Letter from Asahel Hart Woodruff, 10 December 1837
Terre Haute
Dear brother
You enquire in your last whether I
get the "Latter Dayy Saints" from Kirtland. I do and
am obliged for the favor but to whom I am indebted I do
not know unless yourself I have read some of the com-
munications in the "Elders Journal" with a good deal of
interest but I must have leave to say that I do not
admire the style and spirit of the Letter from England
particularly that part which related to the pious devotion
of brother Kemball to his wife and children and Jesus
Christ. I do not perceive any necessary connection in idea
between the crucifixion of JOur Savior and the welfare
of ones wife and children and why the latter clause
was added I cannot conceive unless to prevent the
jealousy of his wife.
It is very seldom that I get Letters from home the latest
however render accounts of good health and general
prosperity I believe the situation of our family in
Farmington is more agreeable than before the sojourn
in Colebrook. Mother and Eunice express their
satisfaction with the advantages of good society which
they enjoy and I immagine they improve it better
than they formerly did. They write that they receive
every desireable attention.
You will recollect that I was interrupted in my last, in
the pursuit of an interesting subject, by an "inexpressible"
but I am happy to assure you that no harm was done or
other effect produced than the excitement of a few
sensations which soon wore off leaving me cool and calm.
But to return—I was speaking of the confusion
