Letter to Oliver Cowdery, 16 May 1835
PARIS, .
Br. O. Cowdery,
DEAR SIR: We sit down to inform
you of the prospects for the advance-
ment of the kingdom of Christ in this
southern country, which are flattering.
We have baptized 29 since we wrote
you last, making the several branches
that we have planted in this vicinity,
64. But do not understand, that we are
gliding smoothly along without any
persecution: this promise of the Savior
is abundantly verified. Scourgings,
imprisonment and death are threatened;
but none of these things move us. It is
as near from Tennessee to the Paradise
of God, as from any other place: And
while we are receiving persecution, the
Savior is giving us more than a hun-
dred fold, brethren and sisters, houses
and lands, and the assurance of eternal
life in the world to come.
May God make us instrumental in
his hands of rending the shackles of
priestcraft and superstition from many
—to this end give us the assurance of
your prayers.
Yours in Christ.
WARREN PARISH,
WILFORD WOODRUFF.
