Missionary letter from Frederick Lewis to daughter,
Priscilla
March 1, 1886, Wales
My Dear Daughter Priscilla,
I now take
pleasure in answering your kind letter of February 4, and can assure you, my
dear girl, that I have not forgotten any of you. I don't know the reason you have not heard
from me for eight weeks. I have answered
every letter received from home. So they
are on the way somewhere. I hope you
have got them before this. I wrote to
you about the time I wrote to Father. I
also wrote to you when I wrote to Katie.
So you see it's not my fault. I
will tell you about the picture in my next letter[
]. I will send you the price of them. I have not got Brother [James'] address. I received a letter from Brother James W.
Thomas. He was in good health and doing
all he could to build up Father's Kingdom.
I answered him promptly, giving him all the encouragement I could. I expect Ann [J ] would like to see her dear old father. He is President of one of the English
Conferences. Our conference convenes
tomorrow. There are several of the
Valley Elders sitting around me now while I am writing. President Hodges and two of his Sisters and
an elder by the name of Phillips are also here from the Bristol Conference and
we are having a nice time. I have been
laboring at the Swanson District last month.
I returned about two hours ago.
Your letter was here waiting for me.
Two of Brother Hodges' Sisters came with them to a [ ].
I had the pleasure of showing them the beautiful Valentine you sent me
which I appreciate very much. I showed
them your likeness. They all admire your
beautiful appearance and all give in that you are Pa's Girl. I received the letters you sent before this
while at [Swansee?] and answered them promptly.
I hope you will get it. I am glad
to hear that Aggie and Mary are getting along so well with their schooling and
especially little Addie. I am glad that
Katie is getting along so well in school.
I shall be expecting her likeness soon.
I will send
Willie a few lines in this envelope. You
say there are lots of dances and theaters.
While I like to see you enjoy yourself, I hope you will listen to Ma's
[counsel] in those matters. I will send
her a letter after our conference is over.
We are looking for Brother John H. Smith every minute and expect to have
a good time.
If there is
anybody that wants a little Girl or Boy, there are some out her [who] would
like to go. The parents are
willing. They shall live with them as
their own until they marry. It would be
doing a kind act and God will bless those who will move out. In this thing, both Parents and Children are
constantly begging me to try and get some of the Brethren or Sisters to send
for them. I wonder if Billie couldn't
send for a little Boy or Girl. I will
send them as nice a little Boy or Girl from eight to ten years of age. It would only cost from thirty-five to forty
dollars as they would go for half fare.
It would be company for them and a blessing to the Parents of these Children.
Now, my dear
girl, I must conclude and may the Lord bless and preserve you in the truth,
from your loving Father.
Frederick Lewis.
