Show SOCIAL Tho ot of our duty to 10 our born In a 11 social endal way WilY Is brought to tho of ot the tha by h Joseph F lr Smith through nh nit In the Improvement for tor the Tho neglect therein referred ret to In Is largely occasioned by the Ihl ma outs lifo lIt ot of the tho majority of t our people J i In the Iho larger titles cities and ond towns of ot Utah 11 II r There In is to so 0 much for tor every IIvo live citi citizen zen xon on to do and EO so 0 many meetings to tl attend that the tho of tho the mem men born ben of ot tho the Church hurch have havo ha vo their time so tully fully occupied that social MellI entertain meat mm I IB ns almost out of the tho question n grant rot many of them especially the women and children do clo take Ion blon to so IJO to 10 purlieu parties and on olt ex and nud to anti and a n por POI portion then tion of the tho time thus thim occupied should lIe lio devoted to 10 n the Purposes set net forth In hm Inthe Intile the tile 11 article Not Nol mil on I should he be extend wl at to 10 add thc those e who h hn heave re reno no lip III 14 or Intimate friends bore Lint but Jut to 10 the within our gates trio Mho ho knows know nothing of ut our faith our lives or our intentions Intention The truth t b set Met forth to residents Who mo ato unacquainted with lIh our or principles principle And nna the tile Hoop should t b lw be declared to 10 them at as ff p permit Time There should IK bo h no feeling ot of ht hostility among u us to ti people 10 10 not of oC our faith ralth for or 1 peace mid and goad will to In all 1111 men makeup make Imako up an nn article of our creed As 1 citizens of ot thin grand republic we wo can dwell to 10 together gather gether In h amity to o ovary every In Individual Inv life hie right and maintaining the tM Ib extended by Iy the Creator and provided for tor In the Constitution eOll tit II lion of our OUI common country r We Wco fully ogres agree w Ith the expressed ed In ha the Era Kra l rl editorial and therefore ropy copy cop It here herr In hr ltd its entirety entirely commending It to 10 the attention of ot all nil allour allour our renders The improvement associations have hava local ml marlee set tei apart by the tha of ot the wards The work ot of the these o eia It is of or fir g great at t Importance 1 and by b 1 rare care can bf be b m made d very er effective In line with this work and should nine also b be e considered l h by y our tt are the aortal tor 11 I amenities due dUI to strangers and Iud that Ihal we owe t tl to ellch other Not only are ure our young people thoughtlessly heg II K in thear thel respects reaped but hll hla core care l extends extend to the people ot of th the thear ward ar l n as 08 n ft t whole Including the tench ere crt ra and anil ward 8 special I duty it ll t f la to tn look after these theM the things thing It has Una become so o to 10 look lookout lookout out for lor oneself to 10 be that thaI the of if ho anxiety tor for gib oth othere giber ere er or nr that any ny one In our midst could be Ie In tn a II dependent dependant mood seems eem not of or often orten often ten ID to rine In our minds This ThIll has red ltd to 10 an apparent end and lack In k Of oC so H sociability among us UI which Whirl has caused intense ulfen e to many ny of our friends And atul ml been u II stumbling block to 10 oven even 0 11 nt at If our own faith 1 I ran call all in to mind that not long Ion ago a E ayoung young lady was II desirous of ot 1 a passage e to England J much munch pre prejudice judice In her native land she he had hd join joined joined ed Ill the church chunh embracing the l the wishes of her friends Sh She had come to Utah and now after atler II 1111 here lifie I I months she sho f tilt felt lt ns as If IC she in a II foreign land hind among I strangers r and Karl included concluded Ih there ther therefore fore forI to return in t I lir hr old 01 J home ln Jn All as to th lb inn I r I for Of this III dissat at It was woi nj that 11 h hud had V b ben been en Moro hOll for tor six fix he seven or elgh cleM month and rind had not trade made a single lIngle ud IUS among the tho Lotter dA She hall had found with people not nOI In the hutch Iud dad hat het had never been invited Into thu horn home of a 1 Saint She went to meet I lugs Inge but no cute on ever cvar ev 1 shook hands will trill h her r no one ono took pains to 10 enquire wh who she ahe was WAI whit whir sli she wa wu living whOre whoa Ihl ahu h came train from or whir she iho wee waa fro go froIn goIng O In Ing She Sho Will was upon it III n a 1 strain tran strainger I ter ger er sad and In turn looked tO d upon others other oth ai si I strangers HillIKer and hall hail not t the to tome Mme Into Inlo the Iho confidence oon of ot any nn l Lot at t ter day S Saint Ilene H nc she ahe b became eatn thor thoN OURI discouraged not MIlO to toy say III disgust III d ml and that If It this was WI III reception re and she l he e WRit wad to 10 r re recie cie from the III Mints lIntl after attic been lIen turned away R by bs II her when she h received the 1 having joined the lb church for tor the Ih love leva of ot It Il Its principle pies pl end ami having Ln J f It U Iii Ihl wa WI was to t b be the Ih treatment the she he want wanted SKI ed no ao more of It It may mar be bf that thaI the young woman oman In title Ihl really rallY wd sad cat times wee waa w to blame tar for not insisting on belli being i received tor for not nol being Independent end ami t taking hold