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But the archbishop and council, know-
ing well that the laws of gave
free toleration to all religions under the
British flag, sent word to the petitioners
that if they had the worth of souls at
heart as much as they had the ground
where hares, foxes and hounds ran, they
would not lose so many of their flock.
I continued to preach and baptize
daily.
On the 21st day of March I baptized
Elder . He was super-
intendent of both preachers and members
of the United Brethren.
The first thirty days after my arrival
in , I had baptized forty-
five preachers and one hundred and
sixty members of the United Brethren,
who put into my hands one chapel and
forty-five houses, which were licensed
according to law to preach in.
This opened a wide field for labor,
and enabled me to bring into the
Church, through the blessings of God,
over eighteen hundred souls during eight
months, including all of the six hundred
United Brethren except one person; also
including some two hundred preachers
of various denominations.
This field of labor embraced Hereford-
shire, and , and formed the conference of , and .
I was visited by President and
Dr. .
Brother furnished us with
£300 to print the first Book of Mor-
mon that was published in England: and
on the 20th of May, 1840, Brigham
Young, Willard Richards and I held a
council on the top of , and
there decided that Brigham Young go
direct to and publish 3,000
copies of the Hymn Book and 3,000
copies of the Book of Mormon, this
being the first publication of these books
in England.
The power of God rested upon us and
upon the mission.
The sick were healed, devils were cast
out, and the lame were made to walk.
One case I will mention: ,
who died in , sister to ,
who died in , had not
walked upon her feet for eleven years.
We carried her into the water and I bap-
tized her.
On the evening of the 18th of May,
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1840, at Brother Kingston's house in
, Elders Brigham Young, Wil-
lard Richards and I laid hands upon her
head and confirmed her.
Brigham Young, being mouth, re-
buked her lameness, and commanded
her to arise and walk, in the name of
the Lord. The lameness then left her,
and she never afterwards used a staff or
crutch.
She walked through the town of Dy-
mock next day, which created a stir
among the people; but the wicked did
not feel to give God the glory.
The whole history of this Hereford-
shire mission shows the importance of
listening to the still small voice ot the
Spirit of God and the revelations of the
Holy Ghost.
The Lord had a people there prepared
for the gospel. They were preparing for
light and truth, and the Lord sent me to
them, and I declared the gospel of life
and salvation unto them, and some
eighteen hundred souls received it, and
many of them have been gathered to
Zion in these mountains. Many of them
have also been called to officiate in the
bishopric, and have done much good in
Zion. But in all these things we should
ever acknowledge the hand of God, and
give Him the honor, praise and glory,
forever and ever. Amen.
On the 17th of August 1840, I took
the parting hand of the Saints in Here-
fordshire and started on a mission to
, in company with Apostles
and . We rode from Leigh to , where we tarried for the night
and in the morning took coach and rode
forty miles through a most delightful
country, which everywhere wore the
golden hue of a plentiful harvest, passed
through , in sight of ,
the family residence of the Duke of
, and at Farmington Station,
took train for London where we arrived
at 4 p. m. We changed conveyance
to the center of the city by omnibus,
walked across into the
Borough, and called upon Mrs.
the sister of Elder
. She treated us with kindness,
gave us refreshments and then directed
us to a public house, the ,
King Street, Borough. Here we tarried
for the night.
