August 14th 1897 To your Majesties the King and Queen of Sweden. I have been informed that your Majesties have been very kind to those of your Majesties subjects who have felt disposed to embrace the fulness of the ever- lasting Gospel, popularly called Mormonism, some of whom have emigrated to Utah. These have united to prepare a small token of respect to your Majesties, a box made of Utah Onyx, containing the Book of Mormon, which will be presented to you by one of their number Elder J. M. Sjodahl, and which I hope and trust you will receive from them as an evidence of the respect and love which they bear toward your Majesties. As a prophet, seer and revelator, and president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I bless you both with all blessings which I ave power to bestow upon my fellow men, that in the morning of the resurrection you may receive joy and rejoincing at the hands of the Creator, for the many good deeds bestowed upon these your Majesties' subjects.