Daniel Browett an Elder & John Smith, John Davis, James
Morgan, Robert Clift, John Gaily, & William Evens to the
office of a priest. After our meeting was closed 3 were
Baptized. Baptizedsm was administered by Prist James
Morgan, who was baptized, ordained, & commenced Bapti-
zing all in one Day, the 3 Baptized were also confirmed
which closed the business of the Day Making 19 Baptized
& confirmed, & ordained 1 Elder & 6 Priest 4 mile
~ Tuesday
19th I walked in company with Elders Young & Richards to Keysend street Elder Young preached after meeting
I Baptized 4 who were confirmed as they came out
of the water by Elders Young & Richard 6 miles [FIGURE] 100 {Received of Elder}Kington 100 {pounds for printing the Book of Mormon}
~ Wednesday
220th we walked to Wind Point & Elders YoungRichards
& myself walked onto the top of the part of Malvern Hill call
ed Herefordshire B[e]acon here we united in prayer & he[l]d
a council & unitedly felt that it was the will of God that
Elder Young should go immediately to Manchester to
assist in Publishing a collection of Hymns of 3000 copies &
also to immediately print & finish 3000 copies of the
Book of Mormon for we had procured £300 three hundred
pounds of lawful currency for this purpose, we feel
anxios to soon circulate the knowledge of the Book of Mormon
to all foreign nations & as this is the first commencment
of it I pray God to Bless the effort & make it a benefit to man.
we walked from the hill into the valey & took the parting
hand with Elder Brigham Young who started for Manchester we
Elder Richards & myself tarried & preached at Wind Point
Elder Richards Baptized 2 Persons Elder Richerds confirmed
one & I the other ^I ordained John Allard teacher^ we spent the night at Mr Joseph Simons 6 m[iles]
~ Thursday
21st I took a walk again with Br Richards over the Intrenchm
ents to the top of the Herefordshire Beacon we had prayers toge
ther & after spending a few hours in viewing the country
we returned again into the valey. Elder Richards Baptized
2 persons I confirmed one & Br Richerds the other. we
^confirmed 2 ordained 3 priest Samuel Jones, Thomas Jones, Jonathan Lucy.^
preached at Colwall & spent the night distance 4 m
~ Friday
22nd I went over Marlvern Hill with Br Richard. had a
splended view of the vale beneath. we stoped in the sitting
house half way down the hill. Br Richards engraved his
name with mine in the building. we went into the valey
dined with Br Samuel Jones after dinner we walked up to
the Holy well house & drank of the Holy water, so noted
that comes out of Marlvern Hill, & after visiting several
friends east of the hill, we walked on to the top of great
Marlvern which is the highest peak of any part of the hill here
we could overlook all the hills & surrounding country.
We bowed down & offered up our prayers unto God, & walked
down the west side of the hill & preached at Marlvern hill
Daniel Browett an Elder & John Smith, John Davis, James
Morgan, Robert Clift, John Gaily, & William Evens to the
office of a priest. After our meeting was closed 3 were
Baptized. Baptism was administered by Prist James
Morgan, who was baptized, ordained, & commenced Baptizing all in one Day, the 3 Baptized were also confirmed
which closed the business of the Day Making 19 Baptized
& confirmed, & ordained 1 Elder & 6 Priest 4 mile
~ Tuesday
19th I walked in company with Elders Young & Richards to
Keysend street. Elder Young preached after meeting
I Baptized 4 who were confirmed as they came out
of the water by Elders Young & Richard 6 miles
[FIGURE] 100 {Received of Elder}Kington 100 {pounds for printing the Book of Mormon}
~ Wednesday
20th we walked to Wind Point & Elders YoungRichards
& myself walked onto the top of the part of Malvern Hill call
ed Herefordshire Beacon here we united in prayer & held
a council & unitedly felt that it was the will of God that
Elder Young should go immediately to Manchester to
assist in Publishing a collection of Hymns of 3000 copies &
also to immediately print & finish 3000 copies of the
Book of Mormon for we had precured £300 three hundred
pounds of lawful currency for this purpose, we feel
anxios to soon circulate the knowledge of the Book of Mormon
to all foreign nations & as this is the first commencment
of it I Pray God to Bless the effort & make it a benefit to man.
we walked from the hill into the valey & took the parting
hand with Elder Brigham Young who started for Manchester we
Elder Richards & myself tarried & preached at Wind Point
Elder Richards Baptized 2 Persons Elder Richerds confirmed
one & I the other I ordained John Allard teacher we spent the night at Mr Joseph Simons 6 m
~ Thursday
21st I took a walk again with Br Richards over the Intrenchm
ents to the top of the Herefordshire Beacon we had prayers toge
ther & after spending a few hours in viewing the country
we returned again into the valey, Elder Richards Baptized
2 persons I confirmed one & Br Richerds the other. we
confirmed 2 ordained 3 priest Samuel Jones, Thomas Jones, Jonathan Lucy.
preached at Colwall & spent the night distance 4 m
~ Friday
22nd I went over Marlvern Hill with Br Richard had a
splended view of the vale beneath. we stoped in the sitting
house half way down the hill. Br Richards engraved his
name with mine in the building. we went into the valey
dined with Br Samuel Jones after dinner we walked up to
the Holy well house & drank of the Holy water. So noted
that comes out of Marlvern Hill, & after visiting several
friends east of the hill, we walked on to the top of great
Marlvern which is the highest peak of any part of the hill here
we could overlook all the hills & surrounding country.
We bowed down & offered up our prayers unto God, & walked
down the west side of the hill & preached at Marlvern hill
"Journal (January 1, 1840 – December 31, 1840)," May 18, 1840 - May 22, 1840, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 28, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/YNM