Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-09-01

and there n young life goes OUT, step
ping from the ibtsfholl OF man
hood or womsnhooi when mes
opening door seemed ni Of
promise, laden with lsauiy aud
perfume ~ are the flowers OF sprinGi
The young man tall Of vIgor, hops
and good ia,uli, iuc young woman lar
and good, Al cpiiJme Of angel lie
dwellins la tenement Of clayj but
they arc gone, and the aspirations Of
istherhood ant motherhood are
quenchsd BY the H3Jdudo OF unaVail.
Ing tears. Lie seems ieit OF It's glory,
the home Of ~ sunshine, duty OF lie
willing worker, and svclely Of en-
acknowledged Charm; these climhxe'
coming at times, not by irsidious
disease or hungefug fever aud vast
ing-ifom a visible ohEnge and hn-
ticipaling Of the end, but oitenlimes
the grim unwe come messenger comes
with the rapidly Of the iishtning's
fiash, aud from asky ne serene az the
morning, without warning aud against
all hamsn probability.
VINO has not known VI the father OF
a little family, Of the mother Of = little
flock, suddenly called away2 The
bread winner on the Que hand, or the
untirlnR aud devoted mother on
tho Othsti Aud ye, this sfiects
not tho children alone but the
utter LONELINESS and desolatlon which
beislIs the survivor appears without a
rodeeming feature. Paralysis Of soul
and energy, Indifference as to the
future or 10 surroundings, Is the lot Of
many broken heart; continuous OF
otherwise according TO mentality,
spirituality or tnNt innate "nopc
which syringe eternal In the human
breast"
Separation from those who are
maturcd; from those who have "boue
the burden aud the heat Of the day"
when wearlnoss has ,upefvened, ami
''thc grasshopper has become a
BURDEN" IL not 20 necessarily calam.
itous. The great issue Il anticipated,
discountc inevitable. Survivors feel
as II were release from a mission
ended, from n life well nlled, irsm
duly well performed. Natural sorrow
from association, natural recognition
Of Indebtedness, natural mis.iug OF n
belovod form % 'anotliied face, there
IL OF cour.e; but the keen edge Of n
separation found In earlier life 10 dulled
by AN evident proprieIy anu assurance
that "the time had fully com,"
Even ia the most sad aud solemn
anu crushing Of all bereavemen.s, It l.
possible to endure, from fsaliz lion
In part that I've are net our own"
that there Is an unseen but recognized
authority which has determined the
end from the beginning" There IL
the operation OF faith, the conclusion
OF reason. the Inspiration OF the etcT-
nal spirit, which In tho active recsp.
tive soul peaches that conclusion
which Is true aud philosophic, thst
"He doe,h all things WELL" The
pletic or inspiraliOnAl soul realize',
believes, knows, that
angels Of Ito aud death alike ar1 us.
Without Ilis leave, they cross no threshold
DER.
Who then would wish. or dare, believing this,
Against His messenger to shut the door,
There Is All undesirable feeling ia
susceptible ber,avcd humanity every.
where, II not 10 clear "a the above
yet carrying with II certain consc.
latlon which comcs OF innat,
cultured or religious faith, oil
from spiritual phenomena which Il
almost a. universal AZ our race. That
something In advance Of this vague,
this hopeful feeling, this Intense de
sire, this ha'i-assuTance Of mankind
should be found among the Lattsr.day
Saints, Ia In no way surprising; for Ia
addition TO this general intuition, thii
expectancy OF hope, they have 90
more sure word OF prophecy, unit,
which they do well 10 take heed, A. tC
n light shining In dark place." And
all bereavement, no matter how sad
sudden or undesirable, carries with Il
lH illuminated side. The Views and
thoughts which grow out Of the nc
csptance Of tue principle OF pte.eKist
ence, Of times probation, OF persona
agency, Of an overriding hand, OF con
tlnuous relationship, are grandly con
Solatory. These remove calamity IRON
the realm OF accident. All has beef
known and n yelled and long for
gotten, yet In tho divine program AZ,
record II Ia inscribed more brilliantly
than II could bs under the MONDAY sui
So there comes mitigation OF IN
heaviest sorrow, sunshine into tn
rensest cloud, and a quiet which I
never absent Ia the widest storm
The teudsrest ties, the most absorb
Ing affection, the greatest loss, hav
an irridescenco whici is the rel eolio
Of a brighter shore; and where all Ia
tender and sacred ministries OF Low
have been conspicuous and continuous
full understanding deems that thi
can neither slumber nor sleep; tina
there Is an unseen but not unlel
watohcAre which is a prlnoiple aud
prrrogatlve also; that promising son
a loving father or devoted husband, !
not barred save by the veil q nosh