Letter from Christian Stucki, 17 August 1897
Santa Clara Aug 17the, 1897
Presadent Wilord Wooruff
Dear Brother I feel it my duty
to write you a few lines. on august
the 18, 1894 I received a notice from
George Reynolds inquireing of my
feelings and sircumstances and my
feelings in regards to going on a
mission I at once answered the letter and
told you ymy feelings and my
circumsances and told you I was
willing to do what the priesthood
required of me. you answered me and
said that as soon as I felt as though
i had faith and means anough
to go on a mission you would
like to have me go. I began to lay
up means from that time on fut [but]
it went very slow I did not have
mutsh to do with and hard times
came, so my money came in very
slow.
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be the best I hope you will
not fel unkind towards me i desire
to do the lords will I have
prayed very mutch about this
matter. I pray the lord to bless
you and the hole church in the
name of Jesus your Brother in
the Gospel Christian Stucki
I am swiss you by birth dnd [and]
it was decired that I should go
to Switzerland and of course
it takes means to go there.
please excuse my poor writeing.
I am of the opinion, he should
be honorably excused and
released from missionary
duties abroad. His education
demands it, I think. Let him
be excused, and his labors
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directed for the accomplish-
ment of as much good as pos-
sible at home. If he lives
till Jackson Co. is redeemed he
will no doubt be better qualified then
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