will concerning Brother & Sister Richards for they ware
in deep affliction. Elder Cordon informed me that
Elder Theadore Turley was taken with a warrent & cast
into Gaoal [gaol] by the instrumentality of John Jones. A man
took him from Birmingham because of a certain debt which
was contracted 15 years ago before he left England which
he supposed was wholly settled but it is the work of the
devil to put him in prision to stop his preaching, but
God will yet turn this work for good & if it is stoped
in one place it will burst out in another place
may God open the prision Door & soon let Elder
Turley free.

I preached at Standly Hill &
Baptized 12 persons one of which was a preacher, the
Lord is Doing a great work here their will have to
be some triming Done by & by spent the night
at the Hill farm {Distance of the day} 4 miles

March 24, 1840 ~ Tuesday

24^th [FIGURE] A preacher called upon me & after I con
versed with him a while he requested Baptism at my
hands I changed my clotheing & as I got ready
to go [to] the pool, three other preachers rode up in a gig
or charriot to see me. the fame had gone out into
all the country of the spedy work that God was
performing they had not herd me preach or any
Latter Day Saint but had come more than

will concerning Brother & Sister Richards for they ware in deep affliction. Elder Cordon informed me that Elder Theadore Turley was taken with a warrent & cast into Goal by the instrumentality of John Jones. A man took him from Birmingham because of a certain debt which was contracted 15 years ago before he left England which he supposed was wholly settled but it is the work of the devil to put him in prision to stop his preaching, but God will yet turn this work for good & if it is stoped in one place it will burst out in another place may God open the prision Door & soon let Elder Turley free. I preached at Standly Hill & Baptized 12 persons one of which was a preacher, the Lord is Doing a great work here their will have to be some triming Done by & by spent the night at the Hill farm {Distance of the day} 4 miles

March 24, 1840 ~ Tuesday

24th [FIGURE] A preacher called upon me & after I con versed with him a while he requested Baptism at my hands I changed my clotheing & as I got ready to go to the pool, three other preachers rode up in a gig or charriot to see me. the fame had gone out into all the country of the spedy work that God was performing they had not herd me preach or any Latter Day Saint but had come more than