Confidence

JOHN LYON, POET AND WRITER. l i;:

Friends," which now hangs in the President's "Hie,., Salt Lake City. At the time of his release he was in his eighty-seventh year. His remains rest in the city cemetery in Sail Lake City. On a monu- ment erected on the burial lot is inscribed a fragmenl of verse, written by the author some time before his demise. It is hardly probable that he ever thought it would grace his own monument. It was discovered among his effects on the day of his death. It

reads: We'll meet together yel Where the sun shall never sel With a welcome of the ha ml And a love without regret. Salt Lake City, Utah.

Confidence— A Sonnet.

Confidence is our earthly joy in time, Our heavenly hope in God, our trust in man; If such morality would lead the van In this degenerate age of doubt and crime. How rich would man be e'en without a dime! Thank God, there's some amongst our sinful race Who've shunned the evils of this sad disgr. Yes, priest and novice, led by the sublime Who've placed their faith and confidence in God, Shunning the thorns where folly strewed the way, Tho' pained to walk on, have devoutly trod Believing, trusting goodness to obey Amidst derision, hungry and unshod. Have won the bliss of an immortal day!

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