Letter to William Atkin, 18 March 1889

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Letter to William Atkin, 18 March 1889
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    PRESIDENT'S OFFICE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST. OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS. P. O. BOX B. Salt Lake City March 18th, 1889. William Atkin, Bloomington, Washington Co. Dear Brother William: Your letter of Feb. 4th came duly to hand. Press of other matters has prevented me from answering sooner. Since then, as you are aware, Brother Geo. Q. has regained his liberty, and is now greatly enjoying it and improving by visiting and meeting with the saints whenever ...
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    2 speaking, a dependency or ward of the United States; but in a State capacity we would be freed from such dependency, and would posses the powers and independence of a Sovereign State, with autorithy to make and execute our own laws. And being such, we would, in the event of the disruption of the general goverment, be independent of all earthly powers and clothed with legal as well as divine authority to assume the possition in the earth of God has designed or may design us to fill in such an event. As Statehood seems to promise ...
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    3 affliction and was spared. To God be ascribed the honor, though the services of Dr. Higgins were had. Wilford is living in the city, has quit farming, and is now engaged delivering goods for Z. C. M. I. The visitation of such a heavy snow storm, at the season of the year you wrote, is rather an unusual occurence for "Dixie," but none the less welcome to the farmer and owner of stock. Our winter has been open and dry. We are threat- ened with another dry season, which will be srerious for the farmers ...
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    4 as in duty bound we should "acknowledge His hand in all things." My family are usually well, and I am recovering from a severe cold con- tracted by over-exertion and improper ventilation during my recent visit to Utah County, where Brother Cannon and I attended twelve meetings in three days. I have never visited any part of Utah where there seemed more need of preaching the good word than in Utah Co. After four years or more of comparative seclusion, Brother Cannon and I had a feeling akin to that of ...
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    Received March 18879 24 From P[resident] Woodruff answered april 8th