Letter to All the Saints in the Eastern States, 28 January 1850 [LE-39149]
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To all the Saints in the Eastern States
Greeting
This is to certify that I have recieved late special
instructions from the Presidency of the church who are
located in the valley to gather up all the Saints in the
Eastern States that I possibly can and gather them next
summer to the vally of the great Salt Lake. They want
cotton and woollen manufactorors Iron founders farmers and
machanics of all kinds to come on with-out delay. And I hereby
delegate and apoint Elder Edson Whipple to cooperate with me in
assisting me to carry out the instructions of the presidency in
the gathering of the Saints to Zion from the Eastern States at this
late hour of the day I call upon all the Saints that Elder Whipple
may visit to give heed to his instructions And carry out his
advise and instructions upon the subject of the gathering And the
Blessing of the Lord will rest upon you. Elder Whipple is capable
of instructing and edifying you and of giving you corecct council
upon this subject he has been with me knows my plans in the
gathering and has had the instruction which I have recieved
There will be three companies of Saints leave the Eastern States about
the first of April St Louis. They will start from the three folowing
places PhiladN York & Boston all of which will unite together at
St Louis and go to Counsil Bluffs thare prepare our teams and go to the
vally under the organization which belong to the vally camp of
Israel. And now O, all ye Saints of God in any portion of the Eastern
States Both high & Low Both Rich and Poor I call upon you in the nam[e]
of the Lord to go to with all your might And settle up your
business. Pay your yger^e^art (year, great) debts as far as within you lies And arise
and go out of Babylon and join the company which goes out
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next spring let evry Latter day Saint who can command
twenty or twenty five dollars each (when their business is closed)
Not tarry behind but go to the west with the Saints as farr
as it will carry you. Then if your faithful The Lord will
open a door to help you through
Wilford Woodruff
Presiden[t] of the Eastern churches