Show FROM SCATTERED SHEEP john E and hannah baxendell are residents of coal valley allegheny county pennsylvania where many years ago they joined the church chinch there Is ig not now in that locality any branch of the church por are there any mem ars yrs ben except these two and the few mi to narles who occasionally paw that way seldom have opportunity to call and possibly some paw pass by without even a knowledge that there are any sainte in the vicinity it Is ia hardly any wonder that under theme 0 brother and slater baxendell sometimes feel lonely and often long for the association of follow fellow members mem ben in the church it was wae in this situation that a letter written by henry M Will brabam ot of th a city on the temple dedication found them and to this thia they bent a reply from which the following excerpts are taken to make it clear to you how much we rejoice in reading your letter would be a hard matter indeed try to imagine the feelings of a weary thirsty traveler whose life hau had become almost unendurable seeking for rest reat and ana water in the desert aud and who suddenly comes upon an oasis where he gains the welcome shade of trees and a nd drinks to his big fill from the clear crystal lifesaving life saving stream then you may know how we felt your letter was wag to us ug as aa the spring to the traveler 0 that we could write with such hopeful confidence aa you dal do many times we are afraid that we are nearly lost long no saints and no meetings berehe here we become weak and neglect first one duty then another until we almost forget yet we cannot forget the sweets of the gospel fruit when we have once par taken of it but we can become care leass jess and that is a dangerous condition to be in you have strengthened us ua very considerably sod and god will bleat you we must try to live so ao that he will bloss bless us there la Is a great deal of interest manifest among the P people eople out here about that beautiful temple the pittsburg papers had bad some pretty good pictures of it of courle we nave have never teen been the building but we nave have a good photograph of it and can believe that it is beautiful and grand you with thousands of others have been to the dedication have heard inspiring words worda of good cheer and have witnessed things that will be as a beacon light beckoning you onward and upward in the path lf if duty and honor of truth and liberty arnd eternal lite lire the thought intrudes that there are many poor wanderers like us that are left out in the cold of a pitiless world with no brotherly brot horly words of love to cheer on the lonely way yet we have your letters which are like the thread of golden light whish pierces the dark storm clouds and we tee truly grateful gratt ful that we are not quite forgotten by those we love beaton best on earth but why should we complain perhaps we are blessed now bayoud our worth we have no sickness in our family we have been brought th rUgh a very bard winter although it cidra take a very large waistcoat to fit us at times we have lire before us and also a little hope and on the whole we are glad that we have known the lord may we never forget thank you or your kindly thoughts and words and may heaven bless bleis you with the fruition of your hopes lu ira that lor for which you are striving a place in the celestial kingdom of our god |