Your letter of Feby. 3rd came duly to hand. Press of business has
prevented an earlier reply. It is gratifying to hear that your daughter May is so
rapidly recovering from her illness, and that the other members of your family are
all enjoying the inestimable blessing of good health. The tidings of the marriage
of your son John, and of the prospective marriage of Joseph very soon, to two sis-
ters, is good. It is right and proper for the sons of Zion to marry the daughters
of Zion, and through faithful, honorable and upright lives fulfil the measure of
their creation and their destiny. I congratulate them and wish them continual pros-
perity and eternal happiness through fidelity to the cause of Zion.
I join you in the hope that not many of our poor brethren will be
great losers in the damage done by the late floods in the Rio Virgen, and that
although the land which has been washed away is effectually lost to them, that
they will make it up by getting land above, although they may not have to expend
their labor for it. Even that will be much better than no land at all in lieu of
that washed away. My family are usually well. My own health is very good now, for
which I am exceedingly thankful, although I took a slight cold yesterday, but I
hope it won't amount to much.
Emma and her family are well and would send love if they knew I was
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writing.
President Cannon is in the east, working for our cause against the
powerful agencies now operating for the defilement of Zion. Surely Satan has great
power and his struggles are desperate, knowing his time is short. But the Kingdom
of God will prevail and eventually triumph gloriously. Brother J. F. S. is where I
can reach him when necessary, and although chafing somewhat in spirit at the con-
dition of things, he is in no way visibly impaired by his long exilement.
Your description of the Temple tank and explanation of the manner of its
construction are all I could wish, and the matter of your opinion in regard to
the capacity of the lower end of the pipe, I think, is worthy of due consideration.
It might be well for you to explain your views fully to Pres. McAllister and Brother Thompson, and if they argree with you, let them bring the matter beofore us and we
will give it attention.