Left Abergele Nov 27th reached Merthyr Tydvil Dec 2nd, 1850 - through Lpool & Bristol &
Cardiff.
Thursday Dec 6th 1850 - Ordained an Elder under the hands of President William Phillips HP
and Henry Evans. Also testified in White Lion Hall to a large congregation of Saints.
Sunday 8th - Preached in Georgetown Hall.
Wednesday 11th - Attended a large Saints' meeting in Georgetown.
Sunday 15th - Preached at the English Branch, Ynysgai Preached at Cefn Sunday Dec 22nd/50
Dec 31, 1850 - Was blessed by Brother John Taylor as follows
(Blessing)
Dear Brother - I lay my hands according to the desire of your heart to bless you in the name of
the Lord Jesus, and I say unto you be thou blessed. you shall be blessed with wisdom
intelligence & your mind shall be enlightened & expanded and thou shalt be filled with the
Spirit of Prophecy and thou shalt have dreams and visions and do such good in your day &
age and eventually be saved in the Kingdom of your God which blessings I seal upon your
head in the name of Jesus, amen.
January 8th, 1851 - Ordained James Bishop a Priest in Gellifailog Branch
Jan 9th - Ordained David Griffith a Deacon in Merthyr Branch also confirmed William John
Sunday Morning Jan 12th - Preached in Merthyr Hall
Preached Sunday Jan 19th at Georgetown Hall - Confirmed Martha James, Merthyr Branch
Jan 23rd 1851
Preached in English in Rhymney on Sunday Feb 2/51
Preached in Merthyr Branch Feb 9th
Preached in Merthyr Branch Feb 16th
Preached in Georgetown Feb 25th, 1851
Confirmed Elizabeth Lewis March 6th, 1851
Preached in Merthyr Branch March 9th/51
Confirmed Mary Ann _______March 13th/51
Confirmed Henry Watkins April 2nd 1851
Preached at Merthyr Branch April 12th/51
April 23 - went to Abernant y Groes Farm to copy the lease of Aberaman Baptist Chapel, was
in a meeting in the chapel and slept at Cefn Pennar Farm,
April 26th? - Saturday morning went through with Bro. Sims to Aberdare and on following
day witnessed Bro Phillips baptizing 2 ministers & 3 of their members where there were
about 1500 people present, had good & crowded meetings all day.
May 8th - ordained Bro. Thomas Richards a teacher in the Merthyr Branch.
May 9th - visited Cefn Branch Council
May 11th - confirmed Wm Rogers in Merthyr Branch.
May 14th - confirmed Mary Johns in Ynysgau Branch while visiting their saints' meeting.
May 18th - visited Aberaman & (witness Brother Phillips baptizing seven) hundreds present,
we held a meeting in the Baptist chapel & confirmed two viz. Anirin Jones & Daniel Griffiths
(Confd. Anirin wrong but he was conf & [illegible]) Confirmed Sarah Aubrey in Merthyr
Branch.
Thursday May 29th - & we had an excellent meeting
June
June 1st - Sunday visited Cwmbach Branch to examine books. we found things in a very
confused state, preach in the afternoon & evening.
June 4th - preach together with Bro. Harris in William Jenkins house shop keeper Merthyr
Tydfil to an attentive congregation.
June 5th - preached out in Georgetown.
June 8th - attended Cefn Coed Cymmer where there was a new room opened present Pres.
Phillips, Davies, & many other Elders
June 10 - visited Georgetown Saints meeting with Br Phillips and confirmed Lewis Jones &
Gwenlluan Byron (by the name of Amelia) had a very good meeting.
June 12th - attended council meeting at home (belonging to Pendaren Branch) Bro Phillips,
Evans, Roberts & Sims & many officers of the above branch present.
June 13th - visited Georgetown branch council Bro Phillips & Evans & others present
President Phillips taught many very important subjects, &c.
June 15 - at Merthyr Branch all day attended to the sacrament &c had very good meetings &
instructions from President Phillips & others.
June 16 - attended Merthyr Branch council meeting about ½ past 3 o'clock after been in the
funeral of Brother John Davies of Gellifaelog Branch.
June 18th - visited Ynysgau English Branch Saints meeting, gave some instructions to the
saints.
June 19th - attended White Lion Branch instructed the saints in Welsh. Bro Phillips & others
present, very good meeting one confirmed.
June 21st - Rec'd a letter from Bro. Elias relating the death of Sarah my sister in law to be
buried today.
