Letter to John Milton Bernhisel, 30 May 1856
G. S. L. City
Brother Bernhisel
Dear Sir,
In behalf of your numerous friends and
constituents we feel to return you our grateful acknowledgements
for your kind attention in forwarding from the patent office so
many valuable seeds, grain &c. to this Territory also books and
papers. We hope, trust and pray with a good deal of faith
that you in connexion with our two honorable delegates sent by
the convention will make a three fold cord that cannot be broken
in Washington, but that it will be found strong enough when hitched
on to Utah Territory to draw it into the State of Deseret. We shall
look forward with feelings of the deepest interest to learn the result
which will emanate from the labors of that most important and
interesting Tribune which ever met in the councils of our Nation
to plead for the rights of a State or Territory since the foundation
of our great Republic. We know God will be with you in your
united efforts. He will guide you in your destiny, as delegates
and representatives of Deseret, as he did our Fathers of the first
Congress. God had his work to perform then—he accomplished it.
He has decreed a greater work now, that work he will perfect.
He will carefully guard it and his servants too, and I feel to say
to one and all of our worthy delegates let your hearts be comforted
all will be just right, do your best and trust it in the hands
of God, you all have the daily prayers of the righteous, if
there are any on the earth. The Lord will control the nations
and the events connected therewith according to his own mind and will
The Presidency and Twelve with their families are well except
