spoke about the same length of time the people gave
good attention to what we said & seemed to be much
interested in what they heard, & we dismissed our
meeting in the midst of good feelings. Mr Corner invited
us home, soon after we arived at his house Elder
Kimball felt impressed to returned Back to the place
of preaching, & when he got there he found a
large company talking about the things which they
had herd, & they wished him to speak to them again
& he did so & spoke lengthy & several invited him
home, and while he was there, a man that was a
preacher came to Mr Corners whare Br Smith & I
was & I gave them a brief account of the great
work which God was doing in these last days & they
received the things which I spoke unto them & Mr
Corner offered himself for Baptism which is the
first man that has offered himself for Baptism in
the city of London to us we appointed next evening
to administer the ordinance unto him & his hioushold
or as many as would receive it we took supper
with him & returned home by the way of London
Bridge the whole Bridge & streets was coverd with
people so thick that a person could scearcely get along
I returned home weary & spent the night at our
logings But was unwell through the night with the
Bowel complaint. But I felt thankful to God for
his mercies unto us for giving us the privilege
of preaching once to the people of London & of having
one soul as a seal of our ministry 7 miles

August 31, 1840 ~ Monday

31^st We walked into the city & called upon
Mr Corner 52 Iron monger row, St Luke parish
While on our way we received a letter from
Sister Eliza Bromley she stated she had a dream
that we should soon Baptize a man that would
do much good, after reading the letter & ariving
at Mr Corners, he went forward with us to a
public Bath & was Baptized under the hands of
Elder Kimball, & after returning to his house we
all three laid our hands upon him & confirmed
him which is the first man that has receved the
work in the city of London as a seal of our
ministry. We returned home & felt to thank
God for his goodness in giving us one soul. his
wife manifested much interest in the work &
thinks of Being Baptized soon. Brother Corner
has been a watch maker nearly all his life 7 m[iles]

spoke about the Same length of time the people gave good attention to what we said & seemed to be much interested in what they heard, & we dismissed our meeting in the midst of good feelings. Mr Corner invited us home, soon after we arived at his house Elder Kimball felt impressed to returned Back to the place of preaching, & when he got there he found a large company talking about the things which they had herd, & they wished him to speak to them again & he did so & spoke lengthy & several invited him home, and while he was there, a man that was a preacher came to Mr Corners whare Br Smith & I was & I gave them a brief account of the great work which God was doing in these last days & they received the things which I spoke unto them & Mr Corner offered himself for Baptism which is the first man that has offered himself for Baptism in the City of London to us we appointed next evening to administer the ordinance unto him & his houshold or as many as would receive it we took supper with him & returned home by the way of London Bridge the whole Bridge & streets was covered with people so thick that a person could scearcely get along I returned home weary & spent the night at our logings But was unwell through the night with the Bowel Complaint. But I felt thankful to God for his mercies unto us for giving us the privilege of preaching once to the people of London & of having one soul as a seal of our ministry 7 miles

August 31, 1840 ~ Monday

31st We walked into the City & Called upon Mr Corner 52 Iron monger row, St Luke parish While on our way we received a letter from Sister Eliza Bromley she stated she had a dream that we should soon Baptize a man that would do much good, after reading the letter & ariving at Mr Corners, he went forward with us to a public Bath & was Baptized under the hands of Elder Kimball, & after returning to his house we all three laid our hands upon him & confirmed him which is the first man that has receved the work in the City of London as a seal of our ministry. We returned home & felt to thank God for his goodness in giving us one Soul. his wife manifested much interest in the work & thinks of Being Baptized soon. Brother Corner has been a watch maker nearly all his life 7 m