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Show - M Vol. saltJe; 12. "FANCY'S ROAMING No. we proven , what we see of its effects be-a &pewerfu! may cocjecturejlmLat-wi- U agent to man even fifly years hence; yet with" what all the kno wledgeconcerning it .this powerful and efficient; agent really is the . keenest mind has ' not been able to discover, thouerh it is delightful, to study and conjecture 7it is a power from upon jt,.andwe ..know-tha- t Some dear forms lie there to rest ' Beneath the emerald sod , While tneir freed spirits walk the hills" 1 And gardens of our God. ' Softly the an g;I s wbi sper, Of things I cannot reach, And thoughts float on in language Too grand to clothe in speech. lo-da- - ; ' (ACfecUonatcljr inscribed to Dear Sisters and Friends who abide ia the Beautiful Valley of Bait like. My thought! they will go roaming " . ; With mixed tartness and delight On Fancy's wings they take me ' Over the mountain's height. i - Far OTer the weird and fearful, " ' ' . Over the fitrauge and new, Till I reach the emiling ralley v : ' Where hearts for me arc true. V -- " 77. ' 42 CO Tbou peerless, charming valley! From a desert wild brought forth; O would that I could now recount The praise of toiling worth. Could tell of those who toiled in faith, .With dauntless courage brave Until they found a resting place Within the quiet grave. J ' '.; ,. waters bitter to the taste, .ill frosts and burning sand?r With persevering labor brought ' Fruitage from barren lands. Where once roamed beasts and savago hordes O'er all the desert plain, ' They tilled, and ploughed, and sowed the seed, That now yields golden grain. Fierce plagues oft tried their hearts full sore, Famine stalked through the land, Yet reared they huts from out the earth Where now proud mansions stand. Iligh places lcvel'd, depths filled up, 27L Gorges and chasms dread ; A mighty highway overleaps, , nations tread. On which the " - "" Thro' this once howling wilderness Of dreariness and blight, They wrought by faith inspired by llim, Who said, "Let there be Light." oft they viewed By faith This smiling valley o'er, As Moses on Mount Nebo stood And saw fair Canaaa'a shore. , , pre-vislone- d, . v . They saw the solitary wastes . Filled with abodes of men", " From north to south, from east to west, All nations gather in. ':;::;:;::3Zr: Cities and towns dot all the vale, And commerce makes her way O'er pulsing wires, with lightning speed, v "Throughout the night and day. wondrous change ! and passing Strang " e'en thro' travail came, This living light of beauty bright, That covers all the plain ! : ; I gaze enraptured on the scene With delight; meet and greet dear friends and true, I On this, my airy flight. . O x That ' - awe-inspire- d : study of intelligent beings, is r study of that complex and most wonderful ature ot which each human being is aumt; Jes, the human is a grand metaphysical nature oth in its spiritual and corporeal structurerit Ce ' are before the eye and before the understanwhich-not even & Galm has fully ding; all of -penetrated or understood; the dissecting knife exhibits wondersbut death has then taken possession, and has shut down the grand wheel of life-trimainspring of earthlyexisten"ce7 and the machinery stands still; its complex and sublime working is no longer in action; but let us imagine this beautiful, mechanical body transparent in life ! that we could watch its matchless movements and its eternal adap tation for all its purposes. The life, in the form of rich, pure blood,0 rushing all so noiselessly and methodically that the being itself 13 not aware of it, rushing through that grand citadel, the heart, (I have heard six hundred times in one hour) and then dispersing and filling every artery and vein with renovated life and vigor; the next grand coadjutor, the brain, so mysterious in its affinity to the other grand organs, surely it must contain the throne-roowhere reason, judgment, thought and memory hold their daily and hourly levee, aye, minute by minute, and from which emanate the won- drous tale of life, and all its grand and myste- , riou3 operations! And then the spirit that has imae upon the body that has so imprest i been so wonderfully prepared for it, and whicli alone sets the grand machine in motion; that mighty spirit! how little we actually know about it, even when it has been our for three score years and ten, and often. ;, more. --With regard to- - the corporeal,-scieneopens a door, many doors and shews tis much but after the closest research reason tells us we know but little, even of ourselves. How absurd is scepticism in the face of all thi3 ignorance, where the ejfccls alone tell us there i3 - a mighty, but a mysteriouXcflW5Ci an onty Dv analogy can we reason ouNa portion of the hidden truth. The great Creator has drawn a line beyond which merely human intellect can not pass. Electricity, that marvelous agent about which go much ba3 been discovered and -- m co-ma- te e . 