Letter to Jedediah Morgan Grant, 1 August 1845
Elder J M. Grant
Beloved Brother
your highly interesting letter
of July 13th came to hand yesterday by the steem ship also
Nauvoo & New York papers, several letters from Boston
& one from Father Woodruff! far in Connecticut & you
may rest assured they all met a most welcome reception
and the contents & spirit of your letter set our souls on
fire. Elders Wilson, Ward, Hedlock, & M Holmes were
present in the office when I opened & read it and they all
much rejoiced in its contents. I shall publish most of it
in the next [Millenniel] Star for I know it will do the Saints good
generally to hear the News from America. I rejoice much at the
progress of the Temple and Nauvoo House & the spread of the work
in America. was glad to hear that p. p. pratt was again printing
and that the north was going up, & the south keeping not
back & that the East were bringing their tiths & offerings
into the storehouse of the Lord. The Neighbor spoke of two
Murders one in Nauvoo Hodges and Marshall in Carthage
by Deming the sheriff. The Herald spoke of the annexation
of Texas & probably war with Mexico & perhaps with
England on the Origon question. The Lord said he would plead
in the last days with all flesh with fire & sword. He has already
begin with fire floods Hail storms & whirlwinds in America
