| Show BISHOP A A KIMBALLS CONDITION KANOSH oct editor deseret news new r I 1 have every reason to believe that you wish to become great in the cause of christ and his answer to his apostles Apo stes when they ahey wished to know now who was the greatest among them he that wishes to become the greatest let him visit the sick etc but bat inasmuch as you are too closely confined to your labors as editor laud I 1 am too far away from you to visit me will you ou be kind enough if space will permit P amit to say through the NEWS for me that 1 11 I am yet alive as I 1 have many friends and relatives scattered through the country I 1 have been sick now over two years and have been confined to house and bed most of that time but I 1 am better now than I 1 have been since my sickness commenced I 1 am only able however now to keep out of tied bed and around and attend to my mv business when no muscle is required require a I 1 am weak in body but as strong ia ha mind and faith as I 1 ever was chances are much against me but I 1 live in hopes of recovering my long spell of sickness aad hope I 1 will live to see the day when it will be considered honora bib for a mormon formon elder to live with nis his wives and support his chil dred with kind regards to t all I 1 remain as ever one of the boys who was begotten and born in the dark days of nauvoo A A kimball |