occupied by Her Majesty Queen Victoria, & his Highness Prince Albert, except while they
are at . Covers a number of acres of ground & is surro
unded by a high wall of hewn stone except the front which is a high fence of cast Iron
railing, & evry door, enterence, & gate was strongly guarded by armed soldiers. I walked
nearly around this castle Palace, & while there I for the first time had a view of his
Royal Highness Prince Albert while he was riding from his palace across
mounted upon a gray horse accompanied ownly by his groom who was riding a sorrel horse.
I also spent a few moments in the which was ^is^ not unprofitable to a traveller
desiring to form a knowledge of countries & the art of man. This gallery contains a vary
great & extensive variety of the most Perfect Paintings that could be gathered together
by the Nation, these with other things we have had the privilege of forming a
knowledge of for ourselves. ^But^ Brethren while you discover that I hav written rather
largely concerning these temporal & perishable objects which are in the same state, & doomed to
share the same fate in the revolutions of the last days & the fall of Babylon, as Jerrusalem
did when they rejected their king & put to death the Messiah, think not that I for a moment
harbour the idea that the ownly benefit we have derived in the enjoyment of our late
mission together in the City of has been a knowledge of these things, far from this.
for while I have spoken of these things while they were in memory more for the purpose
of preserving a historical sketch of the same than other wise, still the remaining part of
the subject rest upon my mind with greater weaight. Yes Brethren our late mission together
has not ownly put us in possession of a knowledge of those things spoken of but it hath
given us a more intimate acquaintance with each other & that to in some degree in the midst
of trials, which acquaintance has had a tendancy if possible to unite our hearts
more closer together in the love of God & the New & Everlasting Covenant. this is
not all. we have stood together in this first mission to the city of London in which
we have had the privilege of uniting our labours in lifting up the standard of truth, of
light, & the fulness of the everlasting gospel, & When on dilligent search we found the whole
city given to Idolitry, Priescraft, tradition, superstition, & all manner of abominations wick-
edness, & uncleanness & all doors closed against us we did not hesitate to stand in
the midst of the streets & Jonah like cry repentance unto the Inhabitants of that mighty
city, The Metropolis of , the Pride & glory of , the Boast of the Gentiles & the
largest city in the world, containing one million five hundred thousand souls who were
ripened in iniquity, &prepared for the wrath of God, & like the ox going to the slaughter
know not the day of their visitation. Yes Brethren I shall long remember standing in
the midst of that people & assisting you in bearing a message unto them, a message—
occupied by Her Majesty Queen Victoria, & his Highness Prince Albert, except while they
are at . Covers a number of acres of ground & is surro
unded by a high wall of hewn stone except the front which is a high fence of cast Iron
railing, & evry door, enterence, & gate was strongly guarded by armed soldiers. I walked
nearly around this Palace, & while there I for the first time had a view of his
Royal Highness Prince Albert while he was riding from his palace across
mounted upon a gray horse accompanied ownly by his groom who was riding a sorrel horse.
I also spent a few moments in the which is not unprofitable to a traveller
desiring to form a knowledge of countries & the art of man. This gallery contains a vary
great & extensive variety of the most Perfect Paintings that could be gathered together
by the Nation, these with other things we have had the privilege of forming a
knowledge of for ourselves. But Brethren while you discover that I hav written rather
largely concerning these temporal & perishable objects which are in the same state, & doomed to
share the same fate in the revolutions of the last days & the fall of Babylon, as Jerrusalem
did when they rejected their king & put to death the Messiah, think not that I for a moment
harbour the idea that the ownly benefit we have derived in the enjoyment of our late
mission together in the City of has been a knowledge of these things, far from this.
for while I have spoken of these things while they were in memory more for the purpose
of preserving a historical sketch of the same than other wise, still the remaining part of
the subject rest upon my mind with greater weight. Yes Brethren our late mission together
has not ownly put us in possession of a knowledge of those things spoken of but it hath
given us a more intimate acquaintance with each other & that to in some degree in the midst
of trials, which acquaintance has had a tendancy if possible to unite our hearts
more closer together in the love of God & the New & Everlasting Covenant. this is
not all. we have stood together in this first mission to the city of London in which
we have had the privilege of uniting our labours in lifting up the standard of truth, of
light, & the fulness of the everlasting gospel, & When on dilligent search we found the whole
city given to Idolitry, Priescraft, tradition, superstition, & all manner of abominations wickedness, & uncleanness & all doors closed against us we did not hesitate to stand in
the midst of the streets & Jonah like cry repentance unto the Inhabitants of that mighty
city, The Metropolis of , the Pride & glory of , the Boast of the Gentiles & the
largest city in the world, containing one million five hundred thousand souls who were
ripened in iniquity, &prepared for the wrath of God, & like the ox going to the slaughter
know not the day of their visitation. Yes Brethren I shall long remember standing in
the midst of that people & assisting you in bearing a message unto them, a message—