The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-10-17
Editor Armstrong; Inter-
view With Spry.
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recognition which we Of the non Nor.
mon world would regard as calamity.
They sent him on mission He must
have succeeded there as he did with
the Jennings horses, for they kept
him In the field for six years. During
most OF the time he was what Is called
president OF the Southern States mis-.
sion He had a good many interest.
Ing experiences IN the Southland
some trials and hardships But he
learned diplomacy. and the value of
that courage which ages OF English
ancestry had i'm planted in him.
Most men are brave enough. Cow
ardice is exceedingly uncon. mon The
mis- axes OF life are not made so much
by fear as by fvolishness In the mater
OF courage. Men are brave enough.
They simply lack the tact to manage
their courage. They get into fights
which they could avoid, and lose the
prize they could have won with little
tact, and that without any loss OF pres.
tige.
He may have had hard school. but
he learned the lesson and IL was worth
something to him. 1t wasn't worth
much In money, of course, for the Nor
mon missionary doesn't draw any pay.
He even has to provide for his own ex.
penses. So that he came home at the
end OF his six years good deal in debt.
But there are some compensations
that amount to rewards. William Spry
came home TO Utah several times while
In charge Of the southern states worl.,
and on one Of these visits he met at
Grantsville the daughter of a pioneer,
girl who was worth the sacrifice the
man was making. They were married
before the mission work was complet.
ed; and when he was released they set
up their household goods here In Salt
Lake. The young man took position
Ia the z. G. NJ. 1. and held 1t for two
years. Then came the rare old demo-
cratic days Of Mr.. Cleveland, and the
big store cut down expenses and VIM.
Spry was one Of the many employees
who had to 60. 1t didn't seem like a
blessing to him then, but probably 1t
was, for he and his wife went out to
Grantsville and took charge of the
fathers farm. There they lived for
years William growing In the esteem
OF his neighbors, trusted 10 money
affairs, valued for his spiritual guild.
ance, and always winning friends from
every class,
1t is one OF the curious things In his
career that, although a devout Nor.
mon, he never antagonizes people Of
other faiths. He holds for the free.
dom to worship God as seems good to
his conscience. And he grants that
right to every one else. Firmly be.
lieving 10 the divine origin OF his own
gospel, he sees the good In every other
and knows that men and women Of
splendid Christianity are found Ia all
Of them. In short, In religion as in
everything else, he attends to his bust
ness, and leaves every one else to do
the same.
A man Of good character, good at.
tainments and agreeable habits Is 60.
INK to be honored by his neighbors
The honor may not seem very big to
men OF wealth, to heros OF great bat.
ties, and to the transient meteors Of
fashion. But 1t Is one OF the desirable
things In the life of . worthy man.
He represented them 10 two or three
lawsuits there In the country, where
lawyers didn't come, and where It'll.
gants wanted him because Of his fair.
ness.