Show elder frank M adams writes from germany refers to Depre depression sion and says living principles of gospel offer best ion editor parowan carowan times after almost two years of silence you willbo will bo somewhat somo whal what surprised to hear from in on the other hand I 1 have liott pretty well in touch with home through reading the times and letters I 1 can truthfully say that the home town paper Is a very good med medi am ini 0 of correspondence between betwee ll the loved ons on s at home and us in the world I 1 read in III one of the last issues t atiat int you are leaving an all open section lor for the contributions of the readers in submitting their ovin ions and thoughts of current topics the most talked of subject today la Is without a doubt depression here in germany they talk of nothing else and there are disastrous things taking place because of 0 the financial slump hundreds of 0 people here have committed suicide because 0 despondency and a large part ot of the people are just awaiting the end of 0 what they deem to call a miserable life I 1 i rather ather like the expression of some wise cracker who said it exactly a devil of 0 a life just because some people have a hell bell of a time of 0 it someone else added to this it if the whole world is if out of tune look to yourself tor for the cause now mow it if everybody would blame himself for the hard times instead of 0 singing LULLABIES to his con coil lence that someone else Is 13 cespon continued to back page FT ELDER FRANK M ADAMS WRITES FROM continued front from first column cloumn si bible ble tor for it all then I 1 think s would soon be on oil the road to lia im A much talked ot of man here in germany and I 1 think in the whole is adolph hitler ile he tells the people lie he has a plan through which they will be able to better their renditions conditions the communists tell the world that they have the only possible way of 0 obtaining relief there are hundreds of political par ties bics who say the same but as a mormon missionary I 1 would maintain that no power ot of man can call turn the table men may be the instruments used in bringing about this much needed relief relict but the power will come from a higher source As mormons cormons we should look to ourselves and just ask one question am I 1 living the teachings of my church sorry to say but the most ot of us would have to answer in the negative it is perhaps bold of 0 me but I 1 say this is also the cause of 0 our present conditions like the family of lehl lehi who left jerusalem we have a compass in the form of the gospel ot of christ on an which we can depend it if we do our part when this group of 0 people failed to live in accordance with the laws and commandments ot of god their compass refused to unction function and they tarried in the wilderness or did not lot travel a direct course and were afflicted with hungar and thirst because ol of their transgressions we are under the same restrictions today and I 1 think our best way out would be to give heed to the word of oe christ which will point to us a straight course to eternal bliss mir belits gut I 1 am enjoying my work very much it does not seem that I 1 am so far from home then in fit compiling a history from the different bran branches clies of the zwickau district I 1 find that most of the paro wan german missionaries have worked in this district some time or another for instance L J adams rulon bulou pendleton ray adams and bill dalton I 1 get to see their i pictures often and it makes me feel right at home ich hoffe dass ahr alle im Zu I 1 do not care to extend this letter longer I 1 hope you will give my best regards to all I 1 remain sincerely frank adams PT |