First Thursday of the month designated for fasting and prayer (later changed to first Sunday by Wilford).
^June 22nd^ Sunday I met with the Saints for the last time on
the occasion of preaching to them while on this
visit to London I Preached in the morning
after assisting Br Davis in baptizing 2 persons
we had quite a full attendance. I dined with
Br David Shorton, we Administered the sacrament
in the Afternoon, & I ordained Br Henry Crump
to the office of an Elder & confirmed 4 persons &
blessed 2 children Administered to 10 sick persons
some portion of the time was occupied by the
brethren & Sisters in bearing testimony & we had a
good meeting. As the city had been placarded
during the week saying that W Woodruff
would preach a funeral sermon upon the death
of the Prophet & Patriarch Joseph & Hiram Smith
who were murdered for their religion in Carthage
Illinois on the 27th of June 18454 services to
commence at ^1/2 past^ 6 oclock in the evening at an early
hour the people began to gather, And the house
was soon filled with a large respectable congregation
I took for my text the XVI ch Rev 3 to 7 verses I treated
upon the life and character of Those men the origen
rise & Progress of the Church the Administering of
the Angel of God unto them their Persecution &
marterdom the spirit of God rested upon me and
I deeply felt the wait of the subject the house
was almost as still as the house of Death the strictest
attention was paid And a good impression seemed
to be made upon the minds of the people At the
close of the meeting A collection was taken up &
about £1–10 was taken in all. At the close of
the meeting I felt satisfied with the labours
of the day & felt thankful for the privilege
of bearing my testimony before about three hundred
Saints And many respectable citizens in the city
of London when I reflect back to 1840 & remember
the time when I first brought the gospel to London
in company with Elders Kimball & G. A. Smith & we
walked the streets of London for about 30 Days
before we baptized a soul and after about six months
labour we established a branch of about 40 members
& the work from that time untill the Present had
slowly progressed through all difficulty untill the
light was growing brighter & brighter & a prospect
of many souls being brought into the kingdom of God
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