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Day in the Life

Apr 6, 1840

Journal Entry

April 06, 1840 ~ Monday
Harriet Hayes th
Worcestershire Eldersfield


John Vernon
Thomas Smith
John Harlick
Ann Robins
William Baylis
Henry Baylis
Mary Gaskin

6th I walked to Eldersfield & preached at Turkey
Hall at Benjamin Hill's & Baptized 5 persons
one a preacher & one a Clerk of the Church
of England. Elder Kington is with me

I received three Letters [FIGURES] one from Taylor
in Liverpool he informed me of [how] the work is
with him. one from Richards one from Turley
spent the night with Mr Hill distance 7 m

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Hefford, Ann Robins
11 Mar 1821 - 1 Jan 1841
2 mentions
1840 British Convert
Hill, Benjamin
1797-aft. 1845
10 mentions
1840 British Convert
Collett, Daniel
12 Dec 1807 - 8 Jul 1894
6 mentions
1840 British Convert
Hayes, Harriett Bick
14 Nov 1808 - 21 Jan 1889
2 mentions
1840 British Convert
Baylis, Henry
1790 - abt. 1850
2 mentions
1840 British Convert
Horlick, John
25 Aug 1809 - 10 Jun 1873
20 mentions
1840 British Convert, United Brethren
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1945 mentions
Apostle
Vernon, John
1807–1847
9 mentions
1840 British Convert, United Brethren
Gaskin, Mary Bromages
27 May 1793 - 1 Jul 1849
2 mentions
1840 British Convert
Turley, Theodore
10 Apr 1801 - 12 Aug 1871
143 mentions
Kington, Thomas
18 May 1794 - 1 Jul 1874
182 mentions
1840 British Convert, United Brethren
Smith, Thomas Price
11 Oct 1806 - 3 Apr 1896
8 mentions
1840 British Convert, United Brethren
Richards, Willard
24 Jun 1804 - 11 Mar 1854
540 mentions
Apostle
Baylis, William
1820-aft. 1840
6 mentions
1840 British Convert, United Brethren

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Eldersfield, Worcestershire, England
Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Turkey Hall, Eldersfield, Worcestershire, England

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We spread the case of Elder Turley before the Lord & plead before God for his deliverance out of Prision until the Lord testified unto us that he would spedily do it. & I say in the name of Jesus Christ it shall be done. & his enemy shall fall & the weapons formed against him shall be broaken.
~ Wilford Woodruff

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Mission - 1840 Record of British Converts
Worcestershire Eldersfield John Vernon Thomas Smith John Harlick Ann Robins William Baylis Henry Baylis Mary Gaskin Glostershire
Autobiography Volume 1 circa 1842-1865
The I baptized 5 more one of whom was a preacher and another was a clerk in the Church of England and two days afterwards I baptized seven more ^others^ and preached to a large congregation The day after I received two letters one from Elder Willard Richards and the other from Elder John Taylor in which I was informed of the arrival of five of the Twelve and one of the Seventies. I was also advised that

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Apr 6, 1840