Letter from Alexander Badlam, 27 July 1853
Sacramento
Dear Bro Woodruff
Feeling as I do that my labour is not
lost while I take all pains to write
you all the news of the day because
of the confidence I have in your punc-
tuality and kind attention in the full
and generous ^fulfilment^ of all your promices and
if in this respect my duties are as
faithfuly performed it is all I expect
to do. I am happy to tell you I feel
that my mission in california has
quite as nearly commenced it is well
for us that the God of Heaven governes
all things to bring about his own pur-
poses and uses his own instruments
to bring about his own work among
men on the earth And I rejoice in
it and pray that he may use me
as seemeth good in his sight
And I shall therfore direct all my
energies to the upbuilding of the
Kingdom of the Most High I have
as yet kept free from the entanglements
of Babilon I am confident our grand
enemy the Devil who has always en-
deavoured to check the movments
of the servants of god has not been
idle while I have been strugling to
lay the foundation of a good work,
it is not the gold of California
I seek as the danties (so called) but
a home with my brethren on earth and a
full Salvation with the sanctified of all
Nations and ages Past Present & to Come
