26th We took the omnibus at the Junktion & rode to
at the via & 38 miles. It would be a difficult task
to give a description of the country from to
Wolverhampton. I never saw any thing that comes so
near the description of the Lake of fire & Brimstone
spoken of by the Revelator [Revelation 20:10] as several miles of
that country for it is one universal mass of coal pits &
Iron mines & while thousands of human beings are
under ground at work in the midst of fire, Brimston,
sulpher, Gas & cole &c. the whole face of the earth &
heavens air & horizon, men, women, & houses, are
filled & coverd with the composition of fire, cinders
Gas, sut, & smooke of their miserry & labours that
assended up out of their piles, firnesses, & pitts froom
day to day & from year to year. in fine, it is more
like Hell in comparrison than any place I have as
yet visited. (Uncommon) A boy by the name of
15 years of age is becomeing quite noted
between & by following
the coaches or omnibus on foot & keeps pace with the them
the whole distance, he runs about 40 miles in 6 hours, he
has run through & returned in one day making 80
miles in about 12 hours when he gets weary he
takes hold of a strap on the hind end of the coach with
his hands but runs as usual. On one occasion he
run 14 miles in one hour & fife minutes he is a poor
boy & his ownly object is to get a living by recieving
what money the passegngers saw fit to give him about one
shilling per day he does this running with bare feet on
accadamized rodes.
We called upon the Saints at from thence to
& felt truly to rejoice to once more meet with
the Saints in this region. We preached in the evening
at Stoke had an interview with Elder spent the night
at Stoke distance of the day 40 miles
