the way was open she concluded to undertake it
She called for the Elders of the Church, & Elder J.
Blakesley prayed withed her & anointed her with oil
& she was carried on board of the ship with her
three children. No sooner than they hoisted siail & put
to sea it seemed as though all the Elements were
ingaged to destroye her, so rough a voyage the Capt
never knew, in his life, they had 35 days voyage
& 12 hours fair weather, for 15 nights in succession
it was one continual flash of thunder & lightning the
ship lay upon her side & drove under bare poles clear
to the Cape of goodhope near all on board were
sick & expected to be lost except Sister Redman She
was immediately restored to health, & not sick at
all, the hatchways of the cabins were fastened down
& the passengers in the steerage suffered much thei[r]
provisions were destroyed by water for they were in
water most constantly. the seas broke through the
sky lig[h]ts & constantly poured in upon them, but she
landed in London dock safe no lives lost except the cook
jumped overboard in the storme he said a
little before he wanted to get away from the
devils that were on the ship. Sister Redman thinks
it is the hand of God, to bring her to London to help
rool on the work of God in this city. She has tried
to find us many days, but no one would tell
her. On Saturday night she dreamed if she would
go to Goswell Road she would see two women
& if she followed them it would lead her to the place
of meeting. She did so & herd my voice while
I was speaking & came into meeting & communed
with us It was a joyful meeting indeed. She
had a vision a few nights since of being called before
her Majesty, [Victor]the Queen Victoria & confined in London Tower because of her religion. After meet-
ing Sister Redman took some refreshment with me
& attended meeting with me in the evening & I accom
panied her home to her family, which was at
24 Alderman Bury I saw her children. (I red her
some of My wife's letters she was much pleased
with them.) Sister Redman has traveled the world
much she has traversed the East Indies, & other
parts of the world, has been ship wrecked several
times, taken once by the Indians once by pirates
the way was open she concluded to undertake it
She called for the Elders of the Church, & Elder J.
Blakesley prayed with her & anointed her with oil
& she was carried on board of the ship with her
three children. No sooner than they hoisted sail & put
to sea it seemed as though all the Elements were
ingaged to destroye her, so rough a voyage the Capt
never knew, in his life, they had 35 days voyage
& 12 hours fair weather, for 15 nights in succession
it was one continual flash of thunder & lightning the
ship lay upon her side & drove under bare poles clear
to the cape of goodhope near all on board were
sick & expected to be lost except Sister Redman she
was immediately restored to health, & not sick at
all, the hatchways of the cabins were fastened down
& the passengers in the steerage suffered much their
provisions were destroyed by water for they were in
water most constantly. the seas broke through the
sky lights & constantly poured in upon them, but she
landed in London dock safe no lives lost except the cook
jumped overboard in the storme he said a
little before he wanted to get away from the
devils that were on the ship. Sister Redman thinks
it is the hand of God to bring her to London to help
rool on the work of God in this city. She has tried
to find us many days, but no one would tell
her. on Saturday night she dreamed if she would
go to Goswell Road she would see two women
& if she followed them it would lead her to the place
of meeting. She did so & herd my voice while
I was speaking & came into meeting & communed
with us It was a joyful meeting indeed. She
had a vision a few nights since of being called before
her Majesty, the Queen Victoria & confined in
London Tower because of her religion. After meeting Sister Redman took some refreshment with me
& attended meeting with me in the evening & I accom
panied her home to her family, which was at
24 Alderman Bury I saw her children. (I red her
some of My wife's letters she was much pleased
with them.) Sister Redman has traveled the world
much she has traversed the East Indies, & other
parts of the world, has been ship wrecked several
times, taken once by the Indians once by pirates
"Journal (January 1, 1841 – December 31, 1842)," January 10, 1841, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed December 25, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/0O3