Sir— having for a long time Perused
with great Interest— your lines to your Dear Phebe
by her Permishon this Morn— I thought I would drop
a few lines to you for your Comfort & Alltho the
buisness of the Day Limits my time they will therefore
be few— as Sister Phebe has informed you of the general
items of Worth to you but I would say as to the jew
al the Prosperity of the Church it is Superior to any time
since its— Rise as the Elders in All Parts of the world have
the most unlimited Influence in the Proclamation of the
Word Pres.Smith has just went through A co^u^rse of
lectures in (Commerce ^Nauvoo^) & Allso on this side of the River
that has been of Great worth unto us— on the subject of
Eternal Judement Organization of the world &c Allso
Apointed a branch of A stake of Zion At Nashville
I— T— the Saints are Rappedly Gathering to the Plases A[ppoin]tid [page torn]
thar is Allso to Meating houses to, ^be^ built the Comeing [page torn]
one at Nauvoo — the other at Nashville thare is No mob or
Exulting foe to interrupt the Saints at the Present thare
has been some sickness in Montrose (Commerce) Nauvoo)
& up & Down on the River but Not as mutch as Last year
the Saints are held in higher Repute in this Land at
Present than Ever Before in fact mobocracy is Gitting out
of fashion Among the Gentiles arround us— (but I must
hasen) Now Br. Woodruff Give your self no uneasiness About
Phebe & Little Wilford Shall Not Suffer for anny thing that
we Can bestow & may God hold it as an everlastting coven
ent between me & thee (for I have found her Worthey &
it is true I Expect to Be absent on A mishon before vary
Long but that shall make No Difference Br. W. be asurd
I am with you in Spirit in the ministry But business of
the Church & — Require our Presents a Short time but if
you Stay a Nother Season it would Not be impossable or unco
mmon for me to Se you face to face but I must Close
may the Lord bless you with all Spiritual & temporot Blessings in
Christ Jesus our Lord is the Prayer of Wm. O. Clark
Br. Woodruff Dear
Sir— having for a long time Perused
with great Interest— your lines to your Dear Phebe
by her Permishon this Morn— I thought I would drop
a few lines to you for your Comfort & Alltho the
buisness of the Day Limits my time they will therefore
be few— as Sister Phebe has informed you of the general
items of Worth to you but I would say as to the jew
al the Prosperity of the Church it is Superior to any time
since its— Rise as the Elders in All Parts of the world have
the most unlimited Influence in the Proclamation of the
Word Pres. Smith has just went through A course of
lectures in (Commerce Nauvoo) & Allso on this side of the River
that has been of Great worth unto us— on the subject of
Eternal Judement Organization of the world &c Allso
Apointed a branch of A stake of Zion At Nashville
I— T— the Saints are Rappedly Gathering to the Plases Appointid page torn
thar is Allso to Meating houses to, be built the Comeing page torn
one at Nauvoo — the other at Nashville thare is No mob or
Exulting foe to interrupt the Saints at the Present thare
has been some sickness in Montrose (Commerce) Nauvoo)
& up & Down on the River but Not as mutch as Last year
the Saints are held in higher Repute in this Land at
Present than Ever Before in fact mobocracy is Gitting out
of fashion Among the Gentiles arround us— (but I must
hasen) Now Br. Woodruff Give your self no uneasiness About
Phebe & Little Wilford Shall Not Suffer for anny thing that
we Can bestow & may God hold it as an everlastting coven
ent between me & thee (for I have found her Worthey &
it is true I Expect to Be absent on A mishon before vary
Long but that shall make No Difference Br. W. be asurd
I am with you in Spirit in the ministry But business of
the Church & — Require our Presents a Short time but if
you Stay a Nother Season it would Not be impossable or unco
mmon for me to Se you face to face but I must Close
may the Lord bless you with all Spiritual & temporot Blessings in
Christ Jesus our Lord is the Prayer of Wm. O. Clark
"Letter from Phebe Whittemore Carter Woodruff, 8 September 1840," p. 3, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed February 11, 2025, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/20P