June 22 - attended Merthyr Branch all day. preached in the evening & had very good meeting
June 24th - General Conference
June 25 - in the funeral at Cefn (Sister Richards)
June 26 - Merthyr saints meeting
June 27 - visited Georgetown council meeting
June 29 - Gorllwng Branch Dowlais was opened, preached in the afternoon & had very good
meetings all day.
July
July 2nd - visited Georgetown saints meeting
July 3rd - attended Merthyr meeting
July 4th - Ynysgau council meeting
July 5th - Council belonging to the conference Bros Phillips, Pugh & Campbell from Salt Lake
was present
July 6th - Conference very large congregation ? in afternoon to 3 places all full
July 7th - General Conference for 5 hours.
July 8th 1851 - attended council in Ynysgau until a late hour where some matters belonging to
Cwmbach branch were settled. Bro Phillips & E. Edwards were present - the branch being in
another bad state.
9th - attended saints meetings in Georgetown Branch where there was one confirmed
10th - attended Merthyr saints meeting. Bro. Phillips present
11th - distributing the Millenial Stars
13th - attended Georgetown in morning meeting & Ffynon Tydfil the rest of the day opening a
new room. Pres. Phillips & Davis & other Elders was present - very good meetings.
14th - attended Merthyr council until a late hour where Pres. Phillips named all the Elders that
were dieing in the Spirit, they all confessed & asked forgiveness of the council & also of the
Lord. Forgiveness was granted & the deemed better than ever to work.
July 16th - visited Ganghen Bbranch, Cefn Coed Cymmer, had a very good saints meeting,
spoke a little.
17th - attended Merthyr saints meeting Neglected my journal
20th - attended Merthyr all day with Bro. Eliezer Edwards. Presided the saints' meeting
ordained Morgan Jones a priest & confirmed Daniel Jenkins. Preached with Elder Edwards in
the evening to a large congregation.
21st - attended Merthyr council meeting
23rd - visited Georgetown Branch. spoke a little on the necessity of keeping the 'word of
wisdom' had a very good meeting, one was confirmed.
24th - attended Merthyr Branch where Elders Davies & Jones spoke concerning the 'word of
wisdom' at great length. Dismissed the meeting through prayer.
July 25th - visited Georgetown council meeting where Elder Jones & myself spoke on the
'word of wisdom' & that every officer of the Church of Jesus Christ should keep it in order
that they might teach the saints to do so.
27th - visited Ffynon Tydfil Branch together with Elders Edwards, Jones & others in the
morning and Pendaren Branch in the afternoon & evening where I spoke a little & brought
forth reasons why it was wisdom to cease drinking tea, coffee, hot drinks & using snuff &
tobacco &c.
28th - attended Merthyr council meeting
30th Wednesday - attended Georgetown saints' meeting where I taught the saints had a very
good meeting, abundant of the Spirit of the Lord throughout the meeting.
Thursday 31th - visited Ffynon Tydfil Branch where I taught the saints to keep the word of
wisdom. Ordained John Owens a deacon.
August
Sunday 3rd - At Aberdare, where there was a fine & commodious room opened by the
English, the room was full all day of respectable people Elders Roberts, Edmonds, Sims &
others
Monday 4th - attended Merthyr council meeting counselled the officers to keep the 'word of
wisdom'
Wensday 6th - Georgetown saints meeting spoke a little was followed by President Phillips
Thursday 7th - attended Merthyr saints meeting ordained Rees Jones a deacon. Pres Phillips
was present good meeting
Friday 8th July - attended Georgetown council meeting with President Phillips closed the
council through prayer
Sunday 10th - Visited Georgetown Branch in the evening & preached &c.
Monday 11th - Distributing the Millenial Star
Friday 15th - in Merthyr Saints' meeting could not be held on Wensday Eve owing to the
room been let, &c.
Sunday 17th - Merthyr afternoon & evening President Phillips preached on the word of
wisdom was followed by President Davies & I closed the meeting through singing & prayer.
Monday 18th - in Merthyr council meeting
19th - General Conference
Wensday 20th - at Ynysgau English Branch taught the saints & officers their duties &c to get
the door opened, the candles ready &c in time, the saints to attend their meetings punctually.
Baptized David Giles who had emigrated with Captain Jones &c & had returned from Saint
Louis, we don't know whether he is cut out of the Church or not but, I baptized him at the
request of President Phillips.
Friday 22nd - distributing the Millenial Star
24th Sunday - Writing with President Phillips in the morning, Merthyr in the afternoon. spoke
a little and confirmed David Giles who I had baptized on Wednesday - preached in the
evening to a large congregation was followed by President Phillips.
