| Show correspondence IX IN RELATION TO THE tue editor deseret dest ret news we wrote you some time ago in regard to the widows mite now comes neither the last nor the least the nickle fund the subject of these few lines may seem rather insignificant but as little drops ot of water and little grains of sand make the mighty ocean and the blounte 0 i bland la i nd so in this case the fund in question has grown to the magnitude ef upwards of 2300 the origin and history ol of tile the fund bein being as bolg follows vs shortly after the organization organizations of cache valley stake of zion in 1877 hn der the presidency of elder moses ases thatcher he was moved upon to inaugurate a temple fund among the sunday ay schools of this stake which has proved a success in every sense of the term it has taught the young the principle princile le of temple tempie building 11 and united their interests interests with their parents by putting their nickels to a better use than the purchasing ur chasing of tousand toys and confectionaries confection arles aries M the names of several thousand children will be recorded in the archives of the temple which will give them a common interest with their parents and guardi guardians ats ais during the period of time the temple has been in course of erection it has become a household phrase when a child became the possessor of a nickel or dime to hear it sa say pa or nia aia ma afa as the case might be 1 I shall shail a I 1 give it to the temple what a beautiful sight indeed to have seen so many sunday school children in each of the sunday schools of this stake of zion upon a sabbath morning with a gleam of satisfaction upon their countenances grace gracefully full fuli y pay over their contributions to the irea lrea treasurer surer of their sunday school for the purpose of aiding the temple the above well illustrates the value of the principle of unity which has been achieved by the untiring efforts of the officers and members of the several sabbath schools we contemplate when the temple is completed publishing a list of contributions of the several schools of this stake which we anticipate will be a good showing in their behalf giving the fhe youth of the stake quite an interest in the temple an ap appreciation precia t ion lon of which is well illustrated in m the following incident when the walls of the temple had reached the square a small boy a sunday school scholar visited the block and desired to go u up upon the scaffolds to lookyat look at th the building arding the guard ard however had been instructed to keep small smail children off the scaffold and so informed the boy who replied that he had paid his nicke sl to the temple and thought he had hadl a right to go up and see it the argument was irresistible sis tible and the guard allowed him to pass and feast his eyes upon the walls and scaffolding of the huge building which he did with great complacency yours respectfully C cocard 0 carb CARD supt bupt logan temple office feb ST CHARLES idaho february 28 1884 editor deseret mews meus at date the weather inthis in this locality is mild the thermometer at am near congealing point we have had several weeks of extreme cold weather consequently the present contrast is very acceptable though eark early for this climate the weather seems to 0 be veering towards spring still it may be q quite alte a distance in the future it is a quaint saying that a calm succeeds a storm if it is isi referable to political matters and proposed bills against the mormons Mormon Mor mons there will not be buchan such an ex cessin excess in sih this is regard re gard by an and d by the puritans who landed at plymouth mass 1 I in 1620 1610 it seems could get no other pledge irom from king james than that he would let them alone though the hist historian orlan orian says it was spoken from the attitude of bigotry yet it is certainly deserving more patronage than it receives at present in the land of the pilgrims pride perhaps these pious people were un under cr t the e I 1 impression t that at they were colonizing a land of perpetual er emual free freedom 0 I 1 the blessings of w which ich were tran transmissible to an in indefinite period notwithstanding this sentiment reached a high eminence in the days of revolutionary fame it seems to have declined if not so the necessity would not instance for the plea in favor of religious toleration made by the logical and impressive senator powell this with many similar circumstances is conclusive that toleration is not recognized as it should be but history adds adas the fact that american citizens have been repeatedly peat edly driven from their homes sometimes la in the dead of winter when they might have been tracked by the blood that proceeded from their lacerated and bleeding feet imprisoned without a cause other than religion and murdered while in a defenseless condition no one perhaps would deny that king james let alone policy polle is preferable erable and more congenial with the spirit of freedom but not so magnanimous nani as protection A ANONYMOUS 0 o amous |
