Show A VIEW OF california if it will not be aekins too much of I 1 would be plea ei if you woul wool allow you we me the use of a small portion ol of valuable space vo t present a few your connection with an article in ID items in the WEEKLY t f published the and 2nd I 1 arst rat entitled the decadence modesty which is given as aa an ex of cerat from abo san francisco carriom CArmi oM tue article referred to asks the q estion how then than we hope to cultivate modesty in the rising generation when ll it is hemmed in and surrounded by glaring and shameless and it might ha have ve immodesty extended the interrogation by asking how on a 8 people who show by their that have been enacted by laws own representatives in the own their which allow the sabbath abbath tf day dav to be openly desecrate expect that d otherwise than W noticed during the time that I 1 have in this tale state on a mission I 1 have bave been that the sabbath day is ie looked forward greatest pleasure as ae a time to with tile part in a concert theater for taking excursion D or giral general holiday by the majority of the people the great keeps bis bin accursed den open per is ie patronized as a freely a as on week and days and the youth of the state are toe effect that it nas has ou ot I 1 forced LO 10 free ee or remain in id the house it the public be true that there are the statement sta ent establishment lu in the state deal 40 drinks and they intoxicating ienir ln ir in ila on sunday how can the ar are kept open expect thir th ib ir children to avoid people evl evils while the parents sustain bob and ono eno urage suen things by confino ing to send end men to the legislature to their w wants ints und and those depre rere fall fail 10 adopt repeatedly entail vee such open viola measured meu Meas curea urea to commandment to keep the tiou of the sabbath day holy really want the mori moral if the people of their children protected why do they not go to work right at toe root 01 the tb evil sod and cpr ot it by enacting jaws jaw that are in keet keeping ing w with ith the object to be obtained and then elect officers who wh will see eee that the so 8 jaws are en forcest forced we have to 10 meet jeet the old it sues that our church believes bellev cB ina in a plurality of wivel while the complainer will admit witti with the next breath that some of the cities of california it if ua nut all have a paid police officer patrolling those streets that are inhabited by prostitutes and opium dens dene and who is quite as prompt in protecting their dens as any other part of the city the principal difficulty that seems beeme to confront those baunta I 1 la that they must not keep their doors open but they are allowed to sit bit at the window dressed iu costume sin in keeping kee pini with their professions and solicit patronage and jhb writer of this article having occasion to pass through a street in that portion ot of the city ol of situ Francis cosat 11 police officer at ono one of thol tholo O windows joking with the females within while at the same time aime there were boys of sixteen or WL eighteen years talking with others of the same ame class near by the people tell me that they cannot think with any degree of allows allowa ce upon mormons cormons or their religion and at the same name time they use their miney to protect such institution us as referred re erred tu to abee in it any wonder that a servant of gud god having the gospe gospee to preach to them finds few co listen to hiat him the writer has met several who pretended to listen to his and who promised to investigate and asked him t come to their home at stated times sod and then ran away from home dome to avoid an interview it seems seema almost impossible to find any oue one who will histen to our testimony it if a meeting is advertised mere is seldom anyone attends or it any at all they dont come ane second time because our message is aniag monistic to their evil practices religion of all denominations to Is at a grout discount with the people here As an a result the churches are sparingly attended and that principally by ladies in stockton oue one ot of tile the most influential ministers a methodist said a week ago that he is in gwing to leave lost city bee because use he did aid not get enough pay to support his family and be does nut not hire help but to is very economical ou the next st at beet there is ig a nice little church for sale bale a notice u up in f rout front bet being ng to that eff effect it t seems almost impossible to find a person who will talk on religion it we start the subject they will walk off a d leave us anu and all we can do is tu to continue our searching until we elther either fl i id a righteous person or find bud fuere are none here we noticed while in stockton that music and singing on the streets did not induce veople people to follow the beautiful strains to a tent teat that was pitched for the purpose oi holding gospel meetings in if it is the silver question oi that is causing such conditions it is to be hoped doped that our lawmakers law makers will come fur for if 11 the blames to 0 o the rescue nation justion congress for the present oi 01 society aa 88 many do out here that bray quarrelers of cf had bad better go to work in rest real earnest and a few of the evils there are five elders in the california mission at pres present eitt and so tar far as to is concerned there is little to encourage them but perhaps the morality of the people leopie has something to d i with it praying that god will keep the saints from going into the wicked ways of the present age I 1 sUb subscribe scrib myself your brother in the gospel of christ J A CAL sept dept eth 1893 1898 |