Show LETTER FROM MAX FISHBURN south texas sept 26 bob elder news brigham city utah dear editor I 1 want to thank tile the people of brigham city and box elder county for the many favors I 1 have received at their hands the organizations and institutions tor for the betterment and uplift of 0 humanity that my home county and state possess I 1 have come fully to appreciate since I 1 have been out out la in the lorld my appointment to the central states mission as an ambassador ot of the great truth as we as a church possess has put me in contact with many kinds ot of people and phases ot of life before coming upon my mission I 1 did not realize how much I 1 had been blessed in being raised among the latter day saints in a section of country of ment and among a people of so high a moral standard the outside world anything to 0 o be compared to the high morality the uplifting of humanity as the saints of the most high possess the prophet joseph being an instrument I 1 in gods hands of again restoring the gospel to the earth what a condition the world must be in to think and regard that it is an impossibility to commune with god in this enlightened age in every dispensation the lord revealed his secrets to his servants why not in this age the most enlightened of all ages 1 I cannot help but rejoice to have been chosen a true servant of god and representing the only true church upon the earth As the saying is the glory of god is ia intelligence to ta my mind the latter day saints are the most intelligent ot of all people the outside world being in darkness as to the workings of the supreme e being a arriving at my mission h headquarters ead quarters 1 I was appointed to labor in the south sout texas conference tile people in the south in general are an industrious class and very accommodating commo dating since being down here I 1 have found though that there is something lacking that spirit of peace unity and harmony harmany with one another the people in general are more for pleasure seeking and money making than anything else the more I 1 think of the outside world and coming in contact with them as I 1 have hava done the more thankful I 1 am of being raised a mormon and in a section ot of a country where the elect of god are sealed and enjoying ills his blessings the people in the country districts of the south are mostly of a farming class the farming is done on an a very small scale in this section the people got at out of the old ways of using oxen and the small farm implements ts As a whole this is true but occasionally you will see advanced farm machinery and up to date scientific tanning farming the main and most essential crops are rice cotton and corn with minor crops such as sweet potatoes peanuts and sugar cane lumbering is a very extensive industry and in every little town you will see a saw mill I 1 receive the box elder news weekly and it gives me great pleasure plea sura iri in reading the same and knowing of at abe th welfare of the good people of n and box elder county nothing does one more good than to hear of the advancement and prosperity rt nf lis its own town and county I 1 am enjoying the blessings of the lord in mv labors and sincerely hope and pray that 1 I 1 re la people of the county are enjoying the blessings of prosperity I 1 am sincerely rely yours ELDER MAX M 1 I fiegl states ali mission assion |