1 cannot refrain from mentioning whi c h mili show g which will sol nel n some eagerness carr fle cary erness and anxiety of soi neiin that land to obey fie eary arness 0 tle tie gospel wero changing waro eha wara two of the candidates who were cha fiina tio the anzo aneo dt tiie tll2ir thair clothes and preparing for baptism at tile dis anco thiir
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toewater the water thewater being so anxious to obe tile gospel that they the obey tiie fali iari fall with all their mich t t6the water gach wishing to bo ran might tothe wate each to the iariwith r bach io baptized first youn er quicker of foot the younger beingame hig than the elder out ran him and c ame first into tho mi water which circumstance reminded me of peter and another disciple who went to see the sepulcliro sec sepul chro sepulchre sepulchro where the savior was laid their anxiety being so great to find out whether lie was yet there or not that they had a race ror it the circumstance of baptizing being for somewhat novel a large concourse of people assembled s tile tiie bani on the banks of the river to witness the ceremony witnessthe &rnoon in the afternoon elder russel preached in the mareeg place standing on the Obleisk 7 to a vervalarge conkeg ket ketplace obleish obleisk verv1 rge very gregation numbers of whom were pricked to tte heart gre gation the thus the work of the lord commenced in that land notwithstan8in the roge of the adversary and liis atnotwithstanding rage ills ilis his adversady saty tempt to destroy us a work which shall roll forth not shail shali only in that land but upon all th e face of the earth even the in flin lands and isles unknown mornine morn inc morning the next morninc we held a council at which elders goodson and richards were appointe&to to go to the city appointed of ofbedford there being a good prospect from thein for bedford the information received of a church beingbuilt up in that city being built za bulit z3 elders russel and snider were appointed to go to alston in cumberland near the borders of scotland and elders hydo Fiel dingi and myself were to toremain in preston hyde fielding liy ily lly dol remain end the regions round about the next day the broth ren took their departure for the different fields of labor rentook assigned them Trothers brothers hyde fielding and myself continued lifting trothers andmyself up our voices in private lio uses vat the corners of tho ilo iio uscs at houses tree tsin streets in the market place and whe reever tho lord treetsin whereover whereever the opened a door the following sabbath 1 elder hydo 9 cheil preached in the market place to n numerous assemblage blarlcet rea cheel assemblage blago biage E both lrich and poor who flocked from all parts to bear btl irich rich btlirich ilear hear bbyers what these ba bblers had to say hearing that we vere dabblers babblers babb lers were sav setters forth of strange doctrines after brother hyde had got through 1 gave afi exhortation and when I f an 1 had concludefl a minister stept forward to I fl boncludefl conclude slept oppose us on the doctrines weadvanced 1 but more particularlyon we advanced I particular lyon on particulzirly the dog trine of baptism ile being a great stick lerfor indoctrine doc irine lle lie he stickier f stickler gor fant baptism the people thinking he intended to offend eis would not iet him proce eO but seemed deter us els let proceed doter

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mineci mined to put himdow n and u n doubtav would hava putihinruown hav& hirdow hav4 ndoubtedly done so llad notbrother hyde lri terpos ed and begged iri irl soiad interposed saiad not brother iriterpos permission for the gentie man to speak and told the cona gentleman gentle con grega fion gatlon agregation gregation gregafion that he was prepared to meet any argumentg gregation argument he might lierhiht advance this apcilev the people wholistened eased who listened appeased listened 11 I filev gentleman to the remarks of the rev t e after which fier Brot hier hyde spoke in answer to the objections which brother had been of Tered to the satis Paction of nearly all presoffered satisfaction ent and the minister felt gome wha ashamed one insome what somewhat kome dividual came up to him and asked him what he now ile lle lie tho uht of hi 0 baby baptism while another ca me took thocht thought his came tooh thouht him by the liandand led him out of the throng indeed tile lian tlle hand and dand ilan llan C all those who rose up to oppose the doctrines we taught were confounded and could not with any success whatever combat the truths we preached havin had considerable success the short time we had having labored in that place and having baptized la number that a week we requested them to meet at the house of sister ve dawson for confirmation that evening the second sabbath the church having come konther we fultonther ton ther together p ly explained to them the nature of that ordinance awl ami I then 1laid our hands upon them for the gift of the holy aid ald glausi and confirmed between forty andfifty as memand fifty t

bers of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints ot otlatter attending atten dinc attending while attendinc to this ordinance the spirit of the lord down upon rested downupon us in a powerful manner w hich causaich ed us to rejoice exco dingly thus the work of the lord exceedingly tilus excedingly 10 lo rd spread and prevailed about this time a young ladvtlie daughter of a minisza z3 0 lady the presbvterian ter of the presbyterian order who resided about fifteen mites from preston being on a visit to that place hapmiles pened to be at the house ofa family with whom 1 was acI them quain ted calling quainted callin fr in to see thern at the time she was tlietime I there 1 was introduced to her and we immediately enI tered into conversation on the subject of the gospel 1 found her a very intelligent person an d she seemed verv and very 0 desirous to hear the things 1 had to teach and understand ilear I the doctrines of the gospel 1 informed her of an apI I pointment 1 had made to preach that evening and invited likewise the iler iier lier to attend she did so and likewisethe evening foher llowing and after attendingthese two services she wag aftel attending these was wat fully convinced of the truth and the next morning sent desiring I cliew aliew for me de sirina to be baptized which request 1 cheers qd fully complied with and confirmed her at the water si4ii wafer 44t ad

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home requestifigmo ma requesting m& to agay for her and gaveus some encouragement to explay pray gave us flav save galeus iler fattler lier ber pect ahat her fattier peqttlat ller father would open his chapel for me to I preach in 1 then hastened to my brethren told them resuit of the circpmstance and the result of my visit with tho circumstance therp teri tell therb then young lady and teil called upon them to unite in praye r that the lord would soften the heart of her father er ills ilis his that he might be induced to open liis chapel for us to preach in and that our way might be opened in that place week I one the next we ek 1 received a letter from her and ona 1 from her father in which he informed me that I was I zfs as expected to be at his place the following saturday nfs ho hig hia his bad had given out an appointment for me to preach in hla sum copy of the sunday chapel the next sun ay the following is a copyof tha

you are expected to be here next saturday are given out to preach in the forenoon afternoon ulven andeiening although and evening Althou jh we be strangers to one another yet I vet 1 hope we are not strangers to our blessed redeemI r er else 1 would not have given out for you to preach our chapel is but little and the congregation but few the yet if one soul be converted it is of more value than tle

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preach ms ment for mb to topreach on monday evening niiliichla t iat lat evetiinr which bat P 6ngreg tile th e gation I tended to 1 likewise by request of tiie congregation matlon g mation pvening preached on wednesday evening A number now be0 1 advanced and 0 n thurson pur gan to believe the doctrines I nur yir d ay six individuals all members of mr richards church atr day air came forward for baptism mr richards now seeing theeffect vhich my preaching produced and fearing lest the effect chich ills ile lle lie should lose all his members and likewise liis salar Y9 his salary he which was allowed him for preaching told me thatho thasho that ho must close the doors ofhi&chapel against me but attho the mustel at tho aitho austel 0 settle doorsof hiscliapl earne time his behaviorwas kind and to his praise be it sarne same behavior was fame spoken treated me with the greatest hospitality tlieqeatest 1 ithen began to preach in private hou ses whichvero houses which vero wero I then deci are declare I opened in that neighborhood and 1 ceased not to decl aro to all who came to hear aoth by night and by day tho ooth ioth dao dax glorious tidings of salvation and that god had again retidingsof sof tiding as at stored the ordinances as at the first and counsellors asa t the bc0 ginning beginning15bm no twithstaiiem 1 r richard4closed the door of hi biz hiz m richards closed notwithstanding I ile lie meeting house against me yetlic frequently came to yet lle retlic hear me preach 11 daughter felt very sorrowful on account of her II his pia place father not allowing me to preach any more in