Your vary kind and interesting
Letter of Oct 2 is Received, and Read with
much interest. And also your Epistle of
Oct 6 to the Saints. I feel that I can say Amen
with Every sentiment of my heart, to every principle
contained in Either of them. It certainly would
have been a satisfaction to me, and I presume It would
have been to you to have attended the conference
at Logan, but Wisdom Dictated otherwise, and
we have to be satisfied. Your position is ownly
following in the footsteps of the prophet Joseph
in his day. I have felt for a good while that
there was a change coming over Zion, over our
Nation, and over Great Babylon. And this in
order to fulfill the Revelations of Divine truth
and to carry out the purposes of the Lord. I cannot
but acknowledge the hand of the Lord in the present
afflictions of the Latter Day Saints. The persecution
of the Righteous by the wicked is a legacy bequeathed
to all Saints in Every age of the world and will
continue untill Christ reigns on the Earth.
And while all the powers of the Earth are combined
with the powers of Darkness and of Evil to Destroy
the Latter Day Saints from off the Earth it should
be a strong testimony to not ownly the Saints but
to sinners that the God of Heaven had set his
hand to Esstablish his Church and Kingdom on the Earth
in righteousness. I have felt at times as
though I wanted to get out to meeting and
speak to the people in thes southern settlements
but there is a Commissioner and several Deputy
Marshals appointed in this District and if I get
into the hands of my Enemies I should not have
the Liberty I now Enjoy. I lost my friend William
Squire with whom I have spent most of my time
for 7 months. He was sick 10 days. I Blessed him
a short time before He di[e]d and bid him good by He
was a true and faithful Latter Day Saint and a good
friend to me, and gave me a good home. I Received
a letter from My Daughter Bulah saying her
Mother (Phebe W) had met with a serious accident
walking in the Evening with a lighted Lamp caught her
foot in the carpet, fell her whole length struk her
head against the base board, cut a long gash in her
head, ^Dr^ Anderson had sown it ^up^ I Judge she is quite
badly hurt. I also learned that Sarah D. youngest child was vary sick with Typhoid fever, but I have
to leave these things all in the hands of the Lord
and my friends. My Health is vary good at present
I get freequent letters from the camp of the Saints
in Mexico they seem quite Disappointed that they have
no land to settle upon, as they are in the midst of thieves
who steal them their Horses, Harness, Plough & Crops &c
Dear Brethren I thank ^you^ for your Kindness to me
in a temporel point of view
That the blessings of health, strength, & freedom may Rest
uppon you, and that the Inspiration of the Almighty may
Rest upon you is the prayer of your Brother in the Gospel W. Woodruff
sideways text W. Woodruff
St George
Oct 19 1885 end of sideways text
Your vay kind and interesting
Letter of Oct 2, is received, and read with
much interest. And also your Epistle of
Oct 1 to the Saints. I feel that I Can say Amen
with every sentiment of my heart, to every principle
contained in either of them. It certainly would
have been a satisfaction to me and I presume it would
have been to you to have attended the Conference
at Logan, but Wisdom Dictated otherwise, and
we have to be satisfied. Your position is ownly
following in the footsteps of the prophet Joseph
in his day. I have felt for a good while that
there was a change coming over zion, over our
Nation, and over Great Babylon And this in
order to fulfill the revelations of Divine truth
and to carry out the purposes of the Lord. I cannot
but acknowledge the hand of the Lord in the present
afflictions of the Latter Day Saints. The persecution
of the righteous by the wicked is a legacy bequeathd
to all Saints in every age of the world and will
continue untill Christ reigns on the Earth.
and while all the powers of the Earth are Combined
with the powers of Darkness and of Evil to Destroy
the Latter Day Saints from off the Earth it should
be a strong testimony not ownly the Saints but
to sinners that the God of Heaven had set his
hand to esstablish his Church and Kingdom on the Earth
in righteousness. I have felt at times as
though I wanted to get out to meeting and
speak to the people in thes southern settlemnts
but there is a Commissioner and several Deputy
Marshals appointed in this District and if I get
into the hands of my enemies I should not hve
the Liberty I now enjoy. I lost my friend William
Squire with whom I have spent most of my time
for 7 months. He was sick 10 days. I Blessed him
a short time before He died and bid him good by He
was a true and faithful Latter Day Saint and a good
friend to me, and gave me a good home. I received
a letter from My Daughter Bulah saying her
Mother (Phbe W) had met with a serious accident
walking in the Evening with a lighted Lamp caught her
foot in the Carpet, fell her whole length struk her
head against the base board, Cut a long gash in her
head, Dr Anderson had sown it up I judge she is quite
badly hurt. I also learned that Sarah D. yunget
child was vey sick with Typhoid fever, but I have
to leave these things all in the hands of the Lord
and my friends. My Health is vey good at presnt
I get freequent letters from the Camp of the Saints
in Mexico they seem quite Disappointed that they have
no land to settle upon, as thy are in the midst of thieves
who steal their Horses, Harness, Plough & Crops &c
Dear Brethren I thank you for your Kindness to me
in a temporel point of view
that the blessings of health Strength & freedom may rest
uppon you, and that the Inspiration of the Almighty may
rest upon you is the prayer of your Brother in the Gospel
W. Woodruff
"Letter to John Taylor and George Quayle Cannon, 13 October 1885," p. 1, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 19, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/BLlX