Letter to Brigham Young Jr., 15 December 1865
Council Chamber G. S. L. City
President Brigham Young jr
Dear Brother
Having forwarded
you a few lines several Days since, & promising to write
you the first oppertunity, I now feel to redeem my
pledge. I have not been a disinterested observer, or
an Idle spectator of your labors in Europe since your
appointment to the presidency in that important
station although I have been silent with my pen
I travelled through England & Scotland Twenty five
years ago with your Father & others to esstablish the
work of God in that Land. The Lord Blessed us &
we were successful we Baptized some 7000 souls into
the Church of Christ during the year 1840 & laid
the foundation for the spread of the Gospel in
those foreign countries which has increased
more or less up to the present time. I have felt
deeply interested in the progress of the work from
the commensment And Esspecially when I see our
sons, the sons of the prophets & Apostles & Fathers Even
the seconed Jeneration, steping forth to help bear
the burthen of the Kingdom of God. I feel to Bless them
with Every feeling of my soul. I feel to pray for
them day & Night And they have the prayers of all the
faithful In the kingdom of God. I rejoice to see
you filling the High & responsible stations in which
