Letter from Christen G. Larsen, Orange Seeley, and William Howard, 12 November 1889
President Wilford Woodruff
Salt Lake City, Utah
Dear Brother
In talking over some
of our duties with Apostle Lyman, he
advised us to write and ask you—
1st Young men who wish to go to the
temple and receive their blessings, and
are otherwise worthy, but who use
tobacco, either chew or smoke, or both.
Are we to give them recomends, or, or-
dain them to official Position in the
Church.
2nd There is a branch of the church
in this stake that ought to be organized
into a ward. the people have picked a
man of good Judgement, and who we
think would make a fair Bishop, but
he uses tobacco, and especially lots of
cigarettes. he says that he does not
