Letter to John Taylor and George Quayle Cannon, 2 April 1887
St. George, Utah, .
Presidents John Taylor and George Q. Cannon,
Dear Brethren,
I write to say that on the
receipt of your letter concerning A. M. Tenney,
I worte to him, and I received no answer for
a long time, and I was afraid the letter was stopped
at St Johns, but I finally received a letter from
him saying that he had received my letter and
immediately wrote to me. But I never received
his letter until his second letter of March 5th.
I thought it wisdom to forward you his letter, as
you will see his poverty, also the names he has sent
for approval. The men he has named are Spanish
Scholars, and I think would be able missionaries
among the Lamanites, if they meet your approval.
It appears to me that the time has come when we ought
to turn the attention of our missionary labor more
to the House of Joseph than we have done, as you
say "the Gentiles are fast rejecting the Gospel" and
as they are rejecting it, the Spirit of God seems
to be moving more upon the Lamanites to re-
ceive it. Brother Milton S. Ray is now in
