Eliza Bromley Rushton

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    spoke about the Same length of time the people gave good attention to what we said & seemed to be much interested in what they heard, & we dismissed our meeting in the midst of good feelings. Mr Corner invited us home, soon after we arived at his house Elder Kimball felt impressed to returned Back to the place of preaching, & when he got there he found a large company talking about the things which they had herd, & they wished him to speak to them again & ...
    Dates:
    August 31, 1840
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    was sick nigh unto Death we prayed with her & lade hands upon her & rebuked her sickness in the name of the Lord. In the evening we went to Tabernacle Square & Baptized 4 persons one was Mrs Albon Br James Albon's wife, we also confirmed her. Elder Kimball administered the ordinance of Baptism. He also received 4 letters which gave us information of the vast emegration of the Saints Elder Young said 235 go on one ship & ...
    Dates:
    February 9, 1841 February 10, 1841 February 11, 1841 February 12, 1841
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    soon sink they Did so, & I began to revive in the evening & spent a little more comfortable night February 22, 1841 ~ Monday 22 was much better & enabled to sit up, most of the day February 23, 1841 ~ Tuesday 23rd Arose in the morning refreshed by sleep s[t]ill felt weak in body wrot a few lines in my Journal with a feble hand, [FIGURE] Received 2 letters from E. Bromley & a Brother in the Potteries. Elder Snow wrote to Elder ...
    Dates:
    February 22, 1841 February 23, 1841
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    January 29, 1841 ~ Friday 29th [FIGURE] I received a letter from Elder Wm Pitt. [FIGURE] I wrote 2 Letters to G. A. Smith & Wm Pitt I spent the night in copying a will for Br Thomas Allen January 30, 1841 ~ Saturday 30th [FIGURE] I wrote 3 Letters one to James Barnes one to Edward Oakey one to Br Benjamin Hill at
    Dates:
    January 29, 1841 January 30, 1841 January 31, 1841 February 1, 1841 February 2, 1841
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    November 4, 1840 ~ Wednesday Nov 4th [FIGURE] We received 3 Letters I received one from Elder John Cheese containing a post office order of £2.10 a dona tion from the Saints we received one letter from O. pratt & one from Emma Cordon. We wrote onte to O Pratt & [FIGURE] one to Osmond Shaw & one to Rowley November 5, 1840 ~ Thursday 5th The Efagy of Guydo [Guido] Fawkes is before ...
    Dates:
    November 4, 1840 November 5, 1840 November 6, 1840
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    I am getting tierd of a deck passage about sun set we pasted Cario past two Boats that were aground the Harry of the west & the walnut Hills. We struck the bar going over October 30, 1843 ~ Monday 30th We took a boat in tow & travled slow October 31, 1843 ~ Tuesday 31st Travled slow through the day November 1, 1843 ~ Wednesday Nov 1st We arived in St Louis at 4 oclok in the morning & was ...
    Dates:
    October 30, 1843 October 31, 1843 November 1, 1843 November 2, 1843 November 3, 1843
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    Moved & carried that Badley Edge be organized a Branch Moved & carried that Elder Cordon represent this Conference to the general Conference to be held at Manchester on the 6th of Oct 1840 Moved & carried that this Conferenc adjourn to the 28th Dec. The meeting then concluded by singing & Prayer, & in the afternoon the Officers met when Elder Woodruff addressed them at length & gave much council & advice & the Blessing of God was with us through ...
    Dates:
    September 29, 1840 September 30, 1840 October 1, 1840
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    October 15, 1840 ~ Thursday 15th I arose refreshed by sleep but had a wait upon my mind, which has been upon me for ma- ny days the spirit of which manifests great trouble & persecutions of the Saints in general, throughout Europe & America & that many will fall away, that the USA will rise against the church & that they will be driven from whare they are & that great trouble awaits the world universally I had a long conversation with Catherine the Prophetess upon these ...
    Dates:
    October 15, 1840
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    face had the appearance of much meekness love & light I said Oh, he said fear not, he came & touch[ed] me with his hand then fear departed from me. I said doth the Lord love me so much, he said it is thy faith in the servents of the God of heaven. Though hast clothed the Naked & fed the hungry & the God of heaven will feed thee forever & forever. & the desire of thy heart shall be granted thee in Gods own time. No weapon shall prosper against thee ...
    Dates:
    October 16, 1840
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    October 20, 1840 ~ Tuesday Oct 20th [FIGURE] I wrote 5 letters one to O. Pratt to E. Bromley. to I. Whittaker. to Young & Kimball, to D. Browett. I spent the day in writing in our sitting room October 21, 1840 ~ Wednesday 21st [FIGURE] I wrote two Letters one to Elder John Cheese & the other to Edward Oaky after which I took an interesting ...
    Dates:
    October 20, 1840 October 21, 1840