August 22, 1841 ~ Sunday

Sunday 22^nd This was a day of interest to me in
many respects having returned to the church in New
York I looked for much News & information from
many sources both religious & political temporal &
spiritual in this I was not disappointed for I had
the perusal of the New York papers, 1 & 2 No of the
2nd vol of the Mill Star in England besides late letters
from P. P. Pratt & O Hyde, Also the 19 No of the
Times & Seasons from Nauvoo & a letter still later. All
these things together brought a flood of News
some of it was painful & some heart cheering
I learned from the general news of the day that
nearly the whole earth & all nations are in commo-
tion war between England & China still continu-
es british troops trying to enter Canton, Guangdong Province, China &c, at the same
time England has great internal commotion at home
parliament is dissolved, a new ministry elected, great
excitement, poverty, distress & want prevails evrywhare
thousands are starving to death & hundreds of thousands
are in want. Banks are breaking, Merchants becoming
Bankrups, Factories are stoping, men are out of employ &
bread, the enraged populace are crying against the
government down with the corn laws &c. At the same
time trouble is going on in America the Cabinet can
scearcely hold together Congress is divided against itself
President Tyler has vetoed the Bank Bill, & great
confusion reigns at the seat of government, also on
the boundary line of Maine & New Brunswick & the
rumour of war!! wetween England and America is
heard upon evry hand & while this scenery is going
on, the wreck of shiping, blowing up of steem boats
awful sacrifice of human life, fires, Earthquakes
& storms, murder, lying, swearing & theft, with almost
evry evil thing clearly shows the signs of the times
which indicate that an awful storm is gathering
over the heads of a guilty generation which is spe-
dily to burst upon the nations by the power & wrath
of God which will engulph millions of the human
family in ruin & destruction. The Stars from England
as well as the letters informed me of the rapid progress
of the work of God, the fulness of the everlasting gospel
increase to the Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints
but this in the midst of the most unparalleled opposition

August 22, 1841 ~ Sunday

Sunday 22nd This was a day of interest to me in many respects having returned to the church in New York I looked for much News & information from many sources both religious & political temporal & spiritual in this I was not disappointed for I had the perusal of the New York papers, 1 & 2 No of the 2nd vol of the Mill Star in England besides late letters from P. P. Pratt & O Hyde, Also the 19 No of the Times & Seasons from Nauvoo & a letter still later. All these things together brought a flood of News some of it was painful & some heart cheering I learned from the general news of the day that nearly the whole earth & all nations are in commotion war between England & China still continues british troops trying to enter Canton, Guangdong Province, China &c, at the same time England has great internal commotion at home parliament is dissolved, a new ministry elected, great excitement, poverty, distress & want prevails evrywhare thousands are starving to death & hundreds of thousands are in want. Banks are breaking, Merchants becoming Bankrups, Factories are stoping, men are out of employ & bread, the enraged populace are crying against the government down with the corn laws &c. At the same time trouble is going on in America the Cabinet can scearcely hold together Congress is divided against itself President Tyler has vetoed the Bank Bill, & great confusion reigns at the seat of government, also on the boundary line of Maine & New Brunswick & the rumour of war!! wetween England and America is heard upon evry hand & while this seenery is going on, the wreck of shiping, blowing up of steem boats awful sacrifice of human life, fires, Earthquakes & storms, murder, lying, swearing & theft, with almost evry evil thing clearly shows the signs of the times which indicate that an awful storm is gathering over the heads of a guilty generation which is spedily to burst upon the nations by the power & wrath of God which will engulph millions of the human family in ruin & destruction. The stars from England as well as the letters informed me of the rapid progress of the work of God, the fulness of the everlasting gospel increase to the Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints but this in the midst of the most unparalleled opposition