Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-12-05
OBITUARY NOrgs.
HANS rurrn MILLER.

] HANS lNANN NAllHHNs
Died At R.chncld. u ah. November 81,
| 1894 OF pulmonary consumption, Hans
Potor Miller, aged u years, months, DO
| days.
Deceased was born ut Noxo, Brouholm
/ Denmark, August b 1888, ~ poor, hum.
/ bio and honest parents, who wcfo be.
/ licvers In tho Lutheran creed. our sub
| joct began To- reflect upon religion a. tho
/ age Of . but as ho fell under the influence
/ of an inhdol school teacher, whom ho
| dearly loved, he was In Imminent danger
/ " becoming a skoptic. This was over.
/ ruled by Providence by a miracle, aud
/ having received an unioubung faith in
! Christ, his heart WINS opon aud ready 60
/ obey the shepherds voice. Passing by
/ his frat reception Of the news Of tho
lattCr-day work We Will quote few
words from his Journal " "reminiscences:
81 took Mp the Book oi Mormon again
/ aud read md prayed with doyout fUrvnr
/ prayed for testimony Of tho truth sud
| promised tho Lord that would become q
| Mormon and Try toaervo Hun N Hewuuld
/ give mo a knowledge Of the divinity Of
/ tho call OF Joseph smith. Upon retiring
/ Jaw light shining around mo aud %
/ voice said. Joseph Smith n truo
| Prophet and tho Book Of Mormon Is "a
| divine revelation, and you shall be
/ chosen 20 bear testimony Of this 10 tho
| people,. Tho light vanished and ns ]
| lay Rejecting. It rcappcarod aud my iu-
! iuro passed before me Hs panorama.
! Just what 1 saw / cannot say, but 10
seemed To- be only hatdships. struggles,
The snoors and SCOTS Of friends, aud a. /
snw my blood How tho voice asked; Arc
you now willing 20 oboyT | answered
loudly, Yes ! ami and thon tho vision
vanished. All my life since have fully
expected 10 lay my life down Tor this
work, but ] now realize that tho latter
part OF my vision was but trial Of my
faith.n
Our subject was baptized Ia his twonti-
eth year and Immediately following null
fllod mission Of nino years aud has
been a faithful, jealous worker TO tho
end. lie omigrntod to Utah In 1862 and
livud for some umn In Mt.
Pleasant. sanpo,o county, tho last
twonty-thioe years having boon
spent In RIrhileld. iIo has filled many
public positions with credit, aud was
president Of tho Thirty-sixth quorum OF
Seventies nt tho limo u his death.
We shall miss our dear father but feel
happy la remembering his beautiful,
Christian life. We have always been
surprised NJ tho way In which ho could
overlook oilanses, forgive his enemies
aud forget himself for the good of others;
aud we feel assured that ho shall be
numbered among them whose robes
shall be- washed white through faith IN
the Redoemor and that glorious reward
was awaiting him Ia tho better land.
We cay he Il dying. dyiugl All. not be u
Weakening nov
II We only could see the glory that soon shall
encirclc hia brow,
No deep, broken sob nor accent should sartlo
him back from sleep,
From sleep ~ bright. 20 peaceful, though We.
In the shndowa, weep.
We may weep, but deploto him nCyori His
lie hHa been grand ami truug
God grant that our own beside him may stand
Ia bright rcYioN
God grant when the shades Of evening shall
gather around vs. all
| We may meet On the roay morning IN tho land
where tho angels calf
BUny LAuOSr.