Show A LETTER FROM SWEDEN an elder talks on prohibition hibi tion urges the members of the mormon church to uphold the hands of elders in mission field Oster malm 33 13 sundsvall Sund jan 22 1909 alifi lif is a problem be sure that you solve olve it correctly as it can never bs be done but once I 1 write the following as a word of warning in the spirit of love and kind ness it la is my desire that it will be a accepted in the same light should I 1 W write rite to the point I 1 hope aou ou will wall weigh it fr well before judging I 1 learned from the reapers readers Re apers columns th thit it it is necessary for two of schiers Sc viers toina to permit the saloons to take out licenses ro 0 o they can exist eist this cert arly grieves m mo ver verj much As 13 servant ot the he lord I 1 am trying to explain in my humble way ay to the people of a wicked generation the necessity of 1 ipen tance and obedi ence to his commandments comand ments I 1 find much pleasure in explaining the principles and ordinances of the gospel and inasmuch as I 1 live in a accordance ecord ance or 01 put myself in accord with them I 1 feel fee that my heavenly father gives me strength to deliver the glad message and in some cases case show the of the great plan in such a way that the sons and daughters of adam cannot help but see the truthfulness of what nhat has been said to them but when they ask the following questions in doubt of what we preach and give out in our literature 1 I assure you it is anything but easy to give them a clear arder standing of the proposition how is it you come to us and siy you represent the only true church that you are latter day saints sainte a holy and chosen people of the lord live in zion and right in utah where you are in the majority yon tolerate the existence of saloons houses of ill ili repute and dances are held till an early hour in the morning tl TI ese are certainly undesirable ques questions jons to io have propounded to an elder and sometimes by people of anything but a friendly spirit nevertheless I 1 realize an open confession is good for the soul and answer as a rule thus 0 there are man people in utah who do not belong to the church of christ mady who ho do riot not belong to any church and th thit it it is true in most towns Q and cities the latter daj saints are in the majority but many of them are annot t w willing illing to live up to their religion that tha they together with thoe of other churches and those belonging lc nging to no church at all who are not willing to loot out such evils evil 9 form a majority and of course the for that reason are given the ba alme me for letting such evils exist in their midst utah should remember that the world has its eyes on it that representatives senta benta tives are among you from all parts of the earth taking items of your daily walk in life and publishing them to friends and relatives n their native lands actions speak louder hara han words in any mans country let yours so no be that there can be nothing said of you but good 0 ye of little faith can ye not understand that the downfall of humanity from the beginning has been caused by disobey disobeying ing the edmand ments and word of god can ye not understand that your maker has given them for your own berie benefit fit can it be possible that some of you who have covenanted with your god in the wate a of baptism to keep his commandments mand ments are ignorant of the fact that you are arc breaking them by sustaining the existence of institutions institution that are the work of the lord and sending son souls to the hot bottomless pits can it be possible that you are aie ignorant of the fat fact t that the devil has many cunning mislead the children of men anti and that he be will not support his children at the last day As in the case of Kor kochor ihor book of mormon alma chapter whenever when ever you give your vote in favor of the saloon to obtain means to keep your towns in ex istance you are building on a false foundation and bringing over your heads a right bous judgment it seems that we ought to understand our savior one who has travelled tire the rugged trill of life located the dangerous paths and has given is a full description of them in the bible book of mormon doctrine and covenants and perl pearl of great price I 1 fear there are many who are not thankful for all these valuable gifts and blessings it if you are prove your faith by your works and lose no time fr from start to firt finish h with prayerful heart find and remember the key to all happiness and success is IB given it these few lines but sick ye first the kingdom of 0 god O and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you matt 6 33 to any anink irig ing person who nho is diligently seeking the kingdom of goj and his ar ness the saloon would certainly be thelast place he would look loek to find it any one sut nning alcons to gather means to some worldly desare is not living in accordance with these s of our savior lay not up for jour yourselves selves treasures treasure upon earth where moth and rust doth cloth corrupt and where thieves break through and steal but lay up for yourselves tre treasures aures in heaven where ri neither cither moth nor rust doth corrupt and where thieves doa donot not break through nor steal for where your treasure is there will your heart be ao matt G 6 19 21 did you ever see a heavenly treasure laid up in a saloon that thieves thieve could not break in and steal or a man 1 with ith has heart in one place and his treasure in another 7 I 1 never did then perhaps some gome will disregard the word ord of the lord and say well we need the money or the town toun will come to a i standstill stan datil and we me do not cire where it comes from just so we get it get an understanding of the plan upon which aich your salvation depends and follow it pull together and work work with ith all your mient to put down all evia that exist in an your midst so aou can help the elder in the field with the work of this dispensation by living exemplary exam plary lives and proving worthy of the great name e bear as the people of the world horld know that it is impossible to get blood from a turnip or fresh freh water from a corrupt irrupt well if poisons are in tic the home ome they ey are la a belled e e and the skull and cross bones are upon the label and they are put out of the reach of the children do this with the saloons and liquor traffic and those ignorant of the fact that such contains poison will escape an untimely death by so doing you put into practice the teachings of the savior do unto others as you v would have that they do unto you and love thy neich neighbor bor as thyself your friend and brother in the cause of truth and righteousness DAVID W WOODARD sweden |