Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-01-29
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V"S i'i this ne. n rev hours at most.
md your soul will be woltcrlne In that
'wfnl lake of fire and birthstone from
which there is no escape, worlds with
iut end. Try to see this terrible condi-
sion. Mr.. Crlsto; try 20 understand the
Ilreadfulness of not being saved from
1t! Once more / beseeoh you to lot me
save you from such u fate. only say
you are sorry FOR the wicked life you
have led; that you repent Of your sim
fulness In not having progressed re q
ligion and let me rescue your soul. be-
fore 1t is too late; let me, / pray YOU,
sprinkle two or three drops of the saw
Ing water upon your brow"
The minister paused to take breath:
and the dying man turned his head
feebly upon his pillow, and family
murmured, No. ! cannot see what you
see, Parson Moray. | cannot confess 10
having led a sinful life when from my
earliest recollection, the only desire Of
my heart has been to do good; and
when. during my whole life, my hand
has never been raised to do an injury
to any thing my God has created.
have not always done that which
proved to be for the best: | have made
many mistakes: but my intentions havo
been right. and have always repented
of any wrong doing as soon as I have
me to trust in God, and to pray to Him
as q kind and merciful Father, before
could talk plain. / have proved her
teachings to be god. and know that the
Lord always has been my friend.
have tried never to offend Him, and
am not afraid of the sentence i shall
receive at His hands; 1t will be just
1t win be kind"
The failing voice sank to n whisper
and the dying mans eyes closed calm
ly. The minister thought that death
had already seized its victim, and arose
very solemnly and left the house.
During the visit of parson Moray.
and his conversation with the uncon-
certed. Mr.. Cristo. the wife and little
daughter of the latter had stood at the
the changes which passed over the in
vald's face.
Emily. the little girl, wept and sobbed
necessarily; mostly through grief he
cause the approaching death of her
beloved father; yet partly In anger at
what she considered the cruelty of the
awful things the parson was saying to
him. She wondered. too. that her
mother could bear to have such indig-
mites heaped upon the husband she had
almost idolized, and not ersent them.
Poor child. She did not realize at
that time that the polgnancy of her
mothers grief deadened every other
sense; that she did not even hear. the
voice of the reverend gentleman. much
less notice tho a hgttTH thinpa he ~
saying.
Mrs. Cristo aroused herself from the
sort of stupor which had been creeping
over her. as the door closed behind the
minister, and both she and Emily knelt
at the bedside of the dear one whose
earthly life was fast departing. The
wife laid her hand softly upon the cold
forehead. and the daughter gently
clasped the motionless hand. A deep
drawn breath came slowly from the
colorless lips, and again. for the LAST
time in mortality, Mr.. Crlsto opened
his eyes Again, too. he spoke feebly.
MY darlings!'' he said. hear, and
be after you sometime, when am gone.
Do not give heed to them, they are
wrong. They are pulling lot of
strings, but not one of them will lift
the latch to the door of heaven. Avoid
them all. But-remember-this, that
tell you. for 1t is true, is truel And
1t will remain-forever-all the rest
Will pass away-hut this that 1 tell you
of will continue on-and on-and on.
there Will be no end to it-no end II
is a key that will he given to man on
the earth, which will open the door of
Heaven-the doOr-the doorsl There Is
a ring of keys, an endless circle The
doors of heaven will be unlocked, and
the inhabitants of earth will he shown
the nath md the n ,t,.s., rf-t.
key for the first door will be brought
here-listen to those who bring 1t. and
follow where 1t is Observation-Disclosures
that tell you'll have seen tit is
true-is true!"
Mr.. Cristo's last breath went out
with the utterance of the last word.
His life had closed without a struggle
Friends came in and attended Ia The
necessary preparations for burial: Mrs.
Cristo moved about here and there. so
calmly that many marvcled, and none
suspected how keeuly she sensed the
blow of her husbands death.
Little Emily, unable to endure the
sight of her mothers white face. shut
herself up, and spent the first wild
storms of this, her first great sorrow.
alone. W.
Mr.. crlsto had a maiden
sister, HIS father's. not his
mothers. child, who had Inherited
~ eat Weaith from maternal relatives
RMS lady's sister came to the be-
'eaved wife and child. with consoling
words for their loss,and generous prop
'sidons for their future. Miss Cathnr-
ne Cristo was n good business woman
Us Wen as n rich one: and she did not
"ait until the funeral rites were Over
before opening a conversation with her
'lster-in-law and niece concern!nr,
heir plans for days to come.
After expressing a desire to take
'harge of her brothers funeral. have
III conducted in her own way, and to
'ear all expenses, (Which Mrs. Crigto
II necessity readily agreed to) Miss
katharine quietly approached the other
art of the subject she had under con-
enplation.
'Hou can't keep up your house Pol
Y. now that your head Is taken away,
You had better close everything up
I once. and you and Emily come home
With me. My brothers child shall be
o me as If she were my own from this
he shining golden hair Of the little
'irl caresslngly.
A thrill OF pleasure almost stopped
he pain in Emily's heart for an in
tant, at the thought of living in the
rand, beautiful home of her aunt, OF
ihich she had heard much but which
he had never seen. Her father had
zen only a grocer in Essex, England,
Nth but moderate success in business;
nd Emily was only thirteen. so she
nay be excused for the feeling of graf
lcntion which came to her at the sug-
estion of her aunt. although her
ather had been dead but three DAYS.
gain her mother caused her to wonder
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