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/ , 7~2 1 l\l l 1 IWVl·'.l\l ENT ERA he arrived, he said he had been quite sick; so some of us 1111yoked his oxen ancl alt ended to his part of the camp cl11ties. A f. Irr sttpJll'r, he sat clown hcfnre the ra111pfirl' 011 a large nwk, anti sang- in a very fainl hut plai11livl' and Sll'l'CI v,iin·, rhc hymn, 't.'ninr, l'i1n1e, Ye Saints.' Jt \\"as a rnle of the ran1p that whcne\'er anyhndy started this hy1nn all in the ra1np should join, httt for sonic reason this evening- nobody joined him; he sang the hymn alone:. When he hacl finished, T donbt if tl1cre was a sing-Jr dry eye in the camp. The next morning we noticed that he was not yoking up his c:1tllc. We went to his . wagon and fnttncl that he had diecl during the night. \Ve dttg a shallow grave, ancl after we had covered .his hndy with the earth we rolled the large stone lo the head of the grave to 111ark it, the stone 011 which he had been sitting the night h~·forc whm he sang: J ~, ~ J ) ,ooet - JC//'! TIIE TOOEL~ NORTIL \V1\RD Cl-LURCH, TOOELE STAKE ·i· · ·-1.,., There hcing no · stake house in Tooele stake, the North ward Ch11rch of Tooele city is now usecl for stake pmpnscs. This IJ11ildin~ was co111plctecl Fchrnary, 1914, and has not yet hccn dedicated. It is l,11ilt of hrick a11cl ce111cnt, at a cost uf $19,500. Tho1nas lJ . l lormau is the architect. Thrrc arc eight roo1ns in the b1iffi l111g; 111:1111 hall has a sca1111g capacity of from 350 to 400. Size of the h11ildi1ig 45 hy 65 feet, outside 111c;1surcmcnts; height, 35 feel. Fi1·c hy twenty rods of land arc co1111eclcd with it. The grnnnds have not yl'! lH· c11 improved, llllt will he laid ont in lawn and flo.wers this spring. The hishopric of the ward were expecting to d1•cli calc the h11ildi?1g i11 April or the fore pan of l'l'lay, this year. "',\nd shonlcl we clic hdorc n11r jo11rncy's 1hr111q4"h , I lappy day! ;,II is ll'l'II! \Ve then arc fn·1· from tuil and S<11T1111· 1,11,; With Ilic j11st 11·c ~hall dwl'II. Hut if 011r lil'l'S ar~ spared ;1gai11 To sec the Saints their rl'sl 1,htain, 0 how we 'll make this rhnrns swl'll-/\11 is well! All is ll'l'll!'" TIIE SECOND WJ\Rll lfOLJSI~. R:\Yl\lllNI>, TA\'I.OR STAI<!·: This is l11<·atcd i11 lb .1·11101111, ,\lhnt;1 1 C':111;1d:1, anti was purchased fn,111 the school dislril'.t, i11 191-1, and has 1101 yet hcl'll dedicated. It is a fra111c b11iltli11g- 40 hy 100 feel, 20 feet lo !he sq11arc with a scatinl:( capacity of six l111ntlretl and nri1~i11ally cost $1'1,0110. Th e re arc live ruo111s . 111 1·01111c.-tio11 with the llllilding, thcrt: an: fo11r town lots which have not yet been in1provtd . The school district needed a new building, and the war<l · purchased this one from the school authorities for ~3.500. ll is 110w 11srd for hoth slake and ward pnrposrs. Tt is cspl'cially s11itable for class rooms for the Priesthood <1.11on1111s, a11d a11xili;1ry organizations, as well as fur ward ser1·1r\'~. T noticed ll'ars in 1111· father-in-law's <'Vt's whl'n lie lini~ltl'tl rrlati1w tltis inridl'llt; a11d T im;wi11l·d tlw n·:"1~1111 lH· did 11r,l rvl:ilt· to 111r ~111olher far 11111re tot1clti;;g· i11rirk11t l,i hi111 was tltl' frar th;tt he might hiTak clnw11. l sttl1seq11cnlly kartll'd that afll'r It<' had licl'll lnrall'd, for sn111<· 1i111e in Pk:1s:1nt (;rnv<', h1• calltl' tn Salt Lake with his learn and ll'ith a cheerf11l heart to meet his mother. \\1hen the companv arrived, he karnecl that she, ton, ha<I <lied hC'forc her jolll'ncv's end. :111rl was sb·pin~· in an unknown grave 011 the va~t plai,;s bet wern ltrre and the Misso11ri river. So111c years later wli<'n eng-ineers of the H11rli11g- ; IMPROVEMENT ERA VOL. XVII MAY, 1914 No. 7 Loud Laughter a Sin PROF, N. L. NELSON, OF THE WEnrm ACADEMY. "Therefore, cease from all yo11r light speeches; from all laughter; from all your l11stfnl desires; from all your 1irhlc and light mindedness, aucl from all your wicked 1loi11gs. * * * Cast away your id l.: 1hu11gl11s ~n<l your excess of langhlcr far from you. * * * do these 1hi11gs with thanksgivi11g, with chccrfnl hearts and conntcn:tnCl.'~ ; 1101 witl1 11111(it langhlcr, fur tHs is sin, 1,nt with a glad heart a11d a d 1ccrf11I cou11tc · n:1ncc,"--l)uc. and Cov., 88:121 , 69; SlJ :15. . It is nciw forty years since I first read thc-sc passages and wondercal that the Lord should condemn so innoct·nt and, lo 111e, so aclmiralile a thing as hearty laugltti:r. l am afraid that as a boy the me:ining of ''g-1:id he:irt and cheerful coun tenance," which the Loni offers as a substitute, did not strike 111y attention, and certainly no one ever pointed it out to me. T fear also that, by thl· law of contrast, my mind jumped to the opposite extre111e; inter·· preting as pleasing to heaven the groa11i11g hl'a rt. a11d the lt,11;.:-. drooping cm111tena11ce-like that of old Brother .Moody ancl old Sister Gloom who, althongh they were: among the first to accl'pl "1vformonism," failed to slough and leave behind them in the old co11ntry the sour and sole11111 sha111s of sectaria11is111. As a conseq11e11cc, the years from twelve to L'ightccn, which mark the hoodlt1111 epoch in 111y can:er, were years of rclll'llio11 and clclia11ce. l had llllt l'l'ad ~1iltrnt's "I: l\ llq~To," hut l1ad it r1,111c within lllY ken, l should certainly have approved th is stanza: }.IAJOR J. H. GILBElff nJ . . : 1 Ii l dition of the Book of Mormon. The principal ~om1.ios1tor 01 ~e Y~irk ·in 1803, aud 11ic<I in Palmyra, He was horn 111 Hll:ln110ll! • 1c 9'\ . . ' 10 month, The photo was . a y 26 1895 ag-e< - yc.i 15 • ·· f I E N Y J . ·• . . 11.rn. r • s' "E !'tors' Table" in this number o t 1c ·11A, 1 1 taken 111 l11s 91st year. ee ' · "Haste thee, ny111ph 1 :1ml liri11g with lhl·(: Jest ;111<1 yu11lhf11l Jolity, Imps and cranks and want'on wiles, Noels and hecks and wreathed s111ilcs, * * Sport tl1al wri11klccl care derides, L:n1ghtcr holding both his sides." * As it wns, the hero of that silly croch, the incarnation of my