Day in the Life
Journal Entry
September 10, 1840 ~ Thursday
10th I took the parting hand with Elders
Kimball & G. A. Smith & the friends in London
having spent 23 days in that great city for
the purpose of warning the people & esstablishing
the kingdom & we all found as hard work
to find saints & build up a church as in any
place we ever visited we Baptized one man
& ordained him a priest & 6 others gave in
there names to be Baptized on next Saturday
or Sunday & also there was some little pro
spect of the Rev R. Aitken's A.M. receiving & embr
acing the work which will open doors to many
honest souls so I felt to rejoice that our lab
ours were not altogether in viain. I took the
omnibus & rode 3 miles to the great western
rail way Padington Depot. I took the railcar
at 9 oclock & rode 70 miles passed by Winser Castle
with the British flag raised as a token that
her Magesty was there. I again took coach at
Farrington road station & rode 40 miles to Chel-
tenham at which place I arived at 4 oclock here I
found Elder Browett & wife, Sister Lambert
& Br & Sister Crook after spending 3 hours in
Cheltenham I rode home with Elder Browett
6 miles & spent the night. On my return to
these churches connected withe Herefordshire
conference &c I rejoice to find the work univer
sally progressing with great rapidity upon evry
hand even some cases among the Nobility whare
they are becomeing convinced the work is of God
yea the Lord is making a spedy work & short in
the Earth. Distance of the day 119 miles
People
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Browett, Daniel
18 Dec 1809 - 27 Jun 1848
65 mentions
1840 British Convert, United Brethren
Browett Johnston, Elizabeth Harris Browett Johnstun
16 Jun 1813 - 4 Mar 1899
29 mentions
1840 British Convert, United Brethren
Robins, Elizabeth Lambert
12 Apr 1819 - 16 Mar 1886
4 mentions
1840 British Convert, United Brethren
Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1433 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Kimball, Heber Chase
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
1456 mentions
Apostle
Connor, Henry Christophilus
about 1781- aft. 1856
46 mentions
Crook, Margarett Lane
1803-1871
3 mentions
1840 British Convert
Aitken, Robert
22 Jan 1800 - 11 Jul 1873
16 mentions
Victoria of the United Kingdom
24 May 1819 - 22 Jan 1901
64 mentions
Historical Figure
Crook, William
6 Jun 1790 - 10 Jan 1872
6 mentions
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Joseph Smith's first explanation of doctrine on baptism for the dead by living relatives.
First baptisms for the dead performed in the Mississippi River.
Joseph Smith announces the need to build a temple in Nauvoo.