walking in the street we steped up to him & spoke
to him though It was the first time we had ever seen
him. Br Kimball asked him if he was a preachedr
he said he was he seemed to have a good spirit
his name was Manning he had Been to America
he was a native of Gloucestershire had come to London for the purpose of going to South Australia
But he was now in trouble he had Just Buried
one child & another lay at the point of death.
Br Kimball told him his child should live, he gave
us some information whare we could preach &c.
after leaving him we passed by St Luke church
visited Smithfield market, returned by St Pauls
crossed London Bridge & returned to our room in
Grange Road 15 & after taking some refreshment
Brother Kimball & myself took a walk to Debtford
Parish. Called at Mr Holyoak grove st to see Mr
Manning he was not in we saw his child that
was sick he was Better, after leaving the house
& walking a short distance we herd sin[g]ing we
found it was a meeting we went in & herd a Calvinest preach by the name of Winters
he gave us an invitation to call & see him he treated
us kindly but he was a great spiritualizer. We retu-
rned to our room & soon Brother John Hulme
called to see us he brought us a Bundle of papers
& a letter from Elder Richards. I retired to rest &
had an Interesting dream in ketching fish {Distance of the day} 12 [miles]
~ Saturday
29th We again went over the city of London
to see if we could find the children of God &
we found one man & his household that received
our testimony & opened his doors for us to preach
we appointed a meeting at his house for Sunday
evening I think he & his houshold will soon be
Baptized his name is CORNER 52 Iron monger
row St Luke Parish near the church. We had an
interview with Br Hulme we returned acrossed
Black friars Bridge over the Thames distanc 6 m
~ Sunday
30th Sunday FIRST FOUNDATION OF THE
FULNESS OF THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL
IN THE CITY OF LONDON
We having spent 12 days going to & fro through
walking in the Street we steped up to him & spoke
to him though It was the first time we had ever seen
him. Br Kimball asked him if he was a preacher
he said he was he seemed to have a good spirit
his name was Manning he had Been to America
he was a native of Gloucestershire had come to
London for the purpose of going to South Australia
But he was now in trouble he had Just Buried
one Child & another lay at the point of death.
Br Kimball told him his Child should live, he gave
us some information whare we could preach &c.
after leaving him we passed by St Luke Church
visited Smithfield market, returned by St Pauls
Crossed London Bridge & returned to our room in
Grange Road 15. & after taking some refreshment
Brother Kimball & myself took a walk to Debtford
Parish. Called at Mr Holyoak grove St to see Mr
Manning he was not in we saw his child that
was Sick he was Better, after leaving the house
& walking a short distance we herd singing we
found it was a meeting we went in & herd a
Calvinest preach by the name of Winters
he gave us an invitation to call & see him he treated
us kindly but he was a great spiritualizer. We returned to our room & soon Brother John Hulme
called to see us he brought us a Bundle of Papers
& a letter from Elder Richards. I retired to rest &
had an Interesting dream in ketching fish {Distance of the day} 12
~ Saturday
29th We again went over the City of London
to see if we could find the children of God &
we found one man & his household that received
our testimony & opened his doors for us to preach
we appointed a meeting at his house for Sunday
evening I think he & his houshold will soon be
Baptized his name is CORNER 52 Iron monger
row St Luke Parish near the church. We had an
interview with Br Hulme we returned acrossed
Black friars Bridge over the Thames distanc 6 m
~ Sunday
30th Sunday FIRST FOUNDATION OF THE
FULNESS OF THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL
IN THE CITY OF LONDON
We having spent 12 days going to & fro through
"Journal (January 1, 1840 – December 31, 1840)," August 28, 1840 - August 30, 1840, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 28, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/PZn