| Show AN unnecessary SCARE edit editors 0 ra DP pi C acre aw ea r i 71 havi haying having ng noticed im fil your last laist nights issue a few remarks that I 1 though thought t were calculate calcut au d to io create need needless lees alarm through tho the 0 c oli Inu alty under the heading for A stowing sentiment will you kindly grant me sPace brace in your valt vati liable paper to express a fe few W ideas the bame viz valence of diali 1 herfa heria ano and the desirability fir sir if not a of clos cios ing jug our day and sunday schools I 1 I 1 according to 0 o to t 0 testimony of or I 1 both ancient and modern prop pron prophets cad great and terrible judgments vere yere to be poured out upon the onha bil bli ants of the earth iu lu the jasti last fi and we as L adfer day W lieve that we weare aro are living inthia ry eventful period of the world history isto ry our writings an and rea IV at the present time con cou r I 1 thial beneo hence the vast destruction of bf human life and property ea by cyclones yellow fever floods I 1 railroad and steamboat coll collision felons tires files shipwrecks grasshoppers chodl ling ing moths etc affording so many man y confirmatory I 1 evidences of thee til truth of these scrip bures lures that judgments must begin atthe at the house bouse of god and he that to have save hla hia life shall hoseit lo seit it I 1 regard diphtheria ai one of o the scourges eco urges indicative 0 of the times 0 la fil which wo we live and that no precautionary measures can successful lostay ay stay its ita ravages welther neither ages agee ex Ilor nor position escape the co cottages trages of the poor tho the homes of the x rich as 43 well weli as who realdo in more favorable locations unexposed ed by contact and possessing the natural advant advantages ages of pure air and limpid mountain streams of water are alike visited by this dire disease this fact see beems seems lea ila to indicate that its spread does not depend upon its ita contagious character cha and I 1 Is for ones one should be exceedingly sorry for such a sweeping and sars bars alternative to ba be adopted as the closing olour of our day and schools thus depriving our boys and girls who are aro in health of enjoying that mental and alid physical exercise so essential ito to the preservation of their well being to be consistent however if schools are to be closed all akl al public places of worship should also be closed every store on main street especially thole where toys and candles candies are sold for there the children will be sure to congregate during the holidays unless prevented by rigid quarantine regulations and enforced by municipal power I 1 would much rather recommend to all latter day saints to humble themselves before the Lor kor lorland dand and acknowledge this visitation as intended for their good to observe the word of wisdom in what eat and drink that the destroyer may pasi pass by their doors abstain from all intoxicating g drink when difficulties occur and disputes arise through misunderstanding or otherwise do not go to law with each other but carry out the law pf af the lord and be reconciled when bickness sickness overtakes ry out the instructions Instruct ioas the lord gave P td his bis servant joseph may be bb found on the daze naze of the h doctrine D trine trino and covenants also jain janaes eoe 9 ath chapter 14 and arid 15 verses I 1 deem it wisdom for parents whose children are sick alck not only from diphtheria but fever or any other di disease spase to keep them at home to receive proper care and attention until convalescent but I 1 have grave objections object lona idna to the suggestions of buch auch buch measures as will wiil create in the public mind a false and fearful alarm by existing facts iet let the boys and girls therefore enjoy their freedom at play splay at their school schools sj and also at gazing through ahr ugh the windows of the toy an q candy shops on main street gay yay dp tights let I 1 the e follow a GEORGE 2191 |
