turned gray and you would not
convince them to the contrary, and
indeed the time has fully arrived that
was spoken of by Isiah when he said
that darkness should cover the earth
and gross darkness the minds of the
people; [Isaiah 60:2] they have heaped to themselves
teachers having itching ears who have
turned away their ears from the
truth and they have ben led astray
after fables. I am still holding a
good many open air meetings but
thus far to all humane appearances
with but little if any success. Still
I realize that it is my imperative
duty to warn the people and that
it will be woe unto me if I preach
not the gospel, if it were not so
I should not be so often seen and
heard in the streets proclaiming
that glad tidings of great joy; for
realy there is no joy no satisfaction
in preaching to sutch an indiferent
turned gray and you would not
convince them to the contrary, and
indeed the time has fully arrived that
was spoken of by Isiah when he said
that darkness should cover the earth
and gross darkness the minds of the
people; they have heaped to themselves
teachers having itching ears who have
turned away their ears from the
truth and they have ben led astray
after fables. I am still holding a
good many open air meetings but
thus far to all humane appearances
with but little if any success, Still
I realize that it is my imperative
duty to warn the people and that
it will be woe unto me if I preach
not the Gospel. if it were not so
I should not be so often seen and
heard in the streets proclaiming
that glad tidings of great joy; for
realy there is no joy no satisfaction
in preaching to sutch an indiferent
"Letter from Asahel Hart Woodruff, 28 July 1885," p. 4, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed December 2, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/7OOB