Salt Lake City, U. T. President Wilford Woodruff Dear Bro: Today I had the pleasure of receiving a call to perform a second mission to the Netherlands. I respond most cheerfully to the same and if all is well I will be ready at the appointed time. I know that this is God's Work and that this call is Divine. I will do my utmost to perform my duties faithfully and well. The Joy I had while on my first Mission is a green spot in my memory, and ever will be, while the experience I gained is beyond price.

Loaned $200 to Milo B Webster 200 [Oct 29] Paid Clara for Buggy &c 100

Pres B. Young Liverpool In-re Missionaries &c Red Nov 14 [18]90 [end of sideways text] LATTER-DAY SAINTS', EUROPEAN PRINTING PUBLISHING AND EMIGRATION OFFICE. 42. Islington, Liverpool. Oct. 29th 1890. Prest. W. Woodruff Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory|Salt Lake City]] Utah Dear Brother: Arrived home last night twelve oclock. It is cold and snowy in Scotland. Had an excellent Conference, Hall was crowded most of them strangers. Sub. Ed. "Glasgow Eve- news," present. He walked home with me after evening meeting. I received a note from him—Mr. Jas. Alex. Kilpat- rick—^this morning^ apologising for his "anti Mormon humour," "I mean no offense." He proffers to publish any corrections I wish to make in his report of our Conversation. I found the brethren in scotland anxiously looking to L.pool for more elders. The eight ^elders^ that came were not half enough for scotland alone, and I could spare them not one. They want thirty to fifty efficient elders. Openings are being made that must be improved, and we see them languish for the want of help. Most of the Conferences I have attended need assistance, elders who can help themselves and their families not feel distressed. Many of the brethren have said to me, there are plenty of Young ^men at home^ in our neighbourhood, who ought to Come out into the world on missions, and some have stated that, these efficient Young men were kept at home by the ward authorities. I am aware that many

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, . To the Presidents of Stakes, Bishops, and all whom it may concern: DEAR BRETHREN AND SISTERS: The all-absorbing motive that led the great majority of the Latter-day Saints to forsake their homes in their various nations to dwell in these mountain valleys was an ardent desire to serve the Lord more perfectly and with a better understanding. In too many instances, in the course of the years, this grand object has been lost sight of in the toil for daily exist- ence, and less noble aims have largely taken the place of the en- deavor to learn the ways of the Lord and of the effort to walk in His paths. This benumbing influence on our spiritual life is widely felt in our homes, and more particularly affects our children, whose faith in the great latter-day work has not been developed and strengthened by the experience which their elders have had in lands beyond the borders of Zion. Nor does the training which our youth receive in the District Schools increase their feelings of devo- tion to God and love for His cause, for, as is well known, all teach-

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, . To the Presidents of Stakes, Bishops, and All Whom It May Concern: DEAR BRETHREN AND SISTERS: The all-absorbing motive that led the great majority of the Latter-day Saints to forsake their homes in the various nations to dwell in these mountain valleys was an ardent desire to serve the Lord more perfectly and with a better understanding. In too many instances, in the course of the years, this grand object has been lost sight of in the toil for daily existence, and less noble aims have largely taken the place of the endeavor to learn the ways of the Lord and of the effort to walk in His paths. This benumbing influence on our spiritual life is widely felt in our homes, and more particularly affects our children, whose faith in the great latter-day work has not been developed and strengthened by the experience which their elders have had in lands beyond the borders of Zion. Nor does the training which our youth receive in the District Schools increase their feelings of devotion to God and love for His cause, for, as is well known, all teachings of a religious character are rigorously excluded from the studies permitted in these institutions. To lessen this great evil, and counteract the tendencies that grow out of a godless education, the Church Schools of the Saints have been established. But while these accomplish great good, the sphere of their influence does not cover the entire field. There are many places where Church Schools cannot, at present, be established; and also many Saints in those places where such schools exist, who, for various reasons, cannot send their chil- dren thereto. For these causes we have deemed it prudent to suggest to the various local authorities other measures which, while not occupying the place of the Church Schools, will work on the same lines, and aid in the same work in which the Church educational institutions are engaged. We suggest that in every ward where a Church School is not established, that some brother or sister, or brethren and sisters, well adapted to such a responsible position by their intelligence and devotion as well as their love for the young, be called, as on a mission, by the Bishop, after consultation with the President of the Stake, to take charge of a school in which the first principles of the gospel, Church History, and kindred sub- jects shall be taught. This school to meet for a short time each afternoon after the close of the district school, or for a longer time on Saturday only, as may in each ward be deemed most consistent with the situation of the people and most likely to secure a good attendance of the children. In some cases it will be found that the children are too wearied after their usual daily studies to take interest in a class of this kind; in others, Saturday may prove to be an unsuitable day. Where arrangements can be made it will, as a general thing, be well to secure the district school room for this purpose, so that when they take place in the afternoon, these exercises can commence immediately after the regular sessions and before the children scatter; but where this is done care must be taken to keep the two entirely separate, so that the law may not be infringed upon. Where the regular school room cannot be obtained, some building conveniently situated, and as near as possible, should be secured in its stead; the object being to secure the attendance, as far as possible, of the children of all the Latter-day Saints. A strenuous effort should likewise be made to gain the hearty co-operation of the parents, as without their aid the school will meas- urably fail in the object of its creation. With a constant desire for the progress of all true education, we remain, with much respect, Your brethren in the Gospel, WILFORD WOODRUFF, GEORGE Q. CANNON, JOSEPH F. SMITH, First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In accordance with the foregoing circular, the General Superintendent of Church Schools (Dr. Karl G. Maeser) was instructed to carry its provisions into effect wherever and as soon as circumstances should enable him to do so. At the present time there are Religion Classes in almost all the wards of the Church. The statistics show an enrollment of 3,329 officers and teachers and 42,596 pupils.

Joseph ^H^ Armstrong of Ceder City Iron County wants to be Adopted to me