Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 15 (1900)

Lt 168, 1900

Irwin, G. A.

“Sunnyside,” Cooranbong, New South Wales, Australia

June 20, 1900

Previously unpublished.

Dear Brother:

I send you copies of letters that you will please to handle discreetly, but you should have them, that in any emergency you may be prepared to meet the matters that shall come up. I have only had from three o’clock Monday till 9 o’clock this morning to prepare, for African mail yesterday and American mail today, many pages. 15LtMs, Lt 168, 1900, par. 1

I tell you that we must work with God now or our feet will slide. Will you please not read again to a promiscuous assembly in regard to illustration of Desire of Ages? I do not think I have been understood, but I will request you not to read that matter until it is more definitely distinct. It was to cut off a danger of rivalry and pride and seeking to be preeminent in illustrations and elegancies of the books which was not the spirit which should control the author, or those handling the books. 15LtMs, Lt 168, 1900, par. 2

I wish I could write more, but I have taken fifteen pages of letter paper since three o’clock a.m. and I dare not write more now. We remember you in our prayers every morning, and nearly every time we pray. 15LtMs, Lt 168, 1900, par. 3