are that many of our sisters are sending to the east for medicine, by which they promised, through advertisements in papers and pamphlets, that they can obtain painless delivery. Oh, sisters, if you had as much experience as I have, of the sad results and evils, which the use of these medicines creates, you would close up your ears against such advertisements, I am almost afraid to wait on any woman who has been guilty of that practice, because of its, in many cases dangerous result, follow relaxation in the prominent organs, and consequently dangerous hemorrhages, not to speak of all the misery and trouble it brings upon woman in regard to future health. just that long, you need not expect in a practice which is not very beanything but physical degradation. ❘ coming for Latter-day Saints, namely: In the use of medicine, sickness, ruin, and death, has been brought to hundreds, thousands, yes millions of the daughters of God who would not have died otherwise. Sciences are truths found out. Some truths, in their nature bring life; other truths bring death. And what a confusion, when we for a moment stand still and look around, observing the use made of these truths, found out through the studying of medicine. What a confusion, I say. Consult one doctor; consult ten doctors, consult twenty doctors, and you will not find two of them who would give the same advise, even for the same sickness. What does all that mean, and which of them is the right one? If you will be satisfied with my answer, I will say: "they are all wrong." I can not be mistaken in that, because the result shows what it has brought about. There was never more sickness among women than there is today, and as long as that course is existing it will never be bettered. I will say as I have said before, medicine never has and never will cure a single person. But it is the proper care and treatment connected with the blessings of God, which will restore a person to health, and not the drugs administered. When it is asserted that they have done so, it will be found on close examination or argument that the person has recovered comparative health in spite of the drugs, and not through their influence. No, sisters, this is not the proper road that leadeth to "painless childbirth." It may lead you there, but be sure, it will be at the cost of health, and life. I am very sorry to notice an increase My dear beloved sisters : be wise, be intelligent, do not be so excited in seeking for knowledge; seek for wisdom. We have too much knowledge among us and too little wisdom. Be sure, when you undertake such steps as these, that you are not working under wrong inspirations, if you were inspired by the Holy Spirit, you could never take such steps, try to be wise, plead for wisdom which God giveth to His daughters, and you will see how natural it will be to your searching mind, that there is another road sure and possible, which will not only lead you to painless delivery, but lead you there in safety, to a blessing for yourself and your beloved offspring. I know painless delivery can be gained, I have waited on women who have had no pain whatever in the hour of delivery, but it was obtained through natural means and not by the use of medicine, and I feel as though I could promise in the name of God, that His daughters, who will submit to the laws which He has laid down for their guidance, and plead with Him for wisdom and inspiration through His Holy Spirit will be enabled to obtain that so anxiously expected blessing : "painless child birth." Will close, expect to tell you a few more things in regard to the subject, in my next letter. HANNAH Sorensen. WH THE EDITOR'S DEPARTMENT. HAT an enormous school-room this life is. Whether, indeed, this be the Primary, or the Intermediate Grade, who can tell? One thing is sure, as we learn our lessons here, so at the close of the term, will our place be in the advanced grade, or will we be put back to learn over again the lessons we might have learned here. long to the realms of Almighty Power, white hellish beings will sink to their own level of darkness and gloom. But we know from revelation that the states between those extremes are as innumerable and as varied as are the stars of heaven. Your future home, its loveliness, its worth, its glory, depends upon your actions on this earth. What girl is there, if told that for three years her conduct would be the test which should open to her, a palace, a cottage, or a hovel, who would not strive to comply with the first requirements, were they ever so severe, ever so exacting? Do some of my dear girl friends fancy when death ends a mortal career that the departed one goes at once either to heaven or hell? I am sure you are all too well instructed in the gospel to believe that sectarian error? What then may we say is the meaning of the words heaven, hell? Is it not heaven to lie down at night with the happy reflection - "Well I have done pretty well today, better than yesterday, for I have discharged all my duties, have occupied all my time, and besides in one instance at least, I have conquered an inclination to do evil, and thus gained one victory over self." On the other hand, is it not hell to think on retiring at night, "Ah me, today I have wasted hours in useless gossip, given way to a wicked temper, and have let down one more bar for Satan to crawl through." Just so will ❘ the more firmly to plant our feet in your heaven or hell be made when you finally lie down to the sleep of death. To be sure, the surroundings of those beings who are pure and true will be of that light, beautiful nature which be Has not Christ set before us, Latterday Saints, the three glories, not to speak of the horrible possibilities of the apostate's doom? Now because your mortal eyes cannot see the three different, great glories, do not fancy they are not, as real, as tangible and twice as beautiful as our mortal minds can even faintly conceive. One of the conditions which we accepted before coming here, was a complete forgetfulness of the other world, of the past and the future. This