his plade I wept much of worship and weptmuch but 1 told her not to fear for 1 believed that god would soften his heart and c auso I him to open his chapel for me to preach in again ta t6 hil hii hll princi pall y I principally during this time 1 was principall entertained at his principale v ith I house the nex sunday 1 went along with him to his next meetings feeling a desire to hear him preach after ho meeting surprised I had finished his discourse 1 was surpised to hear him give chape out another outanother appointment for me to preach in his chapel1 charel 1 accordingly pro ached in the afternoon and in the evenI preached tlle tiie word the ing and tile vord seemed to be with power and tlle e r tile e1 the fI fect was fectwas great upon the people and the next day 1 bap sized of mr tized two tizedtwo more both members ofmr richards church ofar bad although yir alth6ughalr richards had preached in that place upsir the wards of thirty years and his members as well as tho vears tile tlle ans inhabitants of tiie place and vicinity were very much tns ag waa hirn attached to him yet when the fatness of the gospel waaa 1aa veq knoss weakness preace hed although in much veu kness the people notpreached preac vener withstanding their attachment and regard for their v6n6r abie able came bie pastor being convinced of their duty dam e forward ble b ing and end followed the footsteps of the savior b y b eing buried r bing savio in thcflikcness of his death
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pig preston hospi was warncdwb y the spirit to return to pic ston and there warncdby hdspi rit found tha I was anxiously y expected by the brethren anxiousl that 1 anxiously tile tiie ille who had received wholiad receiv0d a letter from brother It richards ichards and frorn one from brother russel which gava an account of their gave proceedings since they left preston brother goodson had likewise returned from Bedford shire where h e and bedfordshire tbc btqthe r richards had labored who gave us a relation of brother btwabc mission hand their missio wand success he informed us thatamihis and that a minislii iii name in ter of the namo of matthews brother lil law to elder joseph fielding received them very kindly and invited fieldi 191 yery very them to preach in his church which invitation was kindin which ly lyacceptdd and inwhicli they preached several times accepted q nd a number amongst whom was mr mathews and and ills lady believed their tesatimony and the things which ilis liis his test testimony mr mathews had likewise borno they proclaimed testimony to his congregation of the truth of these things testimonv tacy and that thcy were an A th at they wero the same principigs as taught by prindepiGs princidigs pics prindm the apostles in ancient days and besee ched his church beseeched beseeches tpjeceive the same several of his members went for6receive ward and obeyed the gospel and the time was appointbb ed when he edwbenhe was to be baptized however in the interyill something had caused him to sl ylli val stumble and darkness umble had prevaded his mind insomuch so thatah the time spepr evaded that at thatat cified he did not make his appearance but went to a baptist minister residing in that place whom lie prevailile lle he ed upon to baptize him and then from that time he bebe gan to preach baptism for the remission of sins and no jed longer walli eed with tho saints however great part of walked the ho vever ills embers left him and obeyed the truth and in a lct ilis members liis in tor he james ter which ho wrote to his brother in law the rev jamea bisbrother fielding stated that his best member had left him it would jtwould probably be well to say a few words resatwould tair pecting mr mathews and mr fielding and their congregations also their situation prior to the time tho tha the gospel saluted their cars mr mathews who is a genears dir gonsiderable tleman considerable ti c man of con&idcrable learning and talents had been a da minister in tiie established church of england but seetlle establish tile ing a great manyr things in that ch urch contrad to truth ga church contrar contr Ar contrary n and righteousness and moreover believing thai an overthat thal turn was at hand and that the church was destitute of the gifts of th e giftsof the spirit and was not expecting the savior siftsof to come to reign upon the earth as had been spoken by darth the prophets he felt led to withdraw from that bedy be froin body
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men tand behn to p reach the thiner which he verily thei things thingswhich mentand begart inentand bagart W rea chi thel thinrr xhichhe ne rj y inen montand bean b beile belle belie ved and was instrumental in raising up qui e a believed gulte quite tuite aj l church in that place churei iftthatplaec mr J fieldin 9 had beena minister in the methodist been a fielding air rur church but ror some ofthe above causes had withdrawn ut rul for odthe of the from that society and iftlac collected a consi&rablefchdrclr had l&c hadcollected considerable church in preston those gentlemen with their concrrega ti6ils congregations were 1 believe dilille fitly contending for that iaithiwhich falth faith which diligently webe I ule ile was once delivered to the saint82 at the time vb drrived arrived saints afterw but afters ards rejected the truth yet notwitn striding stmiding afterwards notwithstanding they did not obey the gospel the greater portion of their thegreater s members d ordiii member received our test i mony obeye the ordini ances ordinances testimony obeyed obaye we taug litand are now rejoicing in the blessi ngg of the ngs tauglitand taught and blessings ove nant new and everlasting c ovenant about this time brothhabbe er samer returned from the north where he hadbe e ir snider had been laboring in company with brother russel he stated that they lad met with considerable opposition while had inet hing preaching the gospel but that some had obeyed the truth and that others were investigating after spendI n a few days with us he and brother goodson took ing teear teeir leave of us and started for liverpool about the their first of october on their way to america havingbusifiess having business importance them ihem of importanre which called ahem home tile labors of tlle labonof although we althoughwe were deprived of the labonok these brethren yet continued to roll brethrenyet the work of the lord continuedtor6ll forth with ur a fortlivith great power the news of our d rrival in ail ali wide and calis that city spread both far and wianand tall4fr6rnall wiaeand calls from all lri irl in quarters to go and preach nvere constantly sounding iii were ed our ears and we laboured both night and day that we nirrlit labour Z manifested such a desire might satisfy the people who manifestedsuch dddsifq we had to S peak in hor fo r the truth ns 1 never saw before bor for speakjii as I small houses to va ry crowded congregations or ielse I to s eise else v6 cr very oMed dongketratibn house I arge assemblies in theo p ena ir consequently our ju ngs end the open air on st qu eno y large lungs were very sore and our bodies considerably vvor 6dovfti wore avor down rue with fatic tue soon after this we obtained a large and dnd fatigue soona obtalned commodious place to preach in called the cb ck pit e coch cock tit usedby used by which had formerly been usedly the people to wi witness un nother and wh6reth those birds fight and kill one aP othbran& wherehun c hondr bf deeds dreds of spectators had shouted in honor of the barbarpride of btitdins the ipriddof britaina Brit ains ous s port which was once tho prideof britains but dort abannov novalmost entirely abah which 1 am happy to say is now almost 0 iltireiv dbah I 7 buzzas instead of doned and now insteadof the huzzas of the wicked hbz8
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ina fi ind nd jabored dome daboted had jaborek for some time i n preston lna kifigdomlofy anao into of kingdom having ha vingi baptized a number anaa the kingdomof god anta 0 mite mile milesinto about 16 n nii1e8intoahe the broihier lly andmyself broilier 113 and myself bout ten mlle sinto brother liy de jand4tivself went M hyde we eablyto afi to agreeablytb adi tb an country ao preach agreeably add invitation 46 had rewo to very numerous congreceived t we preached twice toveiynuinerotiscongre gations gat ions who paid great attention to our word and who whicli led marvel leb marvelled marvellee at the things vdpror laiiijod rnarvelleaittlietliinfrs we proclaimed after which ve 1 soon anteri 1 paid a visit tothe returnedjo to preston to the after I returned jo ahat b6ing the place that baing church at walker fold 1hat being the name of theplace waiker 1 rev inie I wfipreahe uey mr richards resided 1 found the where the rey lill I round arter laboring few ga cra bev g4 c hurch prospering and after laborin 0 a fev days several piade I place lnore were added to their number from that plade 1 inore baptized stize bastized bastl basti zed I went vent to bashe lees where 1 preached and ba seize di two my parsons fiomthence 1 continued rn journey to rib persons from thence I I preached ribble cheste r situated on the chestdrsituate d oftthe river rioble where 1 ipreached gre gatlon gregation returned wre gation congregation to a V ery large con agregation and then rettirne&to to v bry

