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Show 'I I 'IJottings ' Jottings From Froma _ ' SonI III IIIa ! . a Prodigal SonIL Son SonDear I IL . - I - I ( Dear BIsh Blsh- Blsh BlshThere * . - There are several reasons why I con continue continue continue tinue amongwhichlet to drop you a line Une , among which whichlet -whichlet whichlet - " hich hichlet let me ins mention just a n feFIrst few fe\\ fe fen \ \ First of all allI allI allI I have havp an abiding faith In your } our integ intcg integ- integrity - . rity integrity and I hope , lasting friendship Iknow I Iknow Iknow know that I am writing for one of the thebest thebest theb'st thebst best ' . weekly v.eekly veekly papers p'lpers plpers pipers ' pUblt published < ; hed m in tne trio tnest'lte triostate tncstate st'lte stlte state . ' of Utah I know that yom YOUl youi readersaverage readers readersaverage readersaverage average up in m intelligence mtelUgence with any In InOUr inour inour OUr fair state I know that you YOll have h'tVe htVe ' all allkinds allkinds allkinds kinds of readers , as do all the dailypapers dally daily dally'Papers dailypapers 'Papers Papers ' in m Utah That is to say , you youhave have Mormon Monnon readers , , as " well "ell ell as n non nonMormon.r nonMormons n nMormo Mormo Mormon.r Mormonr . You Yeu have religious ascll as \\cll cll well wellas \ wellas \ cllas as irrelltious irreligious irreIl ; lous readers re'lderc relderc ' ; You Yc.u Ycu . m miy lY ty a"o ao a"ohave al al'ohave alohave ] " " ' u uhave have one 01 or more atheistlcally atheistically Inclmed inclined Inclmedin inclinedin inclinedin in fact some ome one 'a a " ' who "ho ho ho does not belle\ein belle ein heBe\ heBe belief heBee heBein \ e ein in God , man ci devil But yet all of ofthese ofthese ofthese theyli\e theyli e theyIhe theylie these readers rC"lders rClders " , are here on earth they lie Ihe \ a move and have a being bemg and theyenjoy they theyenjoy theyenjoy enjoy the sunshine and the rain , , the thefruits thefruits thefruits fruits and the caWe cattle cafc e and sheep sreep sleep th"lt thlt that th"ltroam thatroam thatroam " roam the feeding spots on earth The Themost Themost Themost most of them love the good and , cher cper- cper cAer- cAer cperish cAerIsh cherish - ish virtue They may not icad lcad read what I I"rite I'ante Iwrite "rite rite 'ante ante " ' all of them , , but no doubt some someI somecf somecf I cf of them do I , tco do Ijo not read all I Isee Isee Isee see in print pnnt I do rcaa reaa the things I Ilike Ilike Ilike like , , and I have come to know , after I Iread Iread Iread read a few of the tpe lines , whether It Itsuits itsuits itsuits suits me or not If it does , I . keep k.eep on un until until until til I mnsh funsh finsh what the writer lias has to sqy say , , if sayif not I quit qwt and find ; soemthing coemthmg else elseAnd elseAnd elseAnd And , judging others by myself mseIf } , I am ampersuaded ampersuaded I v.hoI . persuaded that I mav may have a few v.ho vho who v.hodo whodo . whodo do as I do read if it suits SUlts ci Cl cr pass It Itup itup itup up Now this trus letter may not suit SUlt some.it someit some . , it may hit the spot with others , but a aman aman aman man who tiles tIies tries to write for any papel paper papelmust papermust papeimust must take his chances as to what "hat hat " iswritten is isHUten iswritten \HUten HUten written \ and think . that a few may take takethe takethe takethe the time to read fiom flom from start to close takeI I Sometimes , on Sunday , I listen over overthe overthe overthe the radio , to the sermons sennons that are arepreached arepreached arepreached preached by various vanous ministers of the thearIOUS thecarious thevarious \arIOUS arIOUS carious \ churches Among these Is IsJudge isJudge isJudge Judge Rutherford of the Chri&tionScience ChritionScience Chru Christion ChristionScience > & tion tionScience Science faith He says some very good I tionI thIngs goodthings but on the whole I do not stand standwith standwith v1th with . ArmcgeddonvsermonsAnd ' him rum on his Armegeddonsermons Armegeddon\sermons Armegeddon sermons ArmegeddonsermonsAnd , \ And yet he may have legions that do doI doI doI I , , too , have my religious beliefs beI1efs , Met and andstand andstand stand on what I