Kings Arms, King Street, Borough, London Aug 18^th, 1840

My Dear Phebe,

After a spedey journey of 100 ^110^ miles which we travled
in 7 hours I have arived (with my Brethren viz Kimball & GA Smith)
in the city of London, & feeling disposed to improve evry opportunity of
communicating any intelligence to you in my power I improve the
present moment of droping a few lines to you which I shall put in a
wrapper & send to Liverpool to Elder Turley hopeing he will get it before he will
leave. My last letter which you will receeve by the hand of Elder
Turley was Dated Aug 10^th 8 days since. I will inform you in few words
what I have been about since. We took the parting hand with Eldr Turley
on the 11^th for the last time untill we meet him in America. We
also spent several days in passing through the Herefordshire & Glostershire churches
& taking the parting hand with them which was truly an affecting scene
to see hundreds of friends or Saints which we had baptzed into the kingdom
flock around us & take us by the hand & weep as though they would break
their hearts, appear as though they were taking their leave of their father to
see him no more, the many sensations of this kind which I have passed
through since I have been in England have been peculiar, to my feelings
& clearly show me the Effect that the Everlasting gospel has upon the honest
in heart & the meek of the Earth. We held a camp meeting on Sunday
the 16^th at the Leigh Gloucestershire which is the last meeting we have had with
the Saints, we Baptized 15 while there & ordained one Elder & two Priests. the
two that we ordained and to Priests came 12 miles to hear us & they went
forward & was Baptized the first sermon & we confirmed & Ordained them
at the same time, the work is progressing rapidly in that region, those churches
which I built up there now number about 900 all of which have embra[c]ed
the work in little more than 5 months they will No 1000 at the end of
6 months from the time that I first preached to the people in that region.
17^th we parted with the Saints at the Leigh & travled 5 miles to Cheltenham &
spent the night at a Temperance Hotel pop 40,000 (following is a short extract from
my Journal) Aug 18^th 1840 I took coach at Cheltenham at 9 oclock P.M. in
company with Eldrr Kimball & G. A. Smith it was an exceding chilly day
we rode 40 miles through a level country having quite the appearance of
the Illinois & Mo prairies occupied altogethr for farming, we past three small villages
& many thousands of acres of wheat & Barley fields in the midst of harvest part of which

Kings Arms, King Street, Borough, London Aug 18th, 1840

My Dear Phebe,

After a spedey journey of 110 miles which we travled in 7 hours I have arived (with my Brethren viz Kimball & GA Smith) in the city of London, & feeling disposed to improve evry opportunity of communicating any intelligence to you in my power I improve the present moment of droping a few lines to you which I shall put in a wrapper & send to Liverpool to Elder Turley hopeing he will get it before he will leave. My last letter which you will receeve by the hand of Elder Turley was Dated Aug 10th 8 days since. I will inform you in few words what I have been about since. We took the parting hand with Eldr Turley on the 11th for the last time untill we meet him in America. We also spent several days in passing through the Herefordshire & Glostershire churches & taking the parting hand with them which was truly an affecting scene to see hundreds of friends Saints which we had baptzed into the kingdom flock around us & take us by the hand & weep as though they would break their hearts, appear as though they were taking their leave of their father to see him no more, the many sensations of this kind which I have passed through since I have been in England have been peculiar, to my feelings & clearly show me the Effect that the Everlasting gospel has upon the honest in heart & the meek of the Earth. We held a camp meeting on Sunday the 16th at the Leigh Gloucestershire which is the last meeting we have had with the Saints, we Baptized 15 while there & ordained one Elder & two Priests. the two that we ordained [illegible] Priests came 12 miles to hear us & they went forward & was Baptized the first sermon & we confirmed & Ordained them at the same time, the work is progressing rapidly in that region, those churches which I built up there now number about 900 all of which have embraced the work in little more than 5 months they will No 1000 at the end of 6 months from the time that I first preached to the people in that region. 17th we parted with the Saints at the Leigh & travled 5 miles to Cheltenham & spent the night at a Temperance Hotel pop 40,000 (following is a short extract from my Journal) Aug 18th 1840 I took coach at Cheltenham at 9 oclock P.M. in company with Eldrr Kimball & G. A. Smith it was an exceding chilly day we rode 40 miles through a level country having quite the appearance of the Illinois & Mo prairies occupied altogethr for farming, we past three small villages & many thousands of acres of wheat & Barley fields in the midst of harvest part of which