Letter to Edward Partridge and the Church, circa 22 March 1839, Draft
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JS, , , , and , Letter, [, Clay Co., MO], to and the church, , Adams Co., IL, [ca. 22 Mar. 1839], draft; handwriting of , with insertions by and JS; signatures of JS, , , , and ; twelve pages; Revelations Collection, CHL.
We continue to offer further reflections to and to the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day-saints whom we love with a ferveant love and do allways bear them in mind in all our prayers to the throne of God. It still seams to bear heavily in our minds that the church would do well to secure to themselves the contract of the Land which is proposed to them by Mr. . and <to> cultivate the friendly feelings of that gentleman in as much as has he shall proove himself to be a man of honor and a friend to humanity. We really think that his letter breaths that kind of spirit if we can judge correctly. and Isaac Van Allen Esqr: the attorney General of that peradventure such men may be wraught upon by the providence of God to do good unto his people. also. We sejust [suggest] the ideah of praying fervently for all men who manifest any degree of sympothy for the suffering children of God. we We think that peradventure the survayer <of the > may be of grate benefeit to the church if it be the will of God <to this end> if ritiousness should be manifested as the girdle of our loins. It seems to be deeply impresed upon our minds that the saints ought to lay hold of evry door that shall seem to be opened for thesaints <unto them> to obtain foot hol hold on the Earth and be a making all the preperations that is within the power of posibles for the terible storms that are now gethering in the heavens with darkness and gloominess and thick darkness as spoken of by the prophets who [p. 1]