Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-11-03
ELDER nAAGs DEATP


r.o NEWS Is kindly permitted 10
Nth the following letter from
puoC w. Musser, sent to the First
p r,s,,dency Of the Church, regarding 'he
~, of his fellow missionary, Elder
Adolf Haag'
,,or.T CARMEL HOSPITAL,
gar Haiia, Turkey, Oct. 4th, lss2.
ns..,,rg 10 the demise Of our be.
h,atber and fellow worker Ia the
loveu -, truth, Adolf Haag, Will say
cau,v NJ typhus yesterday morning ~
he W. nntes past four. On the 10Th OF
nve n.,hsr the day after | addressed
sep's., last letter, Brother Haag was
you ,ahen III and, Notwithstanding
hgA,,binp that human love anu pkill
e eve, sngeest for his good being done,
coulusJhaIly sank lower and lower
ne 4 ,he angel Of rest was sent 70
nhs, nr Inc bands holding him 70 this
.srth Of sorrow anu paln, anu olu n'1
nj Tasoend on high anu be remover
,oS the labors you have 20 wiIIing'y
nnd nithiully performed" was WIN
lin from the time no was taken h'uh
until his spirit was waited above, anu
nat nnce did hear him complain l
Iii NOT, could not think ne was 30
sariousiy 81; not even when he got 50
ueak mad TO feed him aud liit MIN
f,om one he'd TO the other, dld realize
I would soon have TO part with my
energetic auu noble companion. Anu
cven now, after seeing MS thin, pleas.
pnt face fixed In death, alter our lOng
yislt 10 tho cemetery listening To inc
doleful music OF the village bell maue
10 toll az mark OF respect LOT Tue
man Of God, who had lett all behlnu
10 follow Jesus-after beholding tne
body OF clay returned 10 mother EARTH
and seeing the flowers that were go
lovingly prepared to strew on ms
grave, IL Is hard for me TO realize thht
he Is gone and 1 am alone. Brother
Haag, though here but a short time,
had made o host Of frlcnds, ar evinceu
by the large concourse VI people, all
anxious to show their sympathies by
coming to the funeral, among whom
l saw the German consul and his
wife, who, by the by, have been very
kind TO US. The mayor OF Haiia, VINO
entertained us all one afternoon listen
ing 10 our testimonies, and, In TACT,
nearly every one In the colony was In
attendance.
You will sec by tho heading OF this
letter that ain In the hospital. This
IL house built on top OF Mount Car
mel Whose people cometo get the bene-
fit OF the fresh mountain air. By
order OF the doctor I brought Brother
Hang here, but IL did not seem to be
iust the thing for him, so last Friday
The doctor had us move him back TO the
colony where he could get to see him
oflener, and where he Afterwards died In
Brother Grau's house. After the
funeral the doctor eaid 1t would be
absolutely necessary for mo to return TO
the mountain unless l wanted TO gel
alex. And as ! felt that this was the
case, / decided 10 come right up. !
shall stay here a week or 80 to rest and
recruit myself.
have just finished letters to Prcsi.
dent Young and 10 Brother Richard
Haag Of Salt Lake, and rs know OF
nothing moro OF Importance to com
municato ut present L VIII bring my
brief letter TO u close.
Praying the Lord to bless you re.
main your brother In the covenant OF
truth. Don. q. w. MUssER.
will add that Brother Herman Ia
well and reports everything In good
condition ut Aintab. ID. q. w. NJ.