Jan 11^st
NB My Dear Companion, though I have said much in this letter &
massed together many Broaken sentences upon a great variety of
subjects great & small temporal & spiritual, yet I have said but little
concerning the presient state of affairs & prospect &c But when
I write again I may have room to speak of some things that I
omit in this But as to the progress of the work we have nothing but
good news from this country Brother Kimball has given you
some information upon the progress of the work in what he has writt-
en & I will further add & our present mission has been of much impo-
rtance, in advancing the cause & through the mercy of God we have
been enabled to lay the foundation of a mighty work throughout
Europe. We have not ownly esstablished churches in all of the largest
cities i& towns in England, Wales, Scotland & Irieland, But Elders
are already in South Australia (16,000 miles) & the East Indies
& Germany & their never was a day when it was progressing
with the same rapidity as at the present time. There will be
a great & important work here in London It has been hard starting
the work here because we had not power to get at the minds of
the people as soon as in other places we laboured harder to get the
first 20 Baptized in London than we should now to Baptize 100 for
several of the London papers are printing against us which brings
our cause into note & we are begining to have crouded congregations
& that is what we want for if we can get people to hear they will
believe & recieve it if they are honest & willing to receive the truth. I
have had the fullest meetings to day I have ever had in London (17^th)
8 were added since last sabbath, & 5 offered for Baptism at the
close of the meeting to, night, we are about to hire a larger chapel
London is a very important place & will be the cenetre point
of the saints for all Europe, & we feel anxious to leave a good
standard here when we return home, I shall contine my labours
in London untill March except I may be absent a few days to attend
a conference in Scotland & Ireland, we shall have a conference
in London before we leave for New York which will be [e]arly in
the spring. My Dear friend be of good cheer let your heart be comfo-
rted, we have been seperated long it is true, but it has been for Christ
sake, we shall not loose our reward, by our sacrafize many souls
have been comforted, & I trust will be saved in the kingdom of God
I feel that the time is near when we shall great each other once more
give me your prayers. you & Willford constantly have mine, could
my heart prayers & pen speak they would tell you they had not forgott
you on any occasion although you may not have herd their voice since
the 8^th of Last July. Good night Phebe, may God bless you & the lad & prepare
us to meet with all the saints in a celestial glory with all our kindred.

W. W.

18^th Good morning Phebe I thought I would scribble a few more
lines & maill my letter. I dont know as you will be able to make out
all my scribling, but what you cannot read I will help you when I come
home. I shall look for a letter in answer to this I hope it will safely
fall into your hands. I am glad you left word for the things & letters
which I sent to be left with Sister Kimball. The American Brethren are
mostly well in this country. Elder Smith has been much troubled with a
lung complaint is now in Staffordshire Potteries Elder Hedlock has been sick
with the same complaint, bad cold &c is in Glasgow & Paisley their is
about 500 saints in that Part of Scotland O. Pratt has laboured since
he first came to England in the capital of Scotland, Edinburgh & has baptized
there 120 saints & the work now Prosperous, he like myself is enjoying the
best of health. J. Taylor has mostly laboured from the begining in —
Liverpool where he now is & well. has baptized 120 in Liverpool & 20
in the Isle of Man. Elder Young is there also Binding the Book of Mormon
He is fat & well, But He like all the rest of us wants to see his wife & children
200 Saints sail from Liverpool the 1^st of Feb for Nauvoo via
New Orleans led by Hiram Clark many of the company will be there
I have Baptized in Herefordshire. Many hundreds will go next April
the Emigration of the saints to America will be vary great from Europe
when you write tell me if Ilus F Carter address is 118 Bleaker St corner of westes
ive lost his addres tell me whare all the friends are & what they are doing
viz Father Mother Fabyan, Ezra, Sarah, Rhoda, Phebe, Shuah, Mary, &c &c.
I want to hear from them all. Did Fabyan & Luther have a plesent Journey
how did they like the country &c. Adieu untill I hear from you again

