The Brigham Young Center

President's Office
Great Salt Lake City
Nov. 19, 1867

John Brown
Aberdeen, Miss.

Dear Brother:-

Your welcome favor dated the 1st inst. came to hand on the 18th. It is gratifying to hear of the flattering prospects which seem to open before you and with the blessing of God much good can be accomplished by faithful labor on your part.

Our beautiful Valleys are made more delightful by the unexcelled good weather with which we have been blessed the past month. If it were possible for you to look upon us you would find us happy in the possession of the comforts of life and confident in the promises of the Most High God that the
wicked have not ceased from troubling, and we do not <expect> them to so long as there are men in our midst who apparently delight in striking hands with emisaries of the wicked. Federal officers are pretty much at a stand still. those who would do us good find that we can walk alone, and their [?]
are completely foiled by the overruling providences of the Almighty

The Temple block is rapidly being covered with high blocks of granite; already seven hundred loads are deposited there feady for the hammer and chisel, and the work is being pushed along as rapidly as circumstances will admit. Many of the public hands have been discharged in consequence of
the scarcity of tithing grain. But another year we hope to have greater facilities for transporting the granite from cottonwood canyon by way of the "Deseret Irrigating and Navigating Canal," which is being completed as fast as the present state of our finances will admit.

Bro [?] has been sent on to England which may account for your not hearing from him. If you wish to communicate with him direct your letters care of F. D. Richards 42 Islington Liverpool.

 Bro. W. H. Hooper, being our delegate to Washington, left here on the 10th inst Bro. Heber John Richards accompanied him and will remain in New York to study surgery under the tuition of Dr. Sayre of that city. If you wish to communicate with [?]  [?] addressed in care of W. H. Miles, 117 John St. N. Y. Bro. D. M. Stewart <also> accompanied them, and will labor under your direction in the southern states. It is

The health of the people is much improved, and the Saints are stepping forward and paying in their means to emigrate their brethren and sisters from the old country. The call for means which has been made is with a view to bring all there who wish to come to Utah for the sake of the gospel, and we
trust that liberality of the people in this Territory will leave but few in Babylon who have covenanted with God by baptism and received the Holy Ghost.

Your brother in Christ.
Brigham Young