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Show I Letter From Elder W. S. Tliorley, H 10 Victoria ltd., Worksop, M Notts., lOuglatu). H Editor Reaord : I receive tho Hue- H ord regularly, for whluh 1 thank you B very much; I assure you It always B uomea under Proverbs, Uu5. I am H always pleased to hoar how my frlouds M are progrosHliig In my fur otr muuu H tain ho mo. 1 thought somu of thorn M might llku to know how thu work of H God Is progreHslug In Old Holland. H For thu past eleven mouths I havo M been trying In my humblo way to m upruad the cause of truth to all those H who were falrmluded enough to 1 1-- m ton. Ah Is tho onso In all uountrlcs M thu word "Mormon" stlnga tho ma m jurlty of men's ears aa thu faugs of a H rattle snako stlnga his body. We, of M course, havo a little oppoaltlon, H which, I am glad to say, luvarlubly B turns out lu our favor. Thu mure wo H aru poKeuutod, tho greater uumber of H converts wu got. H Since thu now year wo have beun 1 fortunate euough to seuure a church M for whluh wo paid HOtuothlng over M live thouxaud live hundred dollars. B Seventy people havo boon added to m the fold of Ohrint since Jauuaty 1st, H uud we are expeutlug about tvveuty M moro before long. Wu have a gret H uumbor of frlouda from the well-to- H do olivan, mul aro on the best side of H 1 wa9 going to suy out greatest en- B omies the uowapnpore. The last H bnptlsm we hiul, a uewupr.pev reportei H wns there and wrote ua a Number 1 fl piece. Thu uoxt day one of our mem H bora whs asked how much we paid to H' got the piece published. Since that H time, however, someouo has beou m kind euough to set a few of "Jar B mou's" storlea atloat, making the at- H tuosphoro quite warm. Of course, H the great hereafter Is still lu the fu- H ture and Jurmou may havo a chauce . to eo if It gets hot enough thuro (o molt anow. Since I en mo hero I have gained for myself a priceless testimony of tho divinity of this Uosptl which we, os n poople, aro oxpeoted to touch to nil nations. Never, before 1 Jelt, did 1 appreciate tho Gospel nor tho poople, whom I can say nrn superior to any class In tho world. I havo had the nhanoo to compare tho restored Goplo with a great many otborn, as I am usual! lucky or un-lucky,ns un-lucky,ns you cbooso to call It 'enough to got on tho eamo side of tho street whoro tho minister lives. Hut 1 havo found nothing yet that even makes it Interesting. Ofooursc, aftnr tho mlnlstor lluds you are not as green no ynu look, tho soeno somotimos becomes be-comes exalting. As long us he thinks ho Is aottlng tho best of you ovmy-thlng ovmy-thlng goes off liko a woll rehearsed dJamn. England In s vory pretty country, one of thu garden spots of tho world. Some or tho most beautiful roailx, parks, forests, hedgen, gardens and farms can bo scon as you travel cvr thu country. Ninety llro par cunt of the people lire In rented Iiouscb owned by Lords. Dukos, EhHh, etc Ouo estate nonr whoro 1 um laboring covers -10,000 scree nud Is owned by tho Duke of Portland. To give you a vaguo Idea of some of his iuuomes 1 will add that ho recolvds $100,000 and 9:i7ri,0O0 per nnoum out of two of his ooal pits. Onu pair of gates which lead to Welbuk, whore he lives, are gold plated. On the other hand an average man's wsgo la not quite SO per weok,some of thorn putting in twelve hours u day. All children, except those who are wealthy, loavo school at the nge of 11 years, and start out for a job. Somo serve as high as seven years apprenticeship before receiving u penny. Girls roaolvo 81. CO per week when in (he capacity of domestic servants, dorks and waitresses, With rospeut to society. All It takes to ho a "big bug" hore is one hundrod thousaud pounds por your aad a title the length of tho road to-Paruwan to-Paruwan ami God or. Then ono is O. K. Everything Is free to him ; ho wanders thrqunh tho hunting grutinda and ferrets, parks and gardens gar-dens sud Is greeted on every hand with a Bnilie, then his long uamc. il'hlle to the common man every turn in tho road, -oxocpt tur mnln way, greats him with capitalized letters : "PRIVATE TrespusBers will bo prosecuted." I have boon fortunate enough to get through a fow of tho faotorlos aud and stool works. It whs very iutorrest lug to follow such urtioles aa knlvcp, razors, hammers, ohlsois, aud ilios through thulr various cocr es from tho timo they were rough steel until they oonio out a pilMied artlcV. Somo of the mrn lu thuie factories told mo they worked suvou years apprenticeship aud woro now gettiug $7.30 por wcok. Thu mou working In tho etoel umulter have a hard lot. The steul is put lu a clay cylinder about two feet long nud ten Indies in diameter. This la