Worcester, Worcestershire, England

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    John Tayler commence his Labours in Liverpool, that P. P. Pratt go to Manchester to publish the periodical & that George A. Smith go to the Potteries & that Elders Brigham Young & W Richards go with me into the field or vineyard which I had opened in Herefordshire & the adjoining county. So I took the parting hand with the Twelve & Saints & ...
    Dates:
    April 19, 1840 April 20, 1840 April 21, 1840
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    in this City. We visited the Ancient noted splended Worcester Cathedral Which surpasses any thing for spel splender & architecture mine eyes ever beheld it was about 400 feet in length 800 or 900 years of age it contained many Monuments or portraits of persons which were graven out of marble & lade over the tombs or vaults of Ancient Bishops, Lords, & Princis, some of which had lane there for 7 or 800 years. It is said that some of these mon uments with their winding st[r]eets which ...
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    May 6, 1840 ~ Wednesday May 6th this is the dryest Spring that has been known in England for many years the ground is parched, yet all Nature is covered with verdent green while the fruit trees sends forth their sweet purfumes from the smi leing Blossoms {with} which theire are clothed I Baptized 5 persons at the Bower & con firmed them then preached at Duns Close & walked to taperdin at Mr Smith & Baptized & confirmed 4 making 9 ...
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    May 6, 1840 May 7, 1840 May 8, 1840 May 9, 1840
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    [FIGURE] A synopsis of the travels & labours of W. Woodruff In AD 1841 Travelled in ENGLAND, WALES, & AMERICA And visited the following towns & cities Townes & Cities populations Shires & States [FIGURE] London the Metropolis 1,600,000 Middlesex Co Bristol 200,000 Liverpool 280,000 Lancashire Preston 60,000 Ditto Manchester 350,000 Ditto Staffordshire potteries 70,000 Staffordshire Wolverhampton 30,000 Ditto Birmingham 300 ...
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    A Synopsis of the travels & labours OF W. WOODRUFF. IN A.D. 1840 Traveled in ENGLAND & WALES visited the following Towns & Cities Towns & Cities Population Shires Liverpool 280,000 Lancashire Preston 60,000 Ditto Manchester 350,000 Ditto New Castle, Tunstell Burslem, Hanley, Potteries Stoke & Longton 70,000 Staffordshire Stafford 20,000 Ditto
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    esstablishing churches in some of the most notable cities of Europe. During the year 1840 churches have been esstablished in Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Worcester, Hereford, London, Glasgow, Paisley Edingborgh & many other parts of England Scotland Wales & Ireland. Elders have also gone to South Australia, the East Indies, &
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    July 19, 1840 ~ Sunday 19th Sunday I Preached in Leek John Jones came to oppose us & his carriage broke down & flung him in the mud he came to meeting but the Lord shut his mouth & he could not utter a word but left the room as soon as I closed Elder Smith Preached in the evening & 6 were Baptized under his hands we ordained one Priest & one Teacher several were healed by the laying on of hands ...
    Dates:
    July 19, 1840 July 20, 1840 July 21, 1840 July 22, 1840 July 23, 1840
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    untill I had closed my Baptizing & my mind was stayed on God. I then walked to Dimock &, spent the night at Brother Kington distance 9 mil April 10, 1840 ~ Friday 10th I walked to green way & Baptized 3 persons & then walked to Ledbury from thence to Frooms Hill visiting the Saints by the way side. I found Broth John Benbow had sold his possessions & entirely left the Hill farm ...
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    April 10, 1840 April 11, 1840
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    June 22, 1840 ~ Monday June 22nd Elders Richards & myself spent the morning in aranging the minutes of the Conference at Elder John Ben bows, we confirmed one Blessed 4 children. I then Baptized 5 persons & confirmed them & also 2 others were Baptized by Elder Clark which we confirmed this was Just as we were about to leave of Frooms Hill to start on our Journey for the Conference at Manch ester, & I never before left a field ...
    Dates:
    June 22, 1840 June 23, 1840
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    in Death I held a Prayer meeting with the Saints & spent the night at Brother Coles September 24, 1840 ~ Thursday 24th I spent the Day in writing. The church ministers are vary much stired up in this region because the Saints are gathering together evry exhertion is made against the the work of God the Clergy are foaring they will loose their flock & the Lord is delivering the flock out of their hands the ministers of the church of England see this, & they are alarmed in ...
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    September 24, 1840 September 25, 1840 September 26, 1840 September 27, 1840