Show LETTER LETTE R FROM ELDER GROVER shakespeare dox atlanta Clo georgia orgia dear mr air it la Is with great pleasure plea suro that I 1 write you these fow few lines to thank you for the county news which I 1 have boon been anoro than pleased to receive from time to time for ahou ono one la Is over two thousand miles from tho the people pomplo with whom lie ho Is raised and will be away tor for two doare or more then lie ho can appreciate tho the value ot of a home town vapor paper I 1 rejoice in thin glorious work ot of tho the lord in spreading tho ilia gospel to tho the people ot of tho the world and the tact fact that I 1 have boon called to hunt out theao who are seeking tho the truo true light As aa tho the lord has haa behold kohold I 1 will solid send my fishers tho the lord and they shall ahall fish them and after will I 1 send for my hunters and they shall hunt them from every mountain from every hill and out of 0 tho the holes ot of tho the rocks vor jor 1616 16 18 eralso bo be to the lord that the fishers and Il hunters untera are timit tir many that are willing to accept ilia ho truo true and everlasting gospel that will give them eternal life it 1 they wili will obey not a hundred years not n thousand years but life kt eternal arnal I 1 la a it worth while la Is it worth while to keep the commandments of 0 god and receive a celestial glory in his kingdom or would it be better to idle away our time in tills trail frail existence and be banished from gods prea pro forever and forever I 1 am afraid wo we would foot feel like ono one writer has haa 4 nad of all the words of tongue or pen tho the saddest of them nil jill la js what might liage been then after it ft la 19 too lato late wo we will see our mi stalie work while it Is a yet day tor for tho the night dra nigh when no man can work an aa a humble missionary I 1 plead with you people at home who aro are procrastinating your tauro atice that thai you put it ott oft no longer tor for behold tills this ufa life la is the time for men to prepare to meet god thero therodore there toro fore I 1 beseech ot of you that yo ya do not procrastinate tho the day ot of your repentance until the end yo ye cannot say when you are brought to that awful crisis that I 1 will repent that I 1 wilt will return to ni my god way nay ye cannot say y this forthal for or that same spirit which doth possess your bodies at tho the time that ye 70 go 90 out of this life that same spirit will have power to possess your body la in that eternal world for or behold it yo have procrastinated the alio day of oc your repent anco ance even until death behold ye have hava become subject 0 lo 10 o the spirit of 0 the devil evil and lie ho doth seal you hla his alma 34 32 35 who knows the day and hour that they aro are going to bo be called from tills this life life la Is uncertain but death la Is sure then we all know that at some timi we must go are we nil all prepared for that time we should live as though we are going to dlo die tomorrow and learn as though we were going to live alvo forever J I 1 have been in the mission field fourteen months and in that time alveral of 0 the good people of pan gultch who when I 1 left appeared to be in good health but have been called to the great beyond who kno knows wo but ut what they will bd next think of 0 these things seriously read about them talk about them thein and pray about them watch yo therefore 1 and pray always that ye may be counted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass and stand before the son of man luke 21 36 dont think for a moment that thai calamities and great eions have ceased for they have not in the alabama conference we have baptized two hundred twenty this year the highest record that has ever been made in the southern states mission in one year was two lit hundred indred wenty twenty made b by florida last year and wo we have two months to go yet so watch out tor for alabam I 1 have baptized twenty one while in the rals mission sion field but take not the honor anil glory to myself but give it to the lord may the blessings of the afie lord ever be with you jill all and may mak you take life seriously your brother in the ELDER GROVER SHAKES shakespeare |