Day in the Life

Mar 9, 1841

Journal Entry

March 09, 1841 ~ Tuesday
9th I walked in company with Elder Richards &
Thomas Pitt to the city of Hereford Elder Kay & others
had been preaching in this town & the people were
much stired up. On Sunday a Preacher arose
before two or three thousands in the market house
& informed them that he had a fresh letter Direct from
America showing the origen of the Book of Mormon

to be fals & so he arose & read the same old Spalding
story. when he got through Elder Richards arose &
informed the people that instead of its being a new
story it had been published for two years through
the United States & also through England, this creat
ed a great uproar among the people, for while some
were for driving the man out of the place for lying
others were crouding around Elders Richards
& Kay to hear them preach, but the croud was so excited
they left the ground with hundreds following them
their never was a time when the inhabitants of the
earth was so much stired up & wishing to hear the
Latter Day Saints as at the present time, it was hardly
expected we should get through the city without
having crouds around us, however we did, we had a
view of the Hereford Cathedral as we passed along. we
called at Sister Bufton's their is a small branch of 7
members in Hereford pop 20,000 we parted with
Br Pitt in this city & walked to Lugwardine met with
Elder Pitt on the way, who was going to Hereford to hold
a meeting, we called at Elder Greens found several
of the family sick we lade hands upon them & prayed
with them, I met with the church, in Lugwardine for
the last time I preached from the 24 ch of Isaiah,
the church contributed £0.12 shillings to assist me on
the journey we spent the night, at Br William Greens, 13 [miles].

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Richards, Levi
14 Apr 1799 - 18 Jun 1876
3 mentions
Green, William
abt. 1755-1843
7 mentions
1840 British Convert
Pitt, William Hill
16 Aug 1813 - 23 Feb 1873
66 mentions
1840 British Convert, United Brethren
Kay, William
11 Apr 1810 - 25 Mar 1875

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Autobiography Volume 1 circa 1842-1865
in company of Elders Levi Richards and Thomas Pitt I walked to the city of Hereford where Elders Kay and others had been preaching. and the people were much stirred up On Sunday a preacher arose before two or three thousand in the Market House and informed the multitude that he had a fresh letter direct from America showing the origin of the

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Mar 9, 1841