Excerpt from Millennial Star, Vol. 74: June 6, 1912 At Preston they met with the Rev. James Fielding, brother of Joseph Fielding, a Methodist minister, through whose early friend ship their labors resulted ih establishing a branch of the Church in that city. But the minister himself lost courage and finally became an enemy to the elders' work. However, it must not be forgotten that it was he who opened the first English door for the preaching of the gospel. On the 23rd of July the first gospel ser mon in England or any foreign land was preached in the church of the Rev. Fielding, in Preston, England. It was the day after their arrival in Preston, and the Sabbath, and Mr. Fielding invited the brethren to accompany him to the Vauxhall Chapel, where he held forth. After he had finished speaking, he gave out notice of his own accord that the Elders of the Latter-day Saints would preach in the chapel in the afternoon at three o'clock. The news spread rapidly, and by the time appointed the house was filled. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.