house, and thus started on my mission
without purse or scrip. Brother Brigham
Young paddled me across the Mississippi
river in a canoe. The difficulties which
I, with the rest of the Apostles, passed
through in performing that journey to
England will never be told in history.
However, we all arrived in various com-
panies in England in compliance with
the commandments of God. We spent
the year 1840 in England, during which
time we preached the gospel and bap-
tized some seven thousand, organized
branches and conferences in England
and Scotland, inluding London and
Edinburgh. Eighteen hundred of this
number were brought into the Church
through my labors in Herefordshire,
Gloucesteshire and Worcestershire dur-
ing eight months, including nearly two
hundred preachers of the various denom-
inations. About fifty of the preachers
belonged to the six hundred of the
United Brethren who were baptized into
the Church. After performing this work,
and on the twenty-fifth of April, 1841 I
set sail for America on the ship Roches-
ter, with my brethren of the Twelve and
a large company of Saints, and arrived
at New York, May 20th.

My son Wilford was born at Nauvoo,
March 22nd, 1840, and my daughter Sarah
Emma died at Nauvoo, July 17th, 1840.

I left New York for Nauvoo, via the
lakes, and was on the steamer Chesapeake,
with my wife and child, when she was
wrecked on Lake Michigan, and all came
near being lost; but through the mercy
of God we were again preserved from
the perils of the waters. I arrived at
Nauvoo on the sixth of October, 1841,
where I again had the happy privilege of
meeting with the Prophet Joseph and
Apostles and my friends. I spent the
winter of 1841-2 in Nauvoo, attending
meetings and councils and laboring with
my hands for the support of myself and
family until the third of February, 1842,
at which time Joseph Smith called me to
take charge of the business department
of the printing office, which I attended
to until the twentieth of January, 1844,
when I left the office well supplied with
materials, in the hands of Elder John
Taylor. I received my endowments
with the Twelve under the direction of
the Prophet Joseph Smith in the winter
of 1843. In the spring of 1844, I was ap-
pointed a mission with most of the
Twelve to go through the Eastern States.
On the ninth of May, 1844, I took the
last parting hand with President Joseph
Smith in his own house with Brother
Jedediah M. Grant. He blessed me and
bade me God speed, but seemed very
sorrowful, as he did in parting with all
of the Twelve. I have since been satis-
fied that he had a presentiment that it was
his last parting with his brethren of the
Apostles. I attended a conference at
Boston, and on the twenty-seventh of
June, 1844, while at the railway depot in
Boston with Elder Brigham Young wait-
ing for trains to take us to Lowell, there
seemed to be a dark cloud and sorrowful
gloom come over us, which we could not
comprehend at the time. While I was
at Portland, Maine, and ready to step on
board a steamer for Fox Islands I saw
an account of the martyrdom of the
Prophet and his brother Hyrum, and the
Spirit bore record to me that it was true;
so I returned to Boston, where the
Twelve soon met together, and we
hastened to Nauvoo, when we found
the city enveloped in mourning.

After our return to Nauvoo, and set-
ting in order the Church, a council was
held, at which time I was appointed to
go to England and take charge of the
Church in that land. I arrived in Liver-
pool on the ship, John R. Skiddy, on
the third of January, 1845, in company
with my wife and youngest daughter;
also Brothers Hyrum Clark and wife,
Daniel Jones and wife, and Brothers
Milton Holmes and Leonard W. Hardy.
I spent the year 1845 in England attend-
ing to the duties devolving upon me.
During that year I published three
thousand copies of the Doctrine and
Covenants, and secured the copyright
in London, being the first European
edition, three thousand Hymn Books
and twenty thousand copies of the
proclamation of the Apostles. On the
twenty-first of January, 1846, I departed
from England on the packet ship, Ash-

house, and thus started on my mission without purse or scrip. Brother Brigham Young paddled me across the Mississippi river in a canoe. The difficulties which I, with the rest of the Apostles, passed through in performing that journey to England will never be told in history. However, we all arrived in various companies in England in compliance with the commandments of God. We spent the year 1840 in England, during which time we preached the gospel and baptized some seven thousand, organized branches and conferences in England and Scotland, inluding London and Edinburgh. Eighteen hundred of this number were brought into the Church through my labors in Herefordshire, Gloucesteshire and Worcestershire during eight months, including nearly two hundred preachers of the various denominations. About fifty of the preachers belonged to the six hundred of the United Brethren who were baptized into the Church. After performing this work, and on the twenty-fifth of April, 1841 I set sail for America on the ship Rochester, with my brethren of the Twelve and a large company of Saints, and arrived at New York, May 20th.

My son Wilford was born at Nauvoo, March 22nd, 1840, and my daughter Sarah Emma died at Nauvoo, July 17th, 1840.

I left New York for Nauvoo, via the lakes, and was on the steamer Chesapeake, with my wife and child, when she was wrecked on Lake Michigan, and all came near being lost; but through the mercy of God we were again preserved from the perils of the waters. I arrived at Nauvoo on the sixth of October, 1841, where I again had the happy privilege of meeting with the Prophet Joseph and Apostles and my friends. I spent the winter of 1841-2 in Nauvoo, attending meetings and councils and laboring with my hands for the support of myself and family until the third of February, 1842, at which time Joseph Smith called me to take charge of the business department of the printing office, which I attended to until the twentieth of January, 1844, when I left the office well supplied with materials, in the hands of Elder John Taylor. I received my endowments with the Twelve under the direction of the Prophet Joseph Smith in the winter of 1843. In the spring of 1844, I was appointed a mission with most of the Twelve to go through the Eastern States. On the ninth of May, 1844, I took the last parting hand with President Joseph Smith in his own house with Brother Jedediah M. Grant. He blessed me and bade me God speed, but seemed very sorrowful, as he did in parting with all of the Twelve. I have since been satisfied that he had a presentiment that it was his last parting with his brethren of the Apostles. I attended a conference at Boston, and on the twenty-seventh of June, 1844, while at the railway depot in Boston with Elder Brigham Young waiting for trains to take us to Lowell, there seemed to be a dark cloud and sorrowful gloom come over us, which we could not comprehend at the time. While I was at Portland, Maine, and ready to step on board a steamer for Fox Islands I saw an account of the martyrdom of the Prophet and his brother Hyrum, and the Spirit bore record to me that it was true; so I returned to Boston, where the Twelve soon met together, and we hastened to Nauvoo, when we found the city enveloped in mourning.

After our return to Nauvoo, and setting in order the Church, a council was held, at which time I was appointed to go to England and take charge of the Church in that land. I arrived in Liverpool on the ship, John R. Skiddy, on the third of January, 1845, in company with my wife and youngest daughter; also Brothers Hyrum Clark and wife, Daniel Jones and wife, and Brothers Milton Holmes and Leonard W. Hardy. I spent the year 1845 in England attending to the duties devolving upon me. During that year I published three thousand copies of the Doctrine and Covenants, and secured the copyright in London, being the first European edition, three thousand Hymn Books and twenty thousand copies of the proclamation of the Apostles. On the twenty-first of January, 1846, I departed from England on the packet ship, Ash-