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Day in the Life

Sep 7, 1840

Journal Entry

September 07, 1840 ~ Monday

7th [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Elder Browett &
walked to Br Corner's & visited several
other friends. {Brother Corner would make me a [illegible] watch for} 5 10
two offered themselves for Baptism. On
my return home I passed through Smithfield
market & it was fare time with them & such a
scenery I never saw before I visited St Pauls church
or cathedral after visiting the lower room which
we visited on the 24th Aug I then walked on circular
stairs into the whispering gallery which is round &
exceding large & a person can hear a whisper distinc
tly from any part of it. I nex visited the Cupola
& all parts above it untill I got to the ^[FIGURE]^ I then went in to
the top of the Brass ball upon which the cross stand whic
is as high as any man can go It brought me 400 feet
in the air over the city. I wrote my name & returned to the ^Earth^
On ariving at our boarding hours I found Elder
kimball & Smith who had just returned from
a visit with the Rev. R. Aitken A.M. he
treated them kindly acknowledged their doctrin
to be true but was afraid of deception his
mind is in a disturbed state. We held a meeting
in the Temperance hall in the evening which
was well lighted with gas But we had almost
bear walls to preach to as their was ownly
about 30 persons present. The truth is the
minds of the people here in London are taken up
with evry thing but the things of God & righteous
ness. I preached to the people about one hour
& was followed by Elder Kimball. after paying
7/6 for the use of the Hall we returned to our lodgings.

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Browett, Daniel
18 Dec 1809 - 27 Jun 1848
63 mentions
1840 British Convert, United Brethren
Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1380 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Kimball, Heber Chase
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
1402 mentions
Apostle
42 mentions
Aitken, Robert
22 Jan 1800 - 11 Jul 1873
16 mentions

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pel]] at that place . The day after, we all started out to go through the city of London to see if we could find a man with the Spirit of God, and after wandering through the city, not knowing whither we went, we came upon a man and stopped him and spoke to him. Brother Kimball asked him if he was a preacher? He said he was. He seemed to have a good spirit, and informed us that he had been to America, and had come to London for the purpose of going to South Aus- tralia, but had just buried one child and another lay at the point of death. Broth- er Kimball told him his child should live. He gave us some information where we could preach. On the same day we called upon him and found his child better, but he was not at home. We then went and heard a Calvinist preach, and he gave us an invitation to call and see him. Next day we again went over the city to see if we could find any of the chil- dren of God. We found one man and his household who received our testi- mony, and he opened his doors for us to preach. We appointed a meeting at his house for Sunday evening. His name was Corner, and he lived at 52 Iron- monger Row, St. Luke's Parish, near the church. We had spent twelve days in going to and fro through London, trying to find a people willing to receive our testi- mony, but finding the doors shut against us, we determined in the name of God to go into the streets and lift up our voices. Accordingly, Elders Kimball, Smith, and myself started out on Sunday morn-

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Sep 7, 1840