| Show FROM THE ISLES OF THE SEA A letter to in another column from elder bider eugene M cannon written on june jude from the islands and only toil thin bof morning at 09 coming tu to hands band maybe may le appropriately referred to as aa showing bowing bow widespread to ia the mis min work of the gourch of jesus christ of latter day saints and how bow devoted are the messengers woo leave home dome and family for a term of service in the masters Muster 19 ca cause tise like many others now in the field the writer of the letter referred to la is still nil a were mere youth in years yet he now finds himself with but one oae companion in a land so BO remote that he can only be from and can only bear grow from his bin friends and loved about once in three or four months a bar barbarous harou uncivilized land loo among a dark skinned people who but lately were deemed savages in all that the 1 term gerva implies and whose babits in many respects are still hideous and repulsive to white men our clar young friend and bis bin oil ci laborers however utter no word of complaint sod and give way to no but on the contrary express la ili every letter their gratitude for the he honor con forred upon tham in being aa bearers of so BO grand a message and the sails derived groin from a tul ful filmo oLof duty the missionary scope of the gospel Is 18 something the pilots are toad food of talking about tut very few of them realize how bow great aud and far reaching ibis of ILM ilis until some 1 balle it particularly to their attention in the present iDs instance tawne we venture to to say nay there are cot many even among amon chose buse who oll educates aa to the geography ul ui the globe we inhabit who ever beard of atie eslanda rom abich this ibis letter latter corned comes a d till still rower lower who are able to licate and aad des cribe them that they are far distant dia tant seldom visited by travelers tra velera and 0 out t of the way of kiib the rest ot of the worm world will wili be seen mega from the facts above stated as to the ioury and irregularity of the mail service yet among their inhabitants are found some of the blood of israel and to these the gospel call has baa come as ag a sweet and familiar aund sound all the world must needs be warned whatever the perils or difficulties that stand in the way it requires no small amount of faith to face these obstacles especially for a young man but it to is a labor every humble worker finds bud inexpressible joy foy the heroes among men are not alone those who direct states or do great deeds which ring in the ears earn of communities and nations nat ione there Is a sublimity of heroism that to ie worthier and more enduring than all this and nowhere is more of it to be found than among the faithful elders who in this latest and greatest deeven tion forsake all else ele taking their lives in their hands to bear the glad tidings of salvation to their jallen fallen follow fellow men |
