25th I spent the day & night at Moorends Cross
& was quite Ill with a bad Cold
April 26, 1840 ~ Sunday
26th Notwithstanding I was quite Ill I walked
5 miles to Ashfield & preached at Mr Baly's & in
in the afternoon to Crowcutt & preached &
Baptized 10 persons & confirmed them &
Ordained Edward Philips a Priest. ^1 {family was taken [2 illegible words] some call it the power of God but it is a false spirit}^ One that
I Baptized was a preacher I then returned to Moorends Cross & spent the night with Brother Jinkens. Distance of the day 14 miles
^Elder Young Baptized 4 at Frooms Hill^
April 27, 1840 ~ Monday
27th I arise quite Ill with my cold.
I preached at Moorends Cross & Baptized 3 persons
& confirmed them one a preacher &
spent the night at Brother Jinkins
"Journal (January 1, 1840 – December 31, 1840)," April 25, 1840 - April 29, 1840, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed July 2, 2022, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/documents/a304ab9d-910a-40ea-a121-858616d49cff/page/9d064aac-3ee7-47f3-9704-922d6da20521