Audley Staffordshire June 21 1884 Dear Father I was pleased on my arrival here a few hours ago at finding a letter from you dated at Rexburg Onida Co Idaho June 1st, and it is with pleasure that I take my pen to answer it. Was glad to heare you are well with the exception of a cold which I trust will soon leave. You seem to have had several quite exciting episods in your travels north. Am glad to hear of the marriage of Bro M F Cowley and ...

meeting I was changed from the Oldham district to labor with bro Allen in the Leek district, this a large district being comprized in four shires vis Staffordshire Lancashire Cheshire and Derbyshire there are but few saints and they are poor & scatterd but most of them do their best to make us comfortable. We occasionaly have a midnight encounter with an army of flees and other varmine which sometimes lastsy until daylight when we can retreat leaving them ...

a public square called park green waiting for the Salvatidan Army to come along (Every one has gone mad over this army here) but as we were more interested in the crowd than the army, we walked into the centre of the square where we packed stacked our coats & satchels up in a heap and soon the air was ringing with awake! awake the world from sleeping. After singing Elder Allen laid before our auditors the first principles of the gospel in a clear and convincing manner I closed on the apostacy & restoration and bore testimony to the ...

we remained until the 17 on the 14th we held a meeting on the cattle market to a fair & interested audiance, on the 15th we walked eleven miles & held four services, over at Wetly-rocks one at Cheddleton and two at Leek all passed of with verry little interruption went to bed pretty well tired out with our days work oOn the 16th in the evening we walked out to a small hamlet (Leek Brook) for the purpose of preaching to about 60 people who live there ...

5 valley as the Churnet. We visited the Cansal flint mills in this valley where the material is prepared for making potteryware with, the process is quite an interesting one. After croosing a number of parks & comons we came into Cheadle and went through the Cathedral there it is noted as being eaquel to if not sur- -passing any in England in the interior finish the gates to the chancel alone cost one thousand pounds After viewing this fine edifice we we[nt] to Tean arriving there about sundown having ...

and afterwards she secured us some good lodgings at a nighbors as she had no spare beed for us. so you see the Lord provided. This is a strong testimony to me of the divinity of the work which we are engaged in for these people were all perfect strangers to us. On the 18 after eating a hearty breakfast at Mr Perkins the place we stayed at we walked to dirty smoky Longton a distance of seven miles this town contains 12000 inhabitants and is locatede fourty three miles south of ...

Some of the places where we have preached they have not heard the sound of the gospel for many years and I feel satisfied that considerable good can be accomplished in this district. Well Father I feel first rate in my labors and am doing my best in my weak inexperi- anced way; It does seem as if the people had entirely forsaken the Lord and as Paul says have become lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God. We are haveing fine weather with but little rain, in fact a little rain would be verry welcome just now to ...

time. Well I dont know that I have any more to write. Remember me to the folks. I would like to write to all of them but it is a impossibility to do so they need not wait for me to write though before they do. I would be pleased to hear from any of them Write as often as possible Your Affectionate Son. A. H. Woodruff P S Wish you would please give me your opinion as to the whereabouts of the ten tribes of Iseral. I would like to ...