Letter from Lars Peterson, 18 November 1889
L. Peterson
Independence Mo
Rec Nov 23 [89]
Independence Mo Nov. 18th 1889
President W. Woodruff
Salt Lake, City. Utah.
Dear Sir.
As you hold the great Priesthood
the key to the knowledge of your god,
for the Salvation of mankind, therefore
we must ask you with your counselors,
to answer these most important questions
which all men must know before eter-
nal life can be obtained.
We all believe the declaration of the
Apostle to be true, wherefore we realize
that there can be no eternal life without
knowing the true wise god, and his
son Jesus Christ whom he has sent. St
John 17 chap.
And as the character of that god,
and that being Jesus Christ, which you
