Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 23 (1908)

Lt 8, 1908

White, J. E.

St. Helena, California

January 3, 1908

Previously unpublished.

Elder J. E. White
Southern Publishing Association
Nashville, Tennessee

Dear Son Edson:

I am very sorry to hear that Emma is sick. I wish you could both be with us at the time of the coming Union Conference. Cannot you come? I would be able to entertain you and provide you with a comfortable room. I would be more pleased than I can express if you could spend this time with us. 23LtMs, Lt 8, 1908, par. 1

I would not advise you to sell the fixtures in your large manufacturing building. Do not be in a hurry to dispose of the building. I want you to make a success; you cannot do this if you sell at a loss. 23LtMs, Lt 8, 1908, par. 2

I am sending you copies of the letter sent to Brother Ford. It was through a misunderstanding that you did not receive them at the time they were sent to him. I expected that you would have copies. I cannot think what letter it is that Brother Ford does not wish others to see. I did write him a letter in which I made the statement that if you had been in his place, you would not have refused his request in such an emergency, but that you would have revealed a heart of flesh. I do not think, however, that this letter was sent. 23LtMs, Lt 8, 1908, par. 3

I must not write any more this afternoon or I will not be able to get this in the mail before Sabbath. But I wish to repeat that I am very sorry that you did not get these copies at the time they were sent to others. I intended that you should have them. 23LtMs, Lt 8, 1908, par. 4