The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-27

as had been appointed! said: 81 have
fought a good fight" The battle he
fought was for the principles of
heaven. He fought for the principles
which will glorify men. He bore pa
tiently insults and prosecutions. Never
in all his experience did he allow
himself to feel a spirit of anger or bit
terness against those who oppressed
him. Il have fought" he said, "a
good fight l have finished my course,
and 1 have kept the faith" Brother
Abraham II. Cannon, before he left
this existence, could have said the
same. In this there is a source of
Brother Cannon is not dead
His body lies there, but his
spirit has passed into another
world of action. Many times
his voice has pierced every heart and
every ear in this great hall. He has
filled US many times with hope and
satisfaction by his wise instructions
and the testimony he has borne. We
have been charmed and instructed and
delighted But is Brother Cannon
dead? No: he lives today more fully
than he ever sived before. There is a
bright place that he occupies; a place
that he lived in perhaps before he left
the spirit world, and we feel that he
has accomplished mighty work.
When a person feels that he is en-
titled to receive this great blessing
there is something before hinl-a pros
pect that is beautiful and glorious.
Who is to mourn for one of these?
There is no loss; there is a gain. When
he left the spirit world to come into
this there was no doubt much more
mourning than there would be any oc-
casiCn for here under these circum-
stances.
When a young man is called on a
mission and has to leave his family to
sojourn for several years among
strangers, there are feelings of uneasi-
ness and sorrow among those whom he
leaves. How many difficulties will he
meet? How will be meet the tempta-
tons, the dangers to which he will be
exposed? WIFI he lose all those glor-
ious prospects now before him? These
are things unpleasant to contemplate,
when this side of the subject is brought
into view But he goes upon his mis-
sion He stays two or three years and
passes through suffering and trials.
But he returns a better, a wiser, q
more godly man. Brother Cannon has
gone into the other world and there is
rejoicing there. He has secured a vic
tory and all the glory and eXaltatlon
attendant upon a victory. He has gone
into a glorious enterprise and has
achieved splendid results. When a
man who has accomplished all that
God gave him to do leaves US, there
can be no disappointment. He gains
more glory than the human mind can
conceive; it is eternal, everlasting, con-
tfnuous This is the condition of our
friend. Apostle Cannon.
We are told that when we pass sue
cessfully through our second estate
glory will be added unto us forever and
forever Brother Cannon has kept the
faith and kept it we'll.
Men are sent into the world, some
of them at least, to accomplish certain
purposes. For instance, God said of
jeremiah. Before l formed thee in the
body, 1 sanctified thee and ordained
thee a prophet TO the nations" Jere-
miah replied to the Lord that he could
not speak well, but God laid his hand
upon him and gave him power to ac-
complish great things among the ma
lions. Brother Cannon likewise had a
mission. and he fulfilled it even as did