Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-09-18
FROM FRIENDS IN NEW ZEALAND.
c,pvrno.noitL, Southland,

CfuvERUARoiLL, Southlaod,
New z al,nd, July Q, 1895.
ENRON DEsEREr NEwa
Please permit me to use a little Of
the space In your valuable PAPER.
nm not Of n literary turn Of mind but
feel that n little good might come
from drawing the attention OF tue
La,ter.day Saints u a few facts In ft-
gard to their duty 70 their itiends aud
relations In the world. II seems to be
n mart Of human nature to forget AL
friends and faces aud TO replace them
By new ones; especially IL this the
case when people 70 to foreign coun-
tries 10 make their home'. People
leave the old European countries aui
10 10 nov places, such a, the western
part OF the states, Canada and tue
colonies and In n few yeara they forget
to write to the old friends ltft behind
As time rolls ON changes arc msdo,
suoh "a moving to other settlemon'''
etc, addresses are Lost ana no euof1
made TO recover them, aud oommu NJ
cation ceases altogether Tho people
OF Utah arc no exception 10 the RUE
noi,her do think they arc given TO
this ,or, OF thing more than people OF
other places. sun this evil-lf may
term Il such-,sa stumbling block In
the path OF tho Elders in preaching
the Gospel. II Ia commonly reported
that whom people accept the Goapoi
and no 10 Utah thoy are act allowed
10 openly correspond with thoif Ola
friends and that all Letters must pass
an Inspection bg the authorities OF the
Church before they ATE permitted 10
leave tho county, and the negligence
OF the people IN writing 10 iTunde an1
relatives gives color TO those reports.
Tbc Lattef-iay Saints have hundteus
OF missionaries In the world ondeav.
ofing TO spread tho Gospel Of Je,ds
Christ. Tue general way OF bringing
the Gospel before the people 10 10y dh-
tTlbuting tracts and In many instances
tue Elders can ~ Afford 10 purohasv
the necessary trActt; siill they labor on
maniully, facing many hatdships anu
trials, doing without many OF tns nee
sssaries OF lie that they may spin out
their little mite aud make u do oil u
eau TO enable them TO reach the people,
an1 when the Elder does 20, how often
he il met with this repf0Ach anu IA
informed that tho people TO whom he
has Just offered tract, want none Of
such doctrine NJ his, and all because
some friend or relation had gone 10
Utah aud thea neglected 10 write.
with these facts b.iore tho people l
will ask them 10 consider tbs amount
OF aid they could give 10 the Work OF
spreading the Gospel, " they were
corresponding with their friends anu
would send them "a good book or n
few tracts now aud again, or bDtni snd
send regularly tho DkAKhLr NEwH.
anu other Church publication. Tue
cost OF 20 doing would be- trivial; these
ars papers tina, every Lat,ef-day saint
should read regularly, aud In order TO
do 10 they must OF course be subsctib.
ers. After they have read them, send
them out into tho world 10 friends, and
1! you haven't any friends out Ia The
world ,end thom ~ some one that Ia
not your friend. They will be real
with intetesl by scores Of people. Ihi'
would cost about . cents n month fol
zach paper and It would be nakinr
better use Of them than 10 read them
aud then use them 10 light the nre,
with; and tho gosd that could thus b.
accomplished cannot be estimated, foi
here 10 no limit to u.
1 trust that these few hints may Ia.
luce someone that has more ability In
this line than 10 take up the cause
aud urge our people 10 consider II TOT
tho good that could be- done Ia this
way can not be over estimated.
There IN = growing interest In tho
Gospel In this part u tho world, anu |
am compelled to say like our Captain
Of old. "ths harvest In ripo but the
iabof.rs arc few"
IL Brother william SeArlo or some
OF his family will send mo their adj
dress l will forward II to his niece,
Mrs. Young, OF this city, who Ia very
anxious 10 hear from her uncle OF come
OF his family n he IL not living.
Brother Searlo went 10 Uiah many
years ago from Giliordrurfy, EnglAun,
hnd when last heard from was fesli.
ing In the Eleventh ward, Halt Lake
CITY. Mrs. Young, Fruitersr VI lnyer.
csrgill, New Zsaland, 10 very deairoua
Of hearing from him.
Trusting 1 have not trespassed too
far on your space, l remain your. elo,
JuIIN a YnuNu