| 486 and a half was out of sight of land. With the exception of a strong wind on the 12th, there was generally a gentle breeze from the northwest during the voyage.
"On the 16th, Elder Hyde preached on the aft quarter deck, and on the 18th Cape Clear was visible (eighteen days out of sight of land); and on the morning of the 20th the brethren landed in Liverpool, twenty days from New York. Here Elders Kimball, Hyde, and Richards found themselves on a foreign shore, surrounded by strangers, without the first farthing in their possession; but the brethren unitedly took lodgings in a private house in Union Street, till after the inspection of the ship; and on Saturday, the 22d, took coach for Preston. When they had alighted from the coach and were standing by their trunks in front of the hotel in Preston, a large flag was unfurled over their heads, on which was printed in golden letters, 'Truth will prevail;' at the sight of which their hearts rejoiced, and they cried aloud, 'Amen, thanks be unto God, Truth will prevail.'
"Brother Joseph Fielding lodged with his brother, Rev. James Fielding, then a preacher in Vauxhall Road chapel, and the remainder of the brethren took lodgings in St. Wilford Street, Fox Street. The same evening the elders visited the Rev. Mr. Fielding, by his request, at his lodgings. He had previously been apprised of the coming forth of this work in America, through the medium of letters from his relatives and others, and had requested his church to pray that God would send them his servants, and exhorted his people to receive their message when they should come.
" Sunday, the 23d. As they had no place in which to preach, the seven brethren went to Vauxhall chapel to hear the Rev. Mr. Fielding; and, at the close of the morning service, Mr. Fielding gave public notice that an elder of the Latter Day Saints would preach in the afternoon in his pulpit. This was voluntary with Mr. Fielding, as no one had requested the privilege; and in the afternoon, according to the notice, Elder Kimball gave a brief history of the rise of the church, and the first principles of the gospel, and Elder Hyde bore testimony; after which the Rev. Mr. Fielding requested the brethren to give out an appointment for the
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