WW

Sister Sarah Foss, I wish you in connexion with the rest of the friends an agreeable
& happy visit with Phebe as she is thro[u]gh the kind providence of God permitted
to spend the winter with you, I trust while together you will be an assistance
to each other in the spiritual things of the kingdom I trust you will remem-
ber me before the Lord, that I may once more return in safety. truly we have
been called to make great sacrafizes for the kingdom of God & Christ sake, & this
has been the case with the children of God in evry age of the world, & while the
gentile nations of the present day are using evry exertion to secure unto themselves
earthly Honors, wealth, greatness, ease, & momentary pleasure. My object
is to do the will of God, to act for the salvation of the children of men, & labour
to secure for myself, my wife & children an eternal inheritance, everlasting
joy, & an unfading crown, in the celestial glory & mansion of my fathers
kingdom, & while I know for myself & not another that the cause in which
i am ingaged is of God & not of man, I cheerfully & freely leave it for the
first Resurrection, the judgment of the great day, & the eternal world to
deside who is wise in these things. May God Bless us all & enable us to over-
come & see that no man take our crown for Christs sake, from your Brother

W. Woodruff

Private Phebe when you write again if their is any small articles that you
need wearing apparel or any thing els make mention of it & if my means
permit I will get it, IShould you wish a pair of stays or any other article
speak of it) would it not be best for me to leave my baggage bed
trunks &c in New York except what we need while visiting in the east

W. W.

the Postman has just handed me 4 letters one from Elder Young in Liverp[ool]
wishes us to be prepared to set sail by the first of April for New York so write
immediately & direct to me in L[iverpool] [page torn] I have requested in the letter.

W. W.

Mrs Phebe W. Woodruff
In care of Ezra Carter
Scarborough
Maine
United States

Private Ship

One sheet ownly single Letter

[stamp in red ink]
NEW YORK
SHIP
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Willford Woodruff
London Jan 13^th 1841
Answered

[Heber Chase Kimball] ^you see I had to stop fore the want of room H C Kimball^

London Ja the 16 1841

Dear Sister in Christ, I wish you a happy new year in the name
mame [name] of Jesus Christ. hoping that it may truly be the case. and as you have
gon down among your friends in the East. that it may prove a blessing to you
and also to them. Br Wilford and my self are here in London. together. we
are quite happy. the Lord is with us, and our labours are blest. and we feel
to Rejoice in the Lord. fore he is good, and he has all power. and he has set his
hand the 2 time to Recover his peopl which are the hous of Isreal. and has
sent his Angel to commit the Everlasting gospell. and I know it fore I
have hurd the voice of the Lord from the heavens, declaring these things
to me. we know it is true. and it will stand. and we know that Evry
man and woman that Rises up to oppose this work will be brought
down sooner or later. fore the Lord will not prosper anny one who
fight against this work. there fore dear Sister be of good cheer. fore all
thing will go right in the End. I have no douts but what we shall have
much trouble to pass through in that land. I have now [no] doubts but we shall

be driven from place to place, in order to purge the church and clense
it from all dross, and prepare it fore his own use. you know the Lord
ses Evry thing that can be shaken will be shaking and what cannot
be shaken will Remain. all things will go right. and we feel well about it
you know the world thought when we was driven from Missouri. we had come
to nought, but just look and see the work has spread through out that vast
continent. it would not have been done if the saints had not been scattered
without the Lord had taken some other way. so the Elders went Evry whare preachin[g]
you know well the time that Elder Hide ^and my self my self^ first came to England. we stade here
nine months. baptised near 1500 souls. since we came over this time we
have baptised. 4000 souls more. we shall number more than 5500 souls
at this time. we have baptised more then 200 preachers of diffrent orders and
most of them have been ordained. are now preaching the gospell. the most
part of them was were Meathodst preachers. we have at this time 500 officiel
members. the grater part are preaching this gospell. it is spreding in all
parts of this land, and thare is no power that can stope it. fore it must go
and we feel to gloryfiy God in the Highest, we shall come home in the spring if [page torn]
Lord will. give my love to all of your friends my best love to you. Heber C Ki[mball] [page torn]