25th Monday - Merthyr council meeting opened the council through prayer
27th Wednesday - attended Georgetown saints meeting confirmed Margaret John also spoke a
little & taught the saints &c
28th Thursday - attended Merthyr saints meeting taught the saints on the 'word of wisdom'
had a very good meeting.
29th Friday - attended Georgetown council meeting &c
31st Sunday - preached in the morning in the Gorllwyny Branch. taught in Merthyr saints
meeting &c. confirmed Ann Rees, (daughter of Dd. [David] Rees) closed the evening meeting
through prayer.
September
Monday 1st Sept - attended the [illegible] Bryd at Hirwaun where there were about 5 or 600
saints together. preached in the evening together with other Elders in the chapel.
Tuesday 2nd - General council meeting. Elders Davis, Jones & other present Elder Phillips
from home.
Wednesday 3rd - Georgetown saints meeting taught the saints together with some Elders.
Thursday 4th - Merthyr saints meeting taught the saints &c.
Friday 5th - Georgetown council meeting
Saturday 6th - distributing the Millennial Star
Sunday 7th - morning at Merthyr Georgetown at 2 o'clock. Merthyr in the evening, confirmed
Catherine Jones & blessed Brother Dd. Morgan's child with Elder William Jones in
Georgetown.
Monday 8th - Printing & distributing cards for the Soiree
Wednesday 10th - Ynysgau saints meeting taught the saints on the 'word of wisdom' &c.
Thursday 11th - Merthyr saints meeting spoke a little after Elders Davis, Argust, &c confirmed
Jane Jones.
Friday 12th - Georgetown council meeting spoke a little to the officers concerning the bad
feeling that were amongst the saints after been in Hirwaun party &c
Sunday 14th Sept - Merthyr in the morning with Elder Pack from France who arrived here this
morning, & Ellis & Davis - called the English Branch to the Merthyr Room in the afternoon
when Elders Davis & Pack addressed them. Georgetown Branch in the evening, when Elder
Pack & Davis addressed the people on certain points - confirmed David Gabriel in Merthyr
saints meeting.
Monday 15th - Merthyr council meeting where I councilled the priests to attend their school
regular - dismissed the meeting through prayer.
Tuesday 16th - General council meeting Pres. Phillips not yet come home from North Wales.
Wednesday 17th - Georgetown saints meeting where I spoke a little & taught the saints. two
confirmed.
Thursday 18th 1851 - Merthyr saints meeting taught the saints & had a very good meeting &
neglected to make up my journal.
Sunday 21st - Merthyr saints meeting & preached in the evening to a large congregation in the
Georgetown branch.
Monday 22nd - distributing the 'Stars'
Wednesday 24th - visited Georgetown saints meeting with President Phillips where he gave a
little account of his tour through North Wales
Thursday 25th - Merthyr saints meeting where Elders Phillips & Davis addressed the saints
afterwards I was called to read a letter which Pres. Phillips wrote concerning some bad men
in North Wales.
Sunday 28th 1851 - Was in Georgetown school & morning meeting Merthyr saints meeting &
preached together with Elder Davis in the evening in Ffynon Tydfil Branch.
Tuesday 30th 1851 - General Council meeting
October
Wednesday 1st - visited Pendaren Branch spoke in the saints meeting, good meeting.
Thursday 2nd - spoke in Merthyr saints meeting concerning polygamy & adultery &c which
are abominable before the Lord &c & counseled the saints to take good care of these evil
spirits &c - confirmed Edward Rees - could not make up my journal owing to the press of
business for the conference which was held last Sunday Soiree on Monday following where
there were about 2000 saints & others present.
Tuesday 7th - a council was held in this office (14 Castle St Merthyr Tydfil) were present 6 or
7 Presidents of conferences & others. - distributing the 'Stars'.
Wednesday 8th - in Georgetown with President Phillips spoke a little in the saints meeting
Thursday 9th - Merthyr saints meeting confirmed Ann Gabriel also ordained Bro. David Giles
as teacher &c.
Saturday 11th - went together with President Phillips to Tredegar - were in the council in the
evening.
Sunday 12 - in conference had a very good meeting all day preached in the evening together
with some more Elders
Monday 13 - council in the forenoon and were in the concert in the evening &c.
Tuesday 14th - returned home with the mail and was in our general council meeting.
Wednesday 15th - visited Georgetown saints meeting taught a little concerning being liberal
towards the work of the Lord, & not to be covetous.
Thursday 16th - in Merthyr saints meeting presided the meeting and taught a little concerning
attending the meetings &c Friday was out with the ponny towards Cardiff.
