The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-05-16

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onward and upward way of useful
ness and honor, or in the downward
path of retrogression and sin. MAJ
make him more DESTROYS of difiusins
moral knowledge. and happiness, al
its accompaniment, around; or, o
using the cleverness and ability he has
acquired in binding the eyes and
confusing the judgment Of those lesc
strong than himself, to satisfy abnor-
NAL desire for notorlety, or the selfish
one to gain station and power. Little
seeds thus sown, may be seen after
many years in great results may re-
suit in blessings and prosperity, or in
sin and suffering.
Some one hss said, Give me the
making the songs OF q people and l
care rot who make their laws"
Those principles, feelings and duties
that are cultivated by the freside,
that are familiarized by practice, i'm
mortalized by usage. are most power
full and durable. Law-thst is writ
ten IaT-seldom penetrstes the sacred
precincts of home. Yet all law,
written or unwritten, should be
founded in Justice. Written Law can
only have TO do with visible things,
or objects. 1t cannot control the
feelings OF the heart, the thought OF
the mind. nor give utt9rance to the
aspirations of the soul. It's opera
tons on the good, or bad, are OF SINH
lar character, and its observance Is
equally binding upon all. Every
MIN should be, in certain manner,
a law unto himself; not a written law,
Furnishing the first ssep in sin
equally with q similar sin
in hardened criminal, but
a law making US amenable before the
tribunal of conscience. That COZ
science is mostly matter Of eduCa-
tion-is euickened and decides ques-.
tons according to viIt1ous or sinful
comprehension, to generous regard
fer others, or neartfess greed for sell.
1t is in properly forming, or ARGUS
ing, that conscience to correct COM
prehension of right and wrong-to
liberal and true understanding Of the
responsibility each human being IS
placed under in life, that greatest care
should be taken. Error is easily
learned; but to eradicate it, or change
it into good, when once thoroughly
ingrained in the character, is QUE of
the most difficult of labors. Happy,
indeed, the peTaon who can Danish
it without a season OF suffering and
sorrow; not at parting with 1t, but IN
learning those truths and forming
those resolves that Danish it. 1t
cIings tenacously to its stronghold,
the heart, strengthened in It's resist
aEce by all the wiles of pleasure and
the fires OF passion; and only an ex-
perience shaking She very soul IN It's
intensity can, at times, drive Ii
thence.
There ia no nobler mission in all |
the range Of human labors than that |
Of forming the minds of cur young, |
and it should be approached IN a |
commensurate with It's i'm
portance. No partisan. illiberal
spirit sh Guild characterize it; it should |
be broad as the universe it fills and |
as enduring SIS the immortality it
coniers. While the labOTer is worthy |
Of his hire, the emoluments arising |
therefrom should be a secondary coz
sideration. The same care ard zeal,
in another line Of life, might in that
respect produce results even more |
gratifying; bnt If the true desire and
ability TO impart krowledge to others
ia there, the reward OF success is far
more in accordance with the feelings |
and more lasting in It's benefits, than
wealth al ne can ever beslOw,
Bat it is net alone IN cur schools
and colleges TIA. coed and wise in
structoIs arerequired. Every human
being, vino has reached years q
is more or less 6 teacher.
No one but at some time and in some
place performed acts that have a
upon the formation OF char
setter in others. We may never Wit
ness the result--we may be CnkOow.
ing CT its existence, yet though client
and unseen it nevertheless bears Its
Iruit. 4 word in jest, in anger. in
Joy, may give rise to feelings, or .
thought, t5at mag guide destiny on
this earth, and mayhap, reverberate
eternity; and SO sc are
pure and display that purity in our |
with others. 80 will cur
influence be felt for coed. No one OF |
US bu. what can look back upon our
past life and note just such incidents, |
trivial In themselves, OF no import |
ance in others, yet IN q manner.
shaping and moulding Us into what
We are. Il may be a spoken word, it
may be a written enc, or it may have
been = little set, Unnoticed by others,
but in cur then frame Of mind dague-
reotyped upon oar memory il IL
efaseable lines. Sach being granted.
how necessary ill out acts should be
commemorate and pure-shouid be
sach ss can be spoken OF without
shame and remembered Eithou! re
gret.