25th I wrote a letter to Elder Turley & enclosed
our letter & sent them to him to convey them to America
we directed them to Liverpool. we visited Mr George
Boulton pin & needle hook & eye manufacturer we went
to his shop & saw them make pins through evry
process of it from the wire to the finish we attended
a tea total meeting, at the Temperance Hall
We engaged the hall
for a public meeting that we might preach the gospel
to the people we could not have it untill the 7 of sept
Elder Smith made a short speech in the tea total mee-
ting we returned & spent the night at our lodging 5 m[iles]
~ Wednesday
26 we all started out to try to get some doors open
for preaching the gospel Br Kimball went to one part
of the city Br Smith & myself visited another part
we called upon two Baptist ministers, we asked
one for his chapel & the other we warned &
left an address we attended meeting in the evening at
the Methodist chapel in long lane
~ Thursday
27th I wrote a letter to Phebe sent by the hand
of Sister Elizabeth Ravenscroft I also wrote
a letter to Sister Elizabeth R. We attended a
tea total meeting (or temperance) at the Temperance
Hall in St Georges Road near Elephant & Castle
South London. By request of the committy I address
ed the meeting upon the subject of Temperance & was
followed by Elder Smith we gave out an appointment
to preach upon the gospel at the same place on the 7th
of Sept, we are making evry exertion to find some
saints or those who are willing to obey the gospel
in this city of London But as yet our searching
has been in vain, Priest & People are all Bound up
in Bundles of tradition there Bands are made strong
& the whole city is given to whoredoms & all man
ner of wickedness & is ripe for judgment. Still
we are determined to spare no pains but to search
dilligently that we may seek out the honest in heart &
the meek of the earth
~ Friday
28 We all started out in the morning to go through
the city of London to see if we could find any
man that had the Spirit of God & after wander
ing several miles through the city not knowing
whether we went we came to an Ephraimite
~ Tuesday
25th [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Elder Turley & enclosed
our letter & sent them to him to convey them to America
we directed them to Liverpool. we visited Mr George
Boulton pin & needle hook & eye manufacturer we went
to his shop & saw them make pins through evry
process of it from the wire to the finish we attended
a tea total meeting, at the Temperance Hall
We engaged the hall
for a public meeting that we might preach the gospel
to the people we could not have it untill the 7 of sept
Elder Smith made a short speech in the tea total meeting we returned & spent the night at our lodging 5 m
~ Wednesday
26 we all started out to try to get some doors open
for preaching the gospel Br Kimball went to one part
of the city Br Smith & myself visited another part
we called upon two Baptist ministers, we asked
one for his Chapel & the other we warned &
left an address we attended meeting in the evening at
the Methodist Chapel in long lane
~ Thursday
27th [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Phebe sent by the hand
of Sister Elizabeth Ravenscroft I also wrote
a letter to Sister Elizabeth R. We attended a
tea total meeting (or temperance) at the Temperance
Hall in St Georges Road near Elephant & Castle
South London By request of the Committy I address
ed the meeting upon the subject of Temperance & was
followed by Elder Smith we gave out an appointment
to preach upon the gospel at the same place on the 7th
of Sept, we are making evry exertion to find some
saints or those who are wiling to obey the gospel
in this City of London But as yet our searching
has been in vain, Priest & People are all Bound up
in Bundles of tradition there Bands are made strong
& the whole city is given to whoredoms & all man
ner of wickedness & is ripe for judgment, Still
we are determined to spare no pains but to search
dilligently that we may seek out the honest in heart &
the meek of the earth
~ Friday
28 We all started out in the morning to go through
the City of London to see if we could find any
man that had the Spirit of God & after wander
ing several miles through the City not knowing
whether we went we came to an Ephraimite
"Journal (January 1, 1840 – December 31, 1840)," August 25, 1840 - August 28, 1840, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 9, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/OyN