we took the parting hand with each other & Elder Richard
took the cars for Manchester & I took coach for West Bromwich
5 miles & called upon Sister Mary Packard at Mr's Duffrell
Church Tavern West Bromich she informed me that Elder
Turley was in another part of the town & had commenced
Baptizing. Sister Packard accompanied me to Brother John
Robinson Gritts Green near Bromwich thes friends received
me kindly but informed me that Elder Turley had gone to Birmi-
ngham
I wrote him a letter to return & see me. I had not
been in the house but a short time before two men came in full
of wrath & anger & brought a blind girl & demanded me to heal
heal her & work a miracle that they might have a sign to make
them believe. After telling them what the character was of tho
se that sought signs one of them by the name of John Hadley
brought much railing accusation against me & rejected my testi
mony. Elder Turley had been preaching hear three weeks & had
commenced Baptizing he had Baptized 9 persons. several
came in in the evening to inquire into these things & 4 offered them
selves for Baptism. I spent the night with George Murrall 46 m[iles]
~ Wednesday
24th I had an interview with Elder Turley I was truly
happy to see him he read a letter to me that he had received from
his wife containing many important things amoung the rest
sayes that Elders Orson Hide & John E Page were set apart
at the conference in Commerce Illinois in the United States
on the 6th Day of April 1840 to go to Palestine to visit the
Jews there &c. & will call upon us on their way. The
letter also stated that my wife Phebe W Woodruff was
at the conference. & in good health.
I preached in the evening at west Boomwich at the house of
Br Walker 4 were Baptized by Elder Turley which we
Jointly confirmed I spent the night with Mr Murrell
~ Thursday
25th I spent the day in West Bromwich & preached
in the evening one was Baptized by Elder Turley
we ordained one Priest & one Teacher I spent the night
with Elder Turley at Enoch Wood
~ Friday
26th We took the omnibus at the Junktion & rode to
Lane end at the Staffordshire Potterries via Wolverhamp
ton & Stafford 38 miles. It would be a difficult task
to give a description of the country from Birmingham to
Wolverhampton. I never saw any thing that comes so
near the description of the Lake of fire & Brimstone
spoken of by the Revelator John [Revelation 20:10] as several miles of
that country for it is one universal mass of coal pits &
Iron mines & while thousands of human beings are
We took the parting hand with each other & Elder Richard took the cars for Manchester & I took coach for West Bromwich 5 miles & called upon Sister Mary Packard at Mr's Duffrell Church Tavern West Bromich she informed me that Elder Turley was in another part of the town & had commenced Baptizing sister Packard accompanied me to Brother John Robinson Gritts Green near Bromwich thes friends received me kindly but informed me that Elder Turley had gone to Birmingham [FIGURE] I wrote him a letter to return & see me. I had not been in the house but a short time before two men came in full of wrath & anger & brought a blind girl & demanded me to heal her & work a miracle that they might have a sign to make them believe. After telling them what the character was of tho se that sought signs one of them by the name of John Hadley brought much railing accusation against me & rejected my testi mony. Elder Turley had been preaching hear three weeks & had commenced Baptizing he had Baptized 9 persons. several came in in the evening to inquire into these things & 4 offered them selves for Baptism. I spent the night with George Murrall 46 m
~ Wednesday
24th I had an interview with Elder Turley I was truly happy to see him he read a letter to me that he had received from his wife containing many important things amoung the rest sayes that Elders Orson Hide & John E Page were set apart at the conference in Commerce Illinois in the United States on the 6th Day of April 1840 to go to Palestine to visit the Jews there &c. & will call upon us on their way. The letter also stated that my wife Phebe W Woodruff was at the Conference. & in good health.
I preached in the evening at west Boomwich at the house of Br Walker 4 were Baptized by Elder Turley which we Jointly Confirmed I spent the night with Mr Murrell
~ Thursday
25th I spent the day in West Bromwich & preached in the evening one was Baptized by Elder Turley we ordained one Priest & one Teacher I spent the night with Elder Turley at Enoch Wood
~ Friday
26th We took the Omnibus at the Junktion & rode to Lane end at the Staffordshire Potterries Via Wolverhamp ton & Stafford 38 miles. It would be a difficult task to give a description of the Country from Birmingham to Wolverhampton. I never saw any thing that comes so near the description of the Lake of fire & Brimstone spoken of by the Revelator John as several miles of that country for it is one universal mass of coal pits & Iron mines & while thousands of human beings are
