Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-07-16

brother Tho boys and girls 20 trip
ping down the tuul. happy that day
has come whlu the heavy toll of the
week can hs dropped and q few hours
fpuni IN Joyful recreation and Innocent
Fun The old meeting house dln- Ia
locked. and for another seven days
quiriuin VIII reirn. a sort ~ sweet.
p"Ar ful air surrounds n an the time.
ard 10 HnomH as N tho dangerous Gle.
. Wnuta NJ nature could never las
/ luprcllrtu hand upon a.. u 10 especially
blcfHHd. Tho little mestlnr house II
hu Inspiration wherever u may be: be
| Doe u ever ~ humble. 10 tells the man
~ the world both far and
wide. 10 u a house where God dwella
lr spirit and sends iIa holy angels
90 bless and sancilfy ~ walls. May no
human being ever dcsncrate the holy
Hlr " religious Hlnctums The humble
li mop must not b. forgotten, Tor he
Streets al With biz kindly smile Near
th. stream WhorH grows the willow
and mountain ash can be- seen his
peaceful home;
"Noar yundor cnpse. where once the
garden smiled,
And Hull who're many gnrdrn hover
grows VIA.
There. whore 1 fow torn shrubs the
place disclose.
Tho Village preachers modest mansion
\ man he was to all the country
And passing rich at forty pounds a
year
Remote from towns he ran hi, godly
race,
Nor C,r had changed or wished to
change his place.
unpracilc5d he TO fawn or seek for
Hy doctrines fashioned 20 the varying
hour,
For other aims his heart had learned
More skilled to raise the wicked than
10 RISE"
Ana 80 IL the modest Bishop. God
bless the nishopH'
We had almost forgotten tho good
old country dance Many Friday
nlEht has seen u merry crowd tripping
the light fantastic toe" The school
house Is decorated with wrraths %
foliage. and Is lighted by limited
number Of lamps. High up on three
or four benches sits the Village nd
dlcr. who plays and plays with the
vim ami interest % genius. on go
thr young men and mnidens. aud for
many hours, they VIII polka and waltz.
then fHr rest have the good
ola plain quudrllle, The parents
indulge. too. uui spend the tedious In
t,ryaH between the dances In conyera-
iur And sn thr time passes and
dare say that many u dancer has seen
the gray dawn ~ the morning before
turning lu."
Hut the student Of nature particu-
larry loves the rocks. tho geological for
nation. ana the flowers. There was a
time when Lake bonneville washed the
sides NJ the mountains almost ~ the
top ~ the summit, ANA the magma
tive oye can now see the water with
its waves lashIng the shore and the
white caps playing on IT, bosom. The
shore lines In many places can Htlll b
dlsoernrd.
or different kinds Of flowers there are
many The aunnower ana dandrllun
cover the hills In a pretty yellow garb
every year. ana along the creek the
wild rose grows hero and th0Te, and rs
0dlr ls carried on by the broezcs.
There h. too, the foN-tnil. the mustard,
the sweet clover, ana the shepherds
purse. and above AN that common, hut
rod" A. one secs Il growing along the
country road be- cannot but say with
Harriet Rrrcher Stowe'
THE golden rod and the aater hung
their plumage over the rough rocky
mad
I'm the early morning the song Of the
robin wakes one from his dreams, tn
harsh. Hhrill cry NJ q m1Eple rcaound-
through the hlls. and far far on. j
mourning dove sings his melancholy
tune us II sad ana very weary OF tho
world
Mountain Deli has everything a.
mako 10 picturesque. and there IL many
"a HcnuH that would do for the artist
sketch book The sky ls very blue the
tons OF mountain peaks are lost as they
pierce the heavens, Cool breeZes fan
ones brow. the cOlura OF nature stand
out In relief, yet blend tremendously
and Eraudly 10 make the perfect land
aclpe, and with q cry the traveller
shouts; "Oh, beautiful and wondrous
earth. We are too inferior In thought to
know thy grandeur"
LEVI EDGAR YOUNG.