Show A letter from africa from a tooele thoele boy missionary to his grandfather Patti patriarch arch philip de DC la mare constitution road C C november 29 1912 DEAR grandfather THER thanksgiving giving day has come and gone again the th year of 1912 will kooij be nam numbered bared with the years of the past how the time lime does speed peed along next year will come and go just as fast as ai this on one has and so on until our time here in this probation is at an end and we are called to go to the great beyond I 1 would that mankind could only realize how short life really is and what a short time we have to prepare ourselves for the kingdom of god and for the second coming of our lord and saviour jesus christ we will not have any to much time to prepare ourselves Dur selves for this grand event I 1 have met men duran during the short time that I 1 have been in the mission field who have made this remak that life is to long and mise miserable rabe but men making such remarks are very badly mistaken and cannot understand what life really is could they understand the gospel as we Latte Latt iday erday saints do I 1 know they would world be much happier happi pr would look upon the bright side of life instead of thedarl the dark side I 1 have noticed that then rhen making such statements are the leq very ones who will refuse any light upon the remarks that they make and arethay who turn the servants of god from rom their door without accepting or even stopping to hear the glad mes aage which has been brought to them although I 1 have not been in the mi mission assion field verv long I 1 can truthfully say that the happiest hours of my any life have been spent in the mission field working for the betterment of my fellow mi men iad ana I 1 dare say that every efery true Latt erday saint will say that their happiest hours have been spent in the service while I 1 was at home I 1 felt that I 1 did not need the advice of older people to help roe me on in this life and so I 1 paid v very ery little attention to the counsel of my parents and others if I 1 hid had paid more attention and obeyed I 1 know that I 1 would have been much farther up the ladder of ilfe than I 1 am but those precious moments have been lost and I 1 cannot call them hack back I 1 only wish that I 1 could receive your counsie now I 1 know I 1 could appreciate it fa for there is nathine more beautiful and interesting and to talk about than the gospel gopel my companion his has gone to bed and it i is s getting rather late so I 1 will close now for this time I 1 hope and oray dray that you are en enjoying joving good health and that that I 1 will be able to see you again before yu you pass beyond the veil with best love and wishes to you I 1 remain your affectionate grandson LELAND S TATE |