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Show 124 beautifuly and wonderfully made." Truly so grand and sublime an organization as the human body and above all the soul will not die and pass from earth and be no more. Oh no, every sensation of my being repudiates such an idea, but still there are many, even of the most learned and intellectual, who believe and advocate such doctrine. When will that blessed time come when "Every knee shall bow and every tongue confess," and all the pure in heart shall see and acknowledge a Divine Being who overrules all things. It seems to me as base ingratitude that mankind will deny the Almighty Power that gave him an existence upon the earth.23 Seeing the charred body of a young Negro woman who died in an explosion of kerosene and not hearing from home are two negative experiences of the next few days. She writes home, afterwards observing privately, "they do not know how much I suffer, both physically and mentally and I do not wish them to know." Finally a letter from Milford brings word of the death of Brother McAdams who has sung at their children's funerals. Saddened by this event, Ellis yet asks, "Without the Gospel, oh, what a wretched life this would be. Who would want to live? Who would want to die? But with its glorious principles there is hope, comfort and peace." Wednesday, February 9, is a long day. How typical it is of other school days, we can only guess. It begins for Ellis at four a.m. At ten p.m. she has returned from a demonstration of "abdominal and pelvic cavities" which "has been both interesting and instructive. "The greatest study of mankind is man," she affirms. Depression and a weariness which will not even permit her to write congratulations to Mary on her wedding anniversary pervade the days |