Your kind letter of
Jan. 13th honoring me with a call to Switzerland and Germany as a missionary
was duly rec'd. I feel to thank the Lord
that His servants have seen fit to call
me into the ministry and cheerfully accept
the call as one of the grandest I
have ever had. Had I had my choice
of fields I should have chosen this
same mission. I would feel that
my duty was unfinished if I were
not to spend some of my life in warning
the world. I will not expect to find it
a bed of roses, but with the help of
the Lord I hope to meet all obstacles
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with faith, and return home having performed
an honorable mission. I have not,
until my call, studied the German language.
Having graduated in 1885, as a normal student
in the B. Y. A. I have taught school
since that time. My family consists of a wife and one child. Financially, my condition
is not what it should be. I will try and
sell some property and my faith is that the
Lord will open the way for me.