Show missionary LETTER chattanooga tenn july 20 1916 editor times de dear a r siri sir I 1 certainly appreciate your kindness in sending me the par farolan 0 an times no one knows the real value of a home paper until he pets gets in a far country though I 1 have been away from parowan carowan but a few weeks the paper is a most welcome visitor and no time is lost until I 1 have read every line e in alt it I 1 read other papers con tm tamma ning news of the war and of venta events that take place in other parts of the world but there is none as liter e sting to ine as are the events that take ake III place 4 ca at home the short time that I 1 have been away from home has proven to me to be very infers interesting 8 ling and instruct ive no one can sense the value alue of mission until they have had the practical experience igind I 1 find a great contrast between the deop people 1 and their environment of tennessee to t that hat of the people of utah and their r environment the soil here is very e ry I 1 shallow hallow and tte tre plant food ia limited it takes a great amount of work to mature a crop the principal crops are corn com wheat cotton and peanuts the people are a hard working class clas working from daylight until dark and re receive e eive but little pay the past month has been a stormy one for the t he southern states and the storms term have destroyed the crops in cash value slue V amounting to ten millions of ollars dollars this loss lose will 11 make times time hard for the poorer cie class of people we latter day saints should be the happ happiest I 1 eat people on the earth wh which I 1 eh I 1 think we are for being pr privileged to live in such a wonderful land and a ai utah where soil is rich and deep and plenty of it another thing t that h at in makes akes utah so much more pleasanter plea santer to live in is because t the he maj majority uy of f the people are of or one faith it it where there is 15 unity there is strength there are kanj man conflicting religions here and I 1 presume it is that same me all over the world claiming to be right and divine A rational mind by sect or cr creed ced is likely to become bewildered and disgusted in its efforts to reach and embrace truth we as L latter at berday day saints should take advantage of the opportunities that are placed before us and pre pare ours ourselves for great and dreadful day which is not far off wishing to thank you von again for the paper I 1 remain yours youris truly ELDER SILAS W WARD the sabbath is a day of rest and one 0 of I 1 the most inte interesting mAing sights or on a 1 sabbath a abath is to watch the loafers who done an hours work all the week in their efforts to keep the day holy by abstaining from all ail manual labor et paw paso tex ie very icet wet but the remainder of the boundary between betwee 0 the he united macd artates and me mexico adry is t dry this holds true pre pra IV from the gulf of mexico to lower lowe call california forem this condition has probably done much to avert rash acts that might have increased the intensity of the recent crist crisis the world is full of women who can aniu amuse a the ordinary man they can in sing dance or recite to him tan an paint write or decorate in a manner most moat pleasing but the poor man often goes begging for a woman w who 0 can sew on buttons button or mend his clot cl hesi who can ca cook his food with economy and flavor it to his taste be courteous in the home husband treat your wife like a lady H in the he home in a as well as aa on th the street if you want your boy to be a little gentleman when he is away from home he must in oat have example as well as precept in the home example will do more for the boy and the girt girl then than any book on rules of etiquette |