| Show A father s letter to all s abslem 1143 mr lowell R alard powell wo my dear clear son just received your two letters of the and glad to hear from you and to notel note that you were ere making some progress 1 I would not have bonev ched to vernal it costs too much besides there is ia no estein union office tbt re get feet cashiers checks and mail them to the bank I 1 notice from your last bink statement ou have been charged with seven dollars and thirty one cents on the wires sent from cheyenne 1 ahe I he ft eather here and at the mill has been apen frightful and the mill froze up and the have been unab unable e to run since iou left until i L few days ago and they them are closed down gain again now for Christ christmas Christu Lias as I 1 will get our check as soon as mr air can fqy it and send it up to the dank for you now lowell loell you are out ithe iu world jostling with humanity where if you aie riot not careful will be over tome come and swept off on sour feet by the wh whirlwind iriaine of excitement and stam pelle pede of the human rice for pleasure and gold I 1 my telf rolf am a greit great lie be liever hever in pleasure all one gets out of life is the little pleasure plea suie that comet to him while flauding pla through modern scripture in god once wab nab that man inan might be and man inan Is that he might have jo but we roust must not mistake this joy for the pleasures of the world which always leaves a sting and i egret cegret afterwards true joy and pleasure once had can always bo be looked back to with pride and thrill of satisfaction if you will take houi bible and lead a few verses from pauls paula cettei to timothy beginning with the third chapter of his alist epistle you will readily see how easy he foresaw the condition of the present day despen bation in closing the fourth erse he explains how in this age men would bo be lovers of pleasure more than loveis of god etc I 1 bring these things to your at tei tion because of 3 our age and the environment under which sou ou aie placed you have had good training which has established ou somewhat some whar on solid ground but you lie ate a ten der plant bet et and must take what shelter you can from the blasts and sand storms that will sweep seep over oner ou to wither and blight oui soul b bv the poison it brings and as the plant ib 16 stripped of its foliage and the stock and branches left like a reed shaken by the wind la in the desert so vou ou will be stripped from the virtues that go to make tor for man good char acter and strength unless ou on are guarded and will not allow yourself to be overcome b the seductive in fluentes fluen ces that are ever present to lure you away from the teachings of christ whose hose name Is 5 our salvation and anchor in traveling wound yuu you will NAIR bo be saturated saturate d by the smoke of the cigar and cigarette that is inhaled b oui as pleasure but it leaves leaven its sting as it makes them un wholesome whole somo and depreciates their ca opacity to battle against the conditions of life this leads to profanity and a reverence for the christ is nil they will seek peek to subtract him etim from his tory as a being that existed but if they would stop to think they could much easier take from the his hie tory of america the name of wash ington and lincoln or the caeser from that of rome the kaiser foch lord george and Pies president Ident wilson from the story of the great war than to take the name of christ from the story of the world all time has been adjusted to ills ilia birth as one writer has said f the he vry viry almanac by which ve coull count our days ha aba sign signature aturo of christ upon it so time is aiom ills ilia birth either bedre ir after continued on local page A FATHERS LETTER TO HIS ABSENT SON continued from page six the epochal event at bethlehem myer koerv letter written and every news paper printed is adjusted to ills his ad v flit nto into tile the world and all civilization t have been compelled to arjust adjust theli hell thoughts to kals historical vent event of ills life ohp try to den deni the roha clea ile he performed but chev can not deay that lie he changed the sinful saul haul into an apostle a and cx ex ampler of his master and man of power out of the weakling peter tie ile made a elnan man of strength and a fearless fea ilesa iless teach or of righteousness we ale aie not to him blin as one who nevi i had a prototype or a nor hor Civilia civilization tion and plo pio giess have made leaps and hounds bounds under ills his teachings and influence and all the civilized and enlightened nations are governed b the laws inaugurated by him there his never been a president of the united states or a great Invent inventor oi but what was a believer belie er in him and his teachings so bo my bo boi I 1 it Is ia an actuality brist lived was as transfigured trans figured upon the mount gave gae the priesthood died and was aas resurrected reeled and ascended on high to be glorified with the father and will nill come again to reign as lord of lords and king of kings as aa predicted bs the scriptures yes lonell low ell we know knon ile he lives and lo love loe e and honor him too much to take ills his name in vain I 1 kno know vou ou ale aie too well grounded in his teachings to demoralize yourself and offend him by breaking this commandment it gets one no where and a christian wont do it and besides it tends ends to weaken ones powers against other deadly sine which men and women of today wink at and indulge in as pleasure but for this folly which the term pleasure thousands and thousands suffer stiffer pain torture shame and disgrace and finally fill a premature grave it is a historical tact fact that a large percent of all deaths ale aie caused by a Nen venereal ereal disease contracted when ahen bleaking bie aking gods god s laws when nhen they thought they the were nere having pleasure what I 1 want aou ou to know is this that there is no pleas pleasure kire only that which comes through obedience to the laws las divinely given b an alloise creator for the control and govel governing of ilia his children and there is no one vo BO stupid as ag to not know what hat these laws are for they cannot bieak on one ot 0 thern hem without the prompter within thern liam warns against it the battle of life Is ia before ou it lb ih a hard one every body to la trying to get the best of the deal so one needs all his hia mental powers and the alertness of a guard to copo cope N with ith the contending forces ile he cannot afford to have hale his powers weakened or deadened or incapacitated by the use of stimulants drugs or by dissipating and living a sinful life we are living in the fastest age in history when men and women have made pleasure and gold their oud god and all things to them have to bo be measured mea suied by these demoralizing things their heart powers have never been cultivated and their education I 1 la Is all of the head so BO be b careful that iou ou are not overcome by the spirit that Is sue sweeping over oner the land aud and be caught in the snares of be evil one a pros proa to the influences af pf p the lie age be brave and battie haid and while you have to row vip op stream now nov sooner or later you lan can anchor in placid waters aters having built up a character chai acter and hood that will fiand the worst storms that conae come 1 I know you vou are trying to do right and I 1 am proud of you and will always help vou all I 1 can to accomplish the desires of your heart you ate aie careful in you houi expends prudent and economical in leour our living and honest in ID your dealings which alch I 1 am very thankful for it if you continue to follow these prini caples you jou will be a happy and respected citizen and a man of power in the city state arid and in which you lle ioe the of what means you fou will need will come to you easily and ou GU will ill be happy and contented 1 I don t krow know why by I 1 should write to ou oil this way only for the fact that I 1 love you and want to see you happy and live above the groveling things of the earth you are out upon the billow B now but not without an oar and the experience peri ence you will get will aili tend to make inake you strong and pure ou linow that it la Is the water that I 1 is 8 dashed against the rocks leaps down dowa t tha dea de cle vides into the rugged el cham alaa below 10 that Is a pure so it la is jhc thc th knocks in lifee that wears weara oft off the rough and rakes a polished shaft 1 I PL hpe pe adf take good care are and remember wp all love yau and d alray f jor for your welfare averyt everyday ay v I 1 top you have zave A mad maa timit urn nm borzy bory we ve cont cant t pend it together f lovingly your father L J H |
