Letter from William Jacob Heckmann, 22 June 1896
President Wilford Woodruff,
Salt Lake City, Utah.
Dear brother:
In reply to your commun-
ication of the 9th instant, I will say that
it is with great pleasure that I accept
the mission tendered me to Switzerland
and Germany, and that with the help
of my Heavenly Father, I will endeavor
to fulfil all obligations and responsi-
bilities reposed in me to make my
work in the missionary field a credit
to myself, my instructors, and to my
Father in Heaven who watches over me.
Therefore, dear brother, I will be
ready, at the appointed time in October,
to proceed to my field of labor, knowing
