<​Let[ter] 2​> Manchester Dececember 28th AD 1829

Brother Joseph Smith Jr—

It may Seam Supe[r]fluous for me to write as Father is going directly to your country but knowing that if a few lines from you under my hand is as gladly rec[e]ived by you as one from you would at all times be by me I cannot in duty to my feelings let this oppertunity <​pass​> u[n]improved Your great anxiety will probably be to know of the progress of the work in the which we are <​So deeply​> engaged and possibly our Souls wellfare al[l] of which Father can make known unto you it may look rather Strange to you to find that I have So Soon become a printer3 and you may cast in your mind what I Shall become next but be asured my cahngeing [changing] business has not in any degree I trust taken my mind from meditateing upon my mission which I have been called to fulfill nor of changing Slacking my diligence in prayr and fasting but but Some times I feel almost as though I could quit time and fly away and be at rest in the Bosom of my Redeemer for the many deep feelings of Sorrow and the many long Struglings in prayr of Sorrow for the Sins of my fellow beings and also for those whose pretend to be of my faith almost as it were Seperateth my spirit from my mortal body do not think by this my Brother that I am would find give you to understand that I am freed from Sin and temptations no not by any means that is what I would that you Should undersstand is my anxiety at some times to be at rest in King in the Paradice of my God is to be freed from sin temptation &c. You have our prayrs and our best wishes

Yours in Christ Amen

Oliver <​H P​> Cowd[e]ry

Joseph Smith Jr

P S we Send our respects to Emma &c——