January 1, 1841 ~ Friday

JAN[uary] 1^st 1841

I find myself this New Years morning in com-
pany with Elder H. C. Kimball at No 40 Ironmonger
Row Saint Lukes LONDON The Metropolis of
England, the largest commercial city in the world
Population 1,600,000. We are enjoying good health
& spirits I received a letter from Elder H. Glover
I celebrated this new years Day by Baptizing two
persons in a bath at Tabernacle Square. We dined
at Doctor Copeland'^s, we read a letter sent to
Elder Richards from his friends in Mass. The Church
of Latter Day Saints Numbers this day in London 21.
My prayer to God is that as his blessings have been great
unto me & my Brethren in the ministry during 1840
in giving us many souls as seals of our ministry th[at] [page torn]
his blessings may be multiplied unto us through 1841
O God the Eternal Father I ask the[e] in the name of thy
Son Jesus Christ to spare the lives Health strength &
peace of my wife & child, & those of my Brethren the
Twelve, & that we may again return to the bosom of
our families & be enabled to comfort there hearts, may
we also be blessed with many souls as seals of our
ministry, cloth us O Lord with thy wisdom, strength,
mind & spirit, in all our counsils, make us of one heart
& mind in all things. Cloth thy Servant Joseph & his
councellors with thy power mind & will. Enable them
to esstablish Zion & her stakes for a reffuge to the
poor & the meek of the Earth. Let thy power O Lord
be manifest among the Lamanites that they may begin to
blossom as the rose. Hasten the return of Judah O
Lord to Jerrusalem, that they may again spedily rebu-
ild the city of their Fathers. Remember the outcast
of Israel, may their Prophets come in rememberance before
the[e] O Lord hasten their return also, O God give ear
to the cry of the widiow & the tear of the orphan & avenge
the innocent Blood of their fathers upon the head of
their murderers & oppressors, cause the gentiles to fear
O Lord because of thy mighty works among thy Saints
cloth thine Elders & priests with greater power in
administering the word of God. Hasten the signs in

JANuary 1st 1841 I find myself this New Years morning in company with Elder H. C. Kimball. at No 40 Ironmonger Row Saint Lukes LONDON The Metropolis of England, the largest commercial city in the world Population 1,600,000. We are enjoying good health & spirits [FIGURE] I received a letter from Elder H. Glover I celebrated this new years Day by Baptizing two persons in a bath at Tabernacle Square. We dined at Doctor Copeland'ss, we read a letter sent to Elder Richards from his friends in Mass. The Church of Latter Day Saints numbers this day in London 21. My prayer to God is that as his blessings have been great unto me & my Brethren in the ministry during 1840 in giving us many souls as seals of our ministry that page torn his blessings may be multiplied unto us through 1841 O God the Eternal Father I ask thee in the name of thy Son Jesus Christ to spare the lives Health strength & peace of my wife & Child, & those of my Brethren the Twelve, & that we may again return to the bosom of our families & be enabled to comfort there hearts, may we also be blessed with many Souls as seals of our ministry, clothe us O Lord with thy wisdom, strength mind & Spirit, in all our Counsils, make us of one heart & mind in all things. Clothe thy Servant Joseph & his Councellors with thy Power mind & will. Enable them to esstablish Zion & her Stakes for a reffuge to the poor & the meek of the Earth. Let thy power O Lord be manifest among the Lamanites that they may begin to blossom as the rose. Hasten the return of Judah O Lord to Jerrusalem, that they may again spedily rebuild the City of their Fathers. Remember the outcast of Israel, may their Prophets come in rememberance before thee O Lord hasten their return also, O God give ear to the cry of the widow & the tear of the orphan & avenge the innocent Blood of their fathers upon the head of their murderers & oppressors, cause the gentiles to fear O Lord because of thy mighty works among thy Saints clothe thine Elders & Priests with greater Power in administering the word of God. Hasten the signs in