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Jan 18, 1840

Journal Entry

January 18, 1840 ~ Saturday

18th We met at Elder W Richards in the
morning for a season of prayer &
fasting & for a blessing before we parted. We
had a vary interesting time. We gave
each other our parting blessing We have
had many calls every day to lay hands on
the sick & pray with them & they in most
cases had relief. I took the parting hand
with Elder's Taylor & Fielding who were
bound for Liverpoo, Lancashire & with
Elder Richards who is expecting to tary
for a season in Preston & Elders Clark &
Turley & myself took the rail cars &
rode to Leyland to Wigan from thence to

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Clark, Hiram, b. 1795
22 Sep 1795 - 28 Dec 1853
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1946 mentions
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Fielding, Joseph
26 Mar 1797 - 19 Dec 1863
Turley, Theodore
10 Apr 1801 - 12 Aug 1871
Richards, Willard
24 Jun 1804 - 11 Mar 1854
540 mentions
Apostle

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Autobiography 1858 Deseret News

— I arrived in Manchester; met Elder Wm. Clayton, who presided over that branch, numbering 164 members. I was immediately called upon to visit a woman possessed with the devil; she was raging and foaming and had to be held by four men. The more we rebuked the devil the worse she raged. We continued to pray and administer until we cast the devil out. She arose and gave thanks to the Lord. The devil then entered into a young child, and we cast him out. I preached several times, and laid hands on twenty-eight persons. I

Autobiography 1865 Millennial Star

—I arrived in Manchester; met Elder William Clayton, who pre- sided over that Branch, numbering 164 members. I was immediately called upon to visit a woman possessed with the devil. She was raging and foaming, and had to be held by four men. The more we rebuked the devil, the worse she raged. We con- tinued to pray and administer, until we cast the devil out. She arose and gave thanks to the Lord. The devil then entered into a young child, and we cast him out. I preached several times, and laid hands on twenty-eight persons. I went to Burslem on the

Autobiography 1857 Draft 2

I arrived in Manchester; met Elder Wm. Clayton who presided over that branch, numbering 164 members, I was immediately called upon to visit a woman possessed with the Devil; she was raging and foaming, and had to be held by four men, the more we rebuked the Devil the worse she raged; we continued to pray and administer until we conquered and cast the Devil out of her, she arose and gave thanks to the Lord. The Devil then entered into a young child and we cast the Devil ^him^ out of the child. I preached several times and laid hands on

Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine

On the following I parted with Elders Taylor and Fielding, who went to Liverpool, and with Elder Richards, who tarried in Preston. Elder Turley and I went to Manchester. It was the first time I ever visited that city. I here first met with Elder Wm. Clayton. As soon as I had an introduc- tion to him, he informed me that one of the sisters in that place was possessed of the devil, and he asked me to go and cast it out of her, thinking that one of the Twelve Apostles could do anything in this line he might wish to. However, I went with him to the house where the woman lay, in the hands of three men, in a terrible rage, and trying to tear her clothing from her. I also found quite a number of Saints present, and some unbelievers, who had come to see the devil cast out and a miracle wrought. If I had acted upon my own judg- ment I should not have attempted to ad- minister to her with the company pres- ent, but as I was a stranger there, and Brother Clayton presided over the branch, I joined him in administering to the woman. But the unbelief of the wicked present was so great, we could not cast the devil out of her, and she raged worse than ever. I then ordered the room to be cleared, and when the company left the house, except the few attending to her, we laid hands upon her, and I commanded the devil to come out of her, in the name of Jesus Christ. The devil left her, and she was entirely cured and fell asleep. The next day being the Sabbath, she came before a large congregation of peo- ple, and bore testimony to what the Lord had done for her. We had a large assemblage through the day and evening, to whom I preached the gospel. On Monday morning, the devil, not being satisfied with being cast out of the woman, entered into her little child, which was but a few months old.

Autobiography 1857 Draft 1

I go to Staffordshire poterris. Arived in Manchester met Elder Clayton ^who^ he presided over that branch numbering 164 members I was immediately called upon to visit a woman possessed with the Devil she was raging and foaming and held by four men the more we rebuked the devil the worse he raged, but we continued to pray and ministered untill we conqered and cast the Devil out of her and she was clothed in her right mind and arose and gave thanks to the ^Lord the^ Devil entered into a young child and we cast the Devil out of the child after preching to the people ^I preached^ several times and laying ^laid^ hands upon twenty ^eight^ sick persons I ^then^ went

Autobiography Volume 1 circa 1842-1865

On the morning of the we met at the house of ^Willard^ Richards' for a season of prayer and fasting to obtain a blessing before we seperated for our fields of labour. We had an interesting time We gave each other our parting blessings an then we seperated and started for Our Fields of Labour Elders John Taylor and Fielding were bound for Liverpool Willard Richards tarried for a season in Preston and Elders Clark Turley and myself took the train for Manchester. Here I had the privilege of taking by the hand Elder William Clayton and many of the Saints of this place. Brother Clayton was one of the Presidents Council and a wise and worthy man. The Church in Manchester at this time numbered

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Jan 18, 1840