Communications
COMMUNICATIONS Dear Young Friends , You live in a dark and wicked world , subject to sickness , pain and death. You may see many things that look beautiful ; but how soon they fade away. You may have a dear friend that you love ; but soon that one may be torn from you by sickness and death , and you will then feel lonesome. You should have something substantial to fix your minds and affections upon , that can give real satisfaction and joy , and cheer your spirits in this dark world , and cause your sorrows to bring joy in the end. There is a blight upon everything. The earth feels the curse that God pronounced upon it , because of the disobedience of our first parents. They broke the command of God in eating of the forbidden tree , after he had given them the privilege of eating of all other trees in the garden. They listened to the tempter , ate of the forbidden tree , and were expelled from the beautiful garden of Eden. The earth that was then so beautiful , was c