St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-03-04
y. Elders Biography Of D:. Kane
Last Scplo Of ALL"

On the 25th the vessel landed at
Havana, where he was received by
his brother Thomas, who hal gone
out 70 meet him there as soon as the
FANNY were advised of his dcstina-
ton. The next day he went ashore,
and on the Goth was reported as con-
sidcgahiy Improved, liable to Use the
paraiy.:ed les IS vel! as the other =;
but the arm remained powerless, and
utterance Imperfect, yet sut;icing for
the Simple communication of his
wants.
On the 7th Of Jannary. lis mother
and his brother john Left New York
for Havana. They arrived on the
l2ih or 18th. Ills mother, having
been exposed to the contagion Of
small pox immediately before leaving
home, aoztaincd from seeing him for
four o. five days, under fear OF eom~
,nunicating The disease; but after
that time he had her, his two brothers,
and Mr.. Morton in constant attend
ance upon him to the end.
His anxiety to gel home was, how
ever, but ]itt'e abated. It had all
the urgency and ;mpatience Of dy-
ing mans long;ngs. ile was quite
eble TO make the journey, he could
stand while he was dressed, could
walk with but little support to chair !;
lie co,,!t. ride out if the day were but
favorable> aud they need have no
fears for him
He was a child again in these i'm
portun;ngs. He had come. back
from the ll'ny voyage Of lifetime to
his mothers knee, with all the pretty
little ways and trivial troubles Of the
nursery. iIerois,n had not hardened
Nim ; thc world had not wcaned him
from his hearts dependency upon
H,>ne affections and his very inqui
etudos we're disguised pleasures !:
they yaitca while tiiey indu|sed his
over|owing fondness
Every day-two Or three times
every d&v---jle mist hear +he words
Ct life from tie lips that had taught
lis 70 lisp Ills infant prayer: and, {
Azorsrr.' o3cHpot ions Interrupted her,
/ :: 80 Oh, mother: never mind Morton, -
expressa J lis i"terast and its irnpa-
! t.enca.
a month 10y the caientiar--an age
to The "atcI.crs--woro away in this
manner, and they were read = 70 sal! ;
but The weather a. uni.avorao!c, and
the Journey was postponed till the
newt stccsrcr- d>:y. That next sIcarn-
c: D1o~~i1c l!::A--~I'Gorc.!t his cor1se
-t, his country. Te had ieft !! for
that ::Ne;::1 o"c:cd country from
whose E,ourn no Traveller retnrns."
On lie I0tE, Of February, suddenly
, and without warning, he vas seized
with " ariopIsxy,; ,;'--iaa c cn:ateIy de-
scribsl, io: hc w@s not unccnsc :ous
nor iaseosjble; only para: :yzed, with
! the power Of emotional expression,
left, the power 70 Indicate lis SYM
pat'lics. sutf9rings, and wants.
The tenacious vitality Of his frame
held him to earth till the 18th, and
then released him SO gently that the
Bible-yea}ing went Oh for some mi
nutes after The other watchers were
aware OF his departure.
WLvn death invaded the little ia
naily at Bethany and struck down the
| brother, Jesus said to his disciples,
Our friend s!ee2eth.'; They an
/ swered, nots 4owis,g what they said.
If he sleep, he shall dc WE'LL
They 14,ust be told in the language ot
their own blindness, plainly, '' He is
dead" How hard it is for mortal
Maa to understand the proper Ian
guage Of Immortality! And the SIS
ter not Mary, who had loved her
| self into the secret Of the Savior s
liio long before his disciples OWNED
it, but Martha, the worldLing) hoped
only that her brother should rise
again in the resurrection Of the last
day. Jesus sale! unto her, Il am the
ress&rre lion and the life; w!osoevel
liTeth and belicveti1 in NE shall never
| die. i2elieyest thou this ?;'
lc: al the grave Of his friend he
wept: Neither Faith nor Hope for
bids the griefs Of Love bereaved. /;
Is their Office to heal, not to harden
the heart. They sit by The just-open-
Ell tomb, as Mary saw tw, angels il,
white, the one at the head, the othes
at the feet, to answer the plants OF
grief-blinded affection. II IS sown in
corruption. 1T is raised in incorrup-
tien It IS sown in hishonor.-Et Is
raised in glory! It is sown in weak
ness.~-lt IS raised il power! It is
sown a natural body.---It is raised E
spiritual body
Here the real meets the actual, the
true confronts the apparent, and Life