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Show - - 11 0 : ne Rights of the Women Vol. 10. : . CONTENTS. ; Mother, Home and Heaven Safe we can judge him with heaven wed," Sure that our God knows best. S.. W. Richards. Women in the Year 2000 Edward Bellamy No t es an d N e ws. Faith, Hope and Cha M1 rity E. K.' Far From Home E..A. C. Watson. R.' S. Reports. N. A. W. S. A. of Utah Ter, Ada Croxall, Sec. In Memoriam. National-Araeri- r can Woman Suffrage Convention. Miscellaneous The World's Fair. Notice. ' E d 1 tor 1 a i; r R e i e f S 0 c i e t yCo n fe r ela- c e" Editorial . Notes. , Relief Society Statement of the .Lady Managers. Greetirjfr "This Woman Beat Ingalls.!' Poetry: A Sonnet M. G. McClelland. Tn Memory of Prest. Daniel H. Wells Julia A Macdonald. Easter-Tid- e Margaret E. SaDgster ' The Mormon Ella A. Gillan. -- So weave a shroud of ermine; """weeFKrds, a requiern, sing; Lift up your heads, bright flowers A floral off ring bring. Le1 Zion's sons and daughters, -- 1 The-Wom- : , ah! 'tis but a little thing, i .A.senlence..siioxtrree,tiny--wofdniitHl-- prest. dani el wells. By an humble admirer of his life City, Sunday, March, 29th 1 891; . . y and works, Salt Lake Silently weave him a spotless shroud, Oh, snow, this hallowed day ! A shroud of ermine, soft and white, Set round with pearls and crystals bright; Byways reflected through rifted cloud As the Day goo! takes his way. Daintily lift your. beauteous heads, and violet Sweet harbingers of early Spring Up through the snow your offerings bring; Deck thou the Hero's lowly bed With your blossoms, dewy-we- t. Snow-dfOp,""crocu- s, 1 " Tenderly thou his requiem sing, : Oh, feathered choir, with voices sweet; Now soft, now low, from tiny throats, "Now full and clear the music floats. C'ef hill and dale your praises bring, ) And lay them at his feet. ; ; A. Macdonald. BY S. W. RICHARDS. It has been said the three dearest words in! our language are Mother," 'Horn?,' and Heaven. Not in view of questioning the; absolute .truth of this assertion, but for the purpose of giving it due recognition I give it a brief considera- - There is in fact both truth and propriety in the order in- - which these words abneaiv Mother is first, from the simple fact that there can neitber be home nor heaven in their comi" pleteness without mother. This is not a startling assertion when we consider that these terms are used as applicable to the mind- of man7 and all men are have their being, because of the labor, and kindly-officeof mother. Where mother is there ;is! home, and every child under- the ' smile3 " arid influence of mother's love may cherish hope3, and tore taste the joys of both; home and " : v.Jieaven :That -- happy joyous home presence blest, and. virtuous influence felt, is truly a delightful foretaste of the joys of that - - with-moth- er's beaveawbichsbeyondtbarwerlaMiiDif which is home 1 The" father, mother and ehihV'are necessary MOTHER, HOME AND HEAVEN. -- so earnestly desired because to the realization of all that home implies. Neither can be absent," and the. h God has designed it should be the nursery of the human toul; and when Ave scan the duty and lespousibilities of mother we must say, she constitutes the link that binds father to son, the temporal to the spiritual, the spiritual -t- he soul of inan to God; conse--- , quently, no home on earth or in heaven can be complete in its emotional development and enjoyment without mother. Next to mother comes home. It is the earthly -type we have of heaven"HoTrw What beautiful and tender associations cluster thick around it! It warms the heart, and stiri the very soul of. man to love ita quickening 7 impulse; ItHiartnspiredTwitfc the careworn sons of toil, endurance, patient both on sea and land, and the very thought of home has been a shield to virtue, and brought back many a wanderer from the paths of vice. The believer delights to think of heaven as a home. He associates with it all that imparts a sacredness tothe homes of earth; and more all that imagination can picture of happiness and bliss without pain or sorrow; freed from all life'sills divine presence and glory that shall eclipse the .;noondayjunjind::fijlvery:- possible de- - j "sire for the immortal beatitudes, and riches of an endless life. Mothers who do their duty to; children