Show MISSION FIELD dijer D elder scott writes a letter to illis ward from the weekly enquirers Enquire rl te the bishoprick and members of the 2nd and ward provo city utah north Waira rapa anew aaland Za Z land july 24 oear dear brothers and astra after a long time I 1 uke take pleasure Pes sure in sending yoa soa a few lisea lines inot you yon may know bow I 1 am getting along you yon haye have been baen informed as to ta t th a cordi condition tion of the mission par haDS through the newspapers better than I 1 could coald havo done by letter tsat is ie one leason among mary more too numerous to mention here that I 1 have not written you before therefore I 1 take leave to rak ask you all to bear with me for my nt neglectfulness there are many among yen no hae ha e fulfilled honorable missions in foreign lands that can better understand the candi condition tion I 1 have bave ideen been placed in A if be enjoys a full fl aliw w of the tha spirit of his re calling has bag no time that he be can truly call his own or that ha be may spend in ia leisure hours honra to himself he feels that every boar yea every minute chonle be taken advantage of he ha teela feels to devote all his time strength arid energy to we bia Ma masters great cause among the leovis bhae tt it is bis bia happy lot to labor he knows that he ha has the the priceless prize that may be crushed to the earth yat will it rise azain again to give trealy freely to his fellow brothers the love of the gospel burns within his hia heart and his bis greatest desire is to impart that love loire unto with whom he be is immediata immediately ly associated he realizes that ci od has given unto him great talents be has been endowed with that chat power that binds the hearts of the parents to the children cil dran and the hearts of the children to the tha parents yes yea that power that entitles entities him to officiate in of heaven even the ministering of angels and he be knows if he is not true to that talent he will ba cast out or loosed down on in in some future day as the I 1 servant was by his lord the world looks him in the face he knows he has baa the tha principles of everlasting life to preach unto the people and furthermore that fill all mankind will be brought before the judgment seat of god and be judged for the deeds done in the flesh thereupon people will rise up and condemn him if he neglects to preach to them when ho he bad a chance my beloved brothers and sisters with great joy aud and gratt gratitude tade of heart and praise to our heavenly parent I 1 can truthfully say bay that the lord has greatly bleeser me since leaving you and my own dear mountain moan tain n home that we all al ove so eo dearly from my own eader experience I 1 can testify that the deavers of the saints in behalf of missionaries in toe nations nat ona oi tui tha earth are answered from time lima tu tin tima a the ilia hearts of tha heuple are softened ned toward oward them and they open their hospitable doors to the happy yet scorned by many servants of god as he goes from hoase hoaas to house bouse irom from village to village and from deiy to city I 1 with glad of great jor 11 to lo cry unto the benighted inhabitants ss as did our lord and say bay bior his disciples tha holy moa men and prophets irom from the commencement of sin and disobedience of mankind upon the face of the earth therefore I 1 he my cay brothers and sisters we should all not forget to pray to go goi I 1 unceasingly cea singly not wavering for the advancement van cement cament of the gospel in the nations of the earth for the word of grod dod teach es ea us that the prayers of the righteous much the heavens beavens were clomad up by alie devent prayer of only one righteous man we vve can see in our dby that the hearts of all the earth are being softened toward the people of god and one may is the reason of it I 1 would answer there are many reasons first the tha people of the world are beginning to see our gold god go d works the I 1 atre tree is known by its ita fruits fra iia second the saints do not pray as the do for they love lova to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of streets that they may he be ceen of men man but when the tee saints pray they ente ebur r into their secret chambers where none aona but their god con cm hear them and they are rewarded openly he is only toa willing to answer the prayers of the saints for be said he will zot rot leave ibave ilia servants Bei vanta comfortless jand and again we are ara that abat I 1 he is not stack slack concerning ilia hia promise as same men count sack s ack ness but 13 lonz long enc ting iring toward tUB ii not not willing that rut any should perish but that nl should cima to repentance 1 11 II peter 39 Inthe in the folla following verso i it says saya but bat the dy day of the lord is ia as aa a thief in ia the bight in which taj heavens ahalt ria pans is away with a great no so and the elements shall melt with fervent beat the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up now we see the goodness and wisdom of the most moat high he dearrea that all men should repent repeat there therefore I 1 ore he be is ia carain caa ain that the tha doors of the abe rich I 1 poor and ien ignorant orant are being opened to hia servants that the inmates thereof may have a chance to accept the KOB pei pai end and lapent of their sins before the great and notable day of the L aird rd spoken of above when the earth will be purified by the power and glory of god and the savior of the world will come and rel relm rein m personally upon the ear h with his saints some may say that will not take place iu in our day but b a t let ps take ilia his own words from it the son of man wiil come as a thief in the night no man the day cor the tha hour and then he tells us as that he be will