Show 0 DONT NEGLECT YOUR FRIENDS WE HAVE received a letter written at wigan lancashire england by elder isaac J riddle engaged as a missionary in that part of the world he reiterates iterates re an old complaint it is to the effect that people who emigrate from the old countries come here settle down surround themselves with the comforts of life and forget all about their relatives and friends whom they left behind in the lands of their birth the majority of them fall fail to drop their relatives and acquaintances a line it to let them know how they are situated and of the state of their views and feelings the effect of this neglect is in numerous instances that many of the people when approached by the elders are discovered to be firmly imbued with a belief in the hobgoblin and blood and thunder stories told by such fe fellows lows as the lunatic jarman and the untruthful publications in books by unscrupulous authors who have sought moneymaking money making by indulging in the popular labor of abusing the latter day saints some of those people who have not received any news from their friends who have come to utah even hold to the old worn out absurdity that all letters sent out of salt bait lake are examined by the authorities of the church and only those epistles that are considered to be of the right kind permitted V to leave the territory these write to friends have had them the effect of hedging heck ging up the way of the elders an missions on the other hand aher letters have been received the mis siona rieB have been welcomed openings made and good accomplished shed As an instance of this kind elder riddle cites the case of a young na who left the part of england where he now is came to utah and located in summit cougley he has not only written to WB relative and friends but has forwarded means for the emigration of his parents this incident Dt has done more to rt remove move absurd prejudices from the minds of the people in that district than could have beeri accomplished by the diligent labors of af half a dozen elders elder riddle kiddle also suggests that it would be quite an aid to the mis mia sio sion aries narles if the saints in utah would send them the names and addresses of their relatives and acquaintances in the old country thit that they might visit them we have several times in the past directed attention to this subject and the communication from elder riddle suggests the necessity of again alluding to its importance the missionaries are in need of all the assistance in their labors that can possibly be accorded them as the pruning of the vineyard 12 is nearing a close this be being ng the evening of the times of the gentiles which wilt will soon be fulfilled we hope that the saints who have gathered from abroad will not fall fail to communicate with the friends they left behind 1 |