JANuary 1st 1841
I find myself this New Years morning in com-
pany with Elder H. C. Kimball. at No 40 Ironmonger
Row Saint Lukes LONDON The Metropolis of
England, the largest commercial city in the world
Population 1,600,000. We are enjoying good health
& spirits [FIGURE] I received a letter from Elder H. Glover
I celebrated this new years Day by Baptizing two
persons in a bath at Tabernacle Square. We dined
at Doctor Copeland'ss, we read a letter sent to Elder Richards from his friends in Mass. The Church
of Latter Day Saints numbers this day in London 21.
My prayer to God is that as his blessings have been great
unto me & my Brethren in the ministry during 1840
in giving us many souls as seals of our ministry th[at] [page torn]
his blessings may be multiplied unto us through 1841
O God the Eternal Father I ask the[e] in the name of thy
Son Jesus Christ to spare the lives Health strength &
peace of my wife & Child, & those of my Brethren the
Twelve, & that we may again return to the bosom of
our families & be enabled to comfort there hearts, may
we also be blessed with many Souls as seals of our
ministry, cloth[e] us O Lord with thy wisdom, strength
mind & Spirit, in all our Counsils, make us of one heart
& mind in all things. Cloth[e] thy Servant Joseph & his
Councellors with thy Power mind & will. Enable them
to esstablish Zion & her Stakes for a reffuge to the
poor & the meek of the Earth. Let thy power O Lord
be manifest among the Lamanites that they may begin to
blossom as the rose. Hasten the return of Judah O
Lord to Jerrusalem, that they may again spedily rebu-
ild the City of their Fathers. Remember the outcast
of Israel, may their Prophets come in rememberance before
the[e] O Lord hasten their return also, O God give ear
to the cry of the widow & the tear of the orphan & avenge
the innocent Blood of their fathers upon the head of
their murderers & oppressors, cause the gentiles to fear
O Lord because of thy mighty works among thy Saints
cloth[e] thine Elders & Priests with greater Power in
administering the word of God. Hasten the signs in
