Show 1 Baas N IJ i 1 d il t II IwiG it I i t J I 4 t ON O LOOKING BACKWARD BACKWARD V I I By Hilda h Caw Cam CamIt C IBy It Is la not surprising that the Mormon Monnon Mormon Pioneers Q of Utah were were inch u h a strong iro of people Those who were weak were weed weeded ed out early Those who were spiritually weak would not give up the comforts and seeming se se se- se security of this thI world w to follow Brigham Young Youn to the new and unknown own The physically weak were either unable to start or could not endure the hardships on the way Those who remain remain remain- remained ed had their best belt tics tic improved strengthened and refined by the experience of those years yeara It may seem odd to use the world refined when at first glance glanc It would appear that what whatever whatever ever refinement they may have possessed would surely have been lost in hi the primitive sort of I were to married next month and sod her little family was to to- together gether once more And so her dreams came true 10 Jeaa Ion me of splendid manners elegant t 1 clothes clothe and showy house houses they did not gain but sure sure- ft ly in the matter mater mat not abI er of love of t God God t ray i and fellow men they were inv proved and refined each day i f iNo No Noone one could share with others as they did without as nr In crease in loVe IoVe for f fellowmen and nd a better attitude a a about being my brother brothers keeper This need for loving helping heling and I cus-I i taming their fellowmen surely led them to a greater bye t to toy such as God and a more earnest earne desire to serve Him Their only safety lay in m His ills promises s to 11 bless those who keep His cOm cOm- cOmmandments c commandments m I S SI i In these days we we are not hot tor tor- tor torA for fort A t in ced-in red in so many ways way to care for r those about us Sometimes it is I handy not to have to be concer conc r ned over the troubles of others oth r but we do lose the blessing we wa might gain by sharing more of ourselves It may be tiresome Continued on page 6 8 fo O n Looking Lo 0 k mg j 1 Backward 1 j Continued from Page Pap Two Tiro jig to hear so often oten that we kee tee only what we give and yet et J iJ is as true now as then Some Sometimes Sometimes times when we envy the lio for their cooperativeness their faithfulness to God ane t anc His leaders and the glorio spiritual experiences many many tOJ OJ o them had we fall fail to realize thai th o rf those th blessings or s or rewards rewards- tia gUl came to them not as free but as a result of ot their lives There is nothing to hold the things from us except our selfishness Love Lov for fellow fellowmen men is Just as desirable today a aa a century ago All those wh need help did pot not ot live then an and neither did all of those willing will willand and able to give We speak of t their ingenuity e U A if it were something not produced any longer Yet Yet many and varied are the stories told of GI ability to get a Job done against almost Insurmountable able obstacles We could do those things too if we were willing willingto to labor as earnestly It Is H just that our lives are made easy simpler and comfortable and its it's it simp simp- ler and more pleasant-in pleasant a short shortt term t rm to plan-to use only a small part of our ability and strength Pioneers had no such choice They had to use much more of o their native intelligence In or or- or order der to survive and developed in a few years year much more than most of ofU us U do doIn in several decades They were compelled to use their best judg judg- judgment ment because mistakes post cost ost so much in time and human life Many men and women who might have lived out their lives in a quiet unnoticed way become leaders who were loved then and are stilt still stil respected because of their ability to do the things thing needful at that time We praise their Industry arid and point proudly to the things they the were able to accomplish with with limited equipment and and In an un un- unknown known land Today we e are not ot so In our materials but I many of us who do not attempt I great things and neglect many needful things do so wIth the the excuse that we lack some some- something something thing to work with Why not In honor to those brave for for- forbear bears bear make whatever is at hand serve in some way to take us forward toward our goal of exaltation in our Fathers Father's king king- dons dom |