21^st Sunday this is the last Sabbath I shall ever
meet with the Saints in Stanley & Frooms Hill
I met the Saints in the morning at Br John Coles
at Frooms Hill had a crouded House & good attent-
ion I preached upon the gathering of the Saints
I also met with the Saints in the afternoon
at Standly Hill, had a full house. I communed
with the Saints at the close of the meeting I
had a busy time in shaking hands with the Saints
& parting with them many wished me to bless a[n]d
others to heal them, the Saints gave me £0.10 54
10 shillings I spent the night with Br Levi Richards at
Elder Edward Ockey 3 miles

Minutes of the Standey Hill Conference

The Frooms Hill Conference of the Church
of Latter Day Saints met at the house of William
Field, Standly Hill Herefordshire, on the 22nd of
March 1841 at half past ten o-clock A.M there
being present one of the Travling high council, 2
High Priest, 20 Elders, 30 Priest, 9 Teachers & 2 Deacons
The meeting was called to order by Elder W.
Woodruff, when it was moved by Elder Woodruff
seconded by Elder Kington that, Elder Levi Rich-
ards be chosen president of the conference, carried
Moved & carried that Elder W Woodruff be
clerk of the conference

Meeting opened by singing & prayers by Elder
Woodruff. The President then called upon the
officers to represent the various churches

Moved & carried that Robert Gummerry be ordaind
to the office of an Elder. Also that Edward Philips
& John Spires be ordained an Elders also that
William Rowley be ordained to the office of a Deacon
Also that Br Thomas Bishop be ordained A Priest
the Above named persons were then ordained

under the hands of Elders Woodruff, Richards
& T. Kington.

Conference was then adjourned till half past
two o-clock

Met according to adjournment meeting opened
by singing & Prayer by the president. Elder
Kington then addressed the meeting was followed
by Elder Richards, after which Elder Woodruff
deliverd his farewell addressed to the conference
& Saints in general.

The meeting minutes were then read & accepted
by the conference, when the meeting closed
by singing & Benediction by Elder Wodruff
Levi Richards President
Willford Woodruff Clerk

After meeting Dissmissed I spent about three
hours in shaking hands with the Saints healing the
sick, giving council, concerning a thousand questions
& things that were presented before me by
the multitude which surrounded me many were
in tears as they parted from me, Nearly fifty saints
came to me & wished me to take them to Zion when
I had not means to take myself: I however gave
Sister Foxal £5 pounds to make up enough to
help her & her husband & children to the land of
America. She had £30 pounds but not quite
enough to help her family over, & she had used evry
exhertion for six months by puting faith & works
together to try to gather with the Saints, & this
was a donation from Elder Edward Ockey who
is imparting of his substance to help the poor Saints
It caused me peculiar feelings to part with these
Saint & to meditate upon the fruits of my labours
& what had followed in that field During 1840
The following is the sum Total represented in that region

Thus the Lord has given me the desire of my heart
& Blessed me far beyound my expectations
for I am now privleged of thleaving more
than fifteen hundred Saints in this interes
ting field which I first opened one year
ago the 5^th of this present months, all of
which have embraced the work since that
Date many of which the Saints have gatherd to
Zion from that region & the rest are anxious
to go & ownly waiting for a door to be open for
them. I have never seen so many saints
receive the work of God in so short a time &
so many ordained Elders, Priests, &c as on
this occasion, & what adds much joy & conso-
lation to my mind while reflecting upon this
subject is that (with vary few exceptions) the
officers & members universally have maintained
their integrity kept the faith & are faithfully
passing through many trials for Christ sake

After Bidding the Multitude of Saints farewell
I went to Elder Edward Oakey to spend the
night I was accompanied by Elders Richards
Kington, & Kay. we had not been in the house but
a short [time] before three of Edward Ockey's Brothers
came into the house for the purpose of contending &
having a contest with me. Because their Brother
& sister had embraced the fulness of the gospel &
was about to gather with the saints of God, to the
land of Zion they manifested much wrath against
me, & after conversing about 3 hours upon various
subjects, During which time they brought railing
accusation against us, & after Br Ockey had
faithfully warned them & born faithful testimony
unto his Brethren of the truth of the work of
God & the fullness of the Gospel, they left the house
& we were once more in peace, & after convers-
ing together untill the third wach of the night
we retired to rest which closed the scenes of
one of the busiest days of my life 2 miles