thou placed n fnrunoo with ooku heaped all around It. The temperature Is railed to a white host. The men pull thu lids off thoio and stir tho lire with a long rod. While thu mou nre turn lug tho stool Into moulds It Is so hot they have to wrap thcmsulves lu thlok "guuuy cloth" aud saturato themselves with cull wator, to keep from ustohlug tiro.. It tukes n mau with an Irou constitution constitu-tion to stand this very long, 1 am enjoying my labors vory much and have had a good time ovor eauoo 1 left. It is an experience of n llfo-time llfo-time and I hope I shall boabloto fullll another, or two moro for that matter. My home across the trackleaa deep la plenty good euough for mo aud 1 shall bo glad to return when my timo comes. Wishing all my friends every success In thu world with God's blessings, bless-ings, 1 beg to remain, WM. S. THORLEY, 10 Victoria lid. Worktop, Notta. Euglaud. Wctt wnrde met together last Sunday & for the purporo of dificussina the r ahovo subject llrothor U. T. Jonee fc mado romarks which I felt my duty fx to unflKor, but owing to tho very & limited time of tho claa, 1 did not & do bo. During my short association $ with Urothor Jones ( I aro teen much j about him that 1 hare admired. W I am satisfied that bu enjoys 'at j least at- times) tbo epiilt of God. and K that he Is tiyiug to live aa near aa he $ onu thu llfo that Obrlst livod. j One thing nbovo all oMioib that I ft havo admired In Brother Jones I?, ho W hsa splcnded control of himself on & rood ccanskns. . K Ihorofore, I was much surprised ft whon ho gave nay to tho natural man, V& and said what be did In the Sabtatb Sj School fn this subject. k Whon it came before the counoll b: Mayor Jonen Pro. tern, put the euh K jcot Itcfare tho counoll AND NEVER SAID ONE WORD FOR OR f AGAINST 1 HE TOLLERATION OP POOL SELLING AT THE PAIR, BUT LEW IT ENTIRELY WITH fc THE COUNCIL. I believe It is j customary on most all occasions, i when the Mayor puts a subject of ery Importance tefcrei tho ccnnoll. to $ comment on tho same, and pass his opluon, hut when he put this most y Important question before tho conroll. r ho was perfectly allont, ( Hut In public he was tho Urst to t arise and make a motion, that s oom- rnittoe of one be appointed to wait upon the counoll and usk them to re- v consider their action. t During bis remarks he said the MEN that voted lu favpr of pool i selling should pay the expense of building the race course, (If they could) AND THAT IP SUCH MEN ? SHOULD INSIST ON DISOBEYING t THE WILL OP THE PEOPLE, j THEYSHOULDBE REMEMBERED 2 IN OUR NEXT ELECTION. J I had alrondy shown my wllllnguosa X to roconslder our Botlon ob far as I was concerned, THAT IS. PROVID- fc ING. theoitizoua wished It done, Mankind naturally detest threats g from n would bo physloal bully, and 5 threatB from other bOuiobs, are no S easier swallowed. ? In nddition to Mayor Jocos pro. p torn, being mum tt tho timo he put the f eubjoot of allowlug tho selling or pool before the counoll, there Is somotblog Lack of r.ll this that might bo Intents'- ; Ing teadlug to nit concerned. Broth- ' or Jcnes owcb cno or tvo icce hnrao', ono of thorn being trnlucd for rnojs tit the fair. . TIiIb mskea cno think of tho man ) that owns the building wheru n saloon I and gambling don Ib opeintcd. Ho Is not a saloon keopor, OH NO I uor a j gamblor, OH NO I but juBt the owner j of tho building. i Bnck to tho dlrcusslou lu Sundby School. One of tho metnto v cf tho ulass said ho hoped the class would aot rational on tho subjeat for ho knew ! thote whs a move ou foot. It tho boja were not allowed to run their horses t near town, to take them out on tbo bottoms, uud If thry did this , there was euro to bo much moro drinking. 13 rot her Jones mado u prompt roply to the member and said "I DON'T CAKE HOW MUCH LIQUOR TUEY ! DRINK, itthoy will only pot out whoro ' my children and my neighbor' child ; ron can't seo thorn. ' I would like to ask Urothor Jones If tho spirit of God dictated such an answer? an-swer? 1. would liko to ask Brother Jones if ho thinks that a proper frame of mind for u mayor pro-torn to havo? I would liko to ask Brother Jones if ho .really thinks that a proper statu-moht statu-moht for ovou a citizen to make, much los a prominent man like lilmsoll? No wonder tho member of tho class shuuld roply, "Woll, I will havo to differ with Urothor Jonos, FOR IP I SAW EVEN A DOG DRINKING LI, QUOK1 SHOULD PEEL BAD FOR MM." I will conclude by saying, that uot only woro mombors of tho council done an injustice, butl bollovo tho dignity dig-nity of thu City Olllclals, aud tho parents par-ents olas of the Sabbath Schools woro lowered, by such statements and acts. HARUY LEIGH. |