Letter from Thomas Heddock Hilton, 7 November 1894
To The First Presidency
Salt Lake City, Utah.
Dear Brethern:—
Your welcome favor, with draft for
$325 00/100, is at hand, many thanks for the same.
The new missionaries arrived here in safety
on the 2nd inst, and we were pleased to see them.
With a few exceptions we are all in the possession
of good health and spirits. Sister Hilton gave
birth to a fine baby boy on the 12th ult and as
he seemed to be an embodiment of health and
strength, we entertained fond hopes of rearing
him to manhood; in this, however, we were
disappointed, as our Heavenly Father had willed
it otherwise. On the seventh day after his birth
he was taken with "Lock Jaw," a climatic desease
peculiar to infants of that age, and upon the fol-
lowing evening, Oct 20 [18]94, his little spirit took its
departure. We mourn for our dear ones but we
do not feel to murmur but bow in humble sub-
mission to the decree of our alwise Creator, and
feel in our hearts to say with Job, "The Lord gave
and the Lord hath taken away, blessed be the
name of the Lord." [Job 1:21] Sister Hilton is getting along
