between & Ledbury with other villages in the wes[t]
with a fine beautiful cultivated vale upon
evry hand, & while standing upon this eminance
& beholding this grand prospect or survey to
add to the solemnity of the scenery the thu-
nders began to roll & lightnings flash
beneath my feet while the rain desended in
torrents in the vale beneath while I was
in the midst or above the clouds to
behold the scene
~ Sunday
10th Sunday I met a company at Colwall at Jonathan Lucy's at 9 oclok in the morning & Baptized
4 two were preachers. I confirmed 12 persons
I then preached at Brother Lucys at Collwall,
dined at Mr Holmes, then walked over the top &
across Malvern Hill & preached at the Pale House,
from thence back again across Malvern Hill &
& preached at Benjamin Holand on the North side
of Malvern Hill from there, I walked to colwall
& spent the night which closed the scenes of the day 8 mile
~ Monday
11th A visit on the Herefordshire Beacon
which is the south part of Malvern Hill
After having my mind prepared for a lonely walk & medi
tation by reading P. P. Pratts remarks upon the "eternal duration
of matter", I commenced assending this noted hill upon the
south side of it & after arising several hundred feet I came
to the top of an old ancient intrenchment about one mile
in length reaching round all of this part of the hill & meeting
between & Ledbury with other villages in the west
with a fine beautiful cultivated vale upon
evry hand, & while standing upon this eminance
& beholding this grand prospect or survey to
add to the solemnity of the scenery the thunders began to roll & lightnings flash
beneath my feet while the rain desended in
torrents in the vale beneath while I was
in the midst or above the clouds to
behold the scene
~ Sunday
10th Sunday I met a company at Colwall at
Jonathan Lucy's at 9 oclok in the morning & Baptized
4 two were Preachers. I confirmed 12 persons
I then preached at Brother Lucys at Collwall,
dined at Mr Holmes, then walked over the top &
across Malvern Hill & preached at the Pale House,
from thence back again across Malvern Hill &
& Preached at Benjamin Holand on the North Side
of Malvern Hill from there, I walked to Colwall
& spent the night which closed the scenes of the day 8 mile
~ Monday
11th A visit on the Herefordshire Beacon
which is the South part of Malvern Hill
After having my mind prepared for a lonely walk & medi
tation by reading P. P. Pratts remarks upon the "eternal duration
of matter", I commenced assending this noted hill upon the
south side of it & after arising several hundred feet I came
to the top of an old ancient intrenchment about one mile
in length reaching round all of this part of the hill & meeting
"Journal (January 1, 1840 – December 31, 1840)," May 9, 1840 - May 11, 1840, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 28, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/0v