Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-10
The Sensation Of Sea Sickness and Sugges-
ton 10 Students Of volapuk.
The AWFUL CRY, MAN oytRsoARup'
Religious Meetings on the wassiand a
Word About the steamer -arri,ai Of
missionaries In Liverpool.
on Board the waesland.
Aug. %, isgs. . y. m.

Us. but breeHeh, ulllyNn. or DR. AkatAl
the old wacaland sun piows the seas
with the same triumphant pride In her
own safety ioday ne she has borne for
zone and thirty" years
our tlip has been one Of eStrems
dcllrh; 90 mysi u the party. In
fact. to me. 1t was almost too delight
fui to be pleasant. II such a paradox
zeal term can D., used. Ny sea sickness
was hardly as much as had hoped Tor.
for wanted 10 know what % meant
There was longing within fny nrsaHs
- meet une ~ those grand uid storms
at aen," where ! could stand and waich
the angry waves leap ur. Ike rasluN
isopafds. and bite the i1rtuoua winds
but when saw what "aruniElna
Froahs" were brought OF uH hy the
semitic rocking % the ship. l though
irfhaps twas beet 10 sail On less tenn
pastuDua fnaH
Ths nfsi day out was beautiful Pre-
ciscly ai GOO on the morning NJ the
iiih Inst We were turHed out Into deep
water nu the Delaware river. and g.
good pilot siforui uH salty past ihu
bfcaktra. and climbing down ihr side
OF the steamer ftrpuC1 into u small
boat. which carried him and our last
farewell letter back 10 the earth. lie
waved uf a aNfet toned pleasant vny-
age" ana we were gone. 1hc Wsigi
turned grfener and deeper ana darker
ihe wayoF. though gentle, 'rure be-
ginning 20 roll in aplrndnr hrrclih w.
and then f1amlng faces looked like
moving snow drifls down the mountain
side ~ We iuunrld about. nov ln
our rccilnluE chaifr with the cvcnlnE
hrcozc fannlnE uur broNs. and now out
on tn oprn deck looking alternately
nc the strange slaht below ana the old
familiar sky above. The time speed
quickly By and soon the darkness was
upon tho face NJ The deep. Oh. how
lovely, who Wouldn't have a homo on
the scar No wonder TAILOR boz sings
an thf day. iiui walt This swing
Ing Of the ship AFFECTS the brain.
am really getting dlzay st1nachlc
tfouhlsn srrn 90 follow. ard suddenly
from the door N ihe kitchen their
rolls ouf Tn VOLUMES " boating rag
rancc the mingled perfumes ~ a hun
dftd hot rnfHf Stronger than
ever Gomez she drslrc 90 bend over the
railing and look down upon the waves
~ they rise In Eaniie majesty % r..
ccivr your humbie tribute. From for.
90 AFT and from port 10 star of the Eal.
LIANT rilp the winds are bearing the
same message Of cuuFrniai emotion
taught today. ana ! mink % advocates
arr working hard a. make
u universal. They cali Il the volapuf
I suggest % them the addition ~ one
moro word Ia thsif vocabulary ana he.
Hove that IT, univcnailiy Will be- sun.
Client recommendation. u ig the word
OF the rea." and used on rNtry shin thHi
plowa tht deep. II II hard u spell ana
even more painful 20 pronounce but 70
eNpfsaaca the same idea throughout
The whole world. u IL spelled n-w-h-w-
h-a.w and pronounced with q gurE Ink
accent on the second syllable. The
v0iapuk II the only language that can
conniatently ADOPT II.
We'll. ~ We passed on. the sea sick
ness passed ufi. pur "fnn," however.
was turned 10 real nadn'rs on the even.
inr Of our flfai day On thc water. About
10 o'clock the awful cry of ''man over
board" rang out on the deck Of the
steamer and many were she hearts that
beat In anxiety and fear leai iovft
one or dear friend was he who had
been 20 unfortunate,
We had on board with us the crews
OF two other vessels whose ships had
been lufi 10 America and they were on
their way home 20 thu british lales II
was one NJ these men who had falion
from the railing while crrleHaly sitting
there, talking With one NJ. hlH snip.
mates. The night was very dark and
n was several minutes before the
Wassland NaH brought o. a Htand-Htill
aud thu lie boat lowered,
The brave sailors ruwed this little
life boat Gar back Into the nicht and
weru tossed about un the .nnl hlllowa.
but they neither heard "a cry 90 distress
nor found the man IN silent airru. lie
had Funr 10 hls rest ln that dark green
undue nrpulcher Of me yea. and We
went % our rest ln gloomy sleep TO
dream ~ that Great neyond.
The next day was sunday A Rev.
Mr.. Eveland was un board and held al
vine services Tie Invited our crowd 10
join him aud assist M the singing. The
next evening W. were invited tu hold a
meeting ANA explain the principles OF
our religion 10 the cabin passengers
Thern were present number NJ prom.
inent doctors aud lawyers. ana In fact
the whole assembly was made M ~ a
wealthy and educated class of people.
Elder Jos. W. Smith Of Arizona. Hem
~ catmull Of Idaho, Jcppa Munfnn. y.
o.; tilph' John Jones Joseph huyce'
Clarence ~, cannon, dufclh 81. Nfaarat
Geo. g Wood. Z, r. Merrln. Prof ana
Mrs. D. A. Mldtaoe Mlss Lulu Date
ID, n. white and myself were the num-
Der ~ our company,
II was decided that brother widtsor
should preside ana make such remarks
a. he thought most hitting for the occa.
rather ave an account of the founding
Of our church In this diHpensitlon. Re-
marks ON the restoration uf the Gospel
from q scrlpturil standpoint should
follow by myself. The spirit of the
Lord was with us ana 10 made an I'M
preston ON the people for good. Many
of them have been 10 us during our
voyage TO Inquire further into our boz
lief, one lady Just came 90 me while
writing this letter and gave me her add
drefH ana dollar bill 10 send her some
OF our literature
with slight exception our party has
been In good health and spirits almost
from the day we lett our homes ln Zion.
Our trlp across tho continent ! sup
pose was much the same as that Of
other groups Of missionaries We Ho Of.
ten read OF. but 10 us II was very dir.
fercnt from the Ideas we had gained
from reading. We were strongly Inn
pressed In leaving our loved ones and
home and friends that parting IN suci
sweet sorrow" The short distance
from the door Of the depot was harder
20 travel than a thousand miles ON N,
Atlantic, or across the plains. But
must not weary you with that which
Interested ua alone. our tears wcr,
soon dried by the sunshine OF SONG aud
we wheeled away like the chariots of
morning. In less than 80 hours We had
covered the distance which occupied IN
time ~ the Pioneers Tor moro than 6
hundred days, Our flight was so awif
that had we went our worst the livi
long day and night II still would
scarcely count one single tear FOR ever,
- hay sal hN a..