need and that the petition imbodies all the
ideas required to become recognized & to furnish
the desired management of our own affairs
as other churches when we are acknowledge by
the Porte or Sultan. I am not clear as to
where this petition may finally take me. I am
now in the Gates of Peace (Constantinople) After
while the petition goes to the Sublime Porte (Ministry)
but I hope that wherever it goes that the blessings
of God may follow it and that we may obtain
our rights and be able to establish a branch
of Zion firmly opun this ancient Land of Promise.
F. F. Hintze
need and that the petition imbodies all the
ideas required to become recognized & to furnish
the desired management of our own affairs
as other churches when we are acknowledge by
the Porte or Sultan. I am not clear as to
where this petition may finally take me. I am
now in the Gates of Peace (Constantinople) After
while the petition goes to the Sublime Porte (Ministry)
but I hope that wherever it goes that the blessings
of God may follow it and that we may obtain
our rights and be able to establish a branch
of Zion firmly opun this ancient Land of Promise.
"Letter from Ferdinand F. Hintze, 1 September 1898," p. 12, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed January 11, 2025, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/9A5Y