was the ground work of faith. If we could see these beautiful prospects ahead of us as we see the stately homes of the rich in Salt Lake City, we should not need to lean so heavily on the arm of Christ. Our own selfish cupidity would lead us to make many sacrifices to reach the desired goal. But we stumble on in the twilight and perforce develop that implicit faith which is absolutely necessary to us in our future existence of glory. Faith is the great moving power of the whole universe, and each one of us must acquire, alone but for divine help, the gift and power of faith. Faith and humility, power and unity, order and love, are the very materials within the great nature-work-shop; God's home of light! Do you think you and I can get anywhere near there, encumbered with the follies of vanity, the sin of uncharity or the elements of discord and strife? No, no! And just in proportion as we conquer those temptations of flesh and sin, just that much nearer are we to the seat of love, intelligence and life. Pres. Young once said that this sphere was one of the lowest ever created by our Heavenly Father; and that if men of commonly decent lives could only realize the beautiful existence which would hereafter be theirs, they would scarcely have patience to wait till death released them. As for the glories in store for him, who had in part conquered sin and temptation, had been measurably faithful, these glories were beyond the mere conception of mortal man. Dear girls, can we not resolve to do away with the vanities, the follies of the world and try to prepare ourselves for the best possible state hereafter ? period of rest and real holiday. There is one, however, to whom the prospect is not so agreeable, and that is the jaded, overworked mother. The great feasts, big washing and ironings, the confusion and clatter, only seem pleasant to her because she is so educated that her happiness is in seeing others happy, no matter how bitter the cost may be to her own weak body. She is the true emblem of Christ and His mission, sinking self in a regard for others. Some day, however, we as Saints hope to see the day when by co-operation and the United Order, the heavy labors and cares of the mother will be lessened and lifted. Meanwhile, my kind girl- readjust take a portion of the Christmas cares on your own strong, cheerful shoulders. Just see if the real beauty and meaning of the Christmas-time, the Christ-birth, is not made sweet and clear to you by helping mother to get comfortably over this feasting noisy time. Send her off for an hour's rest in the afternoon while you stone the raisins and beat the eggs. Remember with your choicest, most valuable present, the dear unselfish mother, while you encourage every child to do something towards preparing some little gift for mother! ers, PRES. ELMINA S. TAYLOR wishes me to give some instructions to those who send essays and other articles, as well as conference reports etc., to her department: always give name of writer or author, and place of residence, with the name of Y. L. M. I. A. to which the writer belongs. Page your sheets properly, and above all things, write only on one side of the paper. other data as pertains to the event; but in this instance the writer will digress a little from the beaten track of the individual represented and such | generally pursued and tell of the i 1 : ! 1 of heredity, I will only remark that the babe Martha was born at a time when the mother was earnestly beseeching the Lord in prayer and supplica parentage and condition thereof perhaps the greatest trial she had ever experienced. She had accepted with her husband the revelation upon plural practice. The father and mother of Mrs. Tingey were Joseph Horne and Mary | marriage, not only in theory but in Isabella (Hales) Horne, both of them of pure English extraction, and well descended; in fact the ancestry of the Hales were "men and women of renown," in the England of former days. Moreover, Mrs. Horne has inherited from her antecedents, those noble and lofty traits of character, ❘ and brought into exercise those sweet that are found in the grand old types and heavenly attributes of womanly of the early periods of English history. | character that wrought upon the con About the same time she was chosen as First Counselor to the President of the Relief Society, Mrs. Phebe W. Woodruff, in the 14th Ward where she resided. This was another channel of development in good works and deeds dition of the unborn child, and have doubtless been a heritage to her of more worth than worldly wealth. Martha Jane Horne was born in Salt Lake City, October 15th, 1857, at the Horne residence in the 14th Ward. She was the eighth daughter and fourteenth child of her parents. The home of the Horne family has always been celebrated for its hospitality; and many pleasant parties, Mr. and Mrs. Horne became acquainted in Canada, whither they had gone from the mother country while quite young, and were there united in marriage. About a month afterwards they had the privilege of hearing Orson Pratt preach the everlasting gospel, subsequently Parley P. Pratt and then Orson Hyde, who baptized Mrs. Horne in July, 1836. In course of time they gathered with the Saints in Missouri, and passed through the persecutions | family reunions, and social gatherings and severe trials of that period of the history of the Church. From that time on they continued with the body of the Saints in their wanderings and pilgrimages, coming to Utah in the ❘ father was called on a mission to first company that followed the pioneers in 1847. have been enjoyed in this old-time mansion. While little Mattie, as she is always called by the family and familiar friends, was yet a babe, her Southern Utah, leaving the mother in There is no doubt in the mind of the writer, but that the character and temperament of children are largely due to paternal and maternal in fluences. This fact is pretty well known and acknowledged in the present day by scientists and others. As I am not dealing with the subject | Mattie, six months old, was taken in |