As this is a day that many are celebrating the mariage
of the Queen, I thought it no more than just & right that
I should honor the King of heaven by advocating his
cause & preaching the gospel of his Son Jesus Christ so
I walked out into the Market place acompanied
by Elder Alfred Corden, & Deacon Wm Bradbury, &
Brother George Simpsons, & we began to sing prases
unto God & call upon his name & a congreg
ation flocked around us, & we preached the gospel unto
them & I bore testimony unto them of the great
work that God had set his hand to accomplish. we
testified of the second comeing of Christ & warned
the people to repent & be Baptized for the remision
of their sins, & when we had finished our testimony
we dismissed the people & walked of[f] with many
following us. We also preached in the evening at
Brother Thomas Amisons & Baptized one & walked
to Burslem & spent the night ^{[illegible shorthand]}^. I received a
letter from Elder John Taylor they had Baptized 10
in Liverpool. Distance of the day 8 miles
~ Tuesday
11th I spent the day in Burslem I wrote
two Letters one to Elder Turley & the other
to Elder Wm Clayton I preached at night
in Burslem at Dea[con] Bradburrey's
As this is a day that many are celebrating the mariage
of the Queen, I thought it no more than just & right that
I should honor the King of heaven by advocating his
cause & preaching the gospel of his Son Jesus Christ so
I walked out into the Market Place accompanied
by Elder Alfred Corden, & Deacon Wm Bradbury, &
Brother George Simpsons, & we began to sing prases
unto God & call upon his name & a congreg
ation flocked around us, & we preached the gospel unto
them & I bore testimony unto them of the great
work that God had set his hand to accomplish. we
testified of the Second Comeing of Christ & warned
the people to repent & be Baptized for the remision
of their sins, & when we had finished our testimony
we dismissed the people & walked off with many
following us. We also preached in the evening at
Brother Thomas Amisons & Baptized one & walked
to Burslen & spent the night.{meeting} I received a
letter from Elder John Taylor they had Baptized 10
in Liverpool. Distance of the day 8 miles
~ Tuesday
11th I spent the day in Burslem [FIGURE] I wrote
two Letters one to Elder Turley & the other
to Elder Wm Clayton I preached at night
in Burslem at DeaconBradburrey's
"Journal (January 1, 1840 – December 31, 1840)," February 10, 1840 - February 11, 1840, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 21, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/o8L