Day in the Life

Aug 12, 1840

Journal Entry

August 12, 1840 ~ Wednesday

12th We walked to Dymock & found Elder Kimball
at Elder Kingtons he had come from Manchester
to meet Elder Smith & myself for the purpose
of Going to the city of London. Elder Kimball had
two letters direct from America one from his
wife & the other from father John Smith to
his son George A. Smith. Sister Kimball inmforms
us of the Death of Bishop EDWARD PATRIDGE
who DIED May 27th 1840 & his oldest Daughter Died
the week before. The Loss of Bishop Patridge will be greatly
felt by the Church he is one of the wisest & best men
of the Last Days He was like Nathaniel of old in whom
there is no guile, [John 1:47] he has passed through much Persecuti-
on for the word of God & the testimony of Jesus Christ in
1833 he was Imprisioned & besmeared with tar & feathers
in 1839 he was again Imprisioned & passed through the
great persecution of that year & he has been a member
& Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
almost from the Beginning. But he has now gone to
rest & to receive his crown of Glory

An arrow Father John Smith Informed us in his letter of some
remarkable signs that lately appeared among the Saints
viz on the 14th of June 1840 on Sunday five {persons}
men members of the Church saw two men ride across the
Missisippi ^river^ from Commerce Missisippi River from Montrose
to Nauvoo one man was on a white horse & the other on
a bay or red horse the waters parted under their feet
& fire flew when therir tails moved & they observed the
clothing of the men. A few month previous to this a man
was seen walking across the river by several believers &
others the unbeleivers said probably a mormon was

going across to steal sumthing. this is the effect that
signs have on those that seek them.

I walked in company washith Elders Kimball & G. A. Smith to
Br Benjamin Hill at Turkey Hall in Glostershire we preached
at Lime Street {Distance of the day} 12 m
Mrs Woodruff wrote a short epistle in father Smiths letter

People

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Hill, Benjamin
1797-aft. 1845
10 mentions
1840 British Convert
Partridge, Edward
27 Aug 1793 - 27 May 1840
56 mentions
Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1433 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
4 mentions
Kimball, Heber Chase
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
1456 mentions
Apostle
Smith, John, b. 1781
16 Jul 1781 - 23 May 1854
75 mentions
3 mentions
Scriptural Figure
Woodruff, Phebe Whittemore Carter
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
1582 mentions
Family
Kington, Thomas
18 May 1794 - 1 Jul 1874
182 mentions
1840 British Convert, United Brethren
Kimball, Vilate Murray
1 Jun 1806 - 22 Oct 1867
50 mentions

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Elder Smith spoke first & recommended the Saints to spend 5 minutes each day in getting an Idea in their minds from the scriptures & in one year they would have 365 new Ideas in their minds which would form a fountain of Intelligence & knowledge which would benefit themselves & man kind.
~ George Albert Smith
Elder Smith spoke first & recommended the Saints to spend 5 minutes each day in getting an Idea in their minds from the scriptures & in one year they would have 365 new Ideas in their minds which would form a fountain of Intelligence & knowledge which would benefit themselves & man kind.
~ George A. Smith

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Aug 12, 1840