worse in any sickness, was thankful that my
wife & children was not with me to share in such
sufferings, the sun is plesent today we have
still west head winds & rough sea. Their has
been some fears that several children would
die on board being vary sick, we got together
& prayed the Lord to have mercy upon us all &
spare the lives of our company, & the sick began
to amend truly we have perils by sea as well
as by land [FIGURE] Two years ago this day the
Twelve held ther conference on the building
spop [spot] of the house of the Lord in the city far
west on which occasion I was ordained to the
quorum of the Twelve in company with G A. Smith
& we started on that day to take our foreign missi
on & thank God we are now on our return home
& are still alive & through the mercy of God are
like to live. ** We had a still night

April 27, 1841 ~ Tuesday

27^th Wind W still blows the Saints are some
better the Twelve are generally well & vary patie
nt well united & agree in all things & love one
another, I visited the sick & got them on deck

April 28, 1841 ~ Wednesday

28^th This was a day that caused many mixed
sensations of pleasure & pain grandure & solemnity
hope & fear to many. To me it was a day that satisfy
ed mine eyse in many respects. When we arose
in the morning we still found strong head winds
which soon increased to a great storm & tempest
which scenery I have not language to describe the
sails were close reefed or taken in as soon as pos-
sible, it took 16 men to cloose reef the main top sail
the tempest was now raging with all power the
sea piling up into mountains, the ship mountain the
waves & billows & pitching into the valleys & rocking
tremendiously & shiping seas occasionly, in the midst
of this seenery the cry of help was herd in our
cabin I rushed to the scene & found the ropes giving
way & breaking which held the whole mass of baggage
which was piled up between decks, consisting of
heavy trunks, chests, Boxes & barrels which if once
liberated from their confinement would with one

worse in any sickness, was thankful that my wife & children was not with me to share in such sufferings, the sun is plesent today we have still west head winds & rough sea. Their has been some fears that several children would die on board being vary sick, we got together & prayed the Lord to have mercy upon us all & spare the lives of our company, & the sick began to amend truly we have perils by sea as well as by land [FIGURE] Two years ago this day the Twelve held ther Conference on the building spop of the house of the Lord in the city far west on which occasion I was ordained to the quorum of the Twelve in company with G.A. Smith & we started on that day to take our foreign missi on & thank God we are now on our return home & are still alive & through the mercy of God are like to live. ** we had a still night

April 27, 1841 ~ Tuesday

27th Wind [FIGURE] W still blows the Saints are some better the Twelve are generally well & vary patie nt well united & agree in all things & love one another, I visited the sick & got them on deck

April 28, 1841 ~ Wednesday

28th This was a day that caused many mixed sensations of pleasure & pain grandure & solemnity hope & fear to many. To me it was a day that satisfy ed mine eyse in many respects. when we arose in the morning we still found strong head winds which soon increased to a great storm & tempest which scenery I have not language to describe the sails were close reefed or taken in as soon as possible, it took 16 men to cloose reef the main top sail the tempest was now raging with all power the sea piling up into mountains, the ship mountain the waves & billows & pitching into the valleys & rocking tremendiously & shiping seas occasionly, in the midst of this seenery the cry of help was herd in our cabin I rushed to the scene & found the ropes giving way & breaking which held the whole mass of baggage which was piled up between decks, consisting of heavy trunks, chests, boxes & barrels which if once liberated from their confinement would with one