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Show M'll)i:. IIIUTHS. The list of sudden death for tho few month past haa been uuprecedentedly large, lly thla I meant not only that It la larger now, a condition of thing naturally attachlug to lucrtaio of po u-latlon, u-latlon, but that the ratio la larger than ever before In till generation at least, except, pcrhapx, during the prevalence of some peculiarly fatal epidemic. And till refers to all part of the country, not to any particular part though It seem aa though Utah wa having a little moro than It proper proportion. The human family almoit univer-aally univer-aally treat till life a the moat certain thing In possession, while kuowlng full well when they stop long enough to think or contemplate the examples continually presented all around them that It I tho moat uncertain. They aeim to look upon tho wall of separation separa-tion betwien this llle aud the ooe beyond be-yond a being omoacd of etoue, realising at the same tlmo that It Is not ouir not that nor anything else oderlng reslnance, but that It Is the thlnntst klndof a veil. They count, as a rule, upon their final day on earth being afar nil, whlls It la belug con-etuutly con-etuutly shown them that the next moment I a likely to be Iholr laat an that many more jein miy be their allotment. It I thla oonatant self, exemption from the Inevitable that begitalndlflrreuce, nnd becaueeof this tlnre la too often no preparation made for ulasolutton. We would not have people's live passed In tho pnseiicoof auouataut reminder of destb, ot loast we would not have all their act and performances those of lugubrious solemnity; (jnllo olhurwl.o. Hut everylwij'shiusnoightto be In order and his allilrt of a spiritual and tinu-poml tinu-poml character o well arranged lu no-oordsiuo no-oordsiuo with hi preferences, that uen If tho uuiMionger should come while ho Is lu the preaeucoof gaiety and throwing aside fur the time the tares of the world, It will not find lilm unprepareJ. It Is no more to bo desired that we think ot nothing but death than that wo continually thluk of nothing but life with Us pUaaures, vaultiesanil disappointments. |
