Letter to John Daniel Thompson McAllister, 16 August 1888
Salt Lake City, Utah, .
President J. D. T. McAllister,
St. George.
Dear Brother:
I have received a very interesting letter from you,
under date of the 27th. of July, giving me a description of your labors and
of the work that you laid out for yourself and counselors to do in the various
Wards of the Stake. I am glad to see you so active in the performance of your
duties, and I have no doubt the good effect of your visits will be visible
among the Saints. There never was a time scarcely when the people needed
visiting and preaching to more than they do at the present, so many of the
leading men of the Church being prevented by the restraints under which they
are laboring from traveling among the Saints as they formerly did. I shall
be glad to hear from you the results of your trips.
I have received a communication from Bishop Jones, of
Pine Valley, concerning their meeting-house. They have applied for help. Our
circumstances are such at present that we cannot extend it. Some weeks ago
the Council of the Apostles found it necessary to stop making appropriations
