Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-13

stand before God (,hcy were small anu
great IN capacity. for there were no
children there. He aWoke before ne
saw any further
"As / thought it my last opportunity
with him, | sat up about six hours.
then called Brother Rogers, ! laid down
and in about two hours he called me
and said, lie is dying, 1 heard the
death rattle In his throat ana sprang
up. He had placed his own hands hlBh
upon his breast, his left hand clasplns
his right. He died as he had llVed,
calm and resigned, without q Struggle
or an emotion.
II never saw q more pleasant corpse
in my life. After we had dressed II IN
neat burial robe. we Wrapt II m
large winding sheet and carried II on
deck. A plank was laid in the star
board gangWay. ON Il was prepared
a piece OF canvass. In this We laid IT,
and sewed it up, To his feet was at
tached about 60 pounds weight
"Then the tOp-gallant sails were
furled, the courses hauled up, ana the
main and mizentopsails were move
aback The noble ship stopped her
headWay. and lay In gentle motion, as
IL to witness the solemn scene.
"The American Nag was hoisted halt-
mast, as signal that one Of her noble
countrymen had gone the way OF an
the earth Then her generous crew
gathered around. and with uncoyereu
heads listened In brcathless silence To
a very appropriate prayer made by
Brother Rogers, then they gently raised
the end of the plank till the corpse slid
off and struck IN the water feet i0re-
most. My eyes followed him as he
sank TIL a white speck vanished IN the
blue waters below This was in latitude
30 degrees "a minutes north, longitude
20 degrees II minutes west from Gren-
wich'
The loss Of Brother Hanks was Sc
verely felt by the three remaining mis-
sionaries as their deceased companion
was truly a good man, and a worthy
brother. on the 9th OF November. 1913,
the Timolton arrived az ST. Nicholas,
one Of the Cape Verde Islands. Some OF
the Elders went on shore, procured don
KEYS and rode TO Bravo a village SIX
miles In the interior They also sent
letters 10 America by the brig susan,
Of Salem. Mass which happened 70 be
al the island when they called, After
taking In supply Of fruit the limo
leon continued her voyage, Nov 10th,
taking a aoutheasterly course on the
10th Of December she crossed the
equator ana the close of the year found
her making slow progress In the dlrec-
ton of the Cape Of Good Hope, Africa.
The Elders spent a great deal Of their
dime while on board the Tmoleon
reading and studying; they also lee
tured TO each other privately on the
principles Of the Gospel, as the captain
would not permit them to hold regular
meetings on board. They also con-
yersad freely with their fellow-passen-
gers and the sailors about religion.
whenever they had the opportunity
and. Ia their great Joy, their testimony
was believed by some of them. As
matter OF recreation they occasionally
INDUCED in fishing with hook and line,
and even tried their hand at harp0on-
Ing whales "Our situation on board
the ship was anything but pleasant
writes Elder Grouard THE captain was
one OF those self-lmportant men who,
because he had command Of ship and
Few sailors. felt as though he was alb
sOlute monarch Of the whole world. In
a word. he was a sort Of a genteel ty-
I ant Win "a ltlNt NUAlt VI 0Nh-NNH'N't'
He would give us no liberty to preach
on board, because, said he, 1t Is de-
structive to good discipline TO encOur-
age familiarity between officers and
crew. The officers were not gentlemen,
neither did they know what belonged to
good manners The crew was a mix
ture Of good and bad men.
Some Of them were old sailors, and
others were farmers sons. Some had
run away TO escanc punishment for
their crimes, and still others were seek
ing their fortunes in foreign lands but
taking them altogether they were much
better than the captain and officers.
our fellow-p passengers consisted OF a
Doctor Wiuslow, his Wife servant and
three children; Mr. Lincoln and wife,
an designed for Tahiti, seeking their
fortunes. Religiuusly Or. Winslow was
a I'nitarian 80 also was his Wife Mr..
Lincoln and wife We're Baptlsts and APP
peared to be an honest couple. The
DOCTORS wife was also think, an hon
eat woman but a great lover Of popu-
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