Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-06-08
JOHN r. HANSON.

with sad hearts the boys OF the
News" office resume work today re-
aliziug as they do that one of their
number. who has been "a tower OF
strength among them for many years
Is gone And it came about So sudden
is. SO Unexpectedly. chat il is difficult
TO grasp the solemn reality, only the
other day John T.. Hanson was at his
desk as usually the las, man to leave
the office lie was q picture OF health
as near as his friends could Judge
Then the next morning the news came
that he had been removed to the h"S-
pita during the night aad undergone
an operatiou The daily reports oil
his condition were fun OF hope until
Yesterday. aud then the angel OF
death appeared and the shadow FELL
The news Of the death is a message
of personal loss to all who knew him.
and not only to the gliei-stricken ia'n-
ily Few newspaper men In this state
were more generally known than he
and none were more faNorably Known.
The fraternity viii deeply feel the VOID
cauaed by his departure In IN"
News" office, whore for IL years ne
laborcd faithfully and with singular
energy and rare Intelligence, first as
a reporter, then as the city editor AMI
finally as assistant editor, his taking
off in the very noon of day, is felt al
most as a calamity. In the immediate
t,lr
be filled May the All Merciful CONF
fort the tender loving wife and the
children. with the assurance of faith,
that what is. is for the best and with
the beautiful visions of the future
the visions that John. the beloved, saw
in his exile. Behold, the tabernacle
of God is with men. and He will dwell
with them. and they shall be His peo-
pie. and God himself shall be with
them, and be their God. And God
shall wipe away all tears from their
eyes and there shall be no more death,
neither sorrow. nor crying. neither
shall there he any more pain; for the
former things are passed away
of John y. Hanson as a man, ciu-
zen. friend, a father. too much good
cannot be said. Honesty, integrity,
conscientiOusness, energy. were char
acteristics of ms daily life. And IN
his big warm heart there was Ample
room for the entire human family. He
loved to do good. His only ambition,
In fact. was to be useful TO his fellow
men 1t seems strange that he should
be called away from so much work.
But he was ready for the long journey.
"wen faith is strong and conscience
clear
And words of peace the spirit cheer,
And visioned glories half appear
Ills JOY, It's triumph then TO die
We cannot but speak of the depart
urc of friend as "a great loss. And
IT is loss. But, AT the same time
IL is wen to remember that the very
loss may, in the Providence of God
prove gain finally. our departed
friends have only passed into a higher
more blissful, state. They have en-
tered another part of the mansion Of
our Father they are not annihilated.
They live. And their existence beyond
may be Of greater usefulness to their
friends than was their enrhly exist
encc We an dwell really in the same
eternity. As they are ever i'm our
thoughts, so we no doubt are In
theirs. AS We mourn al their loss,
they rejoice perhaps. In the victory
won and The anticipation OF reunion
What TO as is dark. they see clearly