November 28, 1887 – Sunday
Brother Renals, Greenalch and myself went to Farnworth Sunday School where we talked a little to them. We had dinner at Brother Robinsons and the Brother R. and myself went to a place called Darcy Leaver where there were a family that had once belonged to the church that desired us to visit them. They invited us to go and see them next Sunday and hold meeting. After talking to them and showing them the gospel and their duties of God, we went back to Farnworth and I preached 40 minutes.
November 29, 1887
We went to Bolton. We went to a sister Kay’s. This is a widow woman who came into the church at Whaley Bridge, my native town. She was well acquainted with my mother and brother, George, and my sisters. She was exceedingly pleased to see me on account of my mother that she thought so much of. We went to Sister Harrocks’ to stay all night. This is a good old sister that is a regular blunt Lancashire woman. Her husband is a paralect and can hardly talk or move about. She made us very welcome. We stayed all night.
November 30, 1887
It rained all fore noon. We went to Sister Davis’ and had dinner here. We had tea at Sister Robinson’s and we went to the meeting house at night. This meeting house up some stairs in a room over a stable that stinks very bad. I preached 20 minutes after the saints had bore their testimonies. I spoke on the power of evil spirits and exhorted the saints resist them. Brother R. and myself had felt very depressed all day but felt better after meeting. We went the next day and had dinner at Brother J. Williams’ and had tea with President Cook of the Moreside Branch. We went to meeting at night and only 4 men and a boy present. We administered to Brother J. Williams who had been sick and then went to Brother Flitcroft’s to administer to two of his children. I stayed all night at his house on the sofa.
December 1, 1887
The Elders keep the first Thursday of the month as a fast day and meet in council at the conference house in Manchester. I walked to Manchester and went and I had a warm bath and think it did me more good than if I had food. It cost me 2 d. We assembled at meet at 11 a.m. There were present five elders besides myself. The elders were called on to give an account of their labors. The meeting was over by 2:30 p.m. President Phillip provided a good dinner for us all at the conference house. After dinner, I went in search of my cousin, John Carlin, but I did not succeed in it. I then went to Swinton, 6 miles from Manchester, and stayed with Brother J. Williams who is a coal miner and has two sons who work in the mine. He has a brother living with him who is a farm laborer and is not in the church. These people are Welsh and I read out of the bible to him, he using the Welsh bible. I explained the principles of the gospel which he acknowledges were in accordance with the bible. I slept with him and the boy about 18 years old. He was very rough so I did not sleep much. I had plenty of fleas to keep me company.
Brother Renals, Greenalch and myself went to Farnworth Sunday School where we talked a little to them. We had dinner at Brother Robinsons and the Brother R. and myself went to a place called Darcy Leaver where there were a family that had once belonged to the church that desired us to visit them. They invited us to go and see them next Sunday and hold meeting. After talking to them and showing them the gospel and their duties of God, we went back to Farnworth and I preached 40 minutes.
November 29, 1887
We went to Bolton. We went to a sister Kay’s. This is a widow woman who came into the church at Whaley Bridge, my native town. She was well acquainted with my mother and brother, George, and my sisters. She was exceedingly pleased to see me on account of my mother that she thought so much of. We went to Sister Harrocks’ to stay all night. This is a good old sister that is a regular blunt Lancashire woman. Her husband is a paralect and can hardly talk or move about. She made us very welcome. We stayed all night.
November 30, 1887
It rained all fore noon. We went to Sister Davis’ and had dinner here. We had tea at Sister Robinson’s and we went to the meeting house at night. This meeting house up some stairs in a room over a stable that stinks very bad. I preached 20 minutes after the saints had bore their testimonies. I spoke on the power of evil spirits and exhorted the saints resist them. Brother R. and myself had felt very depressed all day but felt better after meeting. We went the next day and had dinner at Brother J. Williams’ and had tea with President Cook of the Moreside Branch. We went to meeting at night and only 4 men and a boy present. We administered to Brother J. Williams who had been sick and then went to Brother Flitcroft’s to administer to two of his children. I stayed all night at his house on the sofa.
December 1, 1887
The Elders keep the first Thursday of the month as a fast day and meet in council at the conference house in Manchester. I walked to Manchester and went and I had a warm bath and think it did me more good than if I had food. It cost me 2 d. We assembled at meet at 11 a.m. There were present five elders besides myself. The elders were called on to give an account of their labors. The meeting was over by 2:30 p.m. President Phillip provided a good dinner for us all at the conference house. After dinner, I went in search of my cousin, John Carlin, but I did not succeed in it. I then went to Swinton, 6 miles from Manchester, and stayed with Brother J. Williams who is a coal miner and has two sons who work in the mine. He has a brother living with him who is a farm laborer and is not in the church. These people are Welsh and I read out of the bible to him, he using the Welsh bible. I explained the principles of the gospel which he acknowledges were in accordance with the bible. I slept with him and the boy about 18 years old. He was very rough so I did not sleep much. I had plenty of fleas to keep me company.
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