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ofjieavenjlike little child renit was those br ethrem of heavengike Aike dike children it mas thase brethren heavenaike vas thdse heavenlike abher abber after having attended to this dutyf 1 again went into olls duty I the country where 1 spent the principle part of my time I odcasi ojially visiting preston occasionally 1 during my labors I was greatlyassistedby the spirit doringmylaborsi greatly assisted by i tile the of tiie lord and naysoul was comforted 6xc eedingrly soui my soul comfortedexceedingly exceedingly churches were raised up in different directions and maolo py aio ny who had previously sat in darlin ess uponaiem the daulin darkness upo nAiem upon them truelight dj true jrr elight shine and before its benign ahdenlig htenin tru light shined and enliglitening 00 s s rays xay ray the mists of darkness th e cl oods of error and su the clouds u r erro pentitj6iiefldd ivhil&tthosd wiio perstitibnncd while those who murmured learned doe wilo doctrl triiWand those who eiredispirft came to understanding trine and thosewbo erredanspint cameto unde rstandin 17 triiwand rst andin 1 isas jiistrume ntaliii wasmstrumental inluildfiig up cliuichesiii in the iba ib1 ivas luildiiig churches trefb tbef lowing oacesiviz ecclesto lov places viz jeccieston wrightington askin exiov n exti ton daubers lane charly whittle and lala nd aos chorly oll waubers laland &os laia moss beeks after laboringiabdutfquf fomiweeks andbaptized u pwards v eeks and baptized u xviirds laboring about laboringabout or one hundred pers ohs which caused me threjoiceex of persons whiclicaused to rejoice exqed iaglyj goad and gord rena c ee dingly in the god rend rock of any salvation ceedingly soad that 1 had not to labor in nain I vain vam viatihad notitolabbrin vaen or spdntlitny strength spend my for nou lit inforeloyinm ana andaffectionate saints 1 never nought Morelo ying and affectionate sai ants I moreio moreloying sal nts guw before wid gow begore and they were pattern qf hurniffityi I sow mid skaw siaw paft ern af humility 1 patterns paftern aalthe alithe allthe all the above mentioned village areiwithin averyshort ali ail amwithin xveryishort shorn short villan amwithin avery shonn distancaot each other andico nvenientt6iiestori distance el and convenient to preston andco after my return from those pinces etook a tou roo afier places elook toun io P took tour the north east of preston in coni pany with E lder fieldpauy ider company ith elder eider conipany liere wd ing where we labored together a short time with colfsid considi sea erable success and hu sed bp churches iri rinehester orablesucces S lri ribchester raised up iii ribehe in Rib chester soney thomly sone y gate lahe idfidiat clitheroe arv ery themly sonc adv avery laneafadiat labe afv lar oinarliettoinii containing large market town co n ttlininm several thousand iinhai ai inhale 0 preacher and rants atflm latter place 1 baptized a J reaclierand six I at the ib members of the methodist i hurch immediately uhter 1 menibers metho dirt naher I affer after llad had preached the first ti affie i ave likewise baptized sevffie fir9t time we eral in the toivn of avaddin6ton and downhhm era linthe tov& eralinthe tova ofwaddingtoreand downham aftertwe we downham eroceiveda a Dov nham wo the day after twe preached in dovnham w m woreceived received Y ry cpr insingifivitation torpreachin chatham but havvery cry pressing invitation to preach in e ipr v vers hir nir given out an appointment to preach iw clithe roe lo r6ach in blithe ing raach clitheroe blitheroe eliat evening j1inform6d them that 1 would ilot be able tliat Lin formed I vo uld not linformed Ni ith 0 o comply with their request this did mot satisfy them to not didinot they continued to solicit mevith lut thby1continued losolieltimetwith the grea fast impor greatest kevith trea f6st imbor tjjjjitjr iinfiij aras I nras obligedjto consent tunityuntil 1 wasobligedto conse atto to gaiithtliemf with 904 bith ht htto got hith them arter requesting eide after terrequestingi elde rfieldincr ilosatt6ndito ihn other eiderfieldingloattendto the L p appointment 14 m i
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y ipublicly taught in thata country i having heretofore tatight that60 uni haking 1publiel that ttiglit 0 ethafi precept an ua ifroilij raf own obinorosby it molrosby exanipl than prec ept aandifrorrbmy rno opt u& mod ibi example y ino ail I servation afterwards 1 am happy to ttatdi that itiwas all fscrvafionafterivardsi ism state al mast universally atte ndedito byith e brethren m6st iii6stunivd rslly attend edito bylifliabrethren attendedito baith rally dtte j&he spirit of the eLord arwas vitlrjas duringburiptor th lordarwas ofshe wadswith ofrhe wa swith lord1 waswith jus during our interview and truly ithe hearts of them E I der s were y6joided belders j the jelders rejoiced ejoiced thee measure when wei contemplated the glorious beyond measureiivh errwiai con wel timpl6ted work which had begun and had to exclaim 61t is tho bad it L ords doings and it Is inan velous lin our eyes and inar is marvelous in biess bless ed be thenamae of thelordp3 J felt greatly humblessed bethe name e the narh thename theford I thelord 1 bled before the lord who had crowned our labors with whoha& u6hs such signal success and had prospered us far beyond uchs ign al saccessand 6 mo9t 111yj moat sanguine expectations myimost sanguin abher after immediately abter this co nferen6eieldei hyde and afterthis conference elder llyde eider myself went to a villag e called 10 longton situate near the ventt6a village lo bear hear sea shore where we raised the standard of truth and rd rpublished to the listening ci6ivdstbe glad tidings of salpublished qublished crowds the giad oasal ofsal long ioni vation rcame vat iong after delivering two discourses several ocame came iwo to us and requested baptism itbeingver y dold Aou sandre coid doldweather aousandre questedhaptismi it being very cold weather insomuch so that the streams vere all fro2ehup we had frozen up v e were to repair to the sea shore to adm inister that ordinance seashore administer ndm and immersed fifteen in the waters of the ocean unmersedfifteenih th6latefs n ocea would probably too tedious it wouldprobably be to otedious to enumerate all tlle tootedious tile the particulars which occurred during the time weisojo urned decurred dccurred decu rred recurred ed sojourney arned theotime we sojourned sojourn thetime mahat I shall mthat country 1 shali therefore pass over many events waich W hich though pleasing to ti at that tiinel which showed thinel vah us time vvh ich the kind dealings of 0our heavenly father but which the would not be sufficiently interesting to others 1 shall dhali shali shail therefore c ontentm y self by living an outline of the content myselfby seif myself principal circumstances attending oui mission whibh I attenalng 0 ur mi ssibn whiba 1 vhibh have no doubt will be piea sint to the brethren a fi d to ull haveno hareno pleasing plea pleasant pleasint nd toall uil all coall j AV ho love the prosperity of zion who from this time fromthislime until about five weeks previous to our oub bub bur from that departure fro mthqt land gewere continually engaged we vewere ve were ontintiallyengtat6d in the workof the ministry i proclaiming the everl adima work of dorkof everi asima everlasting prol proi claiming ail all the o p el gospel in aalthe region roundaboutj and baptizing all allthe alithe round about such as believed the gospel rind repented ofthe ir sins zind odthe uch of their and and truly the lord of hosts was with us the god of jacob wag our refugie was bur refuge ohost the holy ghost the comforter was given to lisand abode upon us in a remarkable manwagi n us and ia ateffiarkabld ife ite thronged addressed thronger ner while numbers thronged to hear our addres seg and sed ouf addresses za z3 numbers were added to the church daily such as should tovf6 daliy dally suell be saved wewould baptizeasfmany as fifty i n beav6dil wciokildbaptiz6dsi rhinyasfifty dn pres country tonin a week exclusive of1hose in the count rv one of those countrv
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the country after preacingfive discoursesionthei principles countryafter preacing flvediscoursesionth6principl6s eacino of wei rsing of duil holy religion we had the pleasureof imm e arsing pleasure itnmersing builholy our ourholy rdliaon wel buil 0 p the id ther one hundred and thirty in thes waters of baptism ofgod and prospered godana thus mightily ran the word of godand properedto to salvation the joy and comfortof his servants thejoyand comfort of hisgervantsi and to the siv atlon tile tiie ilie of precious and immortal souls while the world was pre cious d1k things which strucic withamazement znasurprisd at the thili cs w ch strucfc thilics stru dak with amazement and surprise & they sawzand heard during this state of things our enesaw and hear vfith idie withian upon us fithian mies vere not idle but heaped abuse uponus vaith an id idlebut h inies were issuedlorrents issuedtorrents unsparing hand and issued torrents of lies after us which us away mawae say awas howeverj am thankful to sav did not sweep mawap howe verJ however I verd ublishin hselioodszaairst among those mostactive in publishing falsehoods against tho mos active amongtho se most tactive reverend clery ciery us and the truth were many of the reve n clergy who orabie face to face m facelo bace were afraid to meet us faceto hace in honorable debate ta vere althoughpartictilarly requested so to do but sought evealthough particularly prorogate characters o ry 0 pportunity to destroy orr charac tersi and propogate iles lles their lies concerning us thus giving testimony that