Moved & carried that Badley Edge be organized
a Branch
Moved & carried that Elder Cordon represent
this conference to the general conference to be
held at Manchester on the 6th of Oct 1840
Moved & carried that this conferenc adjourn
to the 28th Dec. The meeting then concluded
by singing & Prayer, & in the afternoon the
officers met when Elder Woodruff addressed
them at length & gave much council & advice
& the Blessing of God was with us through
the day
30th I spent most of the day in writing I preached
in the evening at Burslem to a crouded congregation
the power of God rested upon me I warned
the people to prepare for the great judgments which
are at the door
Oct 1stI Preached at Hanly to a full Room
awful solemnity pervaded the congregation
the Spirit of God is upon the people the people
see that God is doing a work
~ Thursday
^Oct 1st^ 2nd I walked to Hanly from thence in company
with John Tailor Priest to Stoke I here found Broth G. A. Smith, who had Just returned from London
I was glad to see him we then walked to Lane
End whare I found Br Kimball I was also
glad to see him Sister Bromley furnished us
with sumthing to eat we then walked to the
water & I Baptized 2 Sister Taylor & Martin
we then walked to the preaching room in
Lane End & met an over whelming congregation
I testified unto them of the things of God
& was followed by Elder Kimball the power
of God was upon us the people feel it to be
a day of warning & not of many words we conf
irmed 6 & 3 others were Baptized making
5 in all we spent the night at Mr William W.
Player a methedist preacher 8 miles
Moved & carried that Badley Edge be organized
a Branch
Moved & carried that Elder Cordon represent
this Conference to the general Conference to be
held at Manchester on the 6th of Oct 1840
Moved & carried that this Conferenc adjourn
to the 28th Dec. The meeting then concluded
by singing & Prayer, & in the afternoon the
Officers met when Elder Woodruff addressed
them at length & gave much council & advice
& the Blessing of God was with us through
the day.
5 Baptized after Conference. Willford Woodruff President
O Shaw Clerk
30th I spent most of the day in writing I preached
in the evening at Burslem to a crouded congregation
the power of God rested upon me I warned
the people to prepare for the great judgments which
are at the door
awful solemnity pervaded the Congregation
the spirit of God is upon the People the people
see that God is doing a work
~ Thursday
Oct 1st
I walked to Hanly from thence in company
with John Tailor Priest to Stoke I here found Broth
G. A. Smith, who had Just returned from London
I was glad to see him we then walked to Lane
End whare I found Br Kimball I was also
glad to see him. Sister Bromley furnished us
with sumthing to eat we then walked to the
water & I Baptized 2 Sister's Taylor & Martin
we then walked to the Preaching room in
Lane End & met an over whelming Congregation
I testified unto them of the things of God
& was followed by Elder Kimball the power
of God was upon us the people feel it to be
a day of warning & not of many words we conf
irmed 6 & 3 others were Baptized making
5 in all we spent the night at Mr William W.
Player a methedist preacher. 8 miles
"Journal (January 1, 1840 – December 31, 1840)," September 28, 1840 - October 1, 1840, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed March 29, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/EEk