Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-03-11

Z one OF unusual interest to a larg,
! number of people, we are pleased I,
! be able, by courtesy Of Elder Hintze
!; TO give space 70 the following cor.
. responuence, which embrace. .d.
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BIC COTTONWOOD.
sat Lake County, Utah,
March 10, 1850.
Eshtor Deseret Netrs
As Brother Frederick Dieterle
TIE fellow laborer OF the late Elder
EuSaf -. Simmons, has written To
me respecting Brother Simmons,
uemise, l thought II would perhans
Oe Well TO translate his letter and
senu II to You for publication. Bro
tner summons has many relatives
ana friends who would be glad To
hear full particulars Of his death
and burial.
L will briefly state who Brother
Frederick Dieterie Is. He Is the
Stepson OF Elder George Grau, of
haiia. They are Germans and
We're among the German colonists
VINO settled In Palestine. Neither
has been here in Utah. Brother
Grau was baptized by Elder Jacob
Sport, and Brother Dielerle by
Elder D. Nj Tapner. Both are
faithful and honorable members of
the Church and have done much 10
assist in forwarding the work OF
GOD In Turkey and Palestine. In
thespring of 1890 we were in need
OF missionary help In Turkey, and
Brother Dieterle was called 10 20
there 10 preach the Gospel. He &C.
cepted the call willingly, and was
appointed 30 labor In Aintab.
When Elders Smart and Sim
mons arrived they wefe appointed
to labor there also. Brother
Smart's health soon failed, so
he left, and thus Brothers Simmons
and Dieterle became companions.
and so continued until the sad death
Of the former. 1t would appear from
Brother Dieterle's letters that he
had formed fond ties Of affec-
ton ami friendship for Brother Sim
mons.
His letter reads as follows:
"AINTAB, Turkey, Feb. s, 1890.
Dear Brother HbItee:
A week has hardly passed away |
since L wrote to you Of the illness Of |
our brother and fellow-laborer in
Christ, Elder Edgar d. Simmons.
Now it becomes my sad duty to ap-
prise you Of his demise, which
happened the day before Yesterday.
February 9Th, at 2 O'Clock in the
afternoon. His illness lasted four
teen days, Of which the last eight
were very painful. 1t was not only
hard time for the deceased, but
also for me, all of which will be
fresh in my memory during life.
The deceased had the smallpox in
the highest degree; his face was full
of marks, as also his whole body, so
that after his death, while we
washed and dressed him, the diseas-
ed skin readily peeled off
II would have made me happy
could our dear brother have sur
vived and again returned TO his kin
dred; but God has ordered it other
wise, and has called him from his
field Of labor to the beyond, where
sorrows are no mole. lie became
so very weak that he could not
stand and his voice also became
very low, and during the last DAYS
oil his illness he lost his speech; vet
he understood what transpired
around him and also what was
asked Of him.
His burial took place yesterday
afternoon at O'Clock in the Arme-
MAN (likely the Protestant Arme-
miami graveyard, close to some
American graves. l thought il
would be necessary to 20 70 the
government respecting the grave,
but Brother Veteran went 10 the
chief preacher Of the Protestants to
5ee about the grave, and he said 1t
would not be necessary TO apply to
the government. He also prOffered
to preach the funeral sermon 1
should we so desire, and as
am not so far advanced
in the Turkish language as
10 be able 10 deliver n discourse,
AMI as Brother Nezerian is only a
Teacher in the Church of Jesus
Christ, | accepted the minister's
Jiier. He therefore came, and after
The corpse had been laid in the cof- =
in he read a portion Of Matthew
18th, from the 35th verse to the end
IF the chapter. He then spoke a !
little to the congregation, during
which time he read two more verses j
from Revelations Goth; verses Io 7
md 10. Then he prayed, after |
which we Went 20 the cemetery, d,
where we had again to wait, owing i,
20 the grave being too narrow. |
Hence the grave had TO he widened |
70 admit the coffin. Here the I
minister again delivered a ser L
non, wherein he read Revelations
[, from 9th TO Goth verses. He then
prayed, and afterwards the grave
was filled. During this time !
he minister remained, and not I'M \
IL everything was completed did he |
,ome TO shake hands. / then :
.hanked him, aud he requested me
o write his respects to the mother
If the deceased.
The chief points Of the discourse,
o far rs related to me by Brother I
vezerlan, were these: That we L
,hOuld always be ready to depart Z
rom this life, as We DO not know l
when our moment might come. o
FOR proof he referred to the deceased,
Sho while yet young was called
way from this life. He also said
nat II our dead brother had done J
light, his resurrection and his re-
yard would be glorious. under.
TODD that the minister also remem-
'ered the relatives Of our departed r
brother in his prayer, that God \
night comfort them in the loss Of a
on and brother. AS the brother l
ast passed away was a member Of
he Church, and also true to his c
'aliing, he could look forward to
glorious resurrection, and relatives
'nd friends could ewiseanticipate
joyful reunion if they all remain J
aiihful.
This blow strikes hhnI not only
he Church but also the relatives Of
he deceased, We have, however, to I
1--WE way TO the viii Of God; for
What God does Is done well. Y
Dear brother, as do not know r
he address Of the relatives Of the
deceased, would ask you to notify r
hem, and to give the minister's /
aspects to his mother. q
We must now at once either burn +
u bury the bed and some Of the h
'lothes belonging to our Departed /;
mother. The remainder Of his effects 9
will keep until 1 hear from his
elatives as to what ! shall do with d
hem.
l don't feel right well at present.
viii hardly be able to remain long;
renee l have written to President 4
leasdale, at Liverpool, that am c
waiting his advice as to what 1 P