Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-14
fHE MISSIONARY FIELDS
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t.,.,i VINO MED In the iisid.

- A.. d. Nnu .HMufmon" To an iinsf
!, f.,si who Med In the fisld'
...,l Correspondence.
4 n, mb.joln,d letter was addressed
Vim j. waie. president % the
49, conference. Il h written by one
"a, member q the church. on the
,.,,lsn q the death Ia the mission heid
. rirrsF. Clarke. whom the writer
81 earned TO love and respect
psboroueh. Taunton, sept y. 1899
a, psar nroihcr-t take up my pen
!, ,iir,,, sou on The sad. very sad sub
I'd q poor Brother clarkc'a death.
'rit OIL how shall ! begin1 Ana what
.,,nfuvf one a. indeed, tempted 10
.,-.Im arllnst the cruel King u ter
{, =, sr8 an him wicked and cruel In
# HI sufsma. For he seems really, BY
4 lsIsrInr. o. il were. az the wrong end
. n H. rsrirtcr. 90 have inverted the
FL n naiure. IT, has. in poor Broth
cafkfs case. passed over the couch
III M Wtak. DID, and dccrepld, and
|itfsd / may say youth 90 it, bud;
\ lfrsi strength lu 10 bloom. ana torn
ID n affhooi ln H. full maturity,
TfffltA. indeed. IL such providence,
H. vt not quite unHearchahlc Ia itH
|tadraa such n stroke VIII not only
Ifr,1 terrible blow 20 his poor widow
In family. but Il win also cause grief,
.fnffIss and sadness 90 your church In
.Tsainl and America. This blow
'rinis a powerful alarm 20 All sleeping
40 needless Christians, and n In
tiritd a. a remedy for our carnnl Sc
,an assure you that this visitation
lHrgi hack 10 my own mind with ro-
ttgil force and ylgor the text hap
. tsrii 10 select Tor my discourse when
4 ! preached In your hail. and when poor
. Brother Clarke was himself present,
nmty0 Watch yc therefore. lest COM
.irs suddenly be- find you sleeping"
. Mlfk y. 49, %. Hut little did I think
nat be- was TO BE- tho first the mes
|FHfaf % death would fetch away
tl'ak We ought 10 look on this viaita-
10 iH TIE kind will VI heaven 10 rouse
u from our slumbor and Hieeplncaa and
T ll'ikin us into timely examination and
tFlnspectlnn. ! need not surely ac-
uumoilia This blow with plain lam
fuagl nor act as IL Interpreter. But
W al our conscleuccs be- awake and
~ following will very plainly up-
liai 90 b. la awful meaning on We
ilai % men. On the midst ~ lie we
on "a death 80 state. no clrcum-
ianees can ascertain our preservation
a hhFlt moment 30 strong h the ~
mats arm that nothing can resist IL
iliel. 10 true u hiH aim that nothing
tan eIlle a. sudden almost AZ lightning
q hs arrow sometimes launched ana ID
wounds and Hills even before we seem
y b. aWarc " lta approach. let ~
tsiu plQmlaf ourselves constant safe.
v N any cxpellent. but let ua make
slaslam PREPARATIONS. For the fatnl
i.liu ny 20 pr0mlrCuoualy that none
" can ever guess who the next vie.
lm wy D. Therefore. lot ua always
ANh lfli coming suddenly he iinds u,
hSlhe...rng and sleeping.
uel hia permitted the arrow of death
tmlke Brother Clarke thus down
Ivy lis mas permitted II only In mercy
.,ihAp, GOD fnrosaw some Inevitable
ls oi temptation forming. or som,
sgllll Storm N moral and Hplritun
s,,,iY impending, n 10, we must
~ " dissatisfied with such a merci,
" l's,aull0n In taking him from Us.
~, " constantly remember that poo
,s.n't Clarke j. not lost, but onl,
IN WV \. ~ our great Captain from tn
~ ny =, remember that IT Il far NOR
p,-,s.l pi u. 70 have entered the llst-llk,
~ u glarhe-and 10 have fought In
- .snl even before he might hnVl
ou.,,. p'lihllled 10 come on as con
I No., - tully ns he might hay,
nj ~ he having borne the eros
/ seBii'. ' l 70 various kinda Of per
/. 1..l WIN a cheerful resignation
nina wv Ntlrd up tho lolns Of hi
. vlb sst a performed the Masters WI
+. h. h,,t,n. , ., ana persevoring ndellty
% es,ts . XIV, MIS- great Rcdcome
ihs ars, :, wv now shine ~ a star o
ihrs v,,h asnllule 10 heaven. lie vii
/ ris1i.t Hlh brighter beams. be- no
/ .1i,hei with stronger law IN III
h., tlerasilng Kingdom.
~ liler all, how mysterlous from
I ~ w human standpolnt nrc III
NJ ol out great Oodi
~. .eAhot rally consider ana thin
. ~, ~ 10 ua, very, very mournft
q nsl!.hqnt feeling piercing touchc
. a., b,lhlslng and sorro,Vf,ii con
4 AVN ~. IN Death was 40 sudden cu
N NJ yl,uy w The prime OF ne amids
vhNe iNaelty and yiEor u manho,,
IA M. ~ Nas certainly fun OF stren,rt
4 h er, W. ZONES fun Of marrow. Ie s,,re
u ~sh 'Alned no s0rt ~ npprehensio
M w WI hour when inot ~,
. t1a Gnu indeed, who in IA. ,vnrl
VA 49, suspected that 10 hrlght
b s''aln 70 down 80 carlvg shnn,
\ tsys, soon extlnFulahedg ' n",,n,
~ WlFctel such IA ana Co.,,
r5od v. human apponrnnces hla hi
r,m.a ' 'y strong. Length Of day
. Ann.uta ',,en IN hls pleasant. ham,
NJ sais,ln a sanguino countennnee
q 9lAeed himself Win ~ ,'. .i'eN,
Il ilins ~ much work for God and ,
Christ '''ns more honor and glory /
,s ay OH happy yoyaeel uo b,
Ma, y, ny no sooner lnunchs6 "a, ~ w
M holvv , l o. Christian determinatia
haven ~ resllu'lon than arrived ',t'' y,
n nat he b1 NV more eminently happy no
Neaibs,. w passed tho WV. an
IA thS s' a,angerous world, now thst =,
II no ~ lflh many tribulatloBS en Hs /,
II " broarh, JON u heaven; ana liner,
aid M honor TO his diylnc Mss,..
s'us.lys eso,nb a,oly eonslatent and il
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