Academy, at which there were about fifty
present. Brother Kimball preached.
An Independent minister invited me
home to take tea with him. I accepted
his invitation, had an interesting time
and preached the Gospel to him and he
received my testimony and offered me his
chapel, which would hold 800. He said he
thought he would be baptized and would
try and get his society to do the same.
We met again in the evening and had
more at our meeting than ever before.
Brother Brigham Young preached and
was followed by Brothers Kimball, Wil-
liams, Corner, Hulme and myself.
We had a very interesting time and
one offered himself for baptism. There
were some of the Aikenites present, one
of whom purchased a hymn book. They
wished us to call upon them and thought
they would be baptized. We then met
at Father Corner's and communed with
the Saints and had a good time.
I rejoiced at the prospect which was
opening before us, for we labored a long
time and the work had gone slow, but
now a wide opening was being made to
roll on the work of the Lord in the me-
tropolis of England.
Having spent about ten days in Lon-
don President Young left for Cheltenham.
On the same day I visited Mr. James
Albon, a minister of the Independent
order, who with his household believed
our doctrine, and on the Sunday we found
more than ever an interest being awak-
ened in London, and our prayer meeting
the next evening was attended by the
Reverend James Albon, who received our
testimony. We walked home with him
and found his household growing in the
faith and ready for the work of the Lord.
The afternoon of the following day
Dr. Copeland spent with us, and he re-
ceived our testimony, and in the evening
we preached at our meeting place.
I had visited the Rev. James Albon
several times and given him an account
of the rise and progress of the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
He believed in our mission and offered
me his chapel to preach in, which would
seat about a thousand.
Sunday morning we accompanied our
reverend friend and convert to his chapel
and were introduced to the committee,
one of whom was a preacher who had
traveled much in Russia and other parts
of the world. At the close of the meet-
ing the Rev. James Albon gave out an
appointment for us to preach on the next
Sabbath evening.
In the afternoon we met with the
Saints, confirmed four and had a full
house, and in the evening we preached
again and a good feeling prevailed.
After meeting the Rev. James Albon
called upon us at our room and told us
that he had given out our appointment
to preach in his chapel and had informed
his congregation that he was a Latter-day
Saint, and should be baptized and join
our Church, and that they need not
longer consider him a member of their
body unless they with him joined the
Saints. He told us this made a division
among the committee; some were for
going with him and some against follow-
ing their pastor into the true fold which
he had found.
The Sunday following in the evening
we preached, by the appointment of its
minister, in the Independent chapel to
the largest congregation we had ever dis-
coursed before in London. There were
present priests and people of many de-
nominations. I addressed them for
about the space of one hour. A Wes-
leyan minister arose and opposed me,
which had a good effect, for the congre-
gation seeing the spirit he was of turned
against him, and the committee refused
him the permission to speak there any
more. I was much bound by the oppos-
ing spirit, still the conduct of the enemy
gave us friends.
The next evening we attended what
was said to have been the largest temper-
ance meeting ever held in London, and
the next two days brought us to the
close of the year.
SYNOPSIS
of the Travels and Labors of Wilford
Woodruff, in .
Column 1
Academy, at which there were about fifty
present. Brother Kimball preached.
An Independent minister invited me
home to take tea with him. I accepted
his invitation, had an interesting time
and preached the Gospel to him and he
received my testimony and offered me his
chapel, which would hold 800. He said he
thought he would be baptized and would
try and get his society to do the same.
We met again in the evening and had
more at our meeting than ever before.
Brother Brigham Young preached and
was followed by Brothers Kimball, Williams, Corner, Hulme and myself.
We had a very interesting time and
one offered himself for baptism. There
were some of the Aikenites present, one
of whom purchased a hymn book. They
wished us to call upon them and thought
they would be baptized. We then met
at Father Corner's and communed with
the Saints and had a good time.
I rejoiced at the prospect which was
opening before us, for we labored a long
time and the work had gone slow, but
now a wide opening was being made to
roll on the work of the Lord in the metropolis of England.
Having spent about ten days in London President Young left for Cheltenham.
On the same day I visited Mr. James
Albon, a minister of the Independent
order, who with his household believed
our doctrine, and on the Sunday we found
more than ever an interest being awakened in London, and our prayer meeting
the next evening was attended by the
Reverend James Albon, who received our
testimony. We walked home with him
and found his household growing in the
faith and ready for the work of the Lord.
The afternoon of the following day
Dr. Copeland spent with us, and he received our testimony, and in the evening
we preached at our meeting place.
I had visited the Rev. James Albon
several times and given him an account
of the rise and progress of the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
He believed in our mission and offered
me his chapel to preach in, which would
seat about a thousand.
Column 2
Sunday morning we accompanied our
reverend friend and convert to his chapel
and were introduced to the committee,
one of whom was a preacher who had
traveled much in Russia and other parts
of the world. At the close of the meeting the Rev. James Albon gave out an
appointment for us to preach on the next
Sabbath evening.
In the afternoon we met with the
Saints, confirmed four and had a full
house, and in the evening we preached
again and a good feeling prevailed.
After meeting the Rev. James Albon
called upon us at our room and told us
that he had given out our appointment
to preach in his chapel and had informed
his congregation that he was a Latter-day
Saint, and should be baptized and join
our Church, and that they need not
longer consider him a member of their
body unless they with him joined the
Saints. He told us this made a division
among the committee; some were for
going with him and some against following their pastor into the true fold which
he had found.
The Sunday following in the evening
we preached, by the appointment of its
minister, in the Independent chapel to
the largest congregation we had ever discoursed before in London. There were
present priests and people of many denominations. I addressed them for
about the space of one hour. A Wesleyan minister arose and opposed me,
which had a good effect, for the congregation seeing the spirit he was of turned
against him, and the committee refused
him the permission to speak there any
more. I was much bound by the opposing spirit, still the conduct of the enemy
gave us friends.
The next evening we attended what
was said to have been the largest temperance meeting ever held in London, and
the next two days brought us to the
close of the year.
SYNOPSIS
of the Travels and Labors of Wilford
Woodruff, in 1840.
