Show OCR i grand old mountains of onra are a constant blessing ble saing to how many think of sheltering influence these days when cyclones are tho lowlands of the tha wires bring us horrifying tidings nearly every day ol 01 jhb damage dono by wind and rain in other sections of the country while here wa read them in all security our children wondering how it can be possible for a wind storm to blow down houses and barns and carry human beta gs many rods distance likewise when they read of the country for miles i and miles being bader water caused by the floods and trains running i along with tha water up to the steps ot the cars they r if thare ia not a goj i dea ilin ili n in the telegraphic lepor aut all these things asadour children know nothing of them because of the god given shelter of our mighty mountains thesa might 0 nature have been sung of by all the arly prophets their most beautiful ideas were of tha mountains caora god gouid shelter hia people I 1 wo are not gods people in theae bocky mountains we can at least lay claim to the blessings of which the prophets have because wo are enjoying them every day the mountains furnish us not only protraction pro ta fude winds bat thu mountain tops resolve tha fary of tha in tha moisture ladon cloade from tha pacific strike abo mountain tops and caara deposit the rich treasures of abow they receive the seventy ot winter while the valleys below have congenial teather in the spring tune and summer the snow slowly and our limpid mountain streams each dap being more precious than a augret of gold in causing the growth of vegetation in the below the snow drifts far up on the mountain moua tain side i a veritable mine which yield ite wealth during the warm parts of our season cool breezes ara tram tasse cool during tha heat of summer and a freshness is givan to oar atmosphere the air ia not abill stagnant and sultry as in many parts of our country from whence come reports these days of death by son stroke and diseases caused by the heat of summer surely our mountains are tha hoarce of many blessings and we should loek upon them with our bearta filled with gratitude to the wise creator |