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History of Utah, 1540-1886 - Brigham Young University

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MISSION TO ENGLAND. 405<br />

casion Parley attended, and was invited to speak, but<br />

declined, preferring to give a special call, which he<br />

did. At the appointed hour the rooms were filled;<br />

at the close <strong>of</strong> a powerful discourse another meeting<br />

was called for, and then another. Taylor became<br />

more and more interested ; he once accompanied Parley<br />

into the country where he had promised to<br />

preach ; at length, with Mrs Taylor, he was baptized.<br />

Thus was a shining light brought into the church, a<br />

branch <strong>of</strong> which was now established in Toronto, and<br />

was the forerunner <strong>of</strong> the mission work in Great Britain.<br />

10<br />

During the year 1837, Heber C. Kimball and Orson<br />

Hyde, <strong>of</strong> the quorum <strong>of</strong> the twelve, accompanied by<br />

Willard Richards, were placed at the head <strong>of</strong> a mission<br />

to England, the members <strong>of</strong> which were drawn from<br />

elders <strong>of</strong> the church in Canada, and several <strong>of</strong> whom<br />

were English, or had friends in England. The elders<br />

chosen were Joseph Fielding, Isaac Russell, John<br />

Goodson, and John Snider. 11 Taking ship for Liverpool,<br />

where they arrived on the 20th <strong>of</strong> July, 12 apostles<br />

Kimball, Hyde, and Willard Richards landed<br />

without the means <strong>of</strong> paying for their first night's<br />

lodging; but the remainder <strong>of</strong> the party furnishing the<br />

funds, all secured apartments in the same dwelling,<br />

and two days later took coach for Preston. Here at<br />

Vauxhall Chapel, then in charge <strong>of</strong> the Rev. James<br />

Fielding, brother to Elder Fielding, the doctrines <strong>of</strong><br />

Mormonism were first proclaimed in Great Britain,<br />

Kimball giving a brief account <strong>of</strong> the origin <strong>of</strong> the<br />

church, and <strong>of</strong> the teachings <strong>of</strong> the book <strong>of</strong> Mormon.<br />

10 After ministering at Toronto and its neighborhood for about two months,<br />

the apostle announced that he must return to Kirtland, and, as he relates, on<br />

the eve <strong>of</strong> his departure several hundred dollars were placed in his hands,<br />

though he had asked no one for money, and none knew that the main reason<br />

for returning was to arrange for the payment <strong>of</strong> his debts. Parley again<br />

visited Toronto in April 1836, and labored there until spring <strong>of</strong> the following<br />

year. Id. , 1G6. In 1841 , elders Morrison and Bates were preaching near Kingston.<br />

Times and Seasons, ii. 415. About two years later, Ben. Brown and<br />

Jesse W. Crosby preached in Montreal and Quebec. /'/. , vi. 7GG-7.<br />

11 <strong>Utah</strong> Pioneers, 33d Ann., 26; Pratt's Autobiog., 183; l\mes and Seasons,<br />

iii. 879.<br />

12 On board the Garrich.

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