Letter to William Moroni Palmer, 20 July 1889
Salt Lake City, U. T. .
Elder William M. Palmer,
Dear Brother:
In relieving you from the responsibility of the
Presidency of the Northern States Mission, or, as it was formerly called, the North
Western States Mission, we feel that it is but justice to you to express our
feelings concerning the labors which you have performed while acting in that
capacity. Your services have been most satisfactory, and the only fault that we
have felt to find with you, if we were to attempt to find any, has been that you
have not been sufficiently careful of your own health and have exerted yourself
to an extent that we feared might undermine your constitution. You have been
exceedingly diligent in the performance of your labors, and the work has prospered
under your presidency. We have regretted that your health and other circumstances
have been such as to compel us to release you.
No doubt, the remembrance of your labors will live
in the memories of the Elders who have been associated with you, and also in the
memories of the Elders who have been associated with you, and also in the
memories of the souls who, through your instrumentality as a servant of God, have
been brought to the knowledge of the truth.