when young, and make the virtues of Gospel . -- mother has taught us here that home, in iti true significance, implies all that can be desired by the human soul. To be at borne truth J.her3t4raprS- - upoft- -i he-i-n fantraindp?" wTtKali'or" 0 rae7s3e Ilgli ts , implies the happi- "are the real saviors of men. I do not say re ness of heaven, the soul's full feast of bliss. deemers, but savior?; preserving them in the inOf the earthly home, where the hopes of the nocence with which they received them, with eternal are in mother's genial rule supremely the assura n ce that a ch i Id train ed in the way he should go, when old, will not depart from radiant, the poet's .language is but true, that "Heaven on earth is now begun." it.' Though they may- stray from home they wili return to it. Though they may be from To be the'mother of all living"is an office,by whomsoever nued, ot no mean import and in heaven, they will come there again, with an volves a labor embracing the most responsible everlasting rec duties of human existence. It is within the mother's love and care. Who would not be a loving mother plan of the divine government, and of the savior upon Mount Zion efficient an with man's Redeemer? creation, that it shall be the duty of some one Homo then Mother its Heaven. and or more, to receive eaehhuman being on first, entrance into life and provide for ita nurture and education God could not- fail to throw Mrs. Esther T. Housjii upon some one the important duty of 'receiving staejire ?rmontlvTu T. U.t who is now on the edi ftffraitrgnhFlrirmum here on earth, and Us employments m an antici torial staffof the Household, has been 1 Prayerfully enter the sacred fane, Friends of the brave, illustrious dead: Gaze once rno:e, ere hid from view, On form and feature in life ye knew; Reverently asking we too may gain, The goal, by the path he led. ' ,Tenderly ovr the threshold bear The pale.unconscious form of clay AH that is left us of him we love I Freed from its trammels he lives above, Joyfully, tenderly greet him there, Friendsf art earlier day. '."'' his narrow Ied. E cnas a child that goes to rest, eeTuTTyTTSv in. The Patriarch's formHJswj.lif? Grand, consistent, with goodness rife; of soul. - - ' grow-ing-out- -- - d -- r ,; Julia 's ''h. praise. Your father aad your friend. Not poet's art, nor yet musician's skill, - Such woridrous happiness can L bring As these. O mysterybreathing spell, Come to this heart of mine, and tell ' The stories garnered through the years, The hope made manifest; the tears Checked at thy whisper, tender, sweet, Soft as the wood-dovecooing and complete -As life's fulfillment, or the grand dream ' Of selfishness for love, God's, master theme. ' O soulful words, my spirit touch, and bring . The joy of life's celestial awakening. M. G. McClelland. Thus the family becomes a necessity, the relation of husband and wife, duty,-thoug- ht Y.y jn.ee.! ia radiant mansiajis,- in. memory, of , Last, and to him, the dearest. Fond children, loving wives, God's comfort be upon you, Throughout your future lives. Until your labors fi nished, And earth's career at end, . A SONNET. love you" . "In oble'man. to No. 20. tne more stern and rigid labors' necessary to provide food for. the body, the mother has the exalted duty of looking after the spiritual development, by which the child is stimulated .to love and and atrection, which bring into play all our emotional nature, all ou r- - k i nd ly feel i n $rz a lr t hose: dear- - eh arities which grow up around our homes. Jjove of mother grows up in the child with the life he draw3 from her breast, under thee conditions; but let a child grow up without home and mother, and love is not there. No man or woman was ever duly educated, upon whose mind has not been brought to bear the love, the tender sympathy and .influence of mother, to mould and develop the affections of tha And ye, his friends and brethren, Grown aged in the fight; For tribute of true friendship .To him, your hearts unite. - , white-winge- alterations. land3Thile4he-Aithr-dev4)tfj-hU--attention- to Their hearts and voices raise, sweefesTs6Tgand music, A--n an's - "I the Rights of the Women of SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, APRIL 15,1891. . r of Ziont co-work- - rcon-Jryutbg-:- the articles on Dorothea Dix. tQ . |