Jan 11st NB My Dear Companion, though I have said much in this letter & massed together many Broaken sentences upon a great variety of subjects great & small temporal & spiritual, yet I have said but little concerning the present state of affairs & prospect &c But when I write again I may have room to speak of some things that I omit in this But as to the progress of the work we have nothing but good news from this country Brother Kimball has given you some information upon the progress of the work in what he has written & I will further add & our present mission has been of much importance, in advancing the cause & through the mercy of God we have been enabled to lay the foundation of a mighty work throughout Europe. We have not ownly esstablished churches in all of the largest cities& towns in England, Wales, Scotland & Irieland, But Elders are already in South Australia (16,000 miles) & the East Indies & Germany & their never was a day when it was progressing with the same rapidity as at the present time. There will be a great & important work here in London It has been hard starting the work here because we had not power to get at the minds of the people as soon as in other places we laboured harder to get the first 20 Baptized in London than we should now to Baptize 100 for several of the London papers are printing against us which brings our cause into note & we are begining to have crouded congregations & that is what we want for if we can get people to hear they will believe & recieve it if they are honest & willing to receive the truth. I have had the fullest meetings to day I have ever had in London (17th) 8 were added since last sabbath, & 5 offered for Baptism at the close of the meeting to, night, we are about to hire a larger chapel London is a very important place & will be the centre point of the saints for all Europe, & we feel anxious to leave a good standard here when we return home, I shall contine my labours in London untill March except I may be absent a few days to attend a conference in Scotland & Ireland, we shall have a conference in London before we leave for New York which will be early in the spring. My Dear friend be of good cheer let your heart be comforted, we have been seperated long it is true, but it has been for Christ sake, we shall not loose our reward, by our sacrafize many souls have been comforted, & I trust will be saved in the kingdom of God I feel that the time is near when we shall great each other once more give me your prayers. you & Willford constantly have mine, could my heart prayers & pen speak they would tell you they had not forgott you on any occasion although you may not have herd their voice since the 8th of Last July. Good night Phebe, may God bless you & the lad & prepare us to meet with all the saints in a celestial glory with all our kindred.

W. W.

18th Good morning Phebe I thought I would scribble a few more lines & maill my letter. I dont know as you will be able to make out all my scribling, but what you cannot read I will help you when I come home. I shall look for a letter in answer to this I hope it will safely fall into your hands. I am glad you left word for the things & letters which I sent to be left with Sister Kimball. The American Brethren are mostly well in this country. Elder Smith has been much troubled with a lung complaint is now in Staffordshire Potteries Elder Hedlock has been sick with the same complaint, bad cold &c is in Glasgow & Paisley their is about 500 saints in that Part of Scotland O. Pratt has laboured since he first came to England in the capital of Scotland, Edinburgh & has baptized there 120 saints & the work now Prosperous, he like myself is enjoying the best of health. J. Taylor has mostly laboured from the begining in — Liverpool where he now is & well. has baptized 120 in Liverpool & 20 in the Isle of Man. Elder Young is there also Binding the Book of Mormon He is fat & well, But He like all the rest of us wants to see his wife & children 200 Saints sail from Liverpool the 1st of Feb for Nauvoo via New Orleans led by Hiram Clark many of the company will be there I have Baptized in Herefordshire. Many hundreds will go next April the Emigration of the saints to America will be vary great from Europe when you write tell me if Ilus F Carter address is 118 Bleaker St corner of westes ive lost his addres tell me whare all the friends are & what they are doing viz Father Mother Fabyan, Ezra, Sarah, Rhoda, Phebe, Shuah, Mary, &c &c. I want to hear from them all. Did Fabyan & Luther have a plesent Journey how did they like the country &c. Adieu untill I hear from you again

