Be Thankful for the Shadows

A MOTHER'S LETTERS TO HER MISSIONARY SON. 663 All join in love. Mattie was here today, and I read your last letter to her.She wants to be remembered to you. Your father says to tell you not to spend too much time reading the home papers, six times, he says, laughingly, is enough. For the more you read about home and think about it, the more inclined you will be to get homesick. Love always ffom Your Mother. Salt Lake City, Utah. BE THANKFUL FOR THE SHADOWS. (For the Improvement Era.) Why should we ask the Father For only days of light? When the clouds have cleared away, The sun shines forth more bright. IfGod sends only sunshine, Our sight may grow so dim, We cannot see the pathway To follow after him. Walk through a flower garden, Which blossoms there first fade? Those where the sun is brightest, Not those at times in shade. Be thankful for the shadows As well as for the Fght, Lest through excessive brightness, The soul receive a blight. Grace Ingles Frost. Salt Lake City, Utah,