I wish you would write
me a letter; and, tell me how your Mother
is and what she is doing, & how Asahel is
getting along and how you are (and when
you are going to get Married) how is Clara OwenBlanch & Allice are any of them
going to school Clara & owen ought
to go I have not heard from any of you
for so long a time I am as well as
usual ownly I have taken a little cold
& got pains over one of my Eyes this
Morning I want you to take good Care of Henry & see that He dont work
to hard I dont expect I need to
ask you to be a good girl for I
expect you are always good. I want
want you to give my love to Clara Owen & Blanch I cannot write to them to
day I expect Clara is getting almost an
young woman. I want to have her and
all the Children learn all they can while they
are young & I want to give you a little council
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for your future Good and that is what
Leasure time you have to read Devote it
to reading the Bible Book of Mormon and Covenants and you will there find those
principle and knowledge that you will
Need to sustain you through and will
help you to lead your Children in
the principals of virtue righteousness
& truth. I have read all three of those
books through since I left Salt Lake
City and I find them vary profitable, what
we store up in this life will go with us
and affect us in the world to come, whether
it be good or Evil and we kneed all
the good we can procure to prepare us
to inherit Eternal Life and it requires
a whole life Devoted to God to accomplish
this and there is nothing more blessed and
comforting to a parents heart than to have
good children write to me when you can
and I pray for you daily and I say God.
Bless you and all the family
your Affectionate Father
I wish you would write me a letter and tell
me how your mother is and what she is doing and how Asahel is getting along, and how you are (and when you
are going to get married) As how is Clara, Owen, Blanhe,
and Alice. Are any of them going to school, Clara and
Owen ought to go. I have not heard from any of you for
so long a time. I am as well as usual only I have
taken a little cold and got pains over one of my eyes
this morning. I want you ^to^ take good care of Henry & see
that he doesn't work too hard. I don't expect I need
to ask you to be a good girl for I expect you are always
good. I want you to give my love to Clara, Owen & Blanche.
I cannot write to them today, I expect Clara is getting
almost a young woman. I want ^to have^ her and all the
children learn all they can while they are young &
I want to give you a little council for your future
good and that is what leisure time you have to spend
devote it to study the Bible, Book of Mormon, & covenants and you will there find those principles &
knowledge that you will need to sustain you through
and will help you to lead your children in the
principles of virtue & righteousness I think I have read
all three of these books through sinse I left Salt Lake City
and I find them very profitable. What we store up in
this life will go with us and affect us in the world to
come whatever it be good or evil, and we need all the good
we can procure to prepare us to inherit eternal life—and
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and there is nothing more blessed and comforting
to a parent's heart than to have good children.
Write to me when you can and I pray for you
daily and I say God bless you and all the Family.