Portraits of the past: A place for preaching

During the time Elder Wilford Woodruff labored as a missionary in the town of Ledbury, Herefordshire, he recorded the following story, dated April 30, 1840: "I walked to Ledbury and had not been in town an hour before many flocked around to see me and gave me the hand of fellowship. The Baptist minister opened his chapel for me to preach in and he went into the pulpit with me and opened the meeting by reading the 35th chapter of Isaiah and praying mightily for me. I then arose and preached to the largest congregation (it was said) that ever met in the chapel. The minister was believing and bid me Godspeed. After the meeting many offered themselves for baptism." (Woodruff journal, typescript, 1:430.) The chapel seen here is the Baptist chapel in Ledbury where that took place. The main street running through Ledbury has a view of the tower.