time in London before my return to Nauvoo. Next day I parted from Lor-
enzo Snow and the London Saints and
took train for Bristol, to visit the branch
which had been raised up there by my
convert Elder Thomas Kington, who it
will be remembered was the superin-
tendent of the Frome's Hill Circuit of United Brethren.
Leaving Bristol I visited the churches
which I had raised up, for the purpose of
holding conferences and bidding farewell
to the Saints, hundreds of whom I had
myself baptized.
When I arrived at Monmouth, Elder James Morgan was waiting my coming,
and had given out an appointment for
me to preach in the town at 7 o'clock, at
the house of Robert Davis. There was a
crowded meeting and many could not get
into the house. Four offered themselves
for baptism. The Spirit witnessed to me
that there would many embrace the Gos-
pel in Monmouthshire, and I said, "the
harvest is great and the laborers few."
I arose in the morning refreshed by
sleep, and having taken breakfast with
Mr. Matton, I walked ten miles through
mud and water in a driving March rain
storm to sister Mary Morgan at Little
Garway, where I found a pleasant family
of the Saints. We were drenched with
rain but found a good fire and spent the
day comfortably and in the evening I had
an interesting interview with Elder Little-
wood; the next day at Sister Morgan's,
reading the history of Rome, with much
interest, and in the evening I met the
officers of the Church there in council and
had a good time. I preached in
the morning at the house of Brother Thomas Rood, and in the evening at the
Kitchen upon the Book of Mormon, and
had the place full.
The Garway Conference, held —I met the Garway conference
at the Kitchen. Elder Levi Richards was
chosen president and Elder James Mor-
gan, clerk. There were present one of
the Quorum of the Twelve, one High
Priest, seven Elders, eleven Priests, two
Teachers and one Deacon. The meeting
opened with prayer by Elder Woodruff,
after which the churches were represented
as follows: Members, 134; Elders, 4;
Priests, 5; Teachers, 3; Deacons, 1.
After the representation it was moved
that John Needham be ordained elder, William Morris priest and Thomas Rough
teacher. These were ordained under the
hands of Elders Woodruff and Richards.
The meeting adjourned till 3 o'clock and
one person was baptized.
In the afternoon Elder Levi Richards
spoke and I followed him. After meet-
ing the Saints contributed one pound to
help me, and sold them three books of
Mormon and fifty addresses to the citi-
zens of London. I then walked five
miles with Brother Richards to Brother Holley's and spent the night. This was
the first time I had seen Brother Levi for
about two years.
Next in company of Elders Levi
Richards and Thomas Pitt I walked to
the city of Hereford, where Elder Ray
and others had been preaching.
On Sunday a preacher arose before two
or three thousand people in the market
house and informed the multitude that
he had a fresh letter direct from America,
showing the origin of the Book of Mor-
mon. So he read the old Spaulding
story. When he got through Elder Levi
Richards arose and informed the people
that instead of its being a new story it
had been published for seven years
throughout the United States and in England. This caused a great uproar, for
while some were for driving the man out
of the place for lying, others were crowding
around Elders Richards and Ray to hear
them preach. The crowd, however, was so
excited that they left the ground with
hundreds following them. There never
was a time when the people were so much
stirred up and eager to hear the Latter-
day Saints as at the present, and it was
expected that we should not get through
the city without having crowds around
us. We did, however, and had a view of
Hereford Cathedral as we passed along
and reached Sister Bufton's.
There was at this time a small branch
of the Church at Hereford, numbering
seven members. We parted from Brother
Pitt at Hereford, and continued to Lug-
wardine, where I met with the Church for
the last time and preached from the 24th
of Isaiah.
On the morrow I walked to Shucknell
Hill and had an interesting meeting with
the Saints and preached upon the gather-
ing to Zion and Jerusalem. It was my
last meeting with them and I bid them
farewell. Next I walked to Standley
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF WILFORD WOODRUFF.
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time in London before my return to
Nauvoo. Next day I parted from Lorenzo Snow and the London Saints and
took train for Bristol, to visit the branch
which had been raised up there by my
convert Elder Thomas Kington, who it
will be remembered was the superintendent of the Frome's Hill Circuit of
United Brethren.
Leaving Bristol I visited the churches
which I had raised up, for the purpose of
holding conferences and bidding farewell
to the Saints, hundreds of whom I had
myself baptized.
When I arrived at Monmouth, Elder
James Morgan was waiting my coming,
and had given out an appointment for
me to preach in the town at 7 o'clock, at
the house of Robert Davis. There was a
crowded meeting and many could not get
into the house. Four offered themselves
for baptism. The Spirit witnessed to me
that there would many embrace the Gospel in Monmouthshire, and I said, "the
harvest is great and the laborers few."
I arose in the morning refreshed by
sleep, and having taken breakfast with
Mr. Matton, I walked ten miles through
mud and water in a driving March rain
storm to sister Mary Morgan at Little
Garway, where I found a pleasant family
of the Saints. We were drenched with
rain but found a good fire and spent the
day comfortably and in the evening I had
an interesting interview with Elder Littlewood; the next day at Sister Morgan's,
reading the history of Rome, with much
interest, and in the evening I met the
officers of the Church there in council and
had a good time. Sunday I preached in
the morning at the house of Brother
Thomas Rood, and in the evening at the
Kitchen upon the Book of Mormon, and
had the place full.
The Garway Conference, held —I met the Garway conference
at the Kitchen. Elder Levi Richards was
chosen president and Elder James Morgan, clerk. There were present one of
the Quorum of the Twelve, one High
Priest, seven Elders, eleven Priests, two
Teachers and one Deacon. The meeting
opened with prayer by Elder Woodruff,
after which the churches were represented
as follows: Members, 134; Elders, 4;
Priests, 5; Teachers, 3; Deacons, 1.
After the representation it was moved
that John Needham be ordained elder,
Column 2
William Morris priest and Thomas Rough
teacher. These were ordained under the
hands of Elders Woodruff and Richards.
The meeting adjourned till 3 o'clock and
one person was baptized.
In the afternoon Elder Levi Richards
spoke and I followed him. After meeting the Saints contributed one pound to
help me, and sold them three books of
Mormon and fifty addresses to the citizens of London. I then walked five
miles with Brother Richards to Brother
Holley's and spent the night. This was
the first time I had seen Brother Levi for
about two years.
Next day in company of Elders Levi
Richards and Thomas Pitt I walked to
the city of Hereford, where Elder Ray
and others had been preaching.
On Sunday a preacher arose before two
or three thousand people in the market
house and informed the multitude that
he had a fresh letter direct from America,
showing the origin of the Book of Mormon. So he read the old Spaulding
story. When he got through Elder Levi
Richards arose and informed the people
that instead of its being a new story it
had been published for seven years
throughout the United States and in
England. This caused a great uproar, for
while some were for driving the man out
of the place for lying, others were crowding
around Elders Richards and Ray to hear
them preach. The crowd, however, was so
excited that they left the ground with
hundreds following them. There never
was a time when the people were so much
stirred up and eager to hear the Latterday Saints as at the present, and it was
expected that we should not get through
the city without having crowds around
us. We did, however, and had a view of
Hereford Cathedral as we passed along
and reached Sister Bufton's.
There was at this time a small branch
of the Church at Hereford, numbering
seven members. We parted from Brother
Pitt at Hereford, and continued to Lugwardine, where I met with the Church for
the last time and preached from the 24th
of Isaiah.
On the morrow I walked to Shucknell
Hill and had an interesting meeting with
the Saints and preached upon the gathering to Zion and Jerusalem. It was my
last meeting with them and I bid them
farewell. Next day I walked to Standley
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