Saturday 18th - distributing the Stars
Sunday 19th - in Merthyr Branch all day dismissed the morning meeting through prayer. spoke
in the saints meeting a little, & preached after Walter Lewis and Thomas Harris in the
evening.
Oct Wednesday 22nd 1851 - visited Ynysgau branch at the request of President Phillips &
spoke a little & taught the saints &c.
Thursday 23rd - attended Merthyr saints meeting dismissed the meeting through prayer &c.
Friday 24th - visited Merthyr singing meeting dismissed the meeting through prayer.
Sunday 26th - visited Georgetown branch in the morning & preached- Merthyr Branch saints
meeting where I broke bread &c - also attended evening meeting where President Phillips &
another preached to a very large congregation. one gave his name for baptism after the
meeting.
Monday 27th/51 - Merthyr council meeting spoke a little &c and gave a few councels
Tuesday 28th - General council meeting - neglected to keep my journal owing to a press of
business.
November
Saturday 1st Nov - Elder Lorenzo Snow arrived here from London.
Sunday 2nd - Bros Snow & Phillips & others preached in Merthyr Branch when all the
surrounding branches had collected. had a very good meeting.
Tuesday 4th - Went in company of Elder Davis to Tredegar where Elders Snow & Phillips
preached & the mobs came upon them & tried to brake into their bedroom &c.
Wednesday 5th - I visited Georgetown branch.
Thursday 6th - There was a particular meeting in the Merthyr Branch room where most of the
neighboring saints collected & Bros Phillips, Davis & Snow preached & I sang the welcome
hymn to Bro. Snow.
Sunday 9th - In Merthyr branch spoke a little Bro. Phillips was present
Tuesday 11th - General council meeting
Thursday 13th - attended Merthyr saints meeting dismissed the meeting through prayer
Sunday 16th - Went with President Phillips to Dowlais where there was a new room opened.
preached before Bro. Phillips in the Bute Room, Dowlais
Tuesday 18th - went to send Pres. Phillips as far as Hirwaun Station where he was going to
Carmarthenshire.
Wednesday 19th - Went to Victoria, Monmouthshire, to speak to Brother James James who is
selected to emigrated to the valley to commence the Iron works.
Thursday 20th - attended Merthyr saints meeting dismissed the meeting through prayer.
Sunday 23rd - confirmed Cath Merick - Merthyr saints meeting & went at the request of
Elders Phillips & Davis to the church of England in the evening where the Parson preached
against the Prophet Joseph Smith & the Book of Mormon &c.
Monday 24th - In Merthyr council dismissed the meeting through prayer.
Tuesday 25th - General council meeting
Wednesday 26th - attended Georgetown saints meeting & taught the saints a little before
President Phillips.
Thursday 27th - in Merthyr saints meeting where Elder Thomas Jones who ran away to
America was cut out dismissed the meeting with prayer.
Friday 28th - Visited Georgetown branch council spoke a little to the officers
Sunday 30th visited Cefn Branch preached in the afternoon meeting & in the evening after
Elder Reynolds
December
Monday 1st December - attended Merthyr Branch council meeting dismissed it through prayer
Wednesday 3rd - visited Georgetown branch spoke a little & gave some councils to the satins
&c.
Thursday 4th - attended Merthyr saints meeting
Neglected to keep my journal owing to the press of business
Sunday 7th - attended Merthyr saints meeting preached in Georgetown in the evening to a very
large and attentive congregation.
Tuesday 9th - sent the half yearly report of the Welch church to Franklin D. Richards L-pool -
General council in the evening.
Wednesday 10th - Went with Pres. Phillips to Georgetown saints meeting dismissed it through
prayer
Being busy neglected to keep my journal
Wednesday 24th 1851 - Visited Georgetown saints meeting spoke a little after some of the
brothers had a good meeting.
Thursday 25th 1851 - Christmas day had a very good saints meeting in the afternoon. Elders
Phillips, Davis, Richards of North Wales & others present - had a sort of a concert for the
benefit of Elder George Gilbert & family who emigrates for the valley to commence Iron
works with Bro James James &c in the evening.
Sunday 28th 1851 - In Georgetown saints meeting taught a little after Bro. Jones against some
that were not willing to fast once a month & bring the worth of their dinner every month
towards carrying on the work of the Lord which was passed in the General council &c.
29th Dec 1851 - sent to Elder Franklin D. Richards , Liverpool, £38,8,8 being the voluntary
donation of the Welsh church to the Per Emg Fund.
