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Show iuimKMsm' iai.k.1 noiwr " "" "' nn"M h ccwpW lr plt la lao ".Dol.lworlJ1..FtcUllylntl1.Au1cr. ?" nail ol II, Jay OiulJ. A iott.unol.tnlvi, y.t very anrew.I Jmtlnatlont aoh1v.,l wonderfully H-h ll'' ,n "ltolll"K H'ntlo ,hroMn''nl'"l'l ' "hh KauetnriHn I"" woilJ of iluoncr. llshas accumulated ilntlnu lilstirM I it for he was not nil oil man, an al-Lri al-Lri Incalculable amount of wealth, judiln by tho ,iln Hint have been uk.n tot Ion Hum byhurvejors of lWlllboounlry know concerning iuhmllb, It l evldont tint It wsa Mtthal "ICD depended "P" "' '"" Hi bu not Wen lu yool henltli ,rsomtlme. It vrnt wltli n view to lulwjroTfinent ttint ho li'u vMlui IJihofur uTtmt summers ri ator-,tgtBoii!Bprlns ator-,tgtBoii!Bprlns part of tho time, inJ at oltiwr P'"8 '" Idaho, liordnf todrrlvo benefit therefrom. The uewa of Ms death, though not (Sttrrly unexpected, It allll somuwliat alalurrrlii. IttugjCTtrany rrflir. tlsni. Her ' n lllJ"' probably tho Oolucottful flimmlcr of Ihu nRe, wia hl devoted III entlro tlum nuil talent loth ncoumulatlon of wealth ml wllh the moat eiiccirtltil mulls; tiut ho Is called awny, and not ono dellsr of that for which ho lias labored w Ion and arduously lias liu takeu wllh hlral III vlow of this fact, II h pertlnout to ask, liai b! Ufa bruit n ncit) n? (Jin any man bo callol suoosful who cannot rctiln tho fruits ofhlthbur, Hitse It slip from hh irrasp dasnlt.! erety ellittlio may inilcu to ollaf to lit Tho rlohos liu liashliorod f jr, by au Iminutabto ilitrtu biloni, to the earth nrnl by no proee'S enn ttiry ba taken from II; they cjii only bo left burn for pthera tucnjoj. It la anionllie strango jwciillarltles ofhuoinn naturo that, notvtlisUiio lot nisu hro axon from tlis beginning of time, the tijalmiiM of their piling up richer, wllh tho hOpa ot lukln tnem wllh liu in or avilllut thuni-selves thuni-selves of lliolr tontllla litnultir, an many of tlum wilt uovirthc-lets uovirthc-lets peralatoutly devutu their on-tlra on-tlra tinio nail nlteutloii to Ihelr lunult. Ono would naturally Ibluk tint, seeing as we all do, the utter futility of .trying toholJ on to virility subilsaee whou iltalh comer, munklitd woulJ turn their attention to tbo m. tpiullton of thow tiling which they cau lako with them and not beojin-lIM beojin-lIM to leave behind. TheHavlor illuttratrd thla Idra lu the roiunrka whlih lie made, wbonllo waion the caith, to Ilia dliclptareaioctln( earthly earth-ly aoJ bMTouly treaauria. liu aald. "Iynotu;, fur youraelvoi tuaiure un eirlb, wlure moth und ruttdoth ncrruil, and wlirre thlovra break Ibroujrh and ateal: "Hut lay upfor rouricltia triicjru lu hearen, wboro neither nnth ujr ruat dolli corrutt, and huro thlvrea do not brtak through nor rtiali "Kor whero jour treanuru It, thoro will jour heart boala." 1 Ida waa thu a I Ice of nuo who tin. dtratoqd railhly and heavmlj thlliga llter than any othir bolug that oTrr trol the cirth. Yet, though oomlng from such a our u and auilalurd na Ilia cpun.el la by all buuiiii experience, ho. few there alu who take It to hunt or wlu act upou III Aatohowfar Hie deosaifid flnin-iler flnin-iler may Imvo takon mllcn of thla , tiachliiK of tho rUrlor, or how much he may havoitme In tho way of lay log up triM'ims In liuaven, I do cot know, ai li 111 JuJje. lie miy hiTe ilouotliouiltl.li of net of kind-nranand kind-nranand plilUnlhrpy nnj no m-ntlon ol It bo made In a way to reach tho uMlu car. It la not a mfu tblng to ironnnne a lurah Judtru nl upon u inonai ituullveaa l win. IIu ha I i brother who tired In thla city, Mr. Abraham Q IJ, and bo acquired ac-quired thu riutatlou ulille hero of being