Letter from Marriner Wood Merrill, 2 December 1892
Logan, Utah,
Prest. Wilford Woodruff
Dear Brother
is it prudent or wise to send out ^Home^ Missionaries who have
and do indorse the utterences of Jos. L. Rawlings at Provo
and also in Salt Lake Theater relative to the authorities
of the Church; when I say Home Missionaries I mean those
sent out in the sunday school interest; young mens associ
ations, and Stake Church interest &c, includeing all Home
Missionaaries who are sent out by some Church authority.
My own views are there are a number of Elders who ought
to repent and be Baptised for the remission of sins before
they preach to the saints or to the world aney where,
I do not want to be tecknical or over zelous, but it seems to
me that the Church will not be benefitted by sending out
Elders to the different Branches who are not in Harmony
with the First Presidency in all their Councils; also a greats
deal has been said about Bro Frank J. Cannon which has been unjust
imprudent and wrong to say about aney Brother in the Church
and yet those Brethern claim to be in Harmoney with the First
Presidency &c Respectfully yours
M. W. Merrill
