of men to get some paltry office a little salary or a name
but objets far more Noble & glorious are at stake in which
we areall feel an equal interest. Therefore I do not wish Brother Babbit or Brother BrotherBernhisel should for a momet think
that because I expess my feelings to you upon these matters
freely by Letter that I wish to set myself up to dictate or diret
you in this important trust committed to you from
the proper source in the vally No God forbid, such a thought has
No place in my heart. You must be left free to act
from the instructions you have recieved from the proper
source and who act according to the circunstances that are [presntetd]
before you and according to the best wisdom which God shall
bestow upon you and I pray God that you may be inspired to work
together in union as the Heart of one man. It is quite probable
that any suggestions I ^may^ make to you upon this subject may have been
already been weighed well in your minds & prepared for, if so my
suggestions will do you no harm and if they have not all been considered
and I can do any good in anywise in this important matter I shall be
amply paid for my labour for I am with you both in this glorious
work with all my heart soul & spirit. I discover the House is not yet
organized or speaker chosen. I shall look for Letters from you &
Brother Babbit on on my arival at New York Yours Truly Wilford Woodruff
I have not yet reced those letters from Maine and I would like
to know if you have I recieved your Letter containg the
Ticket of admission into the genarel College I went on Monday it is
certainly one of the most magnificent finished and durable
buiddings I ever visited I also saw the robe you left for the
Col which was a splendid thing give my respets to Brothe Babbit
WW
of men to get some paltry office a little salary or a name
but objets far more Noble & glorious are at stake in which
weall feel an equal interest. Therefore I do not wish Brother
Babbit or Brother Bernhisel should for a momet think
that because I expess my feelings to you upon these matters
freely by Letter that I wish to set myself up to dictate or diret
you in this important trust committed to you from
the proper source in the vally No God forbid, such a thought has
No place in my heart. You must be left free to act
from the instructions you have recieved from the proper
source and who act according to the circunstances that are presntetd
before you and according to the best wisdom which God shall
bestow upon you and I pray God that you may be inspired to work
together in union as the Heart of one man. It is quite probable
that any suggestions I may make to you upon this subject may have
already been weighed well in your minds & prepared for, if so my
suggestions will do you no harm and if they have not all been considered
and I can do any good in anywise in this important matter I shall be
amply paid for my labour for I am with you both in this glorious
work with all my heart soul & spirit. I discover the House is not yet
organized or speaker chosen. I shall look for Letters from you &
Brother Babbit on on my arival at New York Yours Truly Wilford Woodruff
I have not yet reced those letters from Maine and I would like
to know if you have I recieved your Letter containg the
Ticket of admission into the genarel College I went on Monday it is
certainly one of the most magnificent finished and durable
buiddings I ever visited I also saw the robe you left for the
Col which was a splendid thing give my respets to Brothe Babbit
"Letter to John Milton Bernhisel and Almon Whiting Babbitt, 5 December 1849," p. 2, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 25, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/kRmX