Show AIDING missionaries THE latter day saints are a gener ous and fraternal people instances in these characteristics tire lire exhibited occur almost daily they are frequently manifested towards those brethren who are called to go abroad to preach the gospel the elders elden selected for this duty leave their families occupations and interests and go willingly to any part of the earth to which they may be assigned to labor and there devote themselves to the work of spreading reading ip the gospel without salary or other temporal reward their neighbors and associates as a rule show their appreciation of this devotion to duty not only extending the hand of good fellowship but also by substantial recognition th this Is theme was suggested Arted by the fact that elder jules M lauque of the sixth ward has been called to take a mission to switzerland and will soon depart for the field of his labor in consequence the people or of the ward as an indication of their good feeling toward him and the cause he be will represent abroad have presented him with a purse of something over there have been fifteen missionaries called fram the sixth ward to go abroad during the last four years PAI all belonging to the working classes claset and their co religionists in that ecclesiastical division of the city aeve served nerved each of them in the same way they treated brother giauque not similarly as an to amount but the same as to the method of practically good feeling for the pur of looking after the subject connected with this department of benevolence and brotherly kindness the ward named has baa a standing committee to whom the people hand over whatever contributions they may feel disposed to tender this topic to is not referred to for the purpose of specially exhibiting the excellence cel lence of the method of any particular ward the reference being made simply imply by way of illustration our object is to show how bow the saints feel toward the men who cheerfully lay aside their temporal concerns and leave family and friends to go forth to the nations among strangers to proclaim the gospel and warn all people of the approach of the hour of goda judgment the substantial evidence of good feeling given in the way indicated dica ted is not only of material use but the missionary feels stronger by the assurance of the best beat wishes of the saints who are his neighbors such exhibitions of generosity and fraternal sentiment are commendable |