Brother W W Phelps
I Recved your kind letter under date
of Sept 15 the most of which you will find in the 10 No
of the star. I am truly glad to hear from you
or any of my friends often from Nauvoo during these
interesting times. And I hope even in the midst of the Endomnt
I shall not be forgotten by my frinds but hope some of
them will steal time enough to ocasenally drop me a few
lines. I have forwarded the Stars regular as they have
come out of press to Nauvoo to the Twelve & Editors of
the Times & Neighbor & I will Endeavor to forward the
punch & the Latest News for the Neighbor by each Steemer
But I supposed Eldr Hedlock & othrs were forwarding
papers for that purpose. But I will Endevor to attend to
it myself, you speaking of Having a multiplicity of
business to attend to I do not doubt it, in fact
as the Kingdom of God advances our cares & labous increase &
never saw the time when I had the same amont of labours &
car[e]s resting upon me as at the present time with so few
wise expernced men in this part of the vineyard the Burthn [Burden] of all the
churches rests upon me, scores of letters pouring in from all parts
of the kingdom, asking council & questions upon ^which^ every thing that the
Righteous ever thought of from Abel to Joseph or that the wicked men
engaged in from Canin to Tom Sharp & I have to write ansers
& give council to these matters th[u]s with the matter for the
Star, Temple Recording, Emegration, & a score of othr thngs keep
me so constantly Employed that my leasure hours are vary scarce
I felt vary anxious concering the movements of our Enemies in Hancock Co.
untill I got your lettr & G. A. Smith, & I shall still feel so
untill I hear the resut of the End of it. My prayer to God is that
He will restrain the mob untill the Sants get their Endowment
And my faith is that the Endowmet will be given in the Temple
in the City of Joseph for it seems as though the saints were
keeping the commandmets of God in that City the way those [illegible]
are progressing. All is going on as will [well] in this country as
can be expected most of the Journals are [mentioning] of
the Nauvoo Hancock Co mob & Disturbance. the publik press
has been ^mostly^ silent for a length of time in this country [leaving]
us but is begining to be stired up again at present
I have publised 20,000 of the proclamations & we
are calculating to supply members of the Houses of parliament
the Lords Dukes Bishops & clergy & all great men with
them as far as possiblue throghout these realms of except
we shall hear sumthing from the press & pulpit upon
the subject soon but I want them to have a [hearing]
any how some how." I will Endeaver to attend to your
spectacles when I can have an opportunity. Write occosionlly
give my love to Cla[r]k, ^W & L^ Richards & the Twelve & all who inqure
after me. Mrs Woodruff wishes to be remembeed to you all
The Lord has given us a fine young Joseph 3 months old
which we thnk much of we are all well. As to news I have
not much ownly the potatoes are all rotting; many cattle dying
Bread [prices] Rising & the poor expeting a famine. The earth has grown
old & the people are manureing it with guano & [gatranie]
Batteris are Exle[c]trifying the Earth to make it bring forth more
fruit what an age we live in may the Lord delver his Sants
& open a way for thm in the willdeness when the time comes is
the prayer of your Brothr in the Kngdom of patience
W Woodruff
PS please remember me to Br G A Smith tell him
I recved his lettes which he will fnd in the 10 No of the
star