they givin aestimony rathert Altho rattier although ve freaitho uh we light loved darkness nattier than liahtll althouh quently called upon the ministers of the different denomcail odi cali edu call odu oditoon toon acra inst against inations who we knew had taken a stand aora dinst us to knewud ocour religion acour reli6 horward forward come furwa rd and investigate the subject of our relia n f6rwa iriog bring manner before the world in an honorable fiianner4 and irion them the forth their strong teasonsto disapprove thek things we reasons to sto Teason sound argument and taught andcowrlhce the people by soundargumenta n d and convince thelwordi0 the word of god if they could that we did not preach ethor this hey altogether the gospel of ch rist but tljgltliey al tog ether declined christ together this course we felt moved upon by the spirit to adopt respectfuldi8tance but they buvthey burthey kept at a respectful distance and only came out absent with when we were absentwith misrepresentations and abuse statements ents it is true we suffered some from the stater ants which thought they thou ht proper to make when we could get no opportunity to contradict them but generally their reports were of such a character as carried along with them their own refutation expected the time when we weexpected to return to our native eces land having now nearly arrived it was thought n ecesve sary spend the short sarv to 4endthe sho r t time we had to remain in that es churches coxitryin visitin g organizing orc country in visiting and org inizinir the church placsu ch ing such officers over them and giving s uch instructions as would be beneficial to them during our absence acbothem tothem hyde cordingly brothers llyde fielding and myself entered visited ited upon this duty and we vis cited a church nearly every rig tig such instructions zis p day 1 and imparted 1suchinstruciiong as the spirit direct I

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tho gospel the saw the saints siint veriaw equalled bcfoyew tha saint verial equal led beforeocircu ilikanc6 b wili bo jable to gather sonie wd4ronl this cincu cable will be jabie gathe able ideal fromthis circumstance r of the great and et bor theelke aud extensive caits for theelders ofisrael alwfoi theelde 6firadi Elders rs tensive calls hor the eiders of Israel in that land wher there are so many thousands thirste where aher ing ror the streams of kno wied f6rthe forthe for rivil e es and knowledge and the p rivileges an d ble blessings ofthegospel of the gospel v afier commending them to after comniendingthem ao the graca and merc of gracs mercy god we went to Dow dhani where we preached inacetho dowriharri in the dowdhani inahe fo rty cam arty afternoon after which borty came forward and were bape horty forty tized in thoe vening we callea the churches of gha tha called1 calleu ln the evening oha coya firming rorty burn and dow fihdui iogether and after jconfirmingfort burnand downham io coja together und cojafirming forty gether div 0 vijo five who had previously been baptized we appointed fiv vilo bapilzed priest teachers andiieaconsto preside over th ai there riests7 them thai bein 0 poiiiethiii interesting in the establishing of the gos tieestablishinmoftlle beinometh mg eln ein ometh e fixe these mentioned villages will therefore rat pe in dixe P two last men tionedvillages 1 wili therdore raf the circumstances of m 3y7 visit to those places I1 and late circumstanced aud m the pro SP dt we had ofsuccess priorto our ourproclaimin ess prospect ofsuccess pri orto dfsucdi prior to proclaiming tf C truth tojhem the t to them i i tojhem hairin crbeenprehchincr in the neighborho6dof of ith s i dairin been preaching having ithese neighborhood D viilazest J villages T felt it my du t to pay themia a visit and tell villages them rny duty io tny duts them hiymissio having4mentiondd my desires sevhavingnsntioned myaesires to sev jicy mission jiiy bbr fir turen firethren bre brethren breturen eral of eralda the bir ethren they endeavored to dis su ade me dissuade eraldf froth going nirifor M ienir me that there could he no prosfrom gogg irifor inir medhat gomg informing be pect of success whatever as several ministcrsof different wliatdverasfsevdtdlminiter of denominations had ondbavored to raise mutche in thes endeavored e churches murche these places and placesdrid had frequently preached to them but to no them effect for they had resisted all ther efforts and withstood the the attempts of all sects and parties for thirty years who e ging 61 L s ee ingall their attempts fu fileri had gi qn ti i em uptothd ding futile seeingall given them up to the steingall an ilard liard ness of their liardness liardnessbfthdir hearts 1vas also informed iheywere they were I vas aiso i was the very wickedplacesafid tho inhabitants were hardened wicked places and fhe tt ainest thegos ainst chegos gospel however ngainstthe gosppl elihowevcr this did not dicour aga decour discourage me in believing that the gospel of jesus christ meln mein the least believingthataheg6spel ofjesdschrist ahe could reach dhe heart when the gospels of men were the found zb ortive 1 c6nse quei atly told those who tried to abortive I canse quel ltly zbortive consequently triad dissuade me dissuademe from going that these wei e the places 1 were wel I weie wele bubines busines wanted to go fo and that etwas my bu sines to call not was it way t0 itwas tha the righteous butsinnersto repentance 11 accordingly but sinners to 1 went in the name of the lord jesuschrist and 1 soon jesus christ I vent I crowded procured a large barn to preach in which was crowd ad to excess having taken my stand in the middle of the standin congre T I ail ali be congregation so thiatall might ba able to hear 1 com0 cration su that all menced my discourse spok&with great simp licit 0 n th e simplicity o the spolm with greatsimp sime spola the gospel sobject of thegop l of our lord and savior jesus sabject sjbject gospsl
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preston and penwortham and vre to pre stbiland after a short stay visited penwoithanlifid aud Pen wortham lon otom and organized the chur che s in these places longton churches whickt consist of about fiftymembersica6h ontlielfirsf whici f which fifty members each on the first of april wa returned fo preston and agreed to hold a to wo reed general conference ofthe church ot jesus christ of latrl rlchrist odthe of the of jesu ter day saints in that country on the eighth dinst it beinst dav ing the day previous to our departure the interval s was vas spent in preaching bapti zin 9 confirmin and setbaptizin prea6in baptizing confirming ting in order the chur ches and it being known tliatve churches chut that we lif but lii inf had a short time to remain in that country grea great t numbers flocked to hear us preach and numbers were baptized some days we went from house to house conbaptzeaome versing with the people on tile things of the kingdom tlle the mersim0 versim aim w ouid and would sometimes byi sucha course be instrumental by such a aid ould in convincing marly of the truth and 1 have known as many I mariy sofis as many as twenty persodis baptizia&in in one day who have persons baptized personis persofis been convinced oil such occasions they wege like lydid on weie were lydia 1 have had to of old who gladly received the vord word I go into the thel goin tothe gointothe water to administer them ordinance of baptism tb the si x or seven times in a day and frequently after havi ing comer I mr come out of ther water and changed my clothes 1 chanted haye nad toreturri 1 have before do hare havebad to return back again beforedo I reached my home tore turri wea ther this to 0 when the weather was extremely cold tile ice too tiie thet the b eing from twelve to fourteen inches thick which coh P in hoing frow continufa so about twelve weeks during which time 1 tinued I ithmk ithma think there were but ten days in which we were not in the davs water 11 the harvest was indeed plenteous but the laboras thigwas very extraordinary weather ers were few this was ag I for that country as 1 was informed that some winters infbrmed t tha had scardelyany they llad scarcely any frost or snow and the oldest inhabsnowpd snowed itants told me that they llev er exp erienced such a winter theyliev eap erien ced never liev experienced erlen before in consequence of the inclemency of the weather several mamufactoring establishments were shut up mamu manufacturing manufactoring manu factoring 0 s and s everal thousand workmen as well as women and everal chii chil dren were thrown out of ern children verib employment ein ployment whose sufferings during thattime were severe andl 1 vas credibly inand I that time andi was formed and verily believe that numbers perished from fotnied lot starvation such summer incA 1 never witnessed in my suffer inoa I sufferings life before and the scenes which 1 daily beheld while in I Y ther that country was teady to chill they blood in my veins ready myveirir the streets yere vere were crowded with men women and chilwithmen withmel dren who solicited tlrenvho ioli cited alms from the passengers as they walked along numbers of ivalkedalon e Number of those poor w retches were ret ches s
