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Show JO:11T BUSRl'.AN DIARY 1897 -7- Snowflake , Feb . 22, 1897 Br othe r and Sist er Bushman :lea r Fri ends : '.'le doubt (not) by this time your m:3.ny callers have begun to droo off :1nd you have had time to reflect at l eisure on the s:1d event i:-: your hocisehold, and are novr bef;in!cing to reali~e r_ow intensely d e s.olute a home c9.n be when one o f the dearest is taken fror:i the family circle. Of course on such an occasion as this the re is nothin/j we c ·1.n say tl.at will bring com'ort. Rut oft tir.les vrhen the heart is '<re.we: bowed down it is some-.•rh1t c!'lecrins to knm·1 that there is s ome one who syn;:,athiz es with us, ac.d thou~h , erha9s remotely feels joy&. sorrow at wha t oleases or ~ive s us oain . Ti.me in a de gree will r emove the keenest p'.1.ng , but at :, resent there is nothing but the Holy Spir i t that c 3. n !!13.ke y ou feel resic:ned to ,-ou r gre1t bere9..veme nt. And yet looking at t h ings in t he li ght 0£' the Gos,rn l there is no occasion for you r sorrow . The loss of Wickliff' s soc iety is all th<>, t y ou can poss ibly gri e ve over. The SJ?otless r eco rd du ring the twenty - thre e years of his so journ here will ensure h irr: such a welcome on the ot her side that you raust surely be built up with the thoug..½t that you have so ::>ure a gem in t he Coronet, you will wea r w-ear , vrhen like him , you shal l have f i nished you r earthly lab ors. Poor Preston t To M.m the loss is imco:n:Jara b le - almost a twin. Extend to him our 1'.'ickliff has been his chief c omoa nion and ccnfident . we would have ermitted 0 had nces circ-..i:r:i.sta ccndolence and good wishes ~ If deed. the r fo taken be may l wil attended the fu: ~eral, but t r ust the Joseoh vr . sends re gard s to you . Remembe r us k indly to S3. riah an d a ll ;our far.iily . 1:'ly the Lord b l e ss and comfort yot:. is our heart felt !Jrayer, with expression s of go od wi 11 and esteem . We rerr.ain sincerely your s , Della F. Snith Edith S. Frost Julia I3a llard ~rec i l la Smith lehi Cit y , i:!arch 9 , 1897 J',:r . and I.! rs. John Bushma n Dear 3 r other a nd Siste r: I write a few lines in sym'.)athy for the loss of your son . I felt very sorry to hear of his de3.th . You must keep up your courage . The Lord's -.~ill be do~1e . He h::ts take n him for a vr ise ,ur oos e unknown to us. !~y the Lord b l ess t:. confort you ~1 1, - and I know he wil l. You r sister, l '.n.;· gn_ r et DushJnan |
