Autobiography Volume 1 circa 1842-1865
Next day I paid my bills and
called upon the friends, in company of brothers Kimball and Smith,
and the day following I parted from the brethren and friends
in London to return to Herefordshire.
We had spent twenty three days in
that great Babylon of modern times and had found it harder
to establish the Church there, than in any place where
we had ever been. We had baptized one man, and ordained
him a priest; and six others had given in their names to
be baptized on the following Sunday; and at this time
there was some little prospect of the Reverend Robert Aitken
receiving the work. I, therefore, left London feeling that
our mission and labours had not been altogether in vain
I took the omnibus three miles
to the Great Western Railway Padington and at 9 o'clock
started for Herefordshire and as I passed Windsor Castle and
saw the British flag flying from it as signal that her
Majesty was there.
Arriving at Cheltenham at 4 o'clock
by coach from Farrinton road Station forty miles I met
Elder Browett and wife and several others of the Saints
