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 [illegible ] 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 March 21, 2023, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/7j
