W. WOODRUFF,
Church Historian & Recorder.
F. D. RICHARDS,
Assistant Historian & Recorder.
Historian & Recorder's Office of the Church of Jesus Christ
OF LATTER DAY SAINTS.
P. O. BOX 321.
Salt Lake City, Utah 188
while with prospects of success. Presidents, bishops,
and people seemed to engage in the undertaking with
an earnest, zealous purpose, until another letter from
the Presidency was received, which expressed a desire
that the subject should not be urged upon the brethren
as a missionary duty, but be presented as a vol-
unteer service. This also was attended to with great
caution, and the call was repeated in person and by
letter to each of the presidents of the Stakes, and seve-
ral of the priesthood meetings were attended, in all
of which the views of the First Presidency were most
carefully communicated.
From that time it seemed as if the call
lost its hold upon the minds of the people as a
duty or obligation. They settled down with
satisfaction that they were not required nor
expected to go unless they wished to do so, and
they did not appear to very much wish to go.
W. WOODRUFF,
Church Historian & Recorder.
F. D. RICHARDS,
Assistant Historian & Recorder.
Historian & Recorder's Office of the Church of Jesus Christ
OF LATTER DAY SAINTS.
P. O. BOX 321.
Salt Lake City, Utah 188
while with prospects of success. Presidents, bishops,
and people seemed to engage in the undertaking with
an earnest, zealous purpose, until another letter from
the Presidency was received, which expressed a desire
that the subject should not be urged upon the brethren
as a missionary duty, but be presented as a volunteer service. This also was attended to with great
caution, and the call was repeated in person and by
letter to each of the presidents of the Stakes, and several of the priesthood meetings were attended, in all
of which the views of the First Presidency were most
carefully communicated.
From that time it seemed as if the call
lost its hold upon the minds of the people as a
duty or obligation. They settled down with
satisfaction that they were not required nor
expected to go unless they wished to do so, and
they did not appear to very much wish to go.