be reapted if the wheat is sowed. & God is a[s]sisting his servents in this country, & the work is begining to roll forth
more & more whare it is faithfully proclaimed & signs do truly follow believers for which we feel thankful. I
believe that churches will spedily be esstablished in , , & that all of the capitol
places of will hear the sound of the gospel of Jesus Christ. There appears to be many looking for truth
to come forth from some quarter & they appear willing to hear, receive & imbrace it when it comes unto
them & while we are preaching & baptizing such as shall be saved in England our Brethren have also began to
preach & baptize in & thus the work rolls on. pray for us that our work may be finished spedily
that truth may prevail upon the face of the earth. We hold a meeting every evening in a week & several times on the
Sabbath & baptize almost daily. Jan 27th I preached last night in to a crowded congregation & a man
came forward with two constables as I was informed to keep the peace while he read a pamphlet containing Mormon-
ism unveiled letters letters, signed , & [Boynton]. &c &c I was informed
the man was a Methodist preacher & brought the constables with him because he feared the people. We helped him
to read it what we could by giving him lights, & water to quench his thirst. I think on the whole it did no injury
I answered him when he got through, & the people herd my answer with attention. All stories & reports that were
afloat in America are now going the rounds in England, but they will ownly stir the people up to come
out & hear &c. but I will leave this part of the subject. I have many things I wish to say to , but
you see that I have touched upon a variety of things appertaining to my journey, the country & the vine
yard of the Lord &c in this land. B[u]t I will now say that I feel exceding anxious to hear from you
by some means or other, yes my desire to recceve a letter from you is vary great. for I have never recceved
but one letter from you since I left the 8th day of last August, I have written 7 or
8 letters to you since I left you how many of them you have obtained I know not. I feel vary
anxious to hear from you & & also about the Church around you, perhaps you may
have written some letters that may be on the way that I may yet get I hope this is the case. I want
you to write as soon as you get this, wont you & give me an account of all matters & things
with you & Sarah, how your health is, & how you get along for help; food & rament, is their war between
& , tell all the news of a National character, I herd was destroyed by
the is it so, how is the Saints getting along in Montrose, Lovely Street, &
tell me all about it. are they publishing the . give my respects to all the friend[s]
in Lovely Street, Mo[n]trose, & Commerce as far as you have an opportunity. Elder [page torn]
sent a letter home [to] [page torn] his family a few days since in Commerce. I expect Elder Taylor h[as] [page torn]
written to his family by this time. Remember me to all of our friends unto who you [page torn]
write. I shall not have time to send many as lengthy letters as this to America, but I shall endea
vour to give you an account of all important matters with me. & I hope you will write to
[m]e a[s] often as you can conveneintly please drect your next letter to Mr Willford Woodruff
in care of Alfred Cordon ^Club Buildings^ Navigation road at Mr Godwin’s works, Burslem, Staffordshire England. It is a long direc^t^ion
I know but it is my place of address at present, please pay the postage to or it will not come
but if paid there it will come safe. I will also pay the postage on the letters that I write to you as far as N.Y.
also. I will direct this letter to Commerce Illinois & diret the post Master to inform you of it
I do this lest their should be some difficulty about the post Office at Montrose. I do not value the writing
of a lengthy letter letter like this if you ownly obtain it. & I do pray my heavenly Father that you may
obtain this letter. & that it may n[o]t [page torn] be written in vain. Phebe I hope I shall continue to share in
your prayers, remember me consta[n]tly [page torn] at the Throne of grace that I may have Wisdom, grace, & fa[ith] [page torn]
according to my day: & I do pray the Lord to Bless you, with health & strength & suppoort you in
the midst of all troubles, trials, temptations, afflictions & distress untill the end come when we may
enter unto that rest together which remains for the people of God. Jan 29th I held a meeting last evening in & preached to an attentive congregation one offered himself for Baptzm. I have this morning visited
the large silk factory in New Castle & seen them make silks from the ball or raw article to the weavers loom
whare ribbons, sattins, & silks, are finished. I have since walked to Burslem 3 miles though Parks, lanes, fields, & while the sun
shines beatiful & pleasant, the parks, walks, & fields, are as green as they would be in the month of May in America. I sit
down this morning to finish this Letter as I cannot write as lengthy letter as this at once for I am broke
of by many calls, so I have had several spells about it. & now Phebe wont you sit down & do so by me give
me a kind of a journal or history of all things with you & Sarah. E. since I left you ie if you are able, git
a large sheet & fill it full. I want to know about the sickness & who is dead. & what & done at
& what the prospect is concerning the Church & its progress in America. What news have you from our friends
in remember me to all of Father family when you write. I do not know that you will be able to
read all of this letter but make it out as well as you can. please keep this letter & not lose it as I shall wish
to see it when I come home. I do not yet know how long my mission will be in England but I calculate to
labour faithfully while I do labour that I may the sooner get through & again meet with my family
But my Dear Friend & Companion let us try to be resigned to the will of God in all things relative to our seperation
for a season, for it is to do the work of God, to fill a responsible station in preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ
& warn the people of this generation, & prune the vineyard once more, that the children of God may be pre-
[page torn] [-pai]red for the coming of the Son of Man. & if we are faithful in this great work, & do the will of Jesus Christ & are
wise stewards over the things commtted to our charge, the war will soon be ended & the victory won, then how
sweet will be our rest, how great our glory, how rich our reward & how Eternal our happiness. & May the Lord
