To President Wilford Woodruff, and the Twelve Apostles. Dear sir when I sent to you last winter for the priviledge and appointment, of teaching the principles of the gospel contained in the New Testament, Book of Mormon, and Former Commandments, you did not according to the conduct of your servant Jakes, think it worth your while to even give a respectable answer to my request, but said that there was nothing worth answering that he knew of. I would not at this ^time^ think that it would be worth while to write any more to you ...

Quorum in the Church. I did think that what I wrote to you before was plain enough for almost any one to understand, but at this time, I shall try to write still plainer to you, so that you ^may^ have a better understanding conserning the things that will come to pass. I am sorry that the Church was in such a lamentable condition of unbelief, at the time you testify that you and the Twelve got your endowments, keys, blessings, and powers, from Joseph Smith the prophet. If you had ...

If you will read the last chapter in the Book of Mormon, you shall there see the last testi- mony of Moroni as follows: "And wo unto them who shall do these things away and die, for they die in their sins, and they cannot be saved in the kingdom of God; and I speak it according to the words of Christ, and I lie not." [Moroni 10:26] He also says that he will meet all that has or will do any ...

of spiritual power from Him who is Almightly, but to our sorrow instead of geting more abundantly of the fruit of righteousness, even that portion we had was made inactive or inoperative through your order of things. The nurishment that is necessary for a spiritual increase has been stopped, the result is a spiritual weakness causeing many to be discouraged and fall by the way unheeded and unaided by many that pass by. The young people among us have not been accustomed to see nor feel the power of God manifested through the Gifts of the Spirit, the ...

from generation to generation, so long as your history will be known among men. But if you do repent and turn to the Lord, with all your heart, then you shall be ab- undantly blessed, and rejoice in the way of salvation in your old age. I ask can it be possible that you have willingly cast away the sweet influencies of the gifts of the Spirit of God, in exchange for those things which are car[n]al, vain, sinful, and degrading in their nature? How long will you strive to lock out of ...

show by our acts that we think ourselves above other men made in the image of God, then we are offering an insult to man, and dishonor to God, which is a sin. I have never received my endowments from no man. God gave me my endowments and the keys of knowledge and power, when I received the gifts of the Holy Ghost. Have you lived all these years, trusting in the things that others received? Instead of reaching forth your hand by the power of faith and partake of the blessings of ...

and goodness, promised to raise a man for your deliverance, from the bondage that you have brought on yourselves through transgression. Will you continue to try to stop the ful- filment of the above promise? That would raise or lift you up out of the mass of corruption, that has made itself manifest in the Church in this generation. If you have any portion of the spirit of God abiding in you, then you will understand, and see the necessity of re- ceiveing the things I have written unto you, for these things are true and faithful ...

David Williams 1 Feb. 1888 (?) [sideways text] I have read this as you wished it seems to me that the mans mind is confused or that he is very much in the dark and inclined to lunacy. He makes charges altogether inconsistent and untrue G. R [end of sideways text] ...