Letter from Fred Keller, 10 November 1891
Salt Lake City .
President Wilford Woodruff:
Dear Brother:
A letter from you dated
October 26, 1891, which I received a short time ago
informs me that my name had been suggested
and accepted as a missionary to Scandinavia;
and that the date of my departure in case of acceptance
has been set 128 inst. or Dec 5, 1891. I must confess that
my feelings in regard to this call are somewhat
peculiar, in as much as the circumstances I am
placed in just now render it simply impossible for
me ^to go on a mission^ on such a short notice, although I would be
willing to do my best in these respects, was I at present
in a position to do so.
I am called as I understand to labor in Scanadinavia
which seems to me to be a mistake. I was born in
Switzerland and the German language is my
mother tongue, Swedish or Danish would therefore
be just as strange to me as any of the Indian languages.
It would seem to me therefore a loss of time and a
retard in my labors until I cwould be able to master
