Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1909-10-13 | Page 4 | In Youth's Bright Morning

i I IN YOUTHS BRIGHT MORNING What a loss to the community to his family and to his friends Is the death of young Mr Ir Richards It is a calami calamity ty t which cannot be measured and which can never be compensated He le had prepared himself well for the work of life He had the good foundation foundation tion of health h and strength and an an honorable parentage He had taken advantage of ot the opportunities in pub public lie lic school He had ad worked hard in col college college college lege and mastered the rudiments of the legal profession He had entered into the practice and won for himself that prized recognition re from veteran mem members members bers hers of the bar which Is the goal o of every beginners ambition He mar married married ried ned and gave gaNe a citizens hostages to fortune fortun and his pledges to patriotism And then he died There is the sor sorrow sorrow sorrow row of it In youths bright morning he lie felt the stroke of ot the grim reapers scythe and closed his ees eyes In that sleep from which there th re is no awaken awakening awakening awakening ing It is a crushing loss to those who loved him a loss to the state sta o as well But there is consolation in the fact fac that he had so so lived hived that when the summons came tanie he ho did not need to go pro golike golike like a quarry Q ar slave at night scourged to a dungeon He Ho went out of the light ligh of day and carried Into the mysterious country countE the credentials of capability and clean living