Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine
Next in company of Elders Levi
Richards and Thomas Pitt I walked to
the city of Hereford, where Elder Ray
and others had been preaching.
On Sunday a preacher arose before two
or three thousand people in the market
house and informed the multitude that
he had a fresh letter direct from America,
showing the origin of the Book of Mor-
mon. So he read the old Spaulding
story. When he got through Elder Levi
Richards arose and informed the people
that instead of its being a new story it
had been published for seven years
throughout the United States and in
England. This caused a great uproar, for
while some were for driving the man out
of the place for lying, others were crowding
around Elders Richards and Ray to hear
them preach. The crowd, however, was so
excited that they left the ground with
hundreds following them. There never
was a time when the people were so much
stirred up and eager to hear the Latter-
day Saints as at the present, and it was
expected that we should not get through
the city without having crowds around
us. We did, however, and had a view of
Hereford Cathedral as we passed along
and reached Sister Bufton's.
There was at this time a small branch
of the Church at Hereford, numbering
seven members. We parted from Brother
Pitt at Hereford, and continued to Lug-
wardine, where I met with the Church for
the last time and preached from the 24th
of Isaiah.
On the morrow I walked to Shucknell
Hill and had an interesting meeting with
the Saints and preached upon the gather-
ing to Zion and Jerusalem. It was my
last meeting with them and I bid them
