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Richfield . Mr. Wilford Woodruff, Presdt. of the church of Jesus Christ of L. d. Sts. Dear Bror As I know, that Bro. Theod. Brandley he wished to be released from the field of his mission, I would say, that I have a strong desire, going to my native land (Switzerland) where I had been School-teacher through three decenien [decennium] (30 years), rescue Bro. Brandley, and preache the gospel to Young and Old. I embraced the gospel in the year 1883, and with the acquaintance with the gospel I have lost my office in School and Church and with it a very good salary. I had been dismissed without any ceremony. To my ple^a^sure I got the of oppor- tunity through the very kindness of Bro. John Q. Cannon to come over to Zion ano 1884, where I a year after had become a Choir leader in Ephraim, Sanpete Coun. Living in Richfield since 1888, I can't find any employment that would be good for my physical construction, I can't do any hard work, for I am brocken and have a Rupture since 40 years ago,

Logan, Utah, . Pres. Wilford Woodruff Dear Bro. I acknowledge your call for a Mission to Scandinavia to depart on 12th inst.; but on account of my Wife being confined on Sunday morning (the 9th) under circum- stances that Medical aid was required, I have consulted Pres. C. D. Fjeldstead and the bishop, bro. A. L. Skanchy, and both have advised me to write you in order to find your mind of giving a few days time in starting. Please advise me if you desire me to depart earlier than on the 29th inst; or if that date will be meeting with your approval. Your Brother &c Hans A. Pedersen Give bro. Pedersen the time he needs. J. F. S.

West Portage Pres't. Woodruff. Dear Brother. I Received yours of July 29th A few days ago. I will will be at the Historians Office, on the 9th October, to be set apart as a Missionary to Great Britain If nothing unusual happens your Brother in the Gospel. Levi John Bp Enoch Harris O.K. J. F. S.

-[REPORTED BY ARTHUR WINTER.]- I am very pleased indeed to meet with so many Latter-day Saints in this tabernacle on a working day, and I hope you will get paid for coming to meeting today. I have felt amply paid myself for my journey from Salt Lake City in, listening to the instruc- tions which our brethren have given unto us. I told Brother Cannon this morning that if, when a young man, I could have attended a meeting of this kind and heard instructions as we have had given to us, I should have felt that I was in heaven; I should have been satisfied that I had received what I had prayed for and de- sired from my childhood. When I was a boy I read in the New Testament concerning Jesus Christ and His Gos- pel, and the gifts and graces that were then manifested, and I felt that the principles there taught were the ones that I desired to live to hear taught. I prayed for this earnestly in my early manhood. I have read the Bible through a good many times in my life. I have read the Book of Mormon through a number of times. I have also read the Book of Doctrine and Covenants through a number of times; and I have felt that God had never given unto us stronger principles and more glorious instructions in any of the revelations of God than are recorded in the Book of Doctrine and Covenants. They are all by the same author, but to different men, and at different times. I will read a few verses from the 121st section of the Doctrine and Covenants. This section contains the prayer and prophecy of the Prophet Joseph while he was in Liberty jail; and the truths embodied therein are among the sub- limest that God has ever revealed to man: For there is a time appointed for every man, according as his works shall be. [Doctrine and Covenants 121:25] God shall give unto you (the Saints) knowledge by His Holy Spirit, yea by the unspeakable gift of the Holy Ghost, that has not been revealed since the world was until now; [Doctrine and Covenants 121:26] Which our forefathers have waited with anxious expectation to be revealed in the last times, which their minds were pointed to, by the angels, as held in re- serve for the fullness of their glory: [Doctrine and Covenants 121:27] A time to come in the which nothing shall be withheld, whether there be one God or many Gods they shall be mani- fest; [Doctrine and Covenants 121:28] All thrones and dominions, princi- palities and powers, shall be revealed and set forth upon all who have endured valiantly for the Gospel of Jesus Christ; [Doctrine and Covenants 121:29] And also if there be bounds set to the heavens, or to the seas; or to the dry land, or to the sun, moon, or stars; [Doctrine and Covenants 121:30] All the times of their revolutions: all the appointed days, months, and years, and all the days of their days, months, and years, and their glories, laws, and set times, shall be revealed, in the days of the dispensation of the fulness of times, [Doctrine and Covenants 121:31] According to that which was ordained in the midst of the Counci[l] of the Eternal God of all other Gods, before this world was, that should be reserved unto the finishing and the end thereof, when every man shall enter into his eternal presence, and into his mortal rest. [Doctrine and Covenants 121:32] How long can rolling waters remain impure? What power shall stay the heavens? As well might man stretch forth his puny arm to stop the Missouri river in its decreed course, or to turn it up stream, as to hinder the Almighty from pouring down knowledge from heaven, upon the heads of the Latter-day Saints. [Doctrine and Covenants 121:33] Behold, there are many called, but few are chosen. And why are they not chosen? [Doctrine and Covenants 121:34] Because their hearts are set so much upon the things of this world, and aspire to the honors of men, that they do not learn this one lesson— [Doctrine and Covenants 121:35] That the rights of the Priesthood are inseparably connected with the powers of heaven, and that the powers of heaven cannot be controlled nor handled only upon the principles of righteousness. [Doctrine and Covenants 121:36] That they may be conferred upon us, it is true; but when we undertake to cover our sins, or to gratify our pride, our vain ambition, or to exercise control, or do- minion, or compulsion, upon the souls of the children of men, in any degree of un- righteousness, behold, the heavens with- draw themselves; the Spirit of the Lord is grieved; and when it is withdrawn, Amen to the Priesthood, or the authority of that man. [Doctrine and Covenants 121:37] Behold! ere he is aware, he is left to himself, to kick against the pricks; to persecute the Saints, and to fight against G[o]d. [Doctrine and Covenants 121:38] We have learned, by sad experience, that it is the nature and disposition of al- most all men, as soon as they get a little authority, as they suppose, they will im- mediately begin to exercise unrighteous dominion. [Doctrine and Covenants 121:39] Hence many are called, but few are chosen. [Doctrine and Covenants 121:40] Who can comprehend this grand language? Scarcely any person. The Lord says in this revelation that whether there be one God or many Gods, they shall be revealed; and all kingdoms, thrones, principalities and powers shall be revealed unto those who keep His commandments. Can we comprehend this? Why, there is not an astronomer that can tell us scarcely one thing that is done in Mars, or Venus, or Jupiter, or in any of the planets, aside from the earth. Here are worlds upon worlds—millions of them—and what do we know about them? Our own little planet, upon which we live, is about as much as we can comprehend. Look at the extent of the blessings that are promised us! These blessings and these revelations are worthy the attention of the Latter-day Saints. In this revelation it is shown that the Priesthood of which we have been speaking, has power. It has power with the heavens; it has power on earth. And as was said this morning, it does not make any difference what portion of that Priesthood a man holds —whether it is a President, an Apostle, an High Priest, a Seventy, an Elder, a Priest, a Teacher or a Deacon—when he goes before God in prayer, with a