through a number of the streets & called at M. Seymour Rotunda Place No. 7 Waterloo road
to spend the day & night. After Dining I atten
ded meeting at St Pauls Church & also St Thomas'es Church both of the Church
of England. It was singular to hear these
rectors & curits [curates] preach against the form
of Godliness without the power of it, while
at the same [time] their is no people perhaps
more formal than themselves. I also
attended meeting at Pitt Stree Methodist Chapel
the speaker appeared quite easy & simple
in his manners all of the above named chapels
were quite splended with the stand near
the centre of the house which is the English
costom they bury their dead in the yard
all around their church & lay the grave
stones flat upon the ground & it forms
a pavement to walk upon. I find the people
both rich & poor, male & female to be m-
uch more plain in their dress than those
of America. I returned to M Seymour
& spent the night
through a number of the streets & called at
M. Seymour Rotunda Place No. 7 Waterloo road
to spend the day & night. After Dining I atten
ded meeting at St Pauls Church & also
St Thomas'es Church both of the Church
of England. It was singular to hear these
Rectors & Curits preach against the form
of Godliness without the power of it, while
at the same time their is no people perhaps
more formal than themselves. I also
Attended meeting at Pitt Stree Methodist Chapel
the speaker appeared quite easy & simple
in his manners. all of the above named chapels
were quite splended with the stand near
the Centre of the house which is the English
Costom they bury their dead in the yard
all around their Church & lay the grave
stones flat upon the ground & it forms
a pavement to walk upon. I find the people
both rich & poor, male & female to be m
uch more plain in their dress than those
of America. I returned to M Seymour
& spent the night
"Journal (January 1, 1840 – December 31, 1840)," January 12, 1840, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 22, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/M5R