The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-05-12
GREAT SALT LAKE CITY. SATURDAY.. MAY ID. 1850.

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Iizeil, aud he Il led to exclain, '.IIow
great thy power, % God; and thy wis.
dom, how inIinitel7 .:sJ
Within the schoOl-boy who rriimIJlinc-
III wends IFS way TO his daily task IS that
germ Of fIever-iying matter. Ia linn,
viewed BY a prophetic eye, Is seen tlc
future statesman, poet historian, astro-
homer and philantlropist, In him Ii seen
the bellefaetor Of future ages, one who
spends his time gratuitously Tor the bene-
&c and advancement 81 his fellow men.
IL is.iIits infancy; bnt, when fully ma
tured, II bursts tile shackIes that bind it,
and springs into perseEering, energetic
life BY life-long actions and noble deeds,
earves out. q name Of undying glory.
The minds of different men are as
varied as the yaricgated hues Of the
blooming landscape. Seemingly with no
views, no feeling Ia common, eacll per-
forms his allotted task and all in all they
grandly harmonize. Each reyolySs, hi
his appointed sphere, aud performs the
duties he IS best able. Viewed collective
~, there's no jjar---lio perctivablc strife,
ito mar their union; but they Journey on
from day to day, year to year, in an end
less round Of progression.
Mind is the governing principle Of life
and immortality. HI It's displayed III every
thing Everything was formed for some
purpose or ether; and, though unknown.
to us what those purposes are, they are,
understood by superior intelligence. II
IFS the active, creatiFe power iii the fornia-
tionof this world, and tile formation of
all worlds.
Inlifc, We fluid that they who have the
=noblest minds, and who labor strenaonsly
for the emancipation Of the human family
from the thfalE 81 ignorance md vice, are
generally those who by experience have
learned tile reality Of what they teach
Talent Is tile birthrigltt of all classes
.pcryades all ranks of society As we'll
might We ehdeaYor to keep the raging
volcano within its bounds, as to stay The
Immortal fire Of mind, in its onward
search for knowledge JIG burns as bright
.ly within the breast Of the. poor cottager,
as within that Of the millionaire 1t is
AN unqnenchable fre, owning no superior
but Ged, and no law but justice.
Difficulties, to ii persevering mind, but.
stimulates IT, TO fresh exertions Unable
to exist without natter for Thought, IL
.trnSerses Tho universe In search for it,:
explores the vast arcana Of nature, seeking
for truth. If this is denied, it rctires
within itself, gives place to gloomy
thoughts, and becomes lnisiinthropic and
cynical: .s. . ..s = .. Il
Were We to search the annals Of the
past, we would find that many Of the
master spirits they who have ruled iii
tho world Of mind, sprang from the abode
Of poverty and Indulgence. The necessity
of knowledge, MS means of existence,
sparred them onward; and, though the
taste may have been Herenleau, they
liinched not from the selfimposed labor.
Success was their motto through life,
and nothing but that would satisfy them.
They atief8iiatd to succeed, and no dam
ger, no difficulty, however stnpendols or.
imposing, could appali or make them
waiver. :5,:i ~ ~ t..1 ''st =, IS
There is something noble in this abne-
cation Of self--somcthing which shows
the divinity of mans nature, and allies
him in anlnistakeable bonds to the Deity.
It IS the sterilization OF his divine origin,
shining through his earIal nature, and
clothing him with Immortality. 1t Is the
victory Of mind ever matter, the prelude
and type Of hereafter; and showing us
what We have been, and what we will be,
if deserving, nets as an incentive to our
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