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from which however on account of his excessive labors frornhibli how ever 1 vas happily restore he was ppi y restored api 8 on the eighth dayof aprila JD 1838 it being sunday of abrila april A onthe anthe dakof Ap rilA D 183 day and the time appointedfor gor a genetal conference of appointed for general ral tai the saints in that kingdom and the day previous to our them departure from th m they began to assemble at an arly aly early hour in the morning and by nine oclock there rom uadred were from six to seven hundred of the saints assemndred pf bledfrom various parts of the country bled from af meeting was prayer sinking the meetingwas opened by singing and pray er while 1 contemplated the congregation then assembled I which had beenbroughtinto the kingdom through our been brought into anstrum ent ality in such a short time 1 was truly grateI instrum eat allt eal ailt instrumentality uch nch ful to my heavenlyvather and my soul did magnify his Vather heavenly vagher father tather holy name while my aspirations ascended to heaven leaven embraced that th A all those who had eebraced the gospel might through end endurance of faith unto the endi share in the glories of the eternal world and sit down with abraham isaac and jacob in the kingdom of our father kinadom as to one who has been the humbleQ instrument in the i god of bringing souls into th ki nedom and who nadom the kingdom hands of iiging bri wiging inci incl has instructed them in the things of god and has rejoiced in seeing their minds expand and their ready reception of the truth of heaven and whose souls are humble and filled with gratitude to god for sending them his lib w ays into servantsto lead them in to the ways of truth there is a servants to s servant to hinds tie of no ordinary kind binds that individual to such a effort of people pe qplp and it requires considerable effortof mind to from suchan such an tear himself away fromsuchan affectionate and loving society meeting after the m ee ting was opened we proceeded to give dinst chions to the official members reminding them of inst ctions instructions their several duties and callings and the responsibilities which rested upon them pressed upon them the necessity of hei ng humble and faithful in the discharge of their being hel bei duties so that by patience by meekne and by lovo unss meekness iove love keekne fe ed feigned they might commend themselves to god and to the church of jesus christ over whom the holy ghost urch had made them overseers madd believing Belie believinc beile vinc it necessary for the good of the kingdom tor belle believing ur hay some on a1aa to preside over the whole church N e e have one w nominated 13 brother joseph fielding to be appointed to rother thai office that officit and brothers levi richards andjvm ciaytort andwm olay ton andem clay mt 4

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folbehik cau n sei6rs the noininaiionme met with the ap pro tolbehis counselors nomination atwith approtobois c6u tobhis t with tob his bati on bation of the whole assembly who agreed lo hearken to 10 to jheir cheir instructions and uphold them in their offic es these their offices brethren were then with eight elders several priests the teachers and deacons set apart and ordained to tho several offices to which they were called one of tho oneof the oneff brethren who was ordained was going to manchester ane of the largest manufactory ng towns in england and 6ne manufactori manufacturing manufactoring ope one another to the city of london and who undoubtedly would carry the glad tidings of salvation to those places we then laid lands upon forty individuals who had bands tulon filon previously been previouslybeen baptized for the gif of the holy ghost gift of bof t after which about one hundred children were presented to us to1receive a blessing and the same day we bapto receive vcbap tized twenty individuals for the remission of sins ind and then proceeded to administer the sacrament to this numerous assembly we then gave some general instructions to the whole church respecting their duty to god and to one another which were listened to with great and were attention gndwere treasured up in the hearts of most who were present at 5 oclock P M we brought the conference to a close it having continued without intermission itermisslon from nine oclock A M we then appointed seven oclon k the same evening to deliver our fareoclock ocloc h e well addresses at the time appointed we repaired to the meeting which wash crowded to excess brother was wasi meetina maetina spoke e respecting spok hyde and myself then spole to them re spec ting our laspol the success bors in that land the succes of our ministry and tho sbcces kindness we had experienced at their hands told them we before long jong jonz ahai we hoped begore iong to see them again after wo abai abat awain that lonz emerica america church and out families in xmerica but our had visited the cl lurch our departure when we spoke of ourdep4rture their hearts were broken hen within them they gave vent to their feelings and hen ken byok eout broke brokeout wept like children and hyok out in cries like the followbout brok brethren gewo ivith with how ing echow can we part avith our beloved breth rep 11 wo vith red 440 shy why aln ain eee see 0 nhy can you leave us may never s ce them a gain ac I could not refrain my feelings only found vent iu &c 1 flood of tears a fl ood tears some persons may be disposed to accuse me of weakpersong I but if ness on this occasion butia any should do so 1 would butif ray nay that say ray raythan 1 do not envy any mans feelings who could raythat I dna the snd jvitness s uch a scene with all its associations and tho nes w 144 s uch his I falaq feelings of hi s heart strings not to bo touched on filaq finer
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have impossibility for us to ha left this dear and affectionate not most people had we pot had the post implicit confidence in the brethren who were appointed to preside over them in our absence but knowing their faith and virtuous the conversation and that they had the confidence of tho ve church we felt confident that the affairs of the church ive rightous ness rightousness would be conducted in righteousness consequently we riahtousness 0 otherwise di left them under merent feelings than w e othe rwiv3 different could had shepherd couldhad they had no nosliepherd dismissi Immediate lv after dis missi mr we met the official memimmediately dismissing rnevthe house bers at a private housa the number of whom were eighty broke up and instructed them further in their duty and bro keup brokeup morning this was certainly at one oclock the next mornin conferences I one of tie most interesting conierences 1 ever at attended tle the services were calculated to convince the honest and serv ices langbe be iong long to give joy to saints and will longbe remembered by plnd I have pind all thoss who attended pand 1 hareno no doubt was the and haveno thos means of great and lasting good atthis conference althis at this favoured Elders ed were favour we yere favo tired with the company of eiders isaac e id ersjsaac ret russel and willard richards the latter had iet u rnea returned brorn the county of Bedfo where he had been proTd frorn from bedford cihi ming the gos pel in consequence of sickness his lv pei gospel claiming lab rs bad bors had not oeen so extensive as they otherwise would been have been and were confined a short distance from distancolfrom the city thecity of bedford where he raised up two smalI bra ii smail small branches which he set in order and ordained one elder find and other officers he labored under oonsiderhle difficulty otherofficers consid erh10 difficult erblo considerb 4ifficult ty considers in consequence of the conduct of elder goodson who accompanied him on JURRI mission V q JL PG t many kuert onnalmssrohvhqtuntjnany things which werenwigofimwhich royed a banr h rpyed bar ar 9 07 elud er trllgl b in thate ri JS 11 ila iia lia kusserhadrefurhedirom a mission to the north havin been laborin 0 in the county of cumberland near ing laboring ane tne borders of scotland where the numbers of his friends d resided reside while he was there he met with co n si demable considerable derable opposition even from those of his own family as well as the ministers of the different denominations who sought wilo wiio every opportunity to block up his way and to destroy ills ilis liis his influence iipwever vei7notwitlistandinr the great opposition he notwithstanding I ipxve grgat z was instrumental of bringing up wardsi of sixty souls into fouls sardsi za za upwards z3 z5 indom the kingdom of god and left them kejoicin in the truth rejoicing adom balth faith strono the and sarono in the baith of the gosnoll thus ih e great strong gosnel faithofthe gosp 1 0
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seenery odthe notwithstanding the variegated scenery ofthe coun0 eli lil fiand lich n uiand cauti ell my try tr which in england is very beautiful m y mind re0 1 ghe in b ack tothe time when I first arrived i u that k to the ome ve verted b c dee 1 travelvei 0 countr vand countrvand the peculiar feelings of mind when I tra vel country and them from Li verp ito ed fi6m liverp atoto preston some months before then fiam livera liverpool 1 was a stran gerin a stalny e land and had nothing to reI v as strangerin in stainr stange stranger staier ly upon but the kindness and mercy of that god who white I had sent m e there while 1 mused on these things my m