WW

Sister Sarah Foss, I wish you in connexion with the rest of the friends an agreeable & happy visit with Phebe as she is through the kind providence of God permitted to spend the winter with you, I trust while together you will be an assistance to each other in the spiritual things of the kingdom I trust you will remember me before the Lord, that I may once more return in safety. truly we have been called to make great sacrafizes for the kingdom of God & Christ sake, & this has been the case with the children of God in evry age of the world, & while the gentile nations of the present day are using evry exertion to secure unto themselves earthly Honors, wealth, greatness, ease, & momentary pleasure. My object is to do the will of God, to act for the salvation of the children of men, & labour to secure for myself, my wife & children an eternal inheritance, everlasting joy, & an unfading crown, in the celestial glory & mansion of my fathers kingdom, & while I know for myself & not another that the cause in which i am ingaged is of God & not of man, I cheerfully & freely leave it for the first Resurrection, the judgment of the great day, & the eternal world to deside who is wise in these things. May God Bless us all & enable us to overcome & see that no man take our crown for Christs sake, from your Brother

W. Woodruff

Private Phebe when you write again if their is any small articles that you need wearing apparel or any thing els make mention of it & if my means permit I will get it,Should you wish a pair of stays or any other article speak of it) would it not be best for me to leave my baggage bed trunks &c in New York except what we need while visiting in the east

W. W.

the Postman has just handed me 4 letters one from Elder Young in Liverpool wishes us to be prepared to set sail by the first of April for New York so write immediately & direct to me in Liverpool page torn I have requested in the letter.

W. W.

Mrs Phebe W. Woodruff In care of Ezra Carter Scarborough Maine United States

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stamp in red ink NEW YORK SHIP MAR 8

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Willford Woodruff London Jan 13th 1841 Answered

Heber Chase Kimball you see I had to stop fore the want of room H C Kimball

London Ja the 16 1841

Dear Sister in Christ, I wish you a happy new year in the name name of Jesus Christ. hoping that it may truly be the case. and as you have gon down among your friends in the East. that it may prove a blessing to you and also to them. Br Wilford and my self are here in London. together. we are quite happy. the Lord is with us, and our labours are blest. and we feel to Rejoice in the Lord. fore he is good, and he has all power. and he has set his hand the 2 time to Recover his peopl which are the hous of Isreal. and has sent his Angel to commit the Everlasting gospell. and I know it fore I have hurd the voice of the Lord from the heavens, declaring these things to me. we know it is true. and it will stand. and we know that Evry man and woman that Rises up to oppose this work will be brought down sooner or later. fore the Lord will not prosper anny one who fight against this work. there fore dear Sister be of good cheer. fore all thing will go right in the End. I have no douts but what we shall have much trouble to pass through in that land. I have no doubts but we shall

Be driven from place to place, in order to purge the church and clense it from all dross, and prepare it fore his own use. you know the Lord ses Evry thing that can be shaken will be shaking and what cannot be shaken will Remain. all things will go right. and we feel well about it you know the world thought when we was driven from Missouri. we had come to nought, but just look and see the work has spread through out that vast continent. it would not have been done if the saints had not been scattered without the Lord had taken some other way. so the Elders went Evry whare preaching you know well the time that Elder Hide and my self my self first came to England. we stade here nine months. baptised near 1500 souls. since we came over this time we have baptised. 4000 souls more. we shall number more than 5500 souls at this time. we have baptised more then 200 preachers of diffrent orders and most of them have been ordained. are now preaching the gospell. the most part of them were Meathodst preachers. we have at this time 500 officiel members. the grater part are preaching this gospell. it is spreding in all parts of this land, and thare is no power that can stope it. fore it must go and we feel to glory [illegible] God in the Highest, we shall come home in the spring if page torn Lord will. give my love to all of your friends my best love to you. Heber C Kimball page torn