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Day in the Life

Mar 9, 1845

Journal Entry

March 09, 1845 ~ Sunday

9th March 1845 Sunday
Preston quarterly conference met at
half past 10 oclock AM. Their being present
one of the Twelve, 2 High Priest, 16 Elders
14 Priest, 10 Teachers & 3 Deacons.


Elder Banks was called to the chair

Their were Eleven branches represented containing
505 members, 1 HP, 15 Elders 24 P, 15 T, & 4 D.
there were 21 Baptized since the last conference
Elders Woodruff & Ward addressed the
meeting some during the fore noon.


In the afternoon sacrament was administored
ordained 1 Elder confirmed 3. Elder Woodruff
& Ward spoke during the meeting

Elder Leonard Hardy was chosen to Preside
over the Preston conference. He accepted the
appointment.

In the evening I addressed the meeting
the House was filled to overflowing & vary
warm I spoke one hour & a quarter upon the
following subjects. The feelings views & desires
of Joseph Smith when he was led to enquire of the Lord
The administrations of the Angel unto him
His recieving the gospel & keys of the kingdom
The Prophets cares and labours in the progress of the Church
The endowment of the Twelve

Death of the Prophet & Patriarch.
Return of the Twelve to Nauvoo & their conference
with the Church, & organization of the Church
at Nauvoo & all the churches throughout
the U. S. A. the same as in England.
My appointment to England & arival.
Our care & labours over the churches in England
The importance of building the Temple.
Also of Printing the doctrins & covenants
Called upon all the Elders to help us in
rolling on the cause & kingdom of God.


The congregation gave good attention &
I had much freedom of speech & spirit
of speaking & had a good time but was in
a high state of perspiration.

We dined & took tea at Br Lawrence Newsham
13 London road. I spent the night at
Sister Green's No 101 Bedford street

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Green, Eleanor Montgomery
30 Nov 1810 - 30 Nov 1845
5 mentions
1840 British Convert
Smith, Hyrum
9 Feb 1800 - 27 Jun 1844
400 mentions
Apostle
Banks, John
6 Feb 1806 - 15 Jun 1862
47 mentions
Smith, Joseph (Jr.)
23 Dec 1805 - 27 Jun 1844
2227 mentions
Hardy, Leonard Wilford
31 Dec 1805 - 31 Jul 1884
222 mentions
Family
Ward, Thomas
1808-1847
112 mentions

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Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine Notes 2
on Sunday the at which myself and Elder Ward attended. Elder John Banks was called to the chair. During the day Elder Leonard Hardy was chosen to preside over the Conference and there were eleven Branches represented with 505 members Next day I took a walk through the city and visited the old Cockpit where Elders Kimball and Hyde had preached so much at the first opening of the British mission and where also Dr Willard Richards afterwards also preached. We walked up and down the river where many hundred of the Saints had been baptized and I also viewed ^from whare^ the Scotch made an attack upon the English at Preston when the gallant enthusiastic followers ^army^ of the Young Pretender made ^their^ illfated and mad attempt to unseat the first George from the English throne and give it to their bonnie Charle ^[wished] it the house of the Stuarts^. Some of the Scotch entered the town as far as the Cockpit but most of them was slain in the valley. I saw their burial place. There is now a grove growing over their bodies. This was in the year 1745 just one hundred years before this date We returned to the town and after dinner I took the parting hand of Elders Banks and Hardy and the Saints of Preston and returned to Liverpool

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Mar 9, 1845