Truth Will Prevail. Amen.

Journal of Heber C. Kimball : an elder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, giving an account of his mission to Great Britain, and the commencement of the work of the Lord in that land; also the success which has attended the labors of the elders to the present time

Extracts from the journal of Elder Heber C. Kimball, circa July 1837

pages 16-18

page 21

You can read Elder Kimballs' full journal here below.

London "this great city"

The word of the Lord to the citizens of London, of every sect and denomination: and to every individual into whose hands it may fall--showing forth the plan of salvation as laid down in the New Testament, presented by two of the Elders of the Church (1840)

The last paragraph from a short book which was produced by Heber C. Kimball and Wilford Woodruff, which was designed for their proselyting in London. 

"of this great city!"

Got to love a bit of Apostolic rebuking.

It also mentions a couple of locations which featured prominently in early LDS history in London.

Lancaster Ward News

Lancaster Ward Library Archives 

Scanned on 20th May 2012

1912 Healing Miracle

(Page 294) OCTOBER, 1912. Friday 18 ) (292-74) Grimmett and I left on the noon train for Adlington to see the sick (Sister Sharples) I was surprised to see a very marked improvement in her. The doctor had given up all hopes and said death was certain, but through faith and prayer the powerof the Lord had put her on the road to recovery.

A Letter Home from a missionary

Elder Newton R. Jackson writes back home to his fellow students at BYU.

A Penwortham Saint

William Clayton

• 17 July 1814–4 Dec. 1879. Bookkeeper, clerk. Born at Charock Moss, Penwortham, Lancashire, England. 
• Son of Thomas Clayton and Ann Critchley. 
• Married Ruth Moon, 9 Oct. 1836, at Penwortham. 
• Baptized into LDS church by Heber C. Kimball, 21 Oct. 1837, in River Ribble, Lancashire. 
• Ordained a priest, Dec. 1837, in Lancashire. 
• Ordained a high priest by Heber C. Kimball and Orson Hyde, 1 Apr. 1838, at Preston, Lancashire. 
• Served as second counselor in British mission presidency, 1838–1840. 
• Immigrated to Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois, 1840. Served as clerk of high council in Iowa Territory, 1841. Member of Nauvoo Masonic Lodge. Served as recorder and scribe to JS, 1842–1844, at Nauvoo. 
• Appointed secretary of Masonic lodge, city treasurer, and temple recorder, Sept. 1842, at Nauvoo. 
• Participated in plural marriage during JS's lifetime. Clerk of first company of pioneers to Utah, Apr.–Aug. 1847. Wrote and published Latter-day Saint Emigrants’ Guide, 1847–1848. Died at Salt Lake City.

The Missionaries of the Church: Statistics

Historical information from the Church Almanac.

YEAR	MISSIONARIES CALLED
1830	16
1831	58
1832	72
1833	41
1834	111
1835	84
1836	80
1837	52
1838	16
1839	67
1840	80
1841	100
1842	45
1843	374
1844	586
1845	84
1846	32
1847	40
1848	55
1849	58
1850	50
1851	44
1852	158
1853	33
1854	119
1855	65
1856	130
1857	88
1858	0
1859	18
1860	96
1861	19
1862	27
1863	50
1864	52
1865	71
1866	32
1867	133
1868	32
1869	250
1870	46
1871	167
1872	132
1873	35
1874	98
1875	197
1876	211
1877	154
1878	152
1879	179
1880	219
1881	199
1882	237
1883	248
1884	205
1885	235
1886	209
1887	282
1888	242
1889	249
1890	283
1891	331
1892	324
1893	317
1894	162
1895	526
1896	746
1897	922
1898	943
1899	1,059
1900	796
1901	522
1902	848
1903	658
1904	699
1905	716
1906	1,015
1907	930
1908	919
1909	1,014
1910	933
1911	822
1912	769
1913	858
1914	684
1915	621
1916	722
1917	543
1918	245
1919	1,211
1920	889
1921	880
1922	886
1923	812
1924	867
1925	1,131
1926	1,236
1927	1,017
1928	1,193
1929	1,058
1930	896
1931	678
1932	399
1933	525
1934	843
1935	960
1936	899
1937	1,079
1938	1,146
1939	1,088
1940	1,194
1941	1,257
1942	629
1943	261
1944	427
1945	400
1946	2,297
1947	2,132
1948	2,161
1949	2,363
1950	3,015
1951	1,801
1952	872
1953	1,750
1954	2,022
1955	2,414
1956	2,572
1957	2,518
1958	2,778
1959	2,847
1960	4,706
1961	5,793
1962	5,630
1963	5,781
1964	5,886
1965	7,139
1966	7,021
1967	6,475
1968	7,178
1969	6,967
1970	7,590
1971	8,344
1972	7,874
1973	9,471
1974	9,811
1975	14,446
1976	13,928
1977	14,561
1978	15,860
1979	16,590
1980	16,600
1981	17,800
1982	18,260
1983	19,450
1984	19,720
1985	19,890
1986	20,798
1987	21,001
1988	22,619
1989	25,609
1990	26,255
1991	24,861
1992	28,716
1993	28,774
1994	27,912
1995	29,015
1996	31,227
1997	33,726
1998	33,229
1999	33,915
2000	34,503
2001	34,684
2002	36,196
2003	30,467
2004	29,548
2005	30,587
2006	30,653
2007	30,384
2008	30,312

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