I write to say that I
have lost my old friend with whom
I have lived since the first of last
March William Squire He has been sick about 10 days and Died on his
birth Day the 26 Sept He has been a
great friend to me and made
me welcome to anything in his
Home one day He fainted away & I thought
He would die on my hands Burton
& Sheets being in town I sent for them
and bleak & Thompson they all came I washed
him & changed his clothes & we anointed
& blessed him He revived seemed much
better but a heavy fever set in. On
the night of the 24 I Blessed him & bid
him good by I saw He was going to die
& so many people calling I felt it wisdom
for me to leave He was buried on Sunday
I did not deem it prudent to attend the
funeral I have had to take a New
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Home not as secluded as the one I had
Brother Mc A. told me about his visit
with you & your Mother I was glad
He had a chance to call. I would have
been glad to have been with him, I
got a letter from Brother Wells & Penrose
last night They said Asahel would
come home this fall if He did not go
on to the continent but I would
prefer to have him take a tour on the
continent, & stay untill spring or He
might never have another opportunity
to go there And as He has travelled on
so much of England & mingled with
so many people I would rather He
finish it out by visiting the old
world before He returns they said
He was well & feeling well & doing well
Brother Wells said He had made a good
record on his Mission his 2 last
letters to me was Dated Sept 3 & 8
I am rather inclined to think that
He will decide to go to the Continent
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and come home with the first company
in the Spring I think He will be better
satisfied to do that, than to come home
this fall. Well it seems that the Utah
Judges have formed a platform for the
Elders to stand upon & Decide whithch
they will do some God or Bad and
the Decision thy make will Decide
their Destiny for all time & Eternity
when John Sharp went back on
his family his covenants his religion
& his God It cast a gloom over the
minds of Many, but when Bishop Clawson chose Imprisonment instd
of Deserting his wives & children Breaking
his covenants Denying his faith & tes-
timony his God it sent a thrill of
Joy through the breasts of thousands
I would rather be shotDead or
struck with lightning than to do
as Sharp & others have done Give me
Imprisionment or give me Death
but dont ask me to disown & Desert
my family break my Covenants—
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Deny the faith or Dishonor God
I have but few days to live here on
Earth I have a long Eternity to spend
on the other side of the veil & After the
resurrection And if I do my Duty
there is No power beneath the Heavens
that can deprive me of the society of
my wives & children after the resurrection
to dwell with them forever in the
family organization of the Celestial
world, while those who desert them
& deny the faith & back out to
save a few months imprisonment will
have their families & Celestial Glory
but I must quit, I am well as
usual give my Love to your Mother & to all the children & write
me soon & give me all the News
with you I got good Letters from A M
Canon I wrote him & Clawson yesterday
I am yours Affectiontely