Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-01-19
OBITUARY NOTES.
sAnAn sNYDEn nicnAnDs.

on the ith day OF october, lhVii NJ
Plain City, Weber county, Utah. there
was closed a career 40 iull Of quiet hero
ism, Of lessons OF faith and It's lrlumphsi
that II deserves moro than passing no
tico from the Lattor-dny Saints. us
lessons are the best which our human 10y
can toach-iar better for MS thun hll
worldly achievements and far better Tor
US than tho victories which como tainted
with concessions made to tho spirit OF
the world. In tho life Of Sarah snyder
Richards, which oxtondod over iho
creator part OF this century and which
embraced nearly nfty.oight years Of ok
porionce In the Church, thcro II some
Thing to console, something 10 encourage
and something to build up, ia every
homo whore the Gospel is dear
Sarah Snyder Richards was tho daugh-
ter of Isaac and Loyisa Comsiock snyder,
aud was one OF family % clsvon chilli
dron. She was born on tho llth day NJ
April, 1913, In Earnest Town, Upper
Canada. Surrounded there by rural
scenes, Injured TO the demands which tue
early part OF this century made upon me
daughters In u busy household, guided
by n father and mother whose upright.
ness was uelghhorhO1d word lh iheir
vicinity, she was established m character
and In determination which all tao hnrd-
ships aud trials Of later years could not
shake. on the 2lih day " January, 1850,
sho was married TO benjamin
JENNIE % Port Fory, 81 Lawrence
Coun v, New York. Six years later
aho heard tho Gospel from tho lips ~
Elder John r.. Page, NJ whose hands sho
was baptized In 1891, being tho hrst ~
hor fathers house 20 fo'uivo tho nov
and everlasting covenant Laior all uf
hor fathor's family Joined tho Church
and with them, having disposed oi all
their possossiuns, she gathered with the
Saints. For limo they rested 40 Ia
Porto, Indiana, awaiting tho settlement
Of the troubles which had burs. wish ape
palllug force upon tho salutIlu MiHsuuni
but m 1912 she aud her fathers family
gathered TO Hancock county, Illinois,
aud located - nilos cast Ut Nauvoo.
when that city was made dotoih.o aud
when tho people Of God turned thCir
faces westward. she took part in
that historic exodus spending tho
winter Of 'i0-7 90 Winter Quarters
delaying ono year In Potiawa. anne cuuu-
~, lows, 10 gain strength aud means Tor
the march To tho valley aud arrived hero
IN 1850. Tho Incredible hurdships OF that
march can novor bo portrayed by pen 81
mortal. Snmo there are now living VIM
experienced 10 aud who IN the bare men.
ton will rccoguizo tho lifetime 0f suiicr.
ing which IL OutailUd aud tho sorrow
which would have boon despair but iur
tho light Of faith which Illuminated tho
pathway OF tho driven host soon after
nor arrival In tho valley hor husband
left the Church and went TO California.
Sho afterwards became the vito u
Apostle Franklin ID. Richards, President
Brigham Young performing the cufn-
Inony. Aftor some years OF lilo nc s1lt
Lake she removed to Wanship, in
summit county, locating there in 1860.
Here she was made president Of tho
10 II #aNH
her timo, hor wonderful onOrgy and
hor recognized skin In ninls'or-
ing among the sick. She was widely
known AZ acomiorier at tho bedside VI
Rillicion, and from birth TO old ago ihcro
was no condition OF hor follow NOR ais
but that non her sympathy aud hor rs.
histanco. From Wanship she removed 20
GCntilO Valley, accompanying hor son
william, with whom she dwclt and from
whose house sho continued her gentle
Kindness TO all who were In need. Horo
also she was associated with tho Relief
Society, being president Of the ward Or
tfunlzaiion. From Gentle Valley Hho
came To- Ogder, thonco removing 90 Plain
city In tho spring OF 1891, whore her last
days were spent.
Her illness was sudden and her domiso
unexpected until faw hours before tho
final momont ON October 4, 1891, she
peacefully closed her oy0s, bJlng CON
hclous that tho end was 40 hand and being
surrounded by many u hor loved ouoa
70 whom sh0 turned and gave such a
look OF assurance wnon speech Itself was
gone as to DO an undying comfort TO
them. She had no fear OF tho future and
passed into the certainty Of boitor life,
whose rewards shall DO sufficient for ali
the toll and tho sacrifice OF this exist
once.
Sister Richards was Of tho rarost typo
Of heroine aud Saint. No hardship was
too great for her TO endure In tho cause
OF truth.
There DO many among us who can lay
lilo itself upon tho altar 81 truth, but
who whom the demand II mhdo tor dntly
abnegation faltor and fail, la this raF0
kind OF devotion she shouu couHpicuuus-
lyi around her homo she drew all hearts
10 her 10y the sweetness Of hBr ministrn-
ton. In tho families whore she visited
hor very presence was relief
from hutloringi for sho seemed 20
have the ability 90 take tho burdens
and the palms OF others unto herself La
AL tho varied sphere Of usefulness which
hho occupied there was mono but was
made better by her association. It's
not too much 10 say that ln nearly tho
generation that tho writer has known hor
no mover hoard a word from her lips nor
know OF an act Of hor Ito that was unbo-
NNlhlhk u NhlHh " huNs ono NhN lMUlNO
children, soyon Of whom diOd In Infancy
or carly youth. OF tho ilyo who grew To
maturity aud Of tholr increase her des.
condaniH now number one hundred and
twenty. All are In tho Church aud ali
look forward 10 a reunion Ia that blos,od
nbodo whore HhO will moat hOr reward.
Tho lessons OF life are mnnyi they arc
about us In overy experience; but the
hardest otall 10 learn IN the lesson taught
by such "a life AZ that OF Sister Richards.
Under tho blaze OF glory and nin-
billion, or whom mighty Bacrlnco
IN demanded whore tho opitaph OF
martyr Ia tho result we can accept tho
teaching OF example aud tho heart
bounds forward with animated desire 10
rival IN splendid goodness tho caruor OF
one VINO has performed some ono great
deed OF fame for righteousness sake. nut
where llio OF eiBhly-ono years bias boon