The Brigham Young Center

G. S. L. City, Sep. 18, 1861.

Bp. John W. Hess, Farmington,

Dear Brother:-

The abundant blessings bestowed by our Heavenly Father upon his Saints, have enabled us to make preparations for resuming work upon the Temple in this City. All the stone cutters we can engage and provide with material will this winter be employed in preparing blocks for the building, and in the Spring it is contemplated to vigorously prosecute the work in as many departments as wisdom and the facilities furnished us may dictate.

We wish stone cutters desiring employment, to report themselves and the time they will be ready to begin labor.

Teams and wagons suitable to hauling large granite blocks from Little Cottonwood will also be wanted; we purpose hauling as many blocks as possible during this Fall and the coming Winter.

It is our wish that all the Bishops, according to the localities and various circumstances of their Wards, at once proceed to make preparation for sustaining the workmen upon the Temple, in all the varied and extensive requirements for food and clothing.

Now is the time to save the tithing molasses and sugar. Let the molasses be put in well made, tight, ten to twenty gallon pine kegs, to be easy to handle and less liable to burst, and be either delivered at the General Tithing Office or stored in a safe place until called for. If the Bishops will be prompt in collecting and saving the molasses and sugar, and exert their influence to have the brethren dispense, as much as possible, with the use of tobacco, tea, coffee, and other so-thought luxuries, it will greatly lessen the drain of money from our Territory expedite the contemplated work, and benefit the workmen and all concerned.

We wish the sisters to especially aid you in securing the tithing cotton yarn, stockings, flannel, jeans, and every description of cotton and woolen yarn and fabric for clothing the workmen, and that you use all due diligence in saving the tithing cotton, wool, and all other articles and materials necessary to feed clothe, and comfort those who may toil upon the House of the Lord.

Trusting that both yourselves and your Wards will readily appreciate and comply with these requests, we remain,

Your Brethren in the Gospel,

Brigham Young