p, where he obtained a
room. Then he went to the steamship company's office at the pier,
obtained his trunk, and had it taken to his lodgings. After a bath, a
general clean-up and change of clothing, he was ready for the town, or
all England for that matter.

He went back to "42" for further information. He noticed that the slum
district of the town pressed closely on to the office quarters, and he
saw some sights even that first afternoon which shocked him: dirty,
ragged children, playing in the gutters; boys and girls and women going
in to dram shops and bringing out mugs of beer; men and women drunken.
One sight specially horrified him: a woman, dirty, naked shoulders and
arms; feet and legs bare; a filthy skirt and bodice open at the breast;
hair matted and wild; reeling along the pavement, crying out in drunken
exclamations and mutterings. It was the most sickening sight the young
man had ever seen, and with perhaps the exception of a fight he
witnessed some days later between two such characters, the worst
spectacle of his life.

All this sordid life so strange and new, drew the attention of the young
westerner. Especially did 42 Islington interest him; for this was an
historic spot for "Mormonism." From here the early missionaries had sent
forth the message of salvation to Great Britain, in fact, to the whole
of Europe. Here within these dingy rooms had trod the strong, sturdy
characters of the pioneer days of the Church. Perhaps in some of these
rooms Orson Pratt had written his masterly presentation of the gospel.
In those days, very likely, there were not so many noises of traffic and
restless humanity. Perhaps such men could take with them the peace and
sublime solitude of their home in the Western Mountains into the
confusing din of the big city, and remain undisturbed. And these were
happy, even as the present elders were, laboring, with a clear
conscience for the salvation of souls. There came to Chester, as he
thought of these things, an expression he had read: "Outside things
cannot make you happy, unless they fit with something inside; and they
are so few and so common that the smallest room can hold them."

That same evening there was a meeting of the Saints which Chester
attended. The congregation was small, much smaller even than those of
Chicago. Most of the people present appeared to be of the humbler,
working classes; but there was the same light in their faces as that
which shone in faces on t