Moved by Elder Kimble & seconded by Elder Richards that 20 of the Seventies be sent for & that it be left discretionary with the president of the Twelve to send for more if he think proper Meeting closed by prayer by Elder Kimble At a general conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints held in the Temperance Hall Preston, Lancashire, England; on the fifteenth Day of April Eighteen hundred & forty. Elder Kimble was called to ...

August 25, 1840 ~ 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 ...

September 6, 1840 ~ Sunday 6th Sunday I preached in the morning at Bowl Court 237 Shoreditch was followed by Elders Kimball & Smith. Also we held a meeting in Tabernacle square at 3 oclock & Elders Kimball & Smith preached in the street & I followed them in Bearing testimony one man arose & opposed us & was angry becaus of the truth of God, & conti nued opposing untill the conversation was stoped by the Police. We met again in ...

carpet bag in the scrape, upon on my arival at Albany it seemed as though I should be torn in peaces by the carman and Irish runners all pulling and haulling. I spent the night at Holmes Temperance House near the rail road landing carmans fee 50 cts distance from Oswego to Albany 200 miles September 27, 1844 ~ Friday 27th Bill $1.50 ct two Tickets one to Boston $6. one to Russel $2.96 took cars and ...

& Publications J. S. Buckingham. I know of no man that has traveled more extensively, am ong all natiouns in the nineteenth centaury than Mr Buckingham his travels in Asia & esspecially in India have been Published through the United States & been read with much interest, & Mr Buckingham had just returned to London from a tour through the United States whare he had spent two years in visiting nearly evry city & town from Bangor to New orleans ...

gin shops in London during one week 142,000 men, 108,000 women & 18,000 children Total 268,000, which esstablishments are the resort of multitudes of wretched & emancipated beings & their is upwards of 5,000 of these houses in the city of London alone, which are licensed to sell intox icating liquors, "The actual cost of intoxicating liquors in England including their manufacture & the duties paid upon them is upwards of Fifty Millions Sterling annually. To this large sum may be added Fifty Millions more, arising from the effectt.["] It is ...

July 27, 1843 ~ Thursday 27th As the water was so low we could not get up the river we stoped near Beaver passed through the town to Bridgewater here we took stage for Pittsburgh 28 miles on the way we stoped at Econemy the town founded by Mr Wrap it is esstablished sumthing upon the principles of Shakerism they raise much grain fruit & make wine from the pur juse of the grape. we drank ...

over his children & his wife in wrighteousnes then he will be capable of Presiding over a branch of the Church but many Elders are contending about presiding over Churches when they are not capable of presiding over themselve or the least child I have they have. Again the first Principle of our cause & work is to understand that their is a prophet in the Church & that he is at the head of the Church on Earth. who called Joseph Smith to be a prophet? Did the people ...

going across to steal sumthing. this is the effect that Signs have on those that seek them. I walked in company wash with Elders Kimball & G. A. Smith to Br Benjamin Hill at Turkey Hall in Glostershire we preached at Lime Street {Distance of the day} 12 m Mrs Woodruff wrote a short epistle in father Smiths letter August 13, 1840 ~ Thursday 13th We walked to ...

Now in this world mankind are naturly selfish, ambitious & striving to excell one above another while yet some are willing to build up others as well as themselves so in the other world their is a variety of spirits some who seek to excell, & this was the case with the devil when he fell he sought for things which were unlawful hence he was cast down & it is said he drew away many with him & the greatness of his punishment is that he shall not have ...