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pa vil his lar brother hadt and ansi wriih elder baile yll 1I pi atthiis l1r 0 der had wnsi ith andwlid rith eider taile vly lad been instrumental in bringing many into the iiingdo min in tothe kingdom in that city which inte li ence gave us great joy for when intelligence t orw gredtjoy ror h en tha drw we left11ew york for englanailibrb was only 0 ne b e left new o england there 0 luu 10 aging to tige church lun that city irr iff the longing tife cit F uging pratt prdtt he s accompanied accompaned it being sunday we accompaubd brother pratts to the bd house where the saints were adcukom to assemble accustomed houste ho uew C for worship on entering the aouste we found about bew ime ritly joined rsong bied ali ail C hsong assembled all wh 0 m h d ind eighty p ersons assem bled 11ll whom b ad ine recently join g anter ca I the church aftersingipz and prfayorl was requested prayer 1 after singing ayorl c1 to ive ta give an account of our mission to ehor ond 1 accordmisi ion acount dur miss lon t6 lve england I and had happened ing ly aro se d nd told them the fhings which hadhapp6am ingly arose a things flings annd thereat and glorious work anid to us since our departure andthezre1tafid glor arid llou riou liou which our heavenly father had 66mmenc on the ised commenced is lands of the sea and the great desire of he english to the bf t g reat hear to pass lord had brought opass hea the things which the lordhad br6u41it wpass on cai and this c6inti nent an their ready reception of the truthpf continent ant truth of 1nis the gospel information gave great thegospel the irif6irnation gaveieit joy to thesa anis the saints and they united with us in pr praising the name aisling thnaiiie of the for fbi children of lord eor his wonderful works to the childr enof men childrenof in the evening elder russel and hyde preached and a great effect was produced and some came forward and offered themselves as eandi dates for baptism the shob candidates t short shor time ave were in new york was spent very agreeably we tery affee with the saints who are indeed a kind and affedetl onate eti affectionate etionate etiolate peoplfc peop1b the next day we bade adieu to the brethren our journey and commenced outjourney to kirtland by steam boat ourjourney and rail road and arrived there on the 22nd day of may A D 1838 having been absent eleven months and nine days daks 1 found myfdmilyffi good health and as coinfo bably 7 I round my family in food cointo rably comfortably situated as 1 couldexpdct avid our joy w as mutual I could expect and j y ds received rede the saints in kirtland likewise reeeived us with joy and welcomed us home but my journey was not yet ended for soon after my I arrival in kirtland 1 had to make preparation to move to missouri where the state of missouriwhere the greater part of the church hadalready removed one great cause of their had already tile removal to tlle west was the persecu ldimto which they ersecuongq the perselu wer16 subject in kirti and were tne kirtland ane brethren who yet ie resided there although very kind and affectionate e si ca adili in consee and consequence weak were keak woe teak in the faith im conseq u ence of trials adill his fdlio temptations thl s caused us to grieve exceedingly and riev tem edlio fis this &ausedtisto ariev eeic66dinlzlnd
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lar could lai coil coll coliia being s6licite remeli 13 ging solicited to preach in the hou se of t he lord I1 wo d reaeli house 61 ic eing 0 did so didko and after preaching a few times and recounting our travels and the great success which had attendedour attended our edour attend labors and also the marv elops work shich the lord had marvelous which lordliad commenced and was still carrying on in the old country they began to take courage their confidence increased anitheir faith falth and their filth was wasstrengthened and they agam realized the again ani strengthened avain theble8iin s of jehovah the blessings As soon as our circumstances would permit we comlas menced our journey to the state of missouri by water ofmissour4b y vater a distance of h earlv eighteen hundred miles and afterqn earla nearly after enpar during considerable fatigue arrived in safety at Far ing con sideraliellitigpe f ar west on the 25th pf july and had the pleasure of beviest tho of af boldini holdini faces of holding the faceson numbers of our friends and brethren facesof face of s in the kingdom and patience of jesus some of whom patienceof kindom N e re so glad to see us that the were tears startedin their started in star tedIn eyes when wetook them by the hand we took retook there is indeed something peculiarly pleasing to the tlle tile saint who after a along separation beholds the friends to iong long iio ilo lie lle w 110 m he e whom ile is united in bonds the most sacred and with nvh6iinhe ha s probably traveled to preach the gospel whom he has tjie tile tlle and with them passed through many scenes of sorrow tbrough 0 affa lct lone affl ione and affliction that time every pleasing association lond is revived and mf mory fondly clin grs to those scenes the memory clings contemplation of which af feord affords pleasure while every frord thing of an opposite nature is forgotten and buried in thina df 6 oblivion during our journey from kirtland to imissopri the missouri tiie tile weather was remarkably yarm in consequence of which warm vas 1 suffered very much and my body was broken down I I by sickness and 1 continued very feeble for a considerable length oftime of time lenth optime the first sunday after my arrival at far west 1 was I called upon to preach to the saints which 1 endeavored I I do to dos althou gli I gil scarcely doi todos although 1 was scarce ly able to stand 1 related many things respecting my mission and travels which w ere gladly received by the brethren whose hearts were cheered by the recital while many of the elders y were stirred up to diligence and expressed a great desire to accompany us when we should re turn to england hen return soon abbel my arrival 1 had a lot given me by bishop ahbel I after e partridge and also sufficient timber to build me a house pariridg partridg
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a sto be with chr ivhkh was to belin ohr ist which was far christ get minutes before lie lle few he bet tere teri fex better A hew m in utes belore ile died he prayed as fet 1 ask foilb ws follows l4fdther idak thee in the narne of jesus christy name I father idsk christ chriit f1h wouldst nay roy spirit ray t hat thou tcou didst release my gp irit and receive it unto thyun to ta fah ou acou idst said n4 dying in 4 sid self a nd then sald to those who surrounded his d y1119 bed brethren YO uhavc held meby your faith but do ghq have baue you bave gour t gha ghe yourfaita1tbutdogic we then committed I me upq7i4ietmegoibesrzechyou let up and lct me go 1 beseech you wethencommitte4 ard iet him to god and he soon breathed his last and slept in jesus without a groan it libut groah vas cofone tho ofone this was the end of one who was an honor to the faith falth ild lid church and a biess inlo to the saints and whose eaith and reha iid blessing chu rehaiid bless virtues and diligence in the cause of truth will be long virtres oftfuth ali ail remembered byall who had the pleasure of his acquainby all acquqin remembran eby remembrancehy remembranceby tance and his m memory emory will be had in remembranc ceby fi6m fiam the church of christ from generation to generation chuf6 chufa w11vas indeed a painful circumstance to b e deprived it was oche ca s t this worthy ofthe labors of thisworthy servant of christ and cast a o0he Sai fits saints gloom upon the sal bits yet the glorious and sealing testimony which be bore of his acceptance with heaven and he the truth ofthe gospel wai a matter of joy and satisfacodthe n pel was of the rio pei wad nor o ills his ediate tion II bi 0 nly to liis im adiate friends but to the saints not niy ilis immediate 1 large at la ge 1 rein acned in the stateof Missouri until the 26th of state of I remained ained stateff m edve reveapril A D 1839 it being the time appointed by rdve for the lation forthe twelve to take their leave of the building spot of the house of the lord and take their journey across the ocean and notwithstanding the threats of our enemies that this prophesy should fail we assembled on sv ve prophe th 6 public square at par gest assisted elder alpheus the vest far west cutler to relay the foundation stones sung a hymn and united in prayer to god that he would give u s a prosperwouldgive ous mission seo sea I during my stay in missouri 1 frequently went to sen retfiren the bretfiren who were confined in pr son for the testiprison coti coil fined o jesus mony 0 f je sus and for the word of god many times I I after 1 had traveled forty or fifty miles to see them 1 guar da as privilege w as denied the privilegi by the jailor and the guards 1 was with tho brethren in nearly all their movements I ath the and in tho west and can bear testimony to their faith an d virthe est tu asandnd know they were entirely innocent of the crimes tues a esand wero wera al ledged against them and that their persecutions were bi8ugh t upon them on account of their attachment to brought C although though th g lord the gospel and to the saints of the lord he theford al thelord threatened ed enemies they were in the hands of their enem ie s who threaten vere
