Prst W. Woodruff
St Gerge
May 5, 1885
my friends give me, and that is to take
care of yourselves, and by the help of the
Lord & your brethren I think you will
do that, but certainly it seems as though
the Devil was in a great hurry just now
to wind up the kingdom of God, but He
won't accomplish it just now, No
not Never. I am in Good health
& spirits never better. We have been
looking for a visitation for somedays in
this county, but now as yet, we have
made arangements to Run the Farm
if all the poly. leave We are all on
the watch and hope through the Mercy of God
to be preserved, & had this Glory may rest
upon you & your Council.
Your Broth in the Gospel L. Allen
[upside-down text] The address of Wm Russel, is under care
to W. B. Maxwell La Ascencion
Chihuahua, Mexico via El Paso [end of upside-down text]
St G.
President John Taylor
Beloved Brother
I write to say, That it is necessary
for our recorder M. F. F. to take
a mission somewhere, and it appears
to me it would be better to send
such Men to New Zealand, or some
field where they can do some good
there to send Men who can stay at
home in safety. I have had my mind
upon New Zealand for him. He is ready
& willing to go. The wards will do what
they can towards taking care of his
family, but he will need some help
to partly pay his fare to his field of
labor. New Zealand will be a
much more profitable & wider field
to labor in for a few years than
the sugar house Ward. I would like
to know if you would have any
objections to his taking the mission
I heard a rumour yesterday
that the Governor of Chihuahua
had ordered all the Mormons to
leave that state in 15 days, and that
they charged them $6 for each 100 lb of
flour brought new to the line. I suppose
you probably have cent information
upon the Matter, if that is the case
what would you advise the Brothers
there to do, esspecially Wm Russel [FIGURE] G. T.
I am writing him to day. I sent him
a draft to sign of $25 on provo bank
Money due on shares. I thought if they
had to come back into Arizona it
would be well for him to stay with
Joseph H. Richards at St. George, untill
some other arangements could be made,
in Richards assisted him to his present
place of abode, such men ought to
be laboring somewhere. I have thought
that such Men as Lot & Jesse N Smith
might buy out some 2 or 3 Gentiles in the
upper Muddy in Nevada which would
controll all the watter of that settlement.
They wanted to sell very much when I was
there, so far all our people has had the
privilege of voting or holding office
without any question to ther religion
but how long that order of things will
last I cannot say. It is said the
Mill of the Gods grind slow, but sure
The Mill of the Devils grinds by fist fast
in these Mountains, but not always safe
They now have an Idea that they are
now going to destroy the Saints, but
they have one difficulty in ther way, and
that is the Lord, they may indict
convict & fine him, but they cannot
imprision him. Their is no doubt
but what He will pay them, but not in
the coin they wish for, for God holds
the keys of power, Death, & Hell, and neither
the ring nor our Government has any
controll over him or his power. I don't
know that I have any council to give the
Presidency of the Church, without it is the council