uup. ot tho moat ihnrltable ot mm. HvnacloJ thn rlglita of the IHiur, mil, being In the toll I utliinu at a time when coal waa aoirco, he ex lilbtted a faUnufla that won encomluma from all the poor who were brought In contact Willi liliu. If he madoany ilia-crimination ilia-crimination bitwten tbo rich and the poor, It waa aald to have been In favor ofthelattar. lor tuifM I know hla brother Jay may have Ik-oii equally kind and charltabla lu hla aphrrc. This 1 do know, that vhen talcchood mid calumny filled tbo laud ugalnat the People pf Utah,he waa their friend an! wna not Afraid to tjiak of them lu llitlr itlie light and to defend them. Attolhottaclilnga of the Savior on many (joliita lln-y llml but lltllo favor wllh the world Neutrally. I'.ven pro' ItntelLitlcr lUyBalnUthlultaoinii of Illt(.aihlnrjaluipractlcabluulli.r present pres-ent con llllona. They look upon limn as leautlful In tin ory but uutultud to Hie every-Jay llfunf man aa aoolcty la now oranliC ria y oj nit to think tlilllllHtlnlrjotlonalulibt be curled out In" an Ideal stale of toclcty such as tllita In hoven; but not on tho earth. They, however, who Indulge In this view are grratly mistaken. If any-thing any-thing cm be rolled upon that la aald to came from a dlvlno eouno, It la that the Creator ddlgna to Intro In-tro luce on tarlli aurh rules and uula-tloua uula-tloua for tlio govurnuieut of human conduct as will Illustrate practically tho IrlnMplra which tho Htvlor taught. Tin moru they lire examined and tested by tho hlfjhir light which Ood glvia, Ibo moru blloaujihlcul and true do tbs) appear. Whllo It woulJ not bo lie for man lo in-glect tarlhly allalra, baliiattontlvo to thoao labors b I width he derives hyalcal auiteiianov I and oomfort, at the aamo lime It la equally foolish to devoto one's entire time and atientlon Ui Ihria Hllnl.i Does not Hie ipe euce of niinhon I III all ages pnva tlist II h filly fir men to aponl their entlra llv. In lllus up earthly rlelus? If, by any possibility, they cmill Uko tbfie rlclua with then wbu they left, thfro might, perhap, ba aims aonae In apendlna: life lu acqulrlni iheni. Duttlihlauittbaotii. Tue alvioi, therofore, of fie rtwiir la of tho hlijh. eat inwrtau.a an 1 vmhodlra the moat profound wUdom When lie raja lo mankind, "Lay not tipior jourrelvis treniurra iiou t-nrlli, a butlay upfor jounrlver trtaiurea In hiuvcu," Ijiitlerdty Halnta have not only tho words of the grmt Ileil of their Church tj rolyuiw i uu.l iiulle them lu rehlbu to llip-n mttters, but the volco of huiumliy lhruuih all tho gonoratl ins of tune sustains the truth of Ills teachings. It la well for ininliliij to glvoromo thought to other sutjecla and pursuits pur-suits than these which erlaln to this tarthly tiUteiice. Man poaseucs what may be termed n dual nature. There Is the tabtrnsolu of flesh and bones, tinglble to all our scnacr; bulthcro Is also a spiritual or-Hiiilsin or-Hiiilsin wlili li, If not so tangible lothe oultr senses, Heels hj ill oare with thu bojj'. Un 1, r proper treatment that spiritual organism ran bo ilevel 0f il, It t-in 1 oultrged, It can be placed lu possesion of knowMgu an I ol a faith which Is K)Wer. It ran, by iropir Irtalmentaod dilute, ba prepared pre-pared lu luuvfl lu an exulted sphere, or, on Ihu other baud, It cau bo etMVed If rourlsummt I withheld from It, and bu Uwara J and nude lo shrink. Thtru Is no pursuit tlitl bu a nnro wltherlug eil'tt upon II, , soul of mail than the (ursult ,of rlclira. It narrows nar-rows tip the mind, It drlea up tender and beiikolent fsellnga, It hardens the .heirt nnluiuelUiliueii rstinspredoai Inanl. Intter day Hilntsof all people should bo freu from such u p.ii.lon. |