Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-07-06
DIED IN TIE MISSION FIELD.
Sister Ella Adelia Moody Passes Away
In Far on ssmIa.
Edior Desere, NsvE

Occasionaly your readers are in-
formed Of missionaries passing aWhy
while actively engaged Ia sowing
seeds ofttuth Ia foreign lands, sni to
the list Of those honoiei Jeings must he
added tho name Of Ella Adells Moody.
gho immediate Cause Of death was
childbirth although Sister Moody's
health mas not been the beat for years;
especially has this been the ease sincs
leaving hec home, o. she was quite
slck On her Journey mere aud has teen
OF Intervals siuce arriving. On the
third Of May sne gave birth 10 baby
xiii aud fof two or three dAys appeared
to DO progressing fAvofably, has then
lover sci ~ which prevented her from
obtaining sleeT. Az consequence
she became delicious and her Vita.
Ivy began u Sub, and on the even.
Ing Of the 24,h 1ho patao
peacefully away.
Ia obadicnce 10 q call from on high
che accompanied her husband, Elder
VIM. a. MlOiy, u Thatcher, q aaam
county, AriEina, 10 THE Ian, affiviug
here IN November, last. In c0mpli-
ancb Low to decree from the same
Divine source, she has entered UPON
her spiritual labofs In u higher sphere.
The humble, earnest plcadings that
We're continually OIL rod 10 our Creator
uutlng her ilinuas auI the facl that sho
has now gone, leads us to verify know
the truth VI the above assertion, aud an
feel g. b1w iu submis-ilA g. Him in
whom wisdom IL perfected. NJt only
were applications COug nntly repeated
but nil tlEt loving hands could posi-.
bly, do WIS done by the partner OF her
youth, assisted BY his cu.lah0fers VINO
were situated at tagalii ~ the time VI
her death.
~ the funeral ghich was held al
Boon on thu uny following her demise,
Elders J. w. B,ck aud J. Is.
barton, hlled with Inspiration
from au0vr, offered clnb5ling remarks
~ tho tuFrEve1 husband, who has
through tue biusslnga 4 our heavenly
| Father, already resumed his labofs.
| inr child 10 toint cared Tor tya lady
| irlond VI Apia And IA getting along
nicely, Ga tue little mount whore
frtts tho bodies OF other loved ones,
Sister Mo0dy's remains were inferred
uulii aucn times ~ tue Lord IA His
iuiinile wisd IA anu mercy shall SEQ
ii 10 ogen toe way for their removal
90 ZION.
while we sadly regret the dea.h Of
Sister Moody and deeply sympatnizr
win her gTiui-stTioken husband. W. do
| not by any ,nsans issl justified N 90.
| Ing 10 tho ether extreme and cUnGBmn
Samoa AZ some have already done,
stating that It Ia n very unhsalthy
county and unit for whlte people u
live In, Iruo, a fow have been called
away by death wLile In this part Of
tho LUri's vineyard, but who eau
say that they would not have
died from the very came causes
aud complaints had they been at home?
| For while we have ony case In 5lu,l,
thofu airs hundreds la our own iJyuly
mountain nome " the same nalutr,
/ and n We cOnIemu samoa ifOm tue
fact that a1ne have died here, then
where Will such cone usion place our
own c0uHlTy2 10 would be lust as
uuwisr AMI unfair u iOfm such a ulr.
/ clusi1n concerning Samoa as II would
/ OF Utah N no further evidence 10
sought. hut what are tho facise From
| the time that Samoa was irst di,cly.
| cred, 10 hss been renow Cd a. the
"datdUn Of tho Pacific, "And although
| but n Vuty small place, Yu ace unit OF
| IT. mild anu genial climate, its ease Of
acquiring n livelihood, etc, many have |
| been loi hiiheT, ami wbcn once here
| could not b. lnIuced 10 leave. We
/ have here Americans, Euglish, Ger.
mAu, FfonoU, Sctullnayiane, Spsuifh,
| Portuguese alI Jhluese, ali seem
10 10 cOntOulVd with Samoa,
especially with tue climate. ABIDE |
from being a group Of lovely |
islGndS, which has brsn rich HELD |
lot poets aud descriptive writers to |
CLEAN from, Samoa II also beyond |
| question Eu exceptionally huAlthy |
place, IA the climate Is the same all tue |
| year round, nild and warm, no long,
cold winters with thelr ttAius OF al. |
tendant Ills ana Complaints that ATE
| 90 common Ia the temperate E1neg.
/ Many Oi tue well.lO.dO class OF other !
countries have oiton sought her genial |
climp In quest Of health when A. |
| iiioted with different maladius. fhis |
would seem TO prove that the "wiso |
mtn OF the earth" VI loabt, count |
| Samoa healthy place. Having heard |
something 20 tno effect that u leading |
physician had OpCo made a remark |
I that led rIme 10 conclude that he !
/ regarded Samoa an unhealthy
place, the writer took the liberty 10 |
| Interview him regarding tue mat.
| ter. Doctor" / aFkeu, what IL
your OptuiIu about samoa, Is II a
| healthy place oru.l2 "Wvll," replied !
the doctor, IN a surprised tone, 81 nave |
been mere sixteen years Auu II had !
not thought 10 wssH healthy country !
l would Cfg,Ei iy have not stayed !
mere ~ Ion. Rs that Sumua Is all
hight" he said most emphatic lily.
Wc have deemed tlusc staten -nts |
necessary from tue iy9l that We nave
heard Of many erroneous iiugs con.
corning Samoa gui our tue situation
here, ANA OF families ami fE0uus Of
missionaries hero engaging Ia much
unHtuvsbafy anxiety, uuuI OF which,
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