Letter from A. W. Carlson, 12 May 1888
Salt Lake City, .
President Wilford Woodruff,
Dear Brother:
Your letter of the 9th inst.
came to hand this morning, and in reply to
the same I will say that as soon as I received
brother Sjödahl's translation of the Doctrine and
Covenants I began to compare it with the ori-
ginal and have since devoted all my spare
evenings to the work. I have gone through with
about one-third of it, and find it thus far very
good. Now and then an expression occurs that
seems foreign to the Gospel and out of harmony
with the original, which renders it necessary to
compare every sentence, so as to avoid wrong
impressions and faulty doctrines; but taking
the translation all in all, with this exception, it
is very good. I would prefer to go through
with at least one-half before it is put in type,
as my time is very limited, and I may not
be able to keep ahead of the printing, if it were
commenced now. If you wish me to hurry the
matter up I will use Sundays as well and then