think thin ] , . and believe isright IS ISright isright right I r 'lm'well ' am 'lm lm \ well \'well 'well hell 'wellaware ' aware that those thost ' who whoknow whoknow whoknow know ' ' me best know that in religious religiousaffairs religiousaffairs religiousaffairs religionbut affairs I am not a crank on religion , but yet I have an abiding hope in the thehereafter thehereafter thehereafter hereafter , and of a life Ufe after aftcr death If IfI IfI IfI I may quote frcm from fr m tlie the writings of VictorHugo VIctor VIctorHugo VictorHugo Hugo , , one of the most prolific of ofwriters ofwriters ofwriters writers , on history , philosophy phIIosophy , , art artdrama , drama , romance satire S'ltire Sltire ' and song , per per- . - haps perhaps jottings some of thoss those who read my jot- jot jot . - tings . will v.l11 vl11 fin fins fina a - grain g-rain g rain of golden sun sunshin sunshim sunshine shin shim ! ; ' in m the following quotation fromhh from fromhi fromhis hi his < ; writings writingsShall Shall , Wb % i Inc Ine Again9 Agam Again Again9'I ? " 'I I ' 1 feel in myself the future life Iam I Iam Iam am like a forest once cut down , thc the thcnew thenew thenew new shoots are strongei strongel stronger and hveher livelier hveherthan livelierthan livelierthan than ever I am rising rhing I know , towaidthe towald toward towaldthe towardthe the sky sk.y . The sunshine is on my head headThe headThe headThe The earth gives gnes me its generous sap sapbut but heaven lights l1ghts meIth me \ with \\Ith Ith Guth \ the reflection reflectionof of unknownorIds unknown \ worlds \\orIds orIds You Yell Ycu say that the thesoul thesoul thesoul soul is nothing notWng but resultant of the thebodl thebodily thebodily bodl bodily ] ' poueis pokers po . el s Why , . then is my lIlY soul soulmore soulmore soulmore more luminous lununous when my bodily bodlly po\.ers po.ers po .ers ers powers \ . begin powersbegin po.ersbegin to fail fail ? ? Winter Wmter is on my head headbut , , , but eternal spring is in my heart tbreathe 1 T ' 1breathe Tbreathe breathe at this hour the fragrance of ofthe ofthe ofthe the liacs hacs liars , the violets vlo'ets vloets vio'ets vioets ' and the roses as at t twenty approachthe ent.y enty . years The nearer I approach the end , the plainer plamer I hear around methe me methe methe the immortal symphonies of the worlds worldsIt worldsIt worldsIt fairytale It is marvelous , yet simple It is a fairy fairyI tale and it is 15 history For half a century centuryI I I have been writing wnting my thoughts in inprose inprose inprose prose philosophydrama and : in verse , , history , phIlosophy , drama , romance , , tradition , satire sahre , odeand ode odeand odearid and arid song I have tried all But I feel feelI feelI feelI isin I have not said salel the 1000th part that is in me When I go down to the grave graveI havefinished I can say like many others , I have havefinished havefinished finished my day days s work But I cannot say sayI I have h'l.VC hl.VC hlVC . : ' . finished my life ] Je ! s w \ ork My day swork s sork \\ork ork \ ork will w111 begin beg1n the ne next neat t morning The ThetOOlb Thetomb Thetomb tOOlb tomb is not a blind alley , it is a athoroughfare thoroughfare It closes on the twilightit twilfght twilight , , It opens on on the dawn ' i i'The 'The The ' The Great Creator , ' we 'We are wl tolaPer tola , , ! rcr Pcr six sbc slx days did his bestAnd best , , I IAnd And when the seventh morning came He cameHe hallowed it for rest restAs restAs restAs As on the eighth the sunlight broke , His brokeHis laboras labor \ was \\as as \ resumed resumedAnd resumedAnd resumedAnd And at conclusion conrluclOn ; of one task taskA taskA taskA A ne v 11 one w n \ as assumed assumedEd assumedEd -Ed Ed - Ed Tuttle TuttleAnd And now 110\\ 110 110I \ I quit for this trus time and for fora fora fora a month I am learning lOamlng roaming on my vaca tion vacation but111 butI It may not be far from home , . but I II 11 give you all a little l1tUe rest for a month monthor monthor monthor or more , , unless the spell seizes selzes me to drop todrop vou you ) ou a line if something turns up In upin my ram rambles les , that tellingYOU is " worth "orth orth telling tellingYOU tellingYOU YOU KNOWM.E KNOWME KNOW _ l\IE l IE ME \ . |