to the saints while the public works are progress ay iy and the bishops superintendents architect foremen mechanics clerks and all parties immediately interested and closely closel connected therewith we are learning their several duties and striving to live eve and act in accordance with I 1 light and intelligence presented the saints generally in these vallies val lieg need not suppose that there is noth ng for them to do or nothing more than to pay their tithing for every individual is a part of the great whole and god requires every one to labor with all their i might mind and strength in building up his kingdom if the laborers on the public works only worked out their tithing would they not fulfil fulfill the law equally with others who labor on their own farms in their own shops or are arc constantly concerned in their own trade traffic or merchants merc hands and out of the income thereof pay their tenth most certainly But would that labor alone accomplish the work to be done buld houses barns storehouses store houses shops taber anacles temples ac no for the public works to prosper the laborers must devote all their time and talents to the te business busi mess in which they are engaged rc ot of personal convenience comfort or reward 4 and for their integrity undivided attention and dili ernt befit perseverance in days gone by god has blessed those laborers and made a way for their escape from impending evils in a most remarkable manner insomuch that many have become so attached to their callin that it would be almost like parting spirit and body to separate them from their dally avocations times are better with them now than ever before since the commencement of the temple in ia kirtland Mit land so tar far as food and raiment are concerned for themselves and families but bat this seems not to elate or depress their spirits or change their course any more than their former privations I 1 for god was with them then he is with them now and ever will be with I 1 them to bless them while they continue cont iDue to devote all their power to prepare and build a house to his name ame the public laborers are mostly poor their time is their all and all saints who would share with them in their blessings when the temple is completed must be willing to share in their privations and inconvenience inconveniences aho afao even to the sa sacrifice effice or use of all they possess s whenever the same shall be required and 1 now is the time to begin anew ci thanksgiving day has commenced and let all the saints do tom this vine time forth according to the proclamation and as they win will wish they had done when time shall be no more with them on earth but the enquiry returns upon us ns what is wanting now have we not paid our tithing our tenth and done all that thatis is required 0 yes many of youhana you yon hava have and many more will as soon as they can get get their grain threshed and other things prepared but brethren lavins having done well hitherto let us not cease to do well iut but leave the things that are behind and go on unto perfection new year 1852 lias has arrived and we wish you all A HAPPY NEW YEAR yes a abo thousand sand of them but dont forget that as another year is opening as the I 1 feed is good in these vallies as cows are increasing in in milk ml ak and as tons of butter are made every week almost within speaking speak ng distance of the tithing omee office whatnot that not a pound of every hundred due reaches its appropriate destination and those men who are daily engaged to erect buildings which are necessary tor for you to get your endowments are as destitute of butter as though the thing was unknown and why is it thus because Be caise butter has been scarce sear ce for a few weeks some of the merchants have offered 33 per cent more for the article than it was worth compared with other products of the valley 5 and knowing that some would have bave it let the the cost be what it might they have taken this advantage of the market to convert a few good into cash at the extra expense of the saints 5 for the te temptation mp tation has I 1 been a little too strong for some and they have sold their butter at an price to the merchants just to draw that sum in the end out oat of I 1 then their brethren the merchant has made money by the operation and while the saints have been by this process drawing heavily on the saints butter has been worth so much it has been very hard bard to pay their tithing yes we will pay the tithing by aud and bye when butter is a little cheaper and you dear friends fiends engaged on the public works be patient till butter is cheap and plenty and you shall have all you want wa at and if you have to eat bread and water a little while never mind butter bumer will taste the better when you get bettt it there are many man others who have sold no b utter batter but made little enough to make themselves comfortable through the cold weather and they cant spare a tenth tilt till they make more till butter is is plen tier but the laborer can do without entirely Is this thia the thanksgiving that the lord hath appointed no verily no I 1 and this thing is sure that a pound of butter in a season of scarcity is worth as much in its place and at its time in the lords store house as a ten pounds in its place at a time of plenty and if this is not so 1 why do not the saints ha hand nd in their butter at all seasons when it is 19 due and not withold in a time of scarcity now is the time for the saints to hand in their butter em and all such pice nice things that they are in possession of ro go that the public laborers can help them keep thanksgiving and all hearts be made glad together and we recommend to the bishops throughout these vall rallies tes to keep their ears open and when they hear their neighbors pigs squeal just step over and see how many have died and what they weigh and what proportion arrives at the tithing office for many tons of pork went out of sight last year vear and the bishops made no record of it and many more will this year if the bishops bishop dont attend to their duty and the lord will require at the bishops hands these things are meant for whom they are int intended aided and intended for whom they are needed there are many who do not need such preaching and they enjoy the blessing of god in their hearts but such as need I 1 the help of their bishops to do their duty will bless their bishops bi hops for it when they get through god is I 1 looking king after the things of his kingdom and if his servants dont help him he will he be looking after them th soon and put men in their place who will do their duty not for one am short day only but for a thousand years year when you see a man who wants to manufacture leather and has not the means to commence turn out your means to him or take a share in the tan vats and help the tanner till he is able to help himself in the business which is required of him and if not what will become of your bare feet of the feet of your children and of the public workmen I 1 for you have not money to send end to buy more and it if will be wanted before you could get it if you had the money to send while all we ask of you c can an be done without money many have been paying flour at the office I 1 for tithes in on their wheat but it can no longer be received when flour grows in the field ready bolter bolted then and not till then will be the time for the saints to pay their grain tithing in flow flour then we shall nave have a flour store house but at present the store house is prepared for 1 wheat and all grain tithing must be in grain and all payments made at the office are better ingrain in grain than flour and the saints will please notice this and govern themselves accordingly and when we wish flour for taxes we will give notice through the NEWS and for the news grain is wanted we have no storage for flour to be continued