Letter from Ephraim Millennium Peterson Mansfield, 20 March 1895
Pres't. Wilford Woodruff,
Dear Bro.:
Your letter was
received on the 18th, and was quite a
surprise to one, as I did not know I was
a member of any ward, having spent most
of my time, since I was a boy, on ranches.
You wish to know how I feel. I am
now forty years old, and have very little
education, having never had any schooling.
My knowledge of the gospel, I fear, is
less than of other things; having never had
any desire for a mission. I have not posted
myself, and living so much of my time on
the ranch, have never officiated in any
capacity, or addressed an audience of
any kind. I firmly believe in the prin-
ciples of the gospel, as far as I do under
stand them, and wish to have my son
as he grows up, well educated and pre-
pared for the missionary field.
