President Wilford Woodruff Salt Lake City
Dear Brother: I have felt impresst for some-
time passt to address a few lines to you; and
tell you of a dream I had in the month of June
last. It was as follows you and myself was stand-
ing on the east side of a squirrel mound about 3/4
of a mile from where I live in a north west direction
out side of this towne and you was looking as I thought
for something to eat as I was looking to the north down
this valley and I saw no buildings and nothing but
a dry Barron plain and all at once you raised up and
passt by me to the south and spoke to me and said
I am going to move: and I awoke and found it a dream.
Now by the signs of the times it looks to me that it is
drawing near the time for some: great event to
transpire and if such a thing should happen and
I was worthy I would be pleased to accumpany you
for I beleeve you are the man that has been chosen
to lead the saints back to the center stake. this was
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My impression in my dream and like Moses of
old you will be quickened and fitted for the work
in the due time of the Lord and the secrets
of powr to overcome the powr of our enemies
will be revealed to you as they were to Moses the
great leader of the house of Isael and the history of that
peaple may be repeated in our day should I live a
short time longer. But the travel in the wilderness
will not last as long only from the time of the
takeing away the dailey secrafice and setting up the
abomination that maketh desolate Daniel XIth chapt
31st v to the 12 chapt 7 v which is a time times and a half
Daniel sais I heard but I understood not and the question
is repeated and the answer given that from the time
of the above mentioned takes place 11th v 1290 days. It is poss-
ible that I may be mistaken in this but I believe
that 1335 days means the time when the saints under
God will have overcome their enemies and are thurough
ly established and begin to build up Zion in earnest;
and the 4 chapter of Micha is fulfilled from the
8th v to the end of the chapt.
Please pardon me, Dear brother for quoting scrip-
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ture to you but there are meny things to take
place that I cannot write in my opinion. I am
but a poor scritbe and my health is not good and
has not been since I suffered so much in trying
to escape the wrath of our enemies in the time
of our persecution traveling and working with wet
and cold feet for 6 weeks in the breaking up of winter
was finely settled here. since my heathh has been poor.
And now, I would ask if it is proper and you think
me worthy if you are willing to rermber me in your
crircle as you pray in the temple that I may gain
my helth for I should be glad to live a while yet
if the Lord and my brethren were willing for when
our bodies die they go down to silence and the spirit
of those who have ben baptised go to a place of rest where
I suppose there is no laber, and to be deprived of laber
it must seem like a prison to me, and I wish for
that reason to serve the Lord a little longer in the
flesh. I am only 78 y[ear]s old since the 28th day of August
I have have kept the word of wisdom since 1859,
and my blessing received from Patrarch John young
promises me to live to be gathered up to Zion the center
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with the pure in heart and receive my inherit
ance there and inheret it again when all things be-
come new. I p[r]ay that the mighty God will be with
you and lengthen out your days and like moses of
old when you see the saints victorious etc you will
not have to lay in the grave but that you may have
your body to eternal life and go on as he did I have no doubt
without seeing corruption. I have prayed for many
years for the redemtion of the Center Stake of zion and
more recently that the Lord would remenbr his
promise to her that he would not fordet her but give
her sons and daughters room to dwell
May the blessing of life and health be with you
I gllory in your courage in counciling the saints
to become united. Isaih sais to the people of Zion
be not affraid of the Assyrian X tenth chapt 24th v
to the 27 inclusive
PS I do not wish to trouble
you to Answer I only wish you
to Judge my spirit
I am one with you and
hope to be with all who
serve the Lord
N.B. Ask ask of me and I
shall give thee the Heathen for thine inheritance
and the utermost parts of the earth for anthy
possessions 2nd Psalm 8th v
No reply made to this
squirrel mound-dream letter G F G.
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Nov 28th
I have delayed sending this letter for fear you
might think me too meddlesome or inthereurtic
or something of the sort. I asked the Lord in my
prayer to tell me in a dream if it was right
for me to do so. And I dreamed I was in a place
where the room was divided by a curtain. and
a voice came from behind it with the word
yes so I now venture to send it