the City of London to try to find a people that
were willing to receive our testimony & obey the
fullness of the gospel of Jesus Christ but finding
evry door shut against us we were now determin
ed in the name God to go into the Streets & lift
up our voice & warn the people accordingly Elders
Kimball, Smith, & myself, walked 3 miles into the
City, & stoped in Tabernacle Square Old Street road
here we found a man preaching to the people of the
Aitken Society & when he closed another man got
into the chair to preach belonging to the Calvinest or
Presbyterians & Just as he was about to speak Elder
Kimball informed him that there was a preacher
from America present who would like to speak when
he got through The preacher then informed the peo-
ple that there was an American Preacher present &
he proposed for him to speak first Elder G. A. Smith
then got into the chair & spoke about 20 minutes &
was followed dy the other Preacher. Elder Smith
informed the people that there was two other Amer-
ican preachers present that would address them
if they had an oppertunity & when the Calvenist
preacher closed, Elder Kimball asked him if there
would be any objection to our preaching there at 3
oclock he says No not all. What denomination do
you belong to? to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints, O I have herd of them, they are a bad
people, they have done much hurt, they divide Churches
we dont want to hear you. He then got up into his
chair & said to the people I have just herd that the
last man that spoke belongs to the latter Day Saint
& he spoke all manner of evil of us, & scandalized
us before the people without hearing us ^or^ knowing
any thing about our principles. Elder Kimball then
asked him to let him step into the chair & give out
the appointment for a 3 oclock meeting but he would
not let him & Just as he went to step into the chair
another preacher of the Same order ketched up the
chair & run away with it Elder Kimball then rais
ed his voice & informed the people, that some Amer-
ican Preachers would preach there at 3 oclock at
which time we were all three of us on the Spot, &
the conduct of the Preacher & the excitement upon
the subject brought a large congregation together I
opened the meeting by singing, & prayer & spoke abou[t]
30 minutes from Gal 1, 8, 9, upon the first principles of
the gospel. I was then followed by Elder Kimball who