Show SPREAD THE GOSPEL The importance of missionary labor laboris laboris is II kept constantly before the Latter Later day day Saints Saint because on them la is J con COD conferred the obligation of bearing witness ot of the be restoration of ot the Gospel In this 1111 dispensation and carrying the divine message to every nation To this purpose the be Saints eng engage in ia missionary labor to an extent that Iba is II unknown among any other pe Not only do Elders go out in comparatively great numbers preaching the Gospel without money and without price but the people as a body engage in a vast amount of ot missionary work werk In various Kaye ay One Oue of ot the most potent means of ot aid aid- aiding aiding aiding ing the missionaries in carrying their testimony to the people among whom they travel is for tor those wh who J hove gathered to these Haese valleys to write to their heir friends and former associates so 80 that the latter are Interested in and aad andare andare are friendly to the Elders and listen listeD to the testimony tb they y have to deliver The spirit which accompanies this testimony Is never without avail avan for tor the good of the work w when ben given an opportunity to operate And when the Ehl Elders rs bear letters of introduction from those who have bave gathered b bore re they have bave a way opened for them thew to pr preach the Gospel which would remain closed Those who are in the tue field fiehl r realize alize this to the full ex- ex extent ex extent tent therefore there It is 18 that such reque tg t are made of the 8 Saints as aa the fl following which comes from Elder Henry B 8 Tanner president of the California mission whose address is No street San SaD Francisco I I am very desirous of having the Saints or people of Utah Ulah who have relatives r or friends friend in California who they think would receive the Elders communicate with me for in so doing they Will assist us greatly in this mission if we ire haVe letters of introduction and are hi able to meet the people in formal ways we e wm win willbe be better able to make friends frienda and aDd lab lish ourselves in different localities In this Inthis state as in others formality formality ia is a heavy heavy weight We wish all aU the assistance w we can Pt gat from the people ia in Zi Zion D for the apParent prospects of this mission are not very flattering A great amount of work h to be done to make a little showing te Nearly all aU the past work haa has been en in reclaiming the stray sheep which have wandered from the fold Strangers will not hear our voices voice as yet though we hope bope that in the near future future the Lord will open our way that we may be able to reach the hearts of the people and teed feed them spiritual food I hope that our friends will wID avail them themselves lei vel of this opportunity and u- u assist as assist in the furtherance of ot truth Evel Every faithful Saint will Ul compre compre- bond bend comprehend the necessity of ot heeding the be rEquests mad made by Elder Tanner and aDd others who are in io the mission field eld 1 It Itis Itis i is not alone on the Elders Elder who are called on missions that the be for preaching the Gospel rents They are specially called to perl perform n particular part of the work alP pt every everyone one ODe who ho h has heard beard the is II under uDder the divine diviDe command tu to pre pre- I m the same lame in the way appointed e Lard Ij L rd sends leade da His Hia servants out to testify and nd warn the people and lay says ay s It every very man maD who hath bath been 0 n warned to warn his bis neighbor By means mean of ot correspondence and d the letters of introduction requested this warning yarning can b be accomplished to a great r at extent therefore the th Saints bould avail themselves of the opportunities opportunities thus afforded to aid Rid the Elders In their work Many of ot them do so 10 o BOW inow now and doubtless there are others who can add their mite and thus rid their garments of ot the blood of Gt this generation The Lord has bal promised that after alter the thet testimony of ot His Hi servants servant and Saints to this generation He will send the voice of judgments upon the earth That these latter are being bei eg g p poured out with alarming fore force and increasing frequency cannot be denied The Lord is hastening His Hie work toward the thereat great areat reat consummation promised iu io this dispensation The wise and the prud prud- prudent prudent prudent ent among the Elders Ellers and Saints will profit by the gret greut lesson portrayed to them bem m in the notable events event of ot the time thoe e and will wUl not be neglectful of ot or dilatory in performing the duty as- as as sped to 0 them ahem In spreading the |