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Collection Name Abraham Owen Woodruff papers.
Collection Description Abraham Owen Woodruff correspondence, 1885-1904 / Abraham Owen Woodruff letters to his parents while serving in the German/Swiss mission, 1894-1896
Collection Number Vault MSS 777
Collection Box Box 3
Collection Folder Folder 19
Source Link Brigham Young University
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William McEwan
16 Nov 1871 - 24 Jan 1945
63 mentions
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Parley Parker Pratt
12 Apr 1807 - 13 May 1857
547 mentions
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42 mentions
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Abraham Owen Woodruff
23 Nov 1872 - 20 Jul 1904
616 mentions
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Asahel Roland Woodruff
15 Sep 1885 - 28 Jan 1971
3 mentions
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Emma Smith Woodruff
1 Mar 1838 - 6 Mar 1912
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by warning the nations of the Earth we are fulfilling the Commandments of God. We cannot force people to accept the Gospel and when we have laid the principles of Salvation before them & do all in our power to make them plain then I think we will be justified before our God. I don't get discouraged & if my Maker will give me power to lift up my voice & help to warn this people & keep myself clean from the world I will try to thank him all the days of my life. What a glorious thing it is for a young man to get out into the world where he is hated & looked upon by hundreds of people because he is a so called "Mormon". He sees the sick healed through the hands of the Priesthood & receives testimonies every day he lives. I then compare the Gospel with the "Fables" taught by Hipocrites who make their profession a "Business". It oft times makes me feel that I would like to preach from the house-tops or somewhere all could hear. We are very careful not to say anything against the Priests & Churches here & try to carry out Bro Grants instruction by building the people a new house before we nock the old one down. I feel good Pa in the work of ours & thank the Lord that my testimony strengthens as I investigate our Gospel & compare it with what we find in the world. It is a great thing for a young man to bave a little actual experience then he can understand why his Parents have given their whole life for the cause of the Gospel & makes him desirious of following in their foot steps.
~ Abraham Owen Woodruff