WILLFORD WOORUFF'S DAILY JOURNAL AND TRAVELS IN THE MINISTRY IN 1840 IN ENGLAND & WALES

January 1, 1840 ~ Wednesday JAN 1st 1840 I find myself in company with Elder's John Taylor & Theodore Turley on board of the packet ship Oxford of the Black Bull line on our way from New york to Liverpool to fulfill a commandment of god in preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ to the Nations of Europe. We are in Long 42.40 We have a vary rough sea, High winds blustering & cloudy. I ...

January 3, 1840 ~ Friday Jan[uary] 3rd A good day fair sailing & good breeze We were in full view of two sail one fore & the other aft of us We soon overtook the one before us & spoke to her & found her to be a British Brigg sailed from Halifax & bound for Liverpool & 20 days at sea her Long was 33.30 she raised British colors The Oxford raised american colors & her Long was 34.40. January ...

flying around the ship & the passengers shot sever- al of them & they fell dead into the water We saw a large school of porposes & black fish some of the Blackfish were supposed to be as much as 20 feet in length they would roll on top of the water all around the ship January 8, 1840 ~ Wednesday 8th A good stiff breeze arose about 1 oclok P.M. & we sailed well through the day. A lighted tar Barrel was set afloat from the ship in the evening which looked splendid ...

January 10, 1840 ~ Friday 10th The mountains of the Irish coast are in full view & also 6 or 7 sail the weather is cloudy & rather cool we have a good wind & sail fast we have a plesant evening & walked the decks untill 9 oclok & viewed the light houses &c. January 11, 1840 ~ Saturday 11th We have a heavy gale commencing about 1 oclok in the morning & we were in some danger having the weltch coast on one side ...

the steem ship Liverpool hove in sight over our stern, the pilate ordered the sail to be spread notwithstanding it was blowing a gale we then gained fast of the Liverpool, & their was many sail floating upon our right & left hand. There was much bustle among the passengers in shaving, washing & preparing themselves to go on shore. The city of Liverpool soon was in sight & an English steem Boat soon came along side & towed us into port on the dock in Liverpool we got along ...

& logings in Clark street at the Bir- mingham arms {and may the Lord henceforth deliver me from such a place}. Distance from the middle of the Atlan- tic Ocean to Liverpool England 1750 mi 12th [FIGURE] I wrote three Letters during the evening one to Elder P. P. Pratt one to Ilus Carter, & one to Phebe January 12, 1840 ~ Sunday 12 Sunday I arose in the morning & took (Breakfast shall I say) I eat ...

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 ...

January 13, 1840 ~ Monday Jan 13th I took Breakfast & went on board of the Oxford & found the passengers taking their trunks & goods on shore to go to the costom house to be exa mined & I found it to be a scene of the greatest confusion I ever past through but after much jaming crouding & mucking about we were permited to depart with our things after paying 16 pense per lbs for all the Books we had as duty upon them. The trunkman then ...

arived in Preston about 8 oclock & called at Brother Greenwoods they immediately sent for Elder Richards & in a few moments I had Elder Willard Richards by the hand & I truly rejoiced to once more behold his face. We immediately went to his house & after spending most of the night in conversation we retired to rest Distance of the day 35 miles January 14, 1840 ~ Tuesday 14th I spent the day in Preston writing ...

Bondage as the children of Israel in Egypt I find that Elder Richards has had a hard school to pass through since he has been in England. I see that we have a great work to perform & we have need of much faith & humility before God January 15, 1840 ~ Wednesday 15th I dined at Brother Worselys & suped at Sister Dawsons & spent the night at Elder Richards ...

Richards, Fielding, Turley, Clark, & myself. We truly rejoiced to have an interview with President Fielding January 17, 1840 ~ Friday 17th COUNCIL Jan 17th 1840 At a meeting of Council held at Elder Richards house in Preston Lancashire, England Elder Joseph Fielding being called to the chair & Elder Theodore ^Turley^ appointed Clerk. The president then called upon Elder W. Woodruff to open the ...

to Birmingham, & that Elder W Richards have the privilege of going whare the Spirit direct him (Carried) Mooved & seconed that Elder Wm Clayton as one of the presidents rem ain in Manchester to preside over the affairs of the Church in that place & vicinity for the time being (Carried) It was moved & seconded that every Elder communicate to the Church presidents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints at

& explained by those of the Twelve present. The council then Adjourned Joseph Fielding Presiden[t] Theodore Turley I spent the night at Brother W. Richards Write to Elder Joseph Fielding direct to Liverpool toat Samuel Sidebottom No 1 Scarlet Street Near St Ann Street January 18, 1840 ~ Saturday 18th We met at Elder W Richards in the morning for a season of prayer & fasting & for a blessing ...

Manchester Lancashire whare I had the happy privilege of taking Elder William Clayton by the hand, & many other Saints Elder Clayton is one of the presidents council in England & a wise & worthy brother Manchester is the metropolu^i^s of the manifa cturing Districts in England it is a beau tiful borough containing a Population of 28320,000 inhabitants considerable larger on the ground than the city of N. Y. in the U. S. A. The Church ...

upon her & commanded the devil to Depart, & the fever to stand rebuked in the name of Jesus Christ & it was done though not without a great struggle & we left her came in her mind & prin ciply delivered of her pain. We took supper at Brother Thomas Millers their was 8 saints in the family & they looked good. I spent the night with Elder Clayton at Sister Elizabeth Hardman I administered unto 6 sick persons & travled ...

us We Dined with Brother James Bewsher a coachman. We met in the afternoon & after some obse rvations from Elder William Clayton I brake bread unto the Saints & preached unto them. I also met a large congregation at the same place in the Evening & preached the gospel unto them I had the spirit of God & they gave good attention one Sister said she saw by vision or revelation Jesus pleading with the Father to spare ...