is progressing rapidly in the earth. I want to say a few words to about the cause
I am engaged in & the course I am persuing. I am sensible we ought to be care-
ful what we put on paper & send abroad & I have at times thought I was not sufficiently
careful upon this subject, lest even friends draw wrong views & conceptions from
my writings & to save any thing of this nature even from your mind & wish here to
make a remark. ie. since my first conncetion with the Latter Day Saints I have
been happy, contented, & satisfied. I know & bear testimony in the name of Jesus
Christ that the Book of mormon is the revealed will of God, & also that
is a prophet of God, & that the Church of Christ is travling out of the wilderness with her gifts &
graces. I know the same signs now follow the believers that did anciently & as I have
prooven this work & know it to be true for myself, I am entirely unshaken in its work
& in consquence of this, my soul being wrap'd in the work, when I have written to any
of my friends (yourself not excepted) I have principly written upon the subject
& this is why I say, perhaps I have been to tegious [tedious] in my letters to you. But I
do not wish to burthen any, of my friends in this or any other way. my ownly motive
for not writing to more than I have since I have been travling, was because
I thought they might not be entertaining to him at this time. I have written vary plain
to Azmon in one Letter it is true, But I have nothing in my breast against him
or any relatives I have in the world. Again I receieved a letter from you last
winter wishing to correspond with me & you wished to know all about my temporal
matters I set down & write you one or two vary full letters, I told you,
about my entering some land in this land I entered at congress prise $1.65
pir acre I ownly entered 40 acres for an inheritance or home, this money was a
present from some friends in the Land now I suppose is worth $10 or $15
dollars per acre as it is near the county seat. I also speak of our safety fund that
I took some shares in that, now why I speak of this is, I did not know but you might
draw the idea that I had left the gospel & gone to speculating but this is not the case. I feel
that the spirit that rolls in my veins is steadfast upon the subject, & I shall go tho to the gulentine, faggot,
or death before I shall renounce it the reason of this remark is because I know it to be true. But
enough upon this subject at this time. Now Brother Asahel for heavens sake do not think
that I have drop'd a remark in this letter to cast any reflections upon you or any
body els I have none to cast. Shall it be said that we must be seperated in feelings & have
ties of consanguinity severed because we may not think alik[e] upon religious subjects
let God forbid, I love you. I respect you, I have never had cause to do otherwi[se]
& I trust I never shall. I thank kind heaven that I have a Brother whose interest
is manifest for the welfare of & our Parents. Brother Asahel throw a cloak
of charity over my imperfections Letters from you will ever meet a well come recep-
tion from my hand. If I live I some expect to leave this Continent for
another season should it or should it not be the case it will be a great pleasure
to me to receieve letters from you from time to time I feel interested in your wellfare
both temporal & spiritual watch the signs of the times remember you have such
a brother as Willford in the world if we do not see each other before we will soon stand
in the presence of God. your parents send their respects to you, says she will write to you again
soon. I shall also write to you before I leave for the last time if I have any thing of interest for you
should you feel disposed to write to me immediately direct to , con. Perhaps you will not find our all my scribling
Believe me yours in the bonds of affection & friendship
Willford Woo[druff]
Asahel H Woodruff
is progressing rapidly in the earth. I want to say a few words to about the cause
I am engaged in & the course I am persuing. I am sensible we ought to be careful what we put on paper & send abroad & I have at times thought I was not sufficiently
careful upon this subject, lest even friends draw wrong views & conceptions from
my writings & to save any thing of this nature even from your mind & wish here to
make a remark. ie. since my first conncetion with the Latter Day Saints I have
been happy, contented, & satisfied. I know & bear testimony in the name of Jesus
Christ that the Book of mormon is the revealed will of God, & also that
is a prophet of God, & that the Church of Christ is travling out of the wilderness with her gifts &
graces. I know the same signs now follow the believers that did anciently & as I have
prooven this work & know it to be true for myself, I am entirely unshaken in its work
& in consquence of this, my soul being wrap'd in the work, when I have written to any
of my friends (yourself not excepted) I have principly written upon the subject
& this is why I say, perhaps I have been to tedious in my letters to you. But I
do not wish to burthen any, of my friends in this or any other way. my ownly motive
for not writing to more than I have since I have been travling, was because
I thought they might not be entertaining to him at this time. I have written vary plain
to Azmon in one Letter it is true, But I have nothing in my breast against him
or any relatives I have in the world. Again I receieved a letter from you last
winter wishing to correspond with me & you wished to know all about my temporal
matters I set down & write you one or two vary full letters, I told you,
about my entering some land in this land I entered at congress prise pi◊◊
pir acre I ownly entered 40 acres for an inheritance or home, this money was a
present from some friends in the Land now I suppose is worth $10 or $15
dollars per acre as it is near the county seat. I also speak of our safety fund that
I took some shares in that, now why I speak of this is, I did not know but you might
draw the idea that I had left the gospel & gone to speculating but this is not the case. I feel
that the spirit that rolls in my veins is steadfast upon the subject, & I shall go to the gulentine, faggot,
or death before I shall renounce it the reason of this remark is because I know it to be true. But
enough upon this subject at this time. Now Brother Asahel for heavens sake do not think
that I have drop'd a remark in this letter to cast any reflections upon you or any
body els I have none to cast. Shall it be said that we must be seperated in feelings & other
ties of consanguinity severed because we may not think alike upon religious subjects
let God forbid, I love you. I respect you, I have never had cause to do otherwise
& I trust I never shall. I thank kind heaven that I have a Brother whose interest
is manifest for the welfare of & our Parents. Brother Asahel throw a cloak
of charity over my imperfections Letters from you will ever meet a well come reception from my hand. If I live I some expect to leave this Continent for
another season should it or should it not be the case it will be a great pleasure
to me to receieve letters from you from time to time I feel interested in your wellfare
both temporal & spiritual watch the signs of the times remember you have such
a brother as Willford in the world if we do not see each other before we will soon stand
in the presence of God. your parents send their respects to you, says she will write to you again
soon. I shall also write to you before I leave for the last time if I have any thing of interest for you
should you feel disposed to write to me immediately direct to , con. Perhaps you will not find our all my scribling
Believe me yours in the bonds of affection & friendship
Willford Woodruff
Asahel H Woodruff
