home it will be so much less care & trouble than it will be to see to your own
wood water &c. this is simply my present feeling upon the subject, Remember me with gratitude
to Brother Clark. & tell him for me that if he feels willing to lend you the hand of assistance in
this your time of need & let you tarry with him untill my return, that he shall not
loose his reward & he shall have my prayers & Blessing & the Blessing of God shall rest upon
him & his children, & his childrens children untill the latest generation, could I
have the privilege of being with my own family I would not trouble any person with
them, But a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me [1 Corinthians 9:17] in common with my
Brethren & required at our hands in consequence of which my family must be assisted by
some one in time of need. & I say again in the name of Jesus Christ that that soul
who does good to my wife or children while I am in the vineyard of the Lord doing his work
shall be blessed of the Lord & no power shall take it from them, & I feel vary thankful
to Brother Clark for his kind offer. Give my respects to the Sister Clark you speak of & also Brother
Clarks Son, Remember me to Bror & Sister Smoot, & Brother L. Whight & family should you see them
& all enquiring friends I rejoice to hear of the progress of the work in America & the prospect of
the Saints being rewarded for their loss by the government. I was much pleased with your
letter it contained much news. I gave you an account in my last letter of my
opening a new field in the South part of England, in Herefordshire, the work of the Lord
has continued to roll on from the time I first commenced preaching in this part of the
land untill the present time in a manner that I have never before seen it in these last
days, it is not yet 3 months since I first lifted up my voice to preach to the people in
this part of England a region which had not herd the sound of it before but now conta
ins a Church of 500 Saints, with about 50 Elders & priests. about 50 of which
were preachers of the orders of the day, I have administered Baptism to about 300 of
the Saints above spoken of, & Elders Young & Richards & the Elders & priests which
we have raised up in this Branch have Baptized the other 200, & the field which is opened
here is so large & extensive that it seems as though the work had but just began here & I expect hundreds will be added to the Church here. It is rapidly opening
doors in all the Surrounding country in the South of England & also in Wales we have
Baptized some few in the Border of wales. We have this day receeved the first No of the
Latter Day Saints Millennial Star. published by the travlingcouncil Edited by P P Pratt at Manchester England. We shall soon have a collection of Hymns of at ^out^ of Press, & the
Book of Mormon will soon be in tipe. The work is progressing rapidly in every part of
England & Scotland where it is faithfully proclaimed. Elders Mullener & Wright are doing
well in Scotland. O. Pratt has gone to Scotland I have not herd from him. Jn
Taylor is Baptizing in Liverpool. The American Brethen are well as far as I know
Elder Turley is out of Prision, is well & preaching. We have a general conference to
be held in Manchester on the 6th day of July next for the Elders of England, Scotland, & Wales
I shall then expect to meet with all the quorum of the Twelve that are hear I
have not yet herd from O Hide. B.Young came down & spent 2 or 3 weeks with
me & has gone back to Manchester to assist P P Pratt in printing. Elder Richard has
left me this morning to visit the Border of Wales We Baptized a man confirmed & ordained
him a priest. & he commenced Baptizing all in one day & next morning he started to carry
the gospel to the Border of Wales & commenced Baptizing & Elder Richards has gone to assist
him a few days. I have left orders for the Millennial Star to be sent to you
home it will be so much less care & trouble than it will be to see to your own
wood water &c. this is simply my present feeling upon the subject, Remember me with gratitude
to Brother Clark. & tell him for me that if he feels willing to lend you the hand of assistance in
this your time of need & let you tarry with him untill my return, that he shall not
loose his reward & he shall have my prayers & Blessing & the Blessing of God shall rest upon
him & his children, & his childrens children untill the latest generation, could I
have the privilege of being with my own family I would not trouble any person with
them, But a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me in common with my
Brethren & required at our hands in consequence of which my family must be assisted by
some one in time of need. & I say again in the name of Jesus Christ that that soul
who does good to my wife or children while I am in the vineyard of the Lord doing his work
shall be blessed of the Lord & no power shall take it from them, & I feel vary thankful
to Brother Clark for his kind offer. Give my respects to the Sister Clark you speak of & also Brother
Clarks Son, Remember me to Bror & Sister Smoot, & Brother L. Whight & family should you see them
& all enquiring friends I rejoice to hear of the progress of the work in America & the prospect of
the Saints being rewarded for their loss by the government. I was much pleased with your
letter it contained much news. I gave you an account in my last letter of my
opening a new field in the South part of England, in Herefordshire, the work of the Lord
has continued to roll on from the time I first commenced preaching in this part of the
land untill the present time in a manner that I have never before seen it in these last
days, it is not yet 3 months since I first lifted up my voice to preach to the people in
this part of England a region which had not herd the sound of it before but now conta
ins a Church of 500 Saints, with about 50 Elders & priests. about 50 of which
were preachers of the orders of the day, I have administered Baptism to about 300 of
the Saints above spoken of, & Elders Young & Richards & the Elders & priests which
we have raised up in this Branch have Baptized the other 200, & the field which is opened
here is so large & extensive that it seems as though the work had but just began
& I expect hundreds will be added to the Church here. It is rapidly opening
doors in all the Surrounding country in the South of England & also in Wales we have
Baptized some few in the Border of wales. We have this day receeved the first No of the
Latter Day Saints Millennial Star. published by the travlingcouncil Edited by P P Pratt at
Manchester England. We shall soon have a collection of Hymns out of Press, & the
Book of Mormon will soon be in tipe. The work is progressing rapidly in every part of
England & Scotland where it is faithfully proclaimed. Elders Mullener & Wright are doing
well in Scotland. O. Pratt has gone to Scotland I have not herd from him. Jn
Taylor is Baptizing in Liverpool. The American Brethen are well as far as I know
Elder Turley is out of Prision, is well & preaching. We have a general conference to
be held in Manchester on the 6th day of July next for the Elders of England, Scotland, & Wales
I shall then expect to meet with all the quorum of the Twelve that are hear I
have not yet herd from O Hide. B.Young came down & spent 2 or 3 weeks with
me & has gone back to Manchester to assist P P Pratt in printing. Elder Richard has
left me this morning to visit the Border of Wales We Baptized a man confirmed & ordained
him a priest. & he commenced Baptizing all in one day & next morning he started to carry
the gospel to the Border of Wales & commenced Baptizing & Elder Richards has gone to assist
him a few days. I have left orders for the Millennial Star to be sent to you
"Letter to Phebe Whittemore Carter Woodruff, 3 June 1840," p. 2, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 25, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/zG7