Letter from Zina Presendia Young Williams Card, 18 June 1897
Cardston. .
To the First Presidency
of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
My Dear Brethren
Shortly after my arrival here, your letter of appointment
as my mothers Secretary and Aid to herself and council,
was placed in the hands of my husband.
He did not answer at once, but duly considered
the matter, and after a few days placed in my hands
the enclosed letter, I send it to you, as it more fully
explains our position here than I could possibly do
I understand him perfectly, and
know his noble nature and unselfish heart will
bear this triel as blravely as he did, the ordeal of ganing
his liberty, through the blessings of the Lord, and at great
expense, through the courts, with the full expectation
of being released from his mission here to return to
his family and former position in Cach Stake.
With out a murmer he came back, and has done
all in his power build up the cause of truth by
