This hath been a busy day with me & after
standing upon my feet from morning till night
I am called to shake hands with hundreds of
saints who possess glad hearts & cheerful
countenances. & it is with no ordinary feelings
that I meditate upon the cheering fact that
a thousand souls have been Baptized into the
New & Everlasting Covenant within half a
year in one field which God has enabled me to
open & I Pray God to Accept the gratitude of my
heart for his mercies & blessings unto me in this thing
& enable me to stand with these saints & all the
righteous in the Celestial Kingdom of God
I walked home with Brother Oaky & spent the
night. & after standing upon my feet 8 hours
in conference, conversing much of the time,
Ordaining about 30, confirming some, healing many
that were sick, shaking hands with about 400
saints, waking 2 miles, & Preaching 4 hours in
the Chimney Corner, I then lay down & dreamed
of Ketching fish

September 22, 1840 ~ Tuesday

22^nd I spent the day at Br John Coles in writing
There was two dead Bodies carried by the house
whare I was sitting to the Burial to day they were
both aged & the man vary wicked he had often wished
his wife Dead & Boasted what a joyful time &
high scrape he would have when she did Die. she
Died on the 18^th & he Died in few hours after
[on the] same Day. was found dead in his room with his
Door locked, the woman was 90 years of age
& the man 80 their names was James & Sarah
Love this is the fourth Day since they Died
the English custom is to keep the Dead 4 days.
I was called to visit a young man who lay danger
ously Ill & in danger of the Lock Jaw from a cut
of the ancle & bruse of the knee I rebuked the
the inflamation & paine of his body & he was made
whole. I Baptized 1 Edward Jones game keeper
to John Freeman I confirmed 2 {Distance of the day} 4 m

September 23, 1840 ~ Wednesday

23^rd [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Elder Richardson
I was called to visit a young man who was dangero
usly ill with a fever he convenanted to Keep the
commandments of [God] & I annointed him with oil &
rebuked his fever & he began to recover. I also
visited an aged Saint upon her Dying bed I Blessed
her & she rejoiced in the fulness of the gospel even