Show THE DISTRESS IN WALES HUSBANDS COMPLAINT dear wife I 1 am troubled hope yields to despair but I 1 think of the boes woes wo we may yet have to bear black war clouds are gathering ga and threatening 4 to burst im afraid my dear gwenny weve weve not tet vet seen been the worst i REPLY ol 01 gresdo rees do not say eay so bovy horr can times bo be worse you are out of employment no gold in your purse xa b bread read nead in the pantry no victuals to eat no means to buy clothing no aloes for our deett na no shadow of hope for an acro aero of land to T raise the essentials our bodies demand no cottage to dwell in without paying rent and the hardhearted hard hearted landlord feels not to relent but presses for payment of all the arrears he threatens eviction he heeds not my tears our h holiday oliday clothes in the pawnshop are fast oh merciful heaven beaven hea bea vens veng how bow long will it last how little I 1 thought but a few years ago when work was abundant and money did old flow that the time was at band when we should have to stoop to go to the alms bouso for gruel and yet tet the elders have warned us again and again that the judgments were coming on 13 babl baby lons lona domain but ive one consolation weve veve always been true to the tho gospel os ot jesus jesua and bib bla servants too we WO have nourished ans and clothed them themi and 0 strengthened their hands when they traveled and preached in these sla sin laden lands many times the last shilling wece weye cheerfully given and Andrec received elved for BO so doing tha the of heaven aye gwenny true and it gives give me somo some hope that in Baby lons darkness dark nesa we shall not rodg loDs grope yet I 1 cannot help thinking of still greater woe than the pinch ings et of famine we now ua dergo when britain in warfare will use all her might our oar son may be taken to share sharo in the night fight and the seaports bo be closed to prevent able abio men 0 erom from o m leaving the country where will we ve bethen bothen be then ithe child in bed wakes up and chies cries oh mother dear mother pray give siva me some bread I 1 am hungry and cold in this now and hard bard bed we used to have hava plenty of good bread to eat it if I 1 could have hive some now oh ob it would be BO so sweet I 1 dear father and mother mothe how long will it be As the elders have promised before were set free and we journey to diun the tho aud and land of the pure where saints can havo hava plenty and rest quite secure while earthquakes and pestilence lences lencel famine and sword are poured on the wicked ged sed who fear not the lord the saints rast fast increasing and spreading abroad 40 will be tutored and led by tho the Pries thod of god I 1 wish 0 01 1 wish just for one sunday f sair fair air I 1 couba cou td be with the children in sunday school there thene and could tell our dear friends of our woeful complaints and how much we would like to 10 ro to 10 one with the saints sainta I 1 would drink the pure water and eat cat the nico nice bread and gaza gaze at the charming blue sky koly overhead fd rd see cities and temples and and vales then sadly return to my bondage la wales I 1 would a report rep of the horses horse sand and sheep and the thousands of cattle our good brethren keep of their houses and lands and cad their millions of wealth and their thousands ot of children tho abo pictures of health I 1 would tell you my parent sto be bo of good cheer I 1 that the good saints in zon zoa will nt n pt leave lat us hore here to hunger bunger and famish in pain and sus pense but will use usa all their power to brinia brin u ua a from hence the ethe family kneel the tho father prays ohl oh lord god our vather father fat vat her in mercy lock look down i 1 and bless us with patience pat lenco whilo while angry clouds clouda frown hope points us beyond them I 1 our fears tears to beguile and bids us to gaze on thy wise hidden smile we pray the thee theo e to open tha the hearts of thy saints may they know our condition and learn our complaints and stretch out in la season a kind helping hand band to gat gather dather herthy thy loved ones to toZ lons fair laul may they who assist us in this time of need bo be blessed with abuE abundance dance alid and may not their seed ever beg for their bread but may their sure reward de be marked with their names in the book cf the lord when the judgments begin in the household of god may thy saints feel but ilg lightly fitly thy ty chasten ing rod I 1 may the til tiM of love which thy spirit imparts like lake the dewdrops dew drops of heaven bo shed in their kaysville Kays ville davis davia county V T W S L |