of ot affairs without std M 11 but bul all ull are ar not con that way or u are not aggressive but bUI It I is evident nt there was wan all much fault not lit hl our organisation for that thatIs I Is perfect with our teachers and ami the our ward Improvement Sundew Sunday school chool and wo we 0 mena 11 11 the Ihl execution than tion of ot It Iti I m rH Ill iii the per par of ot duty by and In lit the th Imo social amenities m of nun men nod women chosen for tor thin this Important labor All Ml 1 that the Ih young woman nodal needed wee was III A 1 kind hind work some ome one olle to nay lay How do doyea you yea do 1101 What II la your name lIam Whore are ure re you living Are you a n member ot of 0 the th Church and upon learning darning that she he was waa alone In the City IJ of ot Salt Luke lake without father mother molher sister inter or broth brother er r I friend or acquaintance tome come om one on to ask aaK her Imer to pay ay them IL a I IU or hit her seine Mine or r show same t tIn In III her in list lur lon Inns condition Of Ot course there Ihm ire arc many I whet where props proper tins has l lINn bean eR taken of or the hureh or Hi its Mane Ilona to t offset ottel hue f tine ne was war 11 shown but Slut that Ihl there here should be bt n nty aly ly neglected 1 person among this people a 1 troll bout needless and wrong wron One On ens en It lr mote more mote titan hart should ever efer be found but 1 t comprehend that theto theta Is 15 among UH us too oo much to 10 thai limos around us tie We V not only onh neglect In this n who are strangers to 10 us Ut lust hut we WI nag lIeg lert ert when hn It In Is really con cun our ont own on people PolI who ho should rev reo re receive tOme some notice and ami attention from fromi II i The Tito city elly people have become ac nc to living near neighbor for tor without associating together where are aie IU Instances whore where good people well veil in business and the Iho street Itt have 1188 lived hived or for tor tort t wenty or or year 8 and yet ot not I Invited CI each cant other to their heir homos homes to lake eke dinner together nor to have n so sol let lial l l hour or evening They Thoy live lIc so 10 near Ilch anch that they eon ean almost shake mantle from door to 10 door yet never eter mil nor together they ore aro perfectly exclusive That Is III not nol n wise nova n 0 good l wily e especially i lally when whan nn nil I ilay Salute wo we should hollid ho bo look it tug III K after tho lima welfare nf ot by I reaching the tho gospel In word and In lit teed Would It not nol be he b much better bolter It vo wo a n l little dinner r or Invited cur lur neighbor to 10 come mill and Join us tie In a social to become acquainted and mike imko him feel teel we are arc not nol strangers to III mini hIm nor he to 10 u us 7 And nd let ui us remain II bel jer er the which Christ sane i toned of nt neighbor an as well troll as All the tho rev re Ho Ito that mercy meroy unto into me In le my neighbor and the com corn III Is la Thou shall love thy th UH as thyself I hope we shall do better Hut But there therea III a C really rt little among us II ustad tad Ind there I Is II an Unit that IH Is tot In keeping with the warmth of ot tho the Ifo pel We do not think enough of Tech other oilier sad and finally wo are YO Ies Id i each other liter on the attest Iret tr t without the slight ell al t recognition We scarcely bow how to 10 n a 1 r unless we w are really 1011 Intimate curb willi him That la le not nol tm the spirit that oat elong to It U to con contra tra to that sociability hat that ought to day I 1 believe In th the 1111 1111 mot the kindest and most loving pint that It l 1 Is III possible for brod and ond men to In exi u r rel c cor or ir it to 10 and that till ought to xi n b hll ha tho ho spirit J and diffused bf iy my the tho everywhere overy tat Iet us liS then lion gather lit Itt the honest hanell In mart mutt ami treat them sad each other the spirit of ot and anil love lovo lir cerl ot of time the gospel go pel Then Thon talk I lk about bollt tho the unfortunate time the drunken i Ih lie he weak the erring Do not nol shunt I Item hem either They outfit ought ou hl to be bo sated anted AI i u well 88 as everybody else and If It It I 1 IH Is let u us 18 save lave them hell too n aS well I ui w the worthy the good and sad the Ih pure Let et u us 1111 save 8 C the I h sinner Inner anti hint hinto 10 0 o a knowledge of ot the he truth troth It If Our Mutual improvement s mire ro Invited to 10 make n of nt Ills his social work the Ille bishops etui lebel et l heir h lr tied uld I hl to tho the orates eM In cle t tIng Ing ng and aid setting getting I impart apart mil ox rI ml un ns w win w n q na wail who should devote h m l n among other things to the th 11 devol of ot a n 1 more spirit among ha tho people The Tho Indifferent youth ns no 1 veil OH as the tho stranger and the U UIn In n our midst should be mode made welcome al it Lt our gatherings gathering anti b till be Induced to eel feel nt lit home boar among the people of ot soil wl then let ht It II t be e remembered ored ov OW overy fy emir every over person has hai a 1 duty dul In title thin Ins Int Because Dall men or women are ore not card or association of u le no rum good ron eason Bon why wit wh they the should he be exempt o XII torn rom the I common rommon social amenities of liCe 1 I a nor why II they should not lIot be subject to o e doing good goal spiritually and nd socially JOSEPH V Is I CI |