Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-08-08
DEVELOPMENTS IN LIFE.


Tho pathetic story Of Alexander
Mcdonald as to,egraphed from b.
Louis, Aug. Z, is but one " many
similar Instances, showing that earnest
efforts In liio's tremendous struggle IRE
not .lways successful. Very often
man with determination aud genius
advances from the humblest begin.
nings 10 fans OF power Or wealth.
There are cnses enough Of this Kind on
record to justly the Views Of the hap
pIcst opiimIst. But sometime, seuiusss
die In oOscuuty, unknown OF mis-
undorstooi, and It Ia reserved Tor com.
ing generations b nni on. aud appre
ciale their gteatnov, aud perhaps
adorn their pfaves anu erect m9nu-
menis NJ poor compeusatiOn Tor the
heartbufns AMI suffering, aud dlsap'
pointmonia Of life. Sometimes thy
are not found out at all.
Their lustrc remains hidden under the
unpublished surface aud they are lost In
tbs general tumult as completely a. "
they had never existed, At least rs Tor
Az human annals are concerned. Cases
Of this kind are numerous enough %
give ample ground fora pcsslmis,ic
philosophy.
Mcdonald startei In, {. ssom', ne a
theological student al n famous college,
but his soul was all tho time yearuiug
for s)mslnlng higher tian the dry
theological dugmas nowadays offered
immortal man as spiritual food. He
longed 10 become an artist, h copy the
beautiful works Of the Creator, and he
became fairly proficient. He did not
succeed, however, In drawing the
attention Of the world 10 his efforts,
aud died finally IN a poor house
his reason gone ~ n result Of the
long struggle with impossible
iucs-and was buried In poitef's
neld, ut the age OF forty, what
ought 10 have boon tho very bloom
aud power Of manhood. OF the un-
fortunate artist not much II known,
but bis history recalls tho fate Of
many who have struggled hard aud
yoi died In dostitution.
Moroau, a French poet, often wan.
derod about the streets of Paris at night
because unable TO pay for his lodgings.
For i've years he wrote songs which
have been sung by and deligh ted all
France, and yet nj the agu OF % he
died In deslilutiUn. Dauiele Mario,
the Italian patriot, ouoo president Of
tho republic Of Venice, ended his
days In piverty and disappoint.
mont. Brrlllz, the musician, known
Ia America, Russia and Germany
although almost unknown In his own
country, was by hunger aud want
compelled to write for Paris news.
paper, while sweet symphonies re-.
manned unsung except Ia the depths
Of his own soul, aud he died unable TO
complete the work he had dreamed Of,
An unusually sad case was that OF u
Jewish missionary, Mr.. Ffledlander.
His story, ms told by onv personally
acquainted with him, IL Ia brief as fol
lows when he embraced CHRISTIAN.
~, no resolved TO give his life for the
conversion OF his brethren. He labOTed
Ia Palestine Tor twenty years. preach
ing New Testament doctrines, but more
particularly spending his energies In
works OF beuavolonce. lie received
from friends liberal sums to dis
tribute among the poor, ana
ho did It faithfully, adding
all the umo the greater part Of his owr
salary, choosing TO live an eEemphtca
ton u tue doctrine no preached
Finally, beiug discarded by the Eng
llsh missionary society he represented
: he came 10 America with a view oil
awakening some interest here for mis-
slonary work amoug the scattered Jews
; lie died In New York, literally starved
10 death, alter having spent forIun'
In doing good to the poor IL remalu'
for some generation to come TO raise d
monument 10 his honor, when work.
OF beuevolenoe to tue pOCr Of the Jew
In this age shall be gratefully remvm
brrcd, ut time when the people an,
. their land shall have been Tedeeme,
e and made 10 prosper.
II may be sad enough TO contemplate
the TACT that success IL not always ia,
& result Of able eiI1rls; hat 10 Ia not nj
ways the "htlest" that survive, not
I wilhslaudlng the aiagr; bat inasmuot
, ~ IL r. the truth, there Is wisi0m &.
gather from 70. IL may show tina
. mans own power IL not always sui
Z hoient to uit him up to the position h'
desires, and iuspte him 70 seek tha
. MD which Ia a sure guidance In al
% thiugs, temporal and eIrruul,
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