Ed. of the Standard
Dr. Brother
The Cala. Mail having arrived last evening, I hasten to
write you a few lines.
Prest. J. M. Grant died here on Monday evg at the
1st Dec at 10:20 twenty minutes past 10, after an illness of about 32
weeks being taken ^seized^ first with chills & Fever then Billious Fever &
died of Lung Fever. it was ^a sudden^ unexpected ^shock^ in Israel. and Prest Grant
was in the bloom prime of life, ^40 years of age^, and in Israel was a his Priesthood
was truly a mighty man in Israel.
In the Reformation which was going on in Israel
his bow was bent & his quiver full of arrows, which were so well
directed he had becaome a terror to evil doers, & a joy & consolation to
the righteous. Prest. Young addressed the concourse of Saints who
met on the 4th to pay the last mark of trib tribute of repect to his
earthy remains while when they were to be laid in the silent tomb, &
poured lifted up the vail from the peoples ^our^ eyes so that we indeed
felt Jedediah was not gone, but he was still with us ^& near us^ in the
great work of the last days.
The Hand cart com Prest. Martin's company of ^ the last^
^of the^ hand carts arrived on the 30 Nov ulto being the last of the hand cart
many with frozen ^fingers^ feet & limbs & fingers having encountered ^an unusual^ such severity
of weather even for these mountains. We were happy to see them
nothwithstanding their sufferings & hardships unequalled by any previous emmigration
The last [oxt] train Company are left at Bridger after caching much of their goods at the Devils Gate, being
only able to gain that point, withot all the assistance &that
could be raised to help ^them^ both from here & at Fort Supply
^Horse & mule^ Teams with Flour, & oats & Hay have gone to bring them in
the cost of this seasons immigration on the Saints in the Mt^n^s
ishas been vast, besides theis suffering & for teams to start as they
have done last week & go into these mountains where it has been
freezing hard for six weeks past & snowing more or less all the time
is like men taking their ^own^ lives & ^that of their animals^ in their hands & going to the rescue
of their brethren. When the hand cart cops have arrived the Saints have opened their
Houses & treated them as tho' they were indeed their brothers
The Missionaries appointed in the various wards of this city
to preach repentance to the Saints & get them to live their religion
report the ppl are awaking to righteousness, putting on the armour
of God, and determining God helping them to prepare for the
coming of the Son of Man & those events which are nigh
at hand even at our doors.
Many of the Saints are paying up their tithing this year as tho' they
meant God to know, they & all they have got is at the sermon of
the work of the last days
yours truly
W Woodruff
a premium, as far as the apricot
can be raised here will that would
be glad to have them apricots growing
here. I am satisfied apricots can be
[pursued] here, brought has been send. I do
not expect the Brethren can be all got
to join, the [conties] to do the best
they can, & perhaps sab
James Brown first this met with this
South or any South of this kind. it satisfies
me whenever aour President says, to go ahead
& no doubt this south must go ahead
as Judge Smith remarked continued
longer rich than expected. ppl here been
enduring to see who can drop the finest
our messrty will drive us to it have
one half of the people, here they got
the grain necssary the exchange for clothing
before 12 months run round be worse then
in the legs. I am glad merchants
not encoming crediting the ppl, & the orders
to carry out, is not Prests Young instructed
will the pple come up to the help
after Lord against our mighty be
been crying from time 9 years & he
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Dec. 7 1856
W. Woodruff to Ed of the Standard
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