The Twelve Apostles wrote the following letter:-- _Letter: The Twelve Apostles to the Saints at Morley Settlement--Material Help Asked for_. NAUVOO, January 15, 1844. _To President Isaac Morley and the Saints at Morley Settlement, the Twelve send greeting_:-- BELOVED BRETHREN--While the work of the Lord is great and sought out by all them that have pleasure therein, the Lord of the vineyard has laid special charges upon some of His servants to execute; and while we are striving by all means to raise funds to hasten the Temple the approaching spring, we are not unmindful of the "History of the Church," the "Great Proclamation to the Kings of the Earth," and the "Memorials to Congress," &c., all of which are now before the Church, though their {177} progress is retarded for the want of the necessities of life, in the families of those who are employed in this business. Two or three clerks are necessarily employed, and that continually, by our Prophet, who cheerfully devote their time--not a _tenth,_ but the _whole,_ to roll on these desirable objects; but their hands are palsied and their pens stayed, more or less. Therefore, with the approbation of our President, we again call on you, as those who have ever been ready to listen to the wants of the Church, that you would raise such collections of provisions as you may have at your disposal, and forward the same _without delay_ to us, for the special benefit of the clerks of President Smith or the Church. Asking no more, it is right they should not go hungry or naked. Do you ask what is wanting? We answer, Look to your own households, and say what it requires to make them comfortable, and you will know just what is wanting by these men. _Eatables of every kind,_ and even soap to keep their hands clean, is scarce at Nauvoo, and it takes many lights to keep the pen in motion these long evenings. The President has plenty to do without supporting a number of clerks, whose business as deeply concerns every other individual in the Church as himself, although he has done it to a great extent and with great inconvenience; and we are confident that when you are made acquainted with the facts, you will be unwilling that _Joseph_ should _do all, and get all the blessing._ And as you shall continue your liberality in temporal things, God shall pour out upon your heads blessings spiritual and temporal; and _now_ is the time for _action_.