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kill them yetI always thern yet ialwayshad to killthern yetialways had the testimony that they eliv6 nouldb delivered and conico rtlivictor iou s and stand would be eliva red come forth coni6o victorious lou thie aits the tile l iits on tlle onali earth ihie e rv aits liti ontli e eartha a s ifie servants of the lord when israel vilen silen aht akl sli6uidbe gathered j and when the earth should reel to should be ahl feied 4id heied na a nd fro like a drunken man and until they had performed nian tii til 6 great work which the god of heaven had assia ned tho the assigned them I after the 26th of april A D 1839 1 took leave of of far west and in company with my brethren traveled to illinois where my family llad removed some time pre0 had 1 had seeingly my ahad I seeing vious and ihad the unspeakable pleasure of seeingmy beloved friends the first presidency and others who had nd been endelivered undelivered out be en delivered odt of the hands of their enemies and had arrived safely in illinois soon after a ageneral conference of the church was argeneral general held near quincy at which the saints from all the regions round about assembled if it was a time which will being the iong jong be remembered by the saints it beingthe first conlong ference fe rence held after their expulsion having now given a brief account of my journal 1 I mill advert to some things which tran spired while 1 was will I transpired little imporin En aland which may be considered of but li ttleimpor england vorld tance by the world yet will no doubt be appreciated by the saints who can not only mark the providence of of god as displayed in nations and kingdoms but can obnd 0b affairs of but serve its workings in private life and in aff lairs apparent small moment soon after our arrival in E england great many of the caused whicli a AIKENITES embraced the gospel which c used considerafeeling and ble feelingand opposition in the ministers belonging to that sect seeinglhatmany having lost quite a number and seeing that many more one the eve cheeve bein were on theeve of being baptized pne of the ministers going to came to preston and gave out that he w as go lug ao put down mormonism expose the doctrines and overthrow the book of mormon remade a very long orahe made tio n on the subject and was very vehement inbis rilar in his mantion indis ner and pounded the book of mormon which he held net in him hands on the pulpit a great many times he then exhorted the people to pray that thelord would the lord theford from us grom drive usfrom their coasts and if the lord would not h at hear them in that petition that he would smite the leaders aq and m bel being the next sunday elder hyde an M yself bei ng in 4q
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descend q qpn heaven he shall des dpn d in the clouds of beaven e haying an appointment to preach in the village of avidg avida villgof ithe house I stopped ouse wrightington while on the w ay 1 st 0P ped at the bouse qfbrotfier amos eiding when 1 arrived hpinforme4 I he informed fielding herll qfbrotheramos Fl elding berli moon ha csc nt the 4inc dsc family tho cinc I e that a certaiafiamii certain bamily of ta name of ko on 4ad sent a ma m& I h 6m am the might request b y him for me to visit them that they night right hayp the privilegeof conversing with me on the subject haap tha privilege of privilegcof I qpego P el accordingly brother fielding and 1 paid 1 ofjthe gospel I werg werp dcciv them a visit that evpnm evening we were very kindly receivaa onvor ii6n conversation convcrsation ed by edby the family and ilaa considerable onnor s q iian on ta166bf ect of my iiii sio to that country and th e great t1 the heat mission act the object slo they work IV ork of the jast days the Y listened with attention to last thqy thay appeared the my st6tcments but at th same they ap pea rc d to be ply statements predj6di6ed predjudiced against them ratherthan 0 therwise we rather than o h0pr add th6p thenjc remained in c onversation until a late hqur and thap re hour on our observed home turned onbur way fi offibf brother fielding observdy inbur ily valn vain had liv thotight xam as the family thought that he tho tight our visit 11 a d been in vam asjh6 fam liy 1 1 answered aig considerable prcdjudice I swc L sac r e d Alb seemed to llave consider alg predjdic6i said brothers Brot herF laing brother aiiiis and sald brotherf fielding be not faithless but believbd emma 1 effects shali shail this tils ing we shall yet see great emos from hiis visit for I tiis broa family tliat have e are arc some of know there ac som6of the fainilylli eliat hav received the will shprtly manifest the same tilc sbqrtly 1 es I on y th I S testimony and nv I I shortly tn a xiitea tile samm at this ho re mark lael appeared surprised remark iaci id y morning I continued jourbe jourba thid next mordi ng 1 icontipuc my journey to wrightithe yictn days ngton and after spendih two or three dayi in il al ypein ington spending alwoorthree dayl that spein spendio vh I bid hic the fid preaching t ity pf6achin thic gospel 1 returned by the way ofbroth erfi6ldiwogith whom jagaln tnieafoidle ight ror for 4igilf mith er fieldings vith iviloni again tarried bor the mght zp ap 1 the I rny rpy next ilic nert morning 1 commenced my journey intendpres ion prel I ing to godirect to Tt eston but when 1 got opposite the go direct treston ie fi6rcibly was forciby forcibly f6ddleadina to mr moons 1 wag gor ciby pressed lip I wal for uppn upan road leading cail by tho bytho spirit of the L 0 r di mcall and see them again lord to call ana sed thein zygo zylo not I filkcre noi e itjreesion being thei impression bein atsosol strong 1 coulddiuri re sist 1 fille re th e ltso mel I i iiuri ego CI emsa amsl YJ ajo fasi mei msl 9jo
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1 t6gso me youngti mberon the lot 4 cut iti down there mgsomo youngtim aberon timber on young ti I also an aiso was alboan old building at one corner of the lotwbich alsoan lot which appeared ready to fall 1 took a lever and endeavored to I place it in a proper position but all my attempts were

futile and it itbecame worse 1 then resolved to pull if became I puli I down 1 did so and with thenew timber built a good the new shenew house on a good foundation while thus eng aged the engaged leman eitleman gentleman ent ieman I 9 entleman of whom 1 had rented the place came to me and found great fault with me for destroying his timbert &c timber young timbery ac this dream was fulfilled at that place in the following inanner after lir richards had let me preachy in hid mr manner bid his preach chapa 1 chape I baptized all his young members among whom his daughter and most of the members of his0 church was he then reflected upon himself for letting me have the I privil6gof of hi s chapel and told me that 1 had ruined his privilege his had taken away church and hadtakenaway all his young members 1 could not but feel for the old gentleman but 1 had a I I tlle tiie tile I1 duty to perform which outweighed every other considoutweiffhed duto duio oga eya assure that I I d eration and 1 was assured thai if 1 sought to please man ora era tion ota 1 should not be the servant of christ I ght Ribe chester I one night Rib hester aht ribchester hiie nio oiie nig while at the village of ribehester 1 dreamed that 1 in c ompany with another person were walking I in ure we gla gir out and vre saw a very extensive field of wheat more so dia 1 than the eye could reach such a sight I never witnessgerip estly ectly ed the wheat appeared to be perip perfectly ripe and ready much reio I ciuch rejoiced for harvest 1 was very niuch rejo icid at the glorious surprise right sight which presen ted itself but judge of my surp rise presented tlle tiie tile for when on taking some of the ears and rubbing them I not any in my hands 1 found nothing but smut notany sound botany 1 marvellee exceedingly and belt beit marvel led felt I I marvelled exdee dingly grain could 1 find nery sorrowful and exclaimed what will the people do very appedu appearance for gram here is a great appedr ance of plenty but there grain Is no sound wheat con tem plating abnot I another while contemplating the subject 1 looked in anot h cr templating Ai direction and saw a small field in the form of the letter letter ietter rection tile the of something growing jn L which had tiie appearance ocso i in ofso hething I round it 1 immediately directed my steps to it and found that it had been sown with wheat sorrie of which had got lip llad some up with tip about six inches high other parts of the field not quite so high and some had only just sprouted this gave me s ome llad 0o s Some encouracrement fo ex sect that at the harvest there ome encouragement to expect would be some go6dgrain good grain wliilethuengaedd large while thus engaged a largo tuu lo buli 10 okin very fierce ana angrv lea ded over tlwfenee bull buil enoe verv and angry leaped thofenoe luu looking veryfierce una angov iea thofenee leaded

