Show for the deseret news individual influence BY S B SNOW summer and d oer natures smiling face Charri charming king beauty forgetful of no place where eye of man or foot of beast could roam through rich mans field i and round lound the poor mans home alike had spread her mantle fair in view I 1 and dresse all nature i in n her herlov hest hue morn and the resplendent orb of day had dolid dark nights misty curtains away and feathered songsters song from each lefty lafty tree seemed striving vencel in swelling their glee and to heaven was borne on that morning air i the voice of true praise in many a prayer 1 now intervening tween earth and sky I 1 dark cloudy vapors ivere efe gath ga ring on high I 1 till wi wide and more moie wida extended their shade the poor mun mem in east ecstacy acy dropped his spade 1 I 1 I 1 while on bended knee he expressed again I 1 his thanks hanks to his god who senneth the rain I 1 to water the fair earth through every pore and call forth all her secret bidden store then ien came the almighty andas and as he terrific through the clouds did break I 1 then man men in awful solemn silence stood and won gondring dring trem trembled b le 1 d at at the power of god godal I 1 he the power of free agency to try gathered Gather edthe tho pearly drops that bogerd high near in one assemblage and to them said 1 L I your lord Loid you with all things elsa have made to act your part and fill a useful sp sphere bero I 1 i without your aid the world would loose its cheer chee r fair earth burn with fever and becom becoming ing dry ary her vegetation fail and wi die but henceforth no longer comp compelled compel elid ld by force I 1 give to you each the freedom of choice freedom to aaa as ye yd see there is need to think and reason and well I 1 if reasoning just ye fail bail not to obey its fair drawn conclusions be what they may A trusty charge I 1 commit to your care I 1 bo be irue true and each your part of labor share t let earth beneath thy gentle care be blest I 1 and every I 1 man and baust thy love attest I 1 tins this cauti caution on impresa impre sd jehovah passa on I 1 and bade them perform their duty alone I 1 I 1 when giddy and proud as the fairy elfa elf I 1 I 1 excel adad ma I 1 se alft elft wytt I 1 I 1 N 1 biff sw II 11 I 1 amm I 1 I 1 al 7 tl g S silent float amazement t bler oer their senses brebt I 1 AC at thoughts or of ages through which ahe thay i y had sl slept t so blind to th the 0 beauties beautie S which now alicy they behold i spread oer the world since creation creat ioa kofold of old damo dame curl curiosity dosity now thought to try I 1 i fair pra pretext text she knows what not I 1 I 1 satanic lum ments to lead idad bem aw away ay from truth ruth and anaf d duty to lively play I 1 with ideal fancy and true I 1 and range through the wide world for objects lie new 1 I wonder I 1 I 1 says ono one from the rest aside what are are tho those se sparkling gems that stretching I 1 wide I 1 1 bedeck the bove expanse of az azure ti hue andoe and ope el s such ach new now newborn born glories I 1 to ni my y view surely im not content till I 1 do know so through this light and airy space ill go in of knowledge true I 1 which to obtain 1 I mastbe must be to mb me indeed far hehir gain J than g r in the selesa selfsame me mundane munda sphere re irom from day to day week to week year to aidar the commands of our oar lord appe appear armost most just and yield obedience I 1 we ve c certainly r tastily must must afe yet not 2 thinas the mass m must uit obey I 1 I 1 ip 41 but one olle little 4 drop ro and wh who k shall say I 1 that I 1 c can an do ought to lesson bessei the dirth 0 of F that large sphere the ifie huga gigantic earth I 1 so said on a sunbeam it away it I 1 kiy I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 with eitai jo joy y ip in high aerial cli climes to stray one and another in similar strain urged its own weakness but owned in the main it was a most just and command I 1 arid and must be obey obeyed ed 1 by the collect band i excused self being a thing so small its absence scarcely could be felt at all and in quick succession hied them away feeling discontent in their sphere to stay aitay I 1 Ter the result sult of this i I 1 ardly peed tell fw those tho the faithful that seek to do well were left to obey the lords high behest satan had courted and won all the rest those few to their lord and mission most frue I 1 D descending ng mingled with tho the I 1 morning dew I 1 blessing the earth to extant of their power but mo moisture lature so scant was ads felt sc arcean cean hour the dirth stil al increased as day followed day and poor feeble man had bad no power to stay the famine which stood now elen een at the door ta pinch with hunger the richand rich and the poor where lately there flowed the clear crystal spring now stood infested with each loath loathsome gorrie thing A foul muddy pool poo with slime covered oer fast breeding contagious afflictions sore where late was heard with cheer the mur murmuring Wring rill I 1 silence profoundly sat aind and all was still where then the lian ped stream atma W ua majestic a cesti c fl clowd OW d I 1 TheU erce winds now wakena a dusty clond 1 where vegetation smiled with verdant hu hue e 1 I 1 I 1 now des desolation desp lation i sat 4 and n d triumphant aher her pa pale leand and withering features out to view I 1 I 1 distressed by awful thirst in wild 1 d despair espair I 1 I 1 the beast of prey forsook his wonted cairl hir both beast and fowl sent forth their doleful cry because of thirst for all the streams were I 1 dry een lordly in man n was not from in suffering ering free I 1 each pang made keen by tho of what I 1 I 1 would be yet in the future if no rain descend his wants gaii threat threatening 1 ning famine I 1 to defend 1 1 I 1 before his face sat hu hunger nger thirst disease 1 painting dark dismal pictures to displease causing apprehension to P pain hin him more than all the real suffering oer arad oer in anguish of soul to his god he cried 1 by prayer of firm faith that neer is denied not for silver or gold but richer gain the blessing of a mild and genial rain I 1 the lord heard his prayer arid forthwith again he summoned before him the misty train the few obedient heard gladly the voice and it freely an act of choice I 1 not so with others who unwillingly heard I 1 I 1 and for they must their sovereigns word being all assembled they listening now I 1 quake at the terror of Jehova hs brow As to his right ho he calls the faithful few and on his left commands the host in view I 1 I 1 in accents mild lie he thus addressed addres sd the jus welcome thou thoa faithful who my sacred trust have kept inviolate and yielded not to satans gatans wiles or eer e er my words forgot I 1 in the few things committed to your charge deev thought not to lessen or to enlarge my commands but sought bove above all that was dear to act and mave move within your ybur proper sp sphere liere henceforth Hence foith I 1 be ye gods and rule I 1 over those thosa in III abo choti n no trust I 1 can longer repose I 1 the large inconstant inon stant host he thus addressed addres sd more pleased had T boeri baen if you 0 like the rest to my just instructions had proved m more ore true and ashund the decree nojir now justly your da adde henceforth as ailts ints you cease to be rree free ant subject entice enair to th the 6 powers bove s that be which ive crea created ted in in those of thy kin who rhy my laws and followed not sin shi from this ye arethear are their servants one and all to go and come obedient to Z their call calelly ye saints the moral I 1 scarce need a apply read ponder and ask class am ama TO G S L city june jane 2 copyright secured I 1 I 1 |