ADDRESS OF THE GENERAL SUPERINTEN- DENCY. To the officers and members of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associa- tions throughout Zion: DEAR BRETHREN—While regretting the existence of circumstances depriving us of the satisfaction and pleasure of ming- ling personally with you, in your general conference gathering, we are delighted with the privilege of addressing you in writing. Our hearts are full of gratitude to our heavenly Father, and we rejoice exceed- ingly in the blessings of life and liberty so abundantly bestowed upon the youth of ...

ye, therefore, worthy of your holy call- ing. Trust in the Lord of Hosts, give your hearts to God, and fail not in your mission of Improvement. Be watchful, prayerful, obedient; for the eyes of heavenly hosts are upon you. Honor your parents, that your days may be many. Venerate those grown gray in the service of the God of heaven and earth, and the ordinances of the Gospel shall be your portion, the salvation of God your part, and the Holy Priesthood with the powers thereof your inherit- ance. A great work is before you. Thrust in ...

its mission and special field, upon which no servant of God humbly trying to do his duty will seek to encroach. THE CONTRIBUTOR, as the organ of the Mutual Improvement Associations, is a medium of instruction and enlighten- ment. How, except by judicious exer- cises of the faculties shall we develop the talent with which the Creator may have endowed us? Few things, if any, are calculated to strengthen the mind and give it powers of concentration more than the frequent use of the pen, in writing for publication. And what agency is more potent for good than ...