Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-17
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from the outside wall. here they were
brought and swung on one hy one. 10
meet % God whose mercy n granted To-
0very creature who impl1rnH DO leaving
those iu whose hearts MERCY ana justice
were dead.
just before entering The iast named
COLL some poor wretch who had been
confined there had duriuE hlH lnruroer-
alton, dug through the wall nearly hnlf
way, before hr was discovered. but
when ] looked ut the distance Co hs
ing but death, hld De- cotton through.
Cor The tower being circular and the
cells being ln The present bUifry there
was uo escape. only perhaps % most
friendly death.
close by the entrance Go This cell. isa
long trap door made Co play nu Inn
poftnut part in history.
Being whispered abroad that che place
was haunted. The ghost regularly ape
pc1rcd 90 those who Gl these dread.
ful deeds then being distinctly seau. Doe
could make n speedy descent through
this door, and ~ c0utHe Dis exit was
wrapped Ia mystery, ths drop being
about fourteen foct 20 tho floor below
Just By the trap door suspended from
the ceiling "a au IRON pipe. about the
Size VI am ordinary hose. through which
water from the above was caused 90
drip, onc drop nt time. ana the un-
fortunate. whose fate % was. being
placed underneath A. In such position
that the drop continually feu on the
same spot ON bile head driving him
soon 20 utter madness
The wood In those dungeons. ~ nearly
as hard aH rock. The beams ure about
two feet thick. reaching up Co MA urchrd
ceiling, which reaches 90 the roof on
ihe tower. The floor hlH been patched
up 90 many places. even This hard wood
Mlll DECAY aud not long hence ! think
% wlll have TO Do replaced. Hs lt D. al.
most dangerous To- ne ANA limb. lu &C.
present condition. Tho Tow steps dcs-
rendlnE into the cells are uil danger
Gus. tho guide frequently aiding the
visitors 10 doncrnd. Passing down the
old staircase. / leave this spot. which /
think must Boz haunted. III thard D. any
spots on earth that De-, ana with % shiv-
cr. regain the warm sunshine and clear
afr of heaven. We were told that lilies
cannot live in the tower.
Tho horror ~ tho place remains. one
can almost hear tho cries of thono who
have been incArcorated there can al.
most feel the anguish they endured
How great must hnte been their Joy. 10
come forth even 10 die' To s1a the sky
either sunshine or stars. with death
staring them Ia the face. must have
been preferable. 20 those terrible dun
reUnF. Returning % &c. Georges
church. af the choir boys. in their
gowns ~ white ana black. slowly nic
ln, Tor the afternoon rcr,tcr. sit
thankfully down. in this place dcdlcat-
cd 90 God. and listen Ia rapture 10 the
grand old organ. aa lt' melody nlis the
sacred place. Tho chanting ~ the
priest and choHaiers. IAN gratefully.
though strangely, on ihr ear. while
sense of rest f4Nr upon mo-
Yes. ! eHy there g. Cod and though
Ills children may De- mialrd, n ln
sincerity they eergc Him, q blessing
flows down on their heads.
Tho solemn voice ~ the priest g.
heard distinctly. oH be- reads the service
VI The church ~ England Then The
e.nglug again. Never before have I
heard a boy choir but J am charmed.
ana uH the melody floats round and
round through the ancient aisles over
the tomhs Of some of the greatest of
Euglnnd's klnEa and noh'cmou ! won
der " their rest o. more sweet fUr the
melodies that are ever waited over
them. Here they arv.cut In stone. rculln-
INK ln easy poaIuuuH,ur laying az length.
features true 60 life. while their dust
Ia In the bosom OF earth. our common
mother,
The uallelujah cchocs an around. JOY
Wee iov' that christ whom We 40
adore, DNtryumo, being ransom Tor
us. aud through HIS merits and grace.
We may some DAY zoe God,
The service ending the boys nlcd
out again and slowly passing through
on. OF the ohapels. are lost 90 view. A.
in dream { rlsy and leave this place.
which IL hllluwod rs the service OF God.
leaving forever behind the glorious ones
who long avo went To rect. with hope
81 some day meeting Him The Prince
ConHort doea not iIe here, but al Frog
more. whore the queen will also he
when her nfalw ~ life are over. II IL
only ehort distance away. she fire.
quenuy drives there, when out Tor her
airing
How straugc IL lifci One steps out Of
the way, that another may hold power
yet how dangerous Il powori How
responsible 10 God arr those that WELD
lu
o. England every foot % thy soil IL
historic ana sacred. hy blood has 1t been
bought and maintained Kings have
fallen rlecn. played little part In tho
worlds history then loft IL, FOR ,thon
90 unish.
But God Il God over all. 10 Gets
them up. lays them low, and His un-
nlterahle purposes ever gn on. and viii.
until earth'e histotys completed.
LYDIA u. ALDER.