Dear Bro
Your letter at hand and noted
It would please me very much
to fill a mission to the Southern
States as you request but am
sorry to state that I have
not the means on hand to
fit me out and carry me to
my field of Labor.
I will endeavour to raise
the means if possible to meet
the call, and hope by the
assistance of the Lord to meet
all the requirements made of
me in the Kingdom of God
I hope those who recommend
Elders for missions duly
consider their circumstances
before doing so. We seem
to have very many such
replies as the foregoing. J. F. S.
[upside down text] W. H. Kennington
Sept. 18 [18]94.
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