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field fielland and stamped down ajargc quanfieldand ran through the fiel dand stampeddown ajprgdquan julstppr9pte vhiqhtwas juscsprouted and after doing tity of that w tlle considerable injury jle leaped loyer the tb nc e and ran liejeapq4iudr tiie fenceand joyer tile fence nd considerablcjjqr jie away A 1 felt very much brica grieved that so much wheat should I grica be destroyed when there was such a prospect of scarnterpretation nv oia c ai next morning the liter nest city when f awoke 5i ex t riiqtni ng ti ip iiilter p retation best with the great was given me tie large field withthezte1 appeartjio methle thle metie 1 epresented uiifhlfo OOK an ce r qp ance of grain so haautiful to look UPPP Iap rese td the brain 3 I tltien sided ilatwfiin which 1 altien resided which had a very pleasing natron in ten who made yeligion appearance and a great show of religion and whpmade whomade great pretensions to pietyandgoclliness but who denied prifleiples ofa the power thereof destitute of the pridciplcs ofj truth 0 1 ift sphrit lri iri und sp irl t and corisequentl of ih C gifts of the syphrit aad coi ind consequently d the idt s I small fielda ajy the9mall fieldj saw c learly represented thporegion the region theregion the smail jleld 1 aay ca 0 xv he re 1 iab laboring of country where I was lab brinz and where the word of ord truth had taken loot and was growing iiin the hearts of tahei takei those whohad thegospelsome places having grown a thosa who had thqgospelsqmc han therl I wasin little more t.6an 0 thers the vilage 1 was iu was athla 6 o t thla that did bril iff airt partof lirt of the field wherethe bull aff so much injury for martof irr 1irt durl ury inv hort siste thcrey duri uny dinv s h ort visit th re most of the inhabitants thirey during my durins 1 bel were beiN eving out as soon as I departed a clergyman believing but Lying eting belon ering to the 41urcli of Lnglandcamcr out and viobelonging england angland church e ngland cam jentlattackeaffi5 truth and lently attacked the tutljand made a considerable noise tco slderabl C polusion an d ofter crying elusion cryp crap9 false prophet prolusion and after trampling on a ter Pousion l doln ail the mlschiqfhqcould lefore I truth and doin alll tilici1schio 110coplb before 1 returndomg bhore 1return doag ali ile he ed lie took shelter in his pu afat illoW vcr ilc d W not pulpit however lie dy ile ifat illowvcr he rod aftermy return f9r aft or e destroy all ttq psffd far paa ermy returnj was instrumenreturns jw siq3trumen tta seed ror waa n building tip tal in bu I l ding up a church in ih at pl cej dino kthat place cei
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tajtcj brethren when the elders of israel left their bretlirenin in englafeld the downfall of the work was expected and ardentlafild lan a ly desired by the enemies of truth but in this thing they kuperm superin were doomed to disappointment for under the superm clayton tendance ten dance of elders fielding richards and CI ayton and fen by the blessings of the almighty the cause continued to almihtv zd were move forward a inoveforward at la steady pace and fresh inroads wero inove made by these servants of god in the different villages f round about and by their diligence and faithfulness in their office the order of the kingdom was maintained ana thecommandments of heaven were strictly attended and the commandments owned their labors to the lord ownedtheir jabors and a great work was manchester commenced in manche ster which has kept increasing e since th t time aht tiffl tht biffl americal america expecting chi g cal cai after frequently bxpectin assistance from Ameri amerl wind elder eider rind anxiously lookingrfofward to the time when eldey looking forward 9 and kimball and others should visit them they had the please iders eiders ure of welcoming Elders taylor woodruff and turley turies and shortly after elders kimball parley P and orson pratt B youngs G A Smith and others who soon s li hich appeared ripe nd aich thetieid y hicvhpfared tipe and commenced to labor in ihdfi A i ready for the harvest 1
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iho thin aich propri ing privileged to hear and see iko S tkins s w hich propli those things prophthins ets and righteous mengin ancientday sp earnest y d esh men in ancient days day earnestly dC si died ed but hied without the sil it sll sight siI soon after thein arrival a conference of the church soofi their their pre slqn3vhen 1671 members were reprewas heid in prcstqn when 1 dilme f rn jars held a s lildon I 6iime 1071 lildln jqrs dented U binm lii sented and considerable business rel ativc to the welfare relative 0 he sinm iii of the church was attended to fr then the elders th en separated and took their departure for th e dif terent places to which tile felt directer by the the dlf tiie different they director spirit elders woodruff and G A smithy byok their ok tyok anthe potteries nto journey into staffordshire and i n the po tterie where n the sterie tli3 th 3 work had already commenced continuedjo labor continued jo to with unceasing dili gepce geace diligence so m etim C atter th py had been there elder woodruff aften sometime after they 6odruff eder nodruff tile tiie he went to thie county of 1 ereford where hecommenced h commenced ahqre recommenced proclaim ming the gospelwith unparrallelcd success numproclaiming proclai gospqlavith uiiparralleled gospel with bers flocked to be baptized and in thapreggion ofcountrv that region of country thatregion Y under the instrumentality of eid ers woodruff youn eiders elders wo0&4 young eis and richards more than five hundred persons were bw bapsized i among the number yere tized were several preachers of difdilv ferent denominations who cheerfully and readily emre adelv braced the UOSDCI as son as it was presented to them dlen oien dien gospel fis soon ris which to president in a letter vliih elder woodruff wrote to1ire aident joot totire sident ile lle he seph smith lie says I on churches in thestap the first 0iaiarqiij left the chu rel lesin tie staffof march neft les ies heft thestal tle its the shire ford siire Potterie n ordshire potteries in the care of elder turley and tra v traveider si eldetiziri6 eled about eighty miles to the south part of england sqund where they had notlicard the isciundof t he gospel 1 pei not heard saund of ie os pel I biver liver erand hiver ed crand delivered called upon a wealth fa rin crana def far merand deh wealthy farmcrand defliger to Ihim ni V my mcrand defliver 1 i i mche 1 ils ilis houser received liis house ile lis d t estimony 11 e and all ills housqr ceive d it I prea estimo nv lle preached estimonv lie ceide there for the first time on tll4fift 4 of april andon the tho and on 0 the fifth sixth 1 again preached and baptized si four of shonk I six whom were preachers 1 then continued to baptize daily and vern vere I a speedy and rapid work broke oht on every hand 1 boht e I brok out preached one month and five days and baptized inore more than forty preachers oftihe di efti different orders and one Ihunof the iuU dred and sixty m embers an & 6 stablished ni ore than forty member sj and es t ablish e d more ablith places of preaching 11 speaking of the desire of the people ube baptized he thepeople to be tle writes idefore W e lefiplomshill we 0 nly had to let before w c left frooms1 hill o ro niy
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iiieipeople linow the people know that we would spendsiaday at the pool spen a day it rool spendiaday d speh apfl of water wherewe attended to the baptisms and we where we adil vater whe rewe wherere would have vusinesscnoug4 after I had got ready lop 1 hadgot business enoughs to lia&got toi loi enouchs hadbot leave them 1 had to go into the pool several times and I nto even timesand everat limesand time sand had to come away iea in others to be baptized leaving lea A number of churches were organized by elder young anike anlie eiders elders 0 rg aniie d eider wogdruff and richards in that region of country and Wod woodruff several conferences were held atwhichgreat love and at which great li armony prevailed harmony while the work was progressing with such rapidity in that regions the other elders were0busily enga 9 ed in sowregion engaged ing the seed which will eventually yield an abundant harvest elder taylor had taken a stand in liverpool and continued to unfold the principles of salvation to all who would hearken much opposition and prejudice was manifest wasmanifest by the different religious societies but ile ilo lid lle lie persever ed in his work and was instrumental in raising persevered up tip a church in that place which probably by this time c tim amounts to more than one li hundred members undred prates elder orson pratts labors have been spent in scothavebeen land and in the city of edinburgh he has faithfully proclaimed the everlasting gospel to the amazed inhabihe tants it was some considerable time before he was overcom able to overcome c the prejudices of the scotch who ako overcome aro particularly attached to their creed and mode of worrry ship yet fry perseverance and diligence ile has been ininlle lie by he strumental in laying the foundation of a great work in layingthe baity that city and the prejudices osmany have been overbity of many ofmany hav& 16come come and they hava become obedient to the faith nd have large and flourishing societies are likewise found in glasgow and paisleywhich have been raised up under palsley paisley which the instrumentality of ofelders mulliner wright and llad elders eiders U right lock in the towns of manchester bolton preston maccles s macales maccie field stockport birmingham and their vicinities tho Birminaham the birminaham r6ll forth work continues toroll horth with great power and1afga coroll borth to rall for th and large ilies churches chur calies have sprung up allaround by the instrumenali ail all around young &c tality of elders pratt kimball youn g ac on the gth of july a conference was held in man6th ath winch chester which was numerous lv attended considerable numerously numerouslv business relative to the affairs of the church was tranaffair sacted and 250 members were represented besides a 2513 wee ac &c number of eiders priests teachers & c elders immediately Irp mediately after tjjs conference the eiders repaired jrp elders irn ths ts
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