The apathy and careless indifference of the people at the last election for
Delegate to Congress shows the great necessity for prompt action on the part of the
law-abiding citizens of the .
Without multiplying words I think it necessary that these matters should pe [be]
taken in hand by the Apostles, the Presidents of Stakes, the Bishops and all the El-
ders in Israel, with a view if awakening the Saints and all friends of human rights
to a realizing sense of the dangers which threaten us through the negligence, care-
lessness and indifference of the people to the dangers which threaten them, but which
may be averted or at least postponed by reasonable diligence on their part. For
while we should always rely fully in our faith and confidence, in the mercies of God,
the folly of indifference, neglect of other duties or idleness must be apparent to
every rational mind.
It is therefore desired that the Apostles, so far as possible, will use due
diligence in bringing this subject, in the wisdom and discretion of their high call-
ing, as prominetly as the Spirit in wisdom dictates through them before the Stake
and Ward authorities, ar [and] also the Quorums of the priesthood and the Saints as they vis-
it among the people.
With kind regards,
I am,
Your Brother,
W Woodruff
The apathy and careless indifference of the people at the last election for
Delegate to Congress shows the great necessity for prompt action on the part of the
law-abiding citizens of the .
Without multiplying words I think it necessary that these matters should pe be
taken in hand by the Apostles, the Presidents of Stakes, the Bishops and all the Elders in Israel, with a view if awakening the Saints and all friends of human rights
to a realizing sense of the dangers which threaten us through the negligence, carelessness and indifference of the people to the dangers which threaten them, but which
may be averted or at least postponed by reasonable diligence on their part. For
while we should always rely fully in our faith and confidence, in the mercies of God,
the folly of indifference, neglect of other duties or idleness must be apparent to
every rational mind.
It is therefore desired that the Apostles, so far as possible, will use due
diligence in bringing this subject, in the wisdom and discretion of their high calling, as prominetly as the Spirit in wisdom dictates through them before the Stake
and Ward authorities, ar and also the Quorums of the prieshood and the Saints as they visit among the people.
With kind regards,
I am,
Your Brother,
W Woodruff