Letter from William Paxman, 1 November 1887
Mangapai .
President Wilford Woodruff and
Presiding Authorities
Dear Beloved Brethren:
Under the Divine blessings
of God we are preserved in health to again address
a few lines to you. And in doing so a fervent
prayer ascends to God our Eternal Father that they
may find you in the enjoyment of perfect health, and
every blessing necessary for you to enjoy, to fit you for
your great responsibilities and arduous labors. As also
a sincere wish for your freedom and prosperity.
Realizing, to some extent, how eagerly your movements are
watched by the enemies of God's Kingdom. Realizing also
how wonderfully you have been preserved in the past.
We feel sure it would be very gratifying to you
if you could hear the many fervent and earnest prayers
that are offered up to the Throne of Grace, by our dusky
friends all over the Island, for God to bless, sustain
and preserve you. For they, the Maories, have great
reverence and love for the Prophets and Apostles of God
living upon the Earth to day.
We have had translated into
the Maori language the communication from Prest.
Woodruff to the Saints of God throughout the world
of August last. And it has been read to the Saints
and caused them to rejoice. Feeling to acknowledge the
hand of God in taking unto Himself our departed