'wfltnhfnl OUTi PAtC-- - - trlimtiSftR - " " tne meaiiaiive; ana . they realize the sublimity of the words of Holy Writ, "We are fearfully' and wonderfully made!" I ever remember my brother's words,: and the accents in which: they were uttered a3 he left the Anatomical Schools in Cambridge, he seemed absorbed in what he had just beheld, and what had wonderfully opened and excited his mind, "let the sceptic and the atheist witness what I have just beheld, and if they are not convinced of an Omnipotent Creator, neither would they be persuaded though one arose rrom the demJ." With al) these grand mysteries and probletas before our eyes, shalL we spend our lives in" thoughtless frivolity, In reckless apathy? In deathly ignorance, in cold formality? ' Rather let us know ourselves and the grandeur of our origin. Let those who will and do glory in the patent of nobility which they received, from Westminster 'or St. Paul's; ice will glory that our patent was in' the Chancery of Heaven , and en- dorsed by the authority of the same; and let Saints, ever bear in mind the us, as Latter-da' ably in this wonderful construction that be human and the divine cannot be separated; he climax of thi3 grand machine is a marvel . . BY IIANNAII T. KIXO. so intricate, so altogether marvelous, that we Cceed not 20 one step farther to find our Crea- - . fViA thattartle-ana--eiectri- iy 3 .53 The noblest d . -- MEDITATIONS. mountains Leaping down the cloud-cappehue wltn ewrnal snow., " Girdled 'round ivith mighty lull?, She sits a very Queen; Polished by art glad nature 'lHas adorned with living green. r . .cforA - nf hairier O Ten thousand rills are bearing Richest, blessings as they go . the laboratory of Heaven, and ought to teach reverence and humility even in the using of it; the human machine is powerfully impregnated with it in fact all the elements are incorporated more or less in this God like organism, which will take eternity to. fully ' develop in all its compartments, vet even in this twilight JCetlhe joys of fancy's roamfngr Friends that I meet and greet, The valley's bright adorning Form's ft picture, passing sweet. "Atchison, Kansas, May;; 1333. T Alkaline. -r--r Small adobie houses. Fresh In its pristine beauty, E'en as Eden seeming fair, With the same sweet odors laden, Through all the balmyir IMosf glorious lnTItsgleamlng Of fruit and flower bloom; While birds of brightest plumago With nature join In tune." : . yl to-da- y, ' "" 1. . be-to- wed . y covenants which we have made in holy place?, and under which many of the present generation were born; let us endeavor to be wise in our day and generation; this will detract from but wilL enhance our no pleasures and give a pungency and a potency to them that must be realized to be understood lor appreciated; there is a laughter that makes the ear of the listener sad, and tells tho phaso of character louder than words; ; there is a mirth from which tho wise and tlia good recoil; there are palaces ot gorgeous beauty, in which the pure and the wise could not live even a day in happiness, the sweet, humble home ever "swept and garnished" by sweet, pure, spirits, basking in the smile and pprobatidn'oTtEeTr Heavenly Father is where tne spirit 01 uoa visits, ana inspires susaius and blesses, and where the hand of God is acknowledged, and even His rod is khscd,' for it3 wounds are better than the flatteries and frivolities of an ignorant, supinely smiling world. May the Spirit of the Holy One be. around His pople. May they be enabled to imbibe this Holy Essuce, that by it they may apply and use the noblo gift bestowed upon them. t Salt Lake City, May 24th, 1883. legal-enjoyme- nt, unso-phistocat- :rr The Princess Louise's training has been ed , en- tirely practical. She is a finished housekeeper, and served an apprenticeship .at 03borno to cook, confectioner, laundress of fine things, seamstress " and dressmaker. Every day for years the Queen's table at Osborne wa3 graced by a dish made by 'one of Her Majesty's daughters. .'. -- - - : -- |