We took a walk into the city, passed London Bridge twice, and returned and
spent the night at the King's Arms.
On the following day we called
upon the Rev. J. E. Smith, Lin-
coln's Inn Fields, also visited John
Pye, 16 Curiosity Street, Chancery
Lane. He was a strong believer in the
prophecies of Joanna Southcott and was
one of the society. We then returned
and had a view of St. Paul's Cathedral,
the largest in the world except St. Peter's
at Rome. We crossed London Bridge,
took tea at 19 King Street, and then
went to Union Chapel, Waterloo Road,
and heard a comical sermon delivered
by an Aitkenite preacher. I spent the
night at 58 King Street at Mrs. Loftus.
The next day, , was
the most interesting sight-seeing day in
my life, as far as viewing the splendid
works of man. I started in company
of Elders Heber C. Kimball and George
A. Smith for a walk over the City of
London. We crossed London Bridge,
passed through King William Street,
and several other streets, and visited Covent Garden; then through St. Mar-
tin Street and Court, Leicester Square,
Sidney Alley, Coventry Street, Pica-
dilly, Glass House Street and through
most of Regent Street,—one of the
most splendid streets in the world. We
passed through Langham Place, and All
Souls Church, which has a spire naked
from its base to the top, then through Oxford Street, and returned by way of
St. Paul's, ending our sight-seeing of the
day by visiting the noted monument
erected in commemoration of the great
fire in London in 1666, and built under
the direction of that famous architect,
Sir Christopher Wren. We entered a
door at its base, paid six pence on enter-
ing, and ascended three hundred and
forty-five black marble steps, which
brought us up two hundred feet into the
air and about one hundred feet higher
than the highest houses. We stepped on
the outside of the pillar, which is sur-
rounded by an iron railing, and here we
had presented to our view an indescrib-
able scenery on every hand of the great-
est city in the world, which can boast of
a history of nearly two thousand years.
At our feet, as it were, lay a historical
panorama, stretching out to our view
around.
We were situated so as to overlook
nearly every part of the city. East of
us lay the ancient Tower of London;
east of us also lay the Mint; north the Mansion House of the Lord Mayor of
London; north-west, St. Paul's Church;
west, Westminster Abbey and the House
of Parliament; south lies the River
Thames with five of the large bridges
across in full view and one not seen from
the Monument, making six. These six
bridges are fine sights in themselves.
They are the architectural monuments
of the Thames, and our view of them
from our high pinnacle with their crowds
of moving and ever changing human
masses, and cabs, omnibuses, carriages,
drays, etc., which dash along, presented
to us a picturesque sight. In addition
to all this, within our view, was London
Borough, on the south of the river, and
all around us hundreds of churches,
chapels, and spires, standing in the
midst of one universal mass of buildings,
covering about six square miles of
ground. While viewing this prospect on
a clear day, we conversed with a Prussian
traveler, a citizen of Berlin, who had
traveled much over Europe and Asia and
other parts of the world, and he declared
that we could not find another spot on
the face of the earth that would present
to our view so grand a scenery as the
one before us.
we went to Zion's chapel
and heard the celebrated Rev. Robert
Aitken preach two sermons. He de-
livered a powerful warning to the
Gentiles, and presented some of the
most sublime truths I ever heard from a
sectarian priest; but he was building
without the foundation.
On the we removed our lodgings
to Mr. Robert Merryfields, No. 15
Gloucester Row, Grange Road, where
we obtained a room for all three of us.
On the we attended a
meeting of the Temperance Society, at
their hall, which we engaged, but could
not have it until the of the next
month. Brother Smith made a short
We took a walk into the city, passed
London Bridge twice, and returned and
spent the night at the King's Arms.
On the following day we called
upon the Rev. J. E. Smith, Lincoln's Inn Fields, also visited John
Pye, 16 Curiosity Street, Chancery
Lane. He was a strong believer in the
prophecies of Joanna Southcott and was
one of the society. We then returned
and had a view of St. Paul's Cathedral,
the largest in the world except St. Peter's
at Rome. We crossed London Bridge,
took tea at 19 King Street, and then
went to Union Chapel, Waterloo Road,
and heard a comical sermon delivered
by an Aitkenite preacher. I spent the
night at 58 King Street at Mrs. Loftus.
The next day, , was
the most interesting sight-seeing day in
my life, as far as viewing the splendid
works of man. I started in company
of Elders Heber C. Kimball and George
A. Smith for a walk over the City of
London. We crossed London Bridge,
passed through King William Street,
and several other streets, and visited
Covent Garden; then through St. Martin Street and Court, Leicester Square,
Sidney Alley, Coventry Street, Picadilly, Glass House Street and through
most of Regent Street,—one of the
most splendid streets in the world. We
passed through Langham Place, and All
Souls Church, which has a spire naked
from its base to the top, then through
Oxford Street, and returned by way of
St. Paul's, ending our sight-seeing of the
day by visiting the noted monument
erected in commemoration of the great
fire in London in 1666, and built under
the direction of that famous architect,
Sir Christopher Wren. We entered a
door at its base, paid six pence on entering, and ascended three hundred and
forty-five black marble steps, which
brought us up two hundred feet into the
air and about one hundred feet higher
than the highest houses. We stepped on
the outside of the pillar, which is surrounded by an iron railing, and here we
Column 2
had presented to our view an indescribable scenery on every hand of the greatest city in the world, which can boast of
a history of nearly two thousand years.
At our feet, as it were, lay a historical
panorama, stretching out to our view
around.
We were situated so as to overlook
nearly every part of the city. East of
us lay the ancient Tower of London;
east of us also lay the Mint; north the
Mansion House of the Lord Mayor of
London; north-west, St. Paul's Church;
west, Westminster Abbey and the House
of Parliament; south lies the River
Thames with five of the large bridges
across in full view and one not seen from
the Monument, making six. These six
bridges are fine sights in themselves.
They are the architectural monuments
of the Thames, and our view of them
from our high pinnacle with their crowds
of moving and ever changing human
masses, and cabs, omnibuses, carriages,
drays, etc., which dash along, presented
to us a picturesque sight. In addition
to all this, within our view, was London
Borough, on the south of the river, and
all around us hundreds of churches,
chapels, and spires, standing in the
midst of one universal mass of buildings,
covering about six square miles of
ground. While viewing this prospect on
a clear day, we conversed with a Prussian
traveler, a citizen of Berlin, who had
traveled much over Europe and Asia and
other parts of the world, and he declared
that we could not find another spot on
the face of the earth that would present
to our view so grand a scenery as the
one before us.
we went to Zion's chapel
and heard the celebrated Rev. Robert
Aitken preach two sermons. He delivered a powerful warning to the
Gentiles, and presented some of the
most sublime truths I ever heard from a
sectarian priest; but he was building
without the foundation.
On the we removed our lodgings
to Mr. Robert Merryfields, No. 15
Gloucester Row, Grange Road, where
we obtained a room for all three of us.
On the we attended a
meeting of the Temperance Society, at
their hall, which we engaged, but could
not have it until the of the next
month. Brother Smith made a short