--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Whalen, Sarah collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 3 number: 5 published: 1900-03 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Sarah Whalen, "Make Good Use of God’s Gifts to You," *Improvement Era* 3, no. 5 (March 1900): 383.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera35unse transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers. identifier: improvementera35unse start_page: 383 end_page: 383 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1900-03) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera35unse publication_year: 1900 note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1900, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # Make Good Use of God’s Gifts to You MAKE GOOD USE OF GOD'S GIFTS TO YOU. woman, while a Laura Bridgman, the famous deaf and blind the Blind, in Boston, became student at the Perkins Institute for the little blind girls who were being educated there. very helpful to herself that it would seem as if Although apparently so helpless give it, of help rather than the one to she was the one in need active fingers she would assist many nevertheless with her quick, intricacies of the sewing of them to acquire a knowledge of the blind girl there had to thank Laura for machine; and many a little needle with the tongue. teaching her to thread a before self- The latteraccomplishment was acquired by Laura to the needs of the blind, came into threading needles, adapted general use by them. „ , • 1,4. + i „ all his senses might take a Any one who is in possession of patient, helpful Laura; be contented lesson from the deeds of the cease to thank God for the gifts which he has with his lot and never to make at least as good use of those, bestowed; and determine common with the deaf and blind girl, as she did of which he has in hers. Sarah Whalen.