cut his work short in righteous righteousness nees again speaking of 0 the tribulations to come upon the earth before the day of the lord he ha says bays and except those days ba shortened there should be no aleah saved but for tile the elerts sake eake those days shall be shortened 11 the earth is li ii pening fast in ia iniquity the sli sheaves saves of wheat are being gathered out oat that fie tares may be burned ahe scriptures are being ful fulfilled fillod every day the lord says also but bat as aa the days of nosh noah shall also the coming of the son of man blan be now my brothers and sisters you that live in zion under the of the sanctuary of the lord and little realize the tha crime and sin carried cc in the world even n little aw Zaila adso far away in the midst of the great pacific is drink irig ing from the cup of abomination and condemnation tha taa world s devices and crimes are fast advancing toward those of sodom and gomorrah the close of another century is fast advancing vancine ad and the 1 great raft rein reign is asherin ushering 9 in in i upon us perhaps nearer thin than many of us anticipate so BO let us be up an and I 1 do I 1 ings ing for when the night cometh no man can work let us na use all our energy lor for the building up lug of a zion for our lord that bat none of the plagues of the last days may enter in ia our midst midat to disturb and mar barour our peaceful vales in the tops of the mountains As we ere are exalted above all nations in our habitations likewise lot let our devotions to our god our oar virtues honesty and love for one another be waited exalted above the world we have bare a religion that surpasses iu in perfection all other aul crieda tor for there thera is no com comparison parson sly my brot brothers bers and sisters lest leat I 1 abary you yon with a long letter I 1 may as aa well tell yon about my labors and experience in this part of the lords vineyard on my arrival at auckland now the head quarters of the mission I 1 I 1 was appointed to labor among the satires natives exclusively in the kalapu conference the first year of my labors was devoted mos mostly to the learning of the native tongue it seemed quite discouraging to tome me sometimes sometimes but praise to our heaven heavenly ty fatter be given I 1 was able to withstand it and enjoyed myself tray elit g among the people doing what little good I 1 could in my humble way although I 1 was the subject of a gool good i baartz laugh fram my friends frienda quite of tan all of my ignorance of the tha I 1 am to say that I 1 can laugh and jok aka 3 with anem without being embarrassed embar two years and tan months were spent in in wataru paea preaching pae aching ebing baptizing bupt zing and after the saints which number about 2 thelast the last six eis ment months hsin in kalapu I 1 presided over the conference and ana I 1 had bad much joy in in my lifors and when I 1 was called to come to this the WaKa Wai rapa arapi conference I 1 regretted teg retted to leave behind me the many friends that I 1 lad made but nevertheless I 1 am willing to labor where ever my lot is cas to try and gather gaffier out the tha honest in in za ar heart e t from every hole ccok and corner my labors abers in ia this par been a great pleasure to me although behave we have only baptized baptie id two since since I 1 arrived tole tnie diet act is is mostly composed of europeans still we have four organized bf branches anches of laoris maoris and only one of europeans the european Ear converts con emigrate to zion about ai bastas fast as they are converted therefore the european branches do not increase in creasa as the maoris laoris tda work of the lord is 13 prospering fairly well in this the australian mis mission the are energetic in executing cu ting we work of the ministry they re alizai the responsibility resting upon them aa paul dil aheu be said woe unto onto me it I 1 do not preach the tha gospel my brot britne neB a end sisters rejoice zice that I 1 have been beba called as an ambassador of such a grait graat work as cuts curs and feel to ask god to bless you vou all for your kind nesa and love toward ma ina in in assisting me in the discharge disc dise harga barge of my duty in in the rea worL of rean know tha lord will bless you yoi yo i if you yoa coat continue inua in your charitable acts altri ough soma of you yon may think your our mites were but little let us think af tha pr pair widow who cast tier her mite into the contribution box and the words of the tha savor oi of a truth ruth I 1 say auto ton that this poor widow bath cast in in mure more than they all for all these the rib neb have of their abundance b but it she aha of her penry bath cast casam in all ail the living that she baj bad 11 I 1 am sorry to near bear that so many of the good latter day saints have passed be yond this life since since my from your midat they hays haye gone to their rest and their good works shall follow them they have hava ran the goad race they have baye kept the faith and they will receive the tha crown that is 19 laid up for those who love ged my beloved brothers and sisters si stera I 1 would ask you again to pardon me for in my y neglect cornot for not writing to you sooner I 1 hope these few lines may prove interesting ter te to you yoa and find you yoa all ant en joving the spirit of a latter day saint ver ever dee desirous irous to live the tha lives of holy men and women of god I 1 bg to subscribe myself as your friend and brother in in the work of the ministry of gad E SCOTT ecott IV which h ic h I 1 13 s worse imprisonment for life or a lifelong life long disease like scrofula for example the former certainly would be preferable were it not that ayers sarsaparilla car can always come to the rescue and give the poor sufferer health strength and happiness |