Letter to Phebe Whittemore Carter Woodruff, 8 July 1840
Manchester England
My Dear Phebe
Having the privilege of sending letters by a friend who is going direct
to New York I will improve the opportunity of again sending a few lines to you
which will ^be^ Mailed at New York City. My last letter which I wrote you was Dated
June 8d in which I informed you that I recievd your letter under Date
of March which was of much interest to me which is the ownly letter that I have
as yet receievd from you since I have been in England. But I am
now expecting letters from you every Day & I trust I shall not be
disappointed in obtaining one from you soon. I am in hopes we shall
not be under the necessity of waiting so long for letters from each other
as we have done here to fore, for when we are begin to obtain letters in exchange
I hope to obtain letters from you as Often as one in a Month for I shall
endeavor to write as often as that & hope you will do the same. I have
and shall have much that I would like to communicate to you from
time to time.
I am enjoying the best of health & spirits, & am happy;
& I never enjoyed myself better while in the vineyard of the Lord. & could
I Behold the faces of my wife & children often, it would greatly add to
my joy & consolation: But Knowing that we shall have our reward for
all the sacrafices that we are called to make in this life, for Christ sake, &
for all that we do in his cause & y Vineyard, causes me to be reconciled
to his will. I wrote a letter to Prsdt Joseph Smith, Jr. in company with
Elder G.A. Smith, & T. Turley, June, 27th, In which I gave him a Brief accou
nt of my labours in the vineyard.
We have held two conferences of late, in the
South of England where I have been labouring; the first was held at the Gadfield Elm Chapel, in ^wor^ wostershire ^wosce^ ^worcestershire,^ England, June 14th. Elder W. Richards was with me, we had an inter
esting time, we organized 12 churches, & transacted much business; the other
was held on the 21st of June, at Stanly Hill, Herefordshire, England. Elder Richards & myself
conducted the meeting, or conferene with the help of God. & I never saw more
business executed in one day, than on that occasion. We organized 20 churches, Ordained 4 Elders, 7 Priest, & 4 Teachers; Baptized 10, Confirmed 20, & Blessed 20 children,
besides a multitude of other business, & broke bread to several hundred Saints, &c.
The work had been so rapid, it was impossible to ascertain the exact No. belonging
to each branch, but the whole Number is 33 churches, 534 members, 75 officers, viz;
10 Elders, 52 Priest, 13 Teachers, all of which had imbraced the work in less time than