Jesus Christ intercede for us, & all Saints that we may overcome through the Blood of the Lamb that when he
comes we may be like him & reign with him upon the Earth which may our Heavenly Father grant for Christs sake Amen
I remain forever your Companion & Friend
Willford Woodruff
Phebe W. Woodruff
be reapted if the wheat is sowed. & God is assisting his servents in this country, & the work is begining to roll forth
more & more whare it is faithfully proclaimed & signs do truly follow believers for which we feel thankful. I
believe that churches will spedily be esstablished in , , & that all of the capitol
places of will hear the sound of the gospel of Jesus Christ. There appears to be many looking for truth
to come forth from some quarter & they appear willing to hear, receive & imbrace it when it comes unto
them & while we are preaching & baptizing such as shall be saved in England our Brethren have also began to
preach & baptize in & thus the work rolls on. pray for us that our work may be finished spedily
that truth may prevail upon the face of the earth. We hold a meeting every evening in a week & several times on the
Sabbath & baptize almost daily. Jan 27th I preached last night in to a crowded congregation & a man
came forward with two constables as I was informed to keep the peace while he read a pamphlet containing Mormonism unveiled letters letters, signed , & , but
you see that I have touched upon a variety of things appertaining to my journey, the country & the vine
yard of the Lord &c in this land. But I will now say that I feel exceding anxious to hear from you
by some means or other, yes my desire to recceve a letter from you is vary great. for I have never recceved
but one letter from you since I left the 8th day of last August, I have written 7 or
8 letters to you since I left you how many of them you have obtained I know not. I feel vary
anxious to hear from you & & also about the Church around you, perhaps you may
have written some letters that may be on the way that I may yet get I hope this is the case. I want
you to write as soon as you get this, wont you & give me an account of all matters & things
with you & Sarah, how your health is, & how you get along for help; food & rament, is their war between
& , tell all the news of a National character, I herd was destroyed by
the is it so, how is the Saints getting along in Montrose, Lovely Street, &
tell me all about it. are they publishing the . give my respects to all the friends
in Lovely Street, Montrose, & Commerce as far as you have an opportunity. Elder page torn
sent a letter home to page torn his family a few days since in Commerce. I expect Elder Taylor has page torn
written to his family by this time. Remember me to all of our friends unto who you [illegible] page torn
write. I shall not have time to send many as lengthy letters as this to America, but I shall endea
vour to give you an account of all important matters with me. & I hope you will write to
page torn me as often as you can conveneintly please drect your next letter to Mr Willford Woodruff
in care of Alfred Cordon Club Buildings Navigation road, Burslem, Staffordshire England. It is a long diretion
I know but it is my place of address at present, please pay the postage to or it will not come
but if paid there it will come safe. I will also pay the postage on the letters that I write to you as far as N.Y.
also. I will direct this letter to Commerce Illinois & diret the post Master to inform you of it
I do this lest their should be some difficulty about the post Office at Montrose. I do not value the writing
of a lengthy letter letter like this if you ownly obtain it. & I do pray my heavenly Father that you may
obtain this letter. & that it may not page torn be written in vain. Phebe I hope I shall continue to share in
your prayers, remember me constantly page torn at the Throne of grace that I may have Wisdom, grace, & faith page torn
according to my day: & I do pray the Lord to Bless you, with health & strength & suppoort you in
the midst of all troubles, trials, temptations, afflictions & distress untill the end come when we may
enter unto that rest together which remains for the people of God. Jan 29th I held a meeting last evening in & preached to an attentive congregation one offered himself for Baptzm. I have this morning visited
the large silk factory in New Castle & seen them make silks from the ball or raw article to the weavers loom
whare ribbons, sattins, & silks, are finished. I have since walked to Burslem 3 miles though Parks, lanes, fields, & while the sun
shines beatiful & pleasant, the parks, walks, & fields, are as green as they would be in the month of May in America. I sit
down this morning to finish this Letter as I cannot write as lengthy letter as this at once for I am broke
of by many calls, so I have had several spells about it. & now Phebe wont you sit down & do so by me give
me a kind of a journal or history of all things with you & Sarah. E. since I left you ie if you are able, git
a large sheet & fill it full. I want to know about the sickness & who is dead. & what & done at
& what the prospect is concerning the Church & its progress in America. What news have you from our friends
in remember me to all of Father family when you write. I do not know that you will be able to
read all of this letter but make it out as well as you can. please keep this letter & not lose it as I shall wish
to see it when I come home. I do not yet know how long my mission will be in England but I calculate to
labour faithfully while I do labour that I may the sooner get through & again meet with my family
But my Dear Friend & Companion let us try to be resigned to the will of God in all things relative to our seperation
for a season, for it is to do the work of God, to fill a responsible station in preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ
& warn the people of this generation, & prune the vineyard once more, that the children of God may be prepage torn -paired for the coming of the Son of Man. & if we are faithful in this great work, & do the will of Jesus Christ & are
wise stewards over the things commtted to our charge, the war will soon be ended & the victory won, then how
sweet will be our rest, how great our glory, how rich our reward & how Eternal our happiness. & May the Lord
Jesus Christ intercede for us, & all Saints that we may overcome through the Blood of the Lamb that when he
comes we may be like him & reign with him upon the Earth which may our Heavenly Father grant for Christs sake Amen
I remain forever your Companion & Friend
Willford Woodruff
Phebe W. Woodruff