The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-09-12
WILL IT PAY?
BY GAsKELL.

of life, and to all situations, intelle
J tual, moral OF physical, in which v
can be placed. Diversified in ali
and object sought, the desire to a,
Iquire is almost il not entirely, uni
versal among men. Reason {
: passion may at times control it an
? cause it to develop itself 10 diver
[ ways, as varied as are the diferer
stations of men and their conditions
get in all positions, of Whsteve
nature, or kind, the same principl
OF acquisltiveness sctuatee.
Man has been called q reasoning
ANIMAL" and in nothing is it showl
more than in this desire to gain some
thing as compensation for his labor
Ho takes no risks without reasonsbl,
hopes of reward in some form o.
other. In his normal condition ht
weighs evidence, counts the cost anC
estimates the chances. Reward may
not be sought in pecuniary way; il
may not be in increased honor, OF
lame, or station, nor may it be from
the nobler and rarer desire to benefit
others; yet, it is in something from
which he derives, or expects to derive,
pleasure and satisfaction. His hopes
may be impraoticable and may exis.
only in thought, and il successful
may not confer 1.-THE OF the happi-
ness anticipated. People are but
seldom reasonable in their hopes and
expectations; and they are liable to
let the glamor of what they hope for.
to obscure their judgment in regard
to what is. They are partial to them
selves and on question interesting
only to another they might be free
from error, whereas the same thing
if important to themselves they would
woefully mlsjudge.
OF course, as abilities vary and
hopes frequently outrun discretion,
or judgment, many OF US miss cur
proper vocation in life and meet With
miserable failure, and we find it "does
not pay" 10 seek for that beyond our
reach, or accept OF any station we
cannot fill with credit and honor,
should forsuitous chances. or persis-
tent seeking, place Us therein. The
man in the right place honors his
station as much az the station hoIors
him. We hear much of the "hour |
and the man." and wonder when the
man steps forward and takes his |
place, that he had no. before been
We bot seldom take |
toto account the years of toll and
study and steady adherence to duty,
tha. have fitted him to fill it with |
honor. Yet be has toiled and labored,
il not with his physical powers he has
IN mind and his intellectual labors
have been in such q way, or OF such
4 character, as to strengthen him in
performance OF these duties pertain
ing to, or allied to. the position he
may afterwards acquire. Such g
man ia usually a growing man-his
ItAtion developing his mind and his
mind in its labors increasing his sta
ion. The benefits conferred are
and mutual. He goes hand
q hand with circumstances, guiding
hem where possible, and bending to
he storms he cannot face, not to the
scrifice OF principle, or the turning
.way from duty, but wsdting and
for the better times to come,
'eady to take advantage OF every
opportunity presented on
lis way.
Il is not always those in high places
who are best qualified to fill them
With honor. There are, at times,
in the waters continu-
Ally agilstiDg them and throwing the
scum 20 the surface; 90, in the con.
.inuous movement OF political affairs
pad men are often brought into pro-
Blu! it is only at times when
q low state of public morality exists,
as return to a Virtuous course ia sure |
10 be O warrant for their subsistence. |
1T does not pa >" for q nation, or for |
a people, to keep long such men in |
office, ss corruption and e6eminacy
are moro likely to descend from our |
rulers downwarde, than to ascend to
them from the lower orders OF society. |
These principles are immutable,
though forms and expressions may
vary, and underlio every situation
and practice OF human lie. AS our
children understand their importance
and their universal application, and
pay heed to their teachings, so they
become good or bad. II they cnce
understand that indulgence in pas.
sion of any kind, of any character aud
in any place, to the extinguishment of
reason, is injurious and docs not
pay" 80 will they become more eau
tious in their dealings with others
and IN all their actions; nor will they
undertake anything haphszard and
without due thought and elaboration.
No one turns inetantaneously from
bad to good, nor from good to bad.
All changes, either moral. mental, or
physical, have their intermediate
stations, their increase and their sub
sidence, and OF times the equipoise Is
40 exact that trifle may turn it one
way or the other.
1t never pays 10 act injussly. II to
gain an end, or accomplish purpose
We do anything we know 20 be con-
trary to strict morality, Ne are sure
to reap a correspondingly evil re
ward sooner or later. II we escape
the penalty at the time, if others
know not OF our derelictioD, we csn-
not escape from our own conscious
ness OF wrong-doiug, and that will
prove anything but source of salts
faction to US afterwards. We have
sullied the brightness OF our own
purity-shown that We are Of earth.
earthly, and no future victories can
ever deprive that consciousness of its
sting to our future disquiet. We
may continue to hide it from others
but we cannot hide it from ourselves
aud it may meet US at the moment o
our greatest triumph; casting US doE WI
in our thoughts from the height VI
have attained, showing us the ute
vanity of our hopes snd the unsut
Stimulated nature OF the foundation
upon which We have so lsboriousl
upreared the superstructure OF on
lives. Our victories then are but 8
apples of the Dead Sea. beautiful
D look upon, but ashes and bitterness
Q to the taste.
0 The same principle may be e.
5 tended to an almost unlimited exter
y lin human affairs. So with Ii
Y miohtiest and highest in DOsition.