The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-09-18

lie meats OF SUN h16I, HUI lnO AesPoO
of time, nor the efforts of enemies
can dim or tarnish, nor anyhow de-
strOy. Only his own Wrong-dolng,
rhe sufferrnce IF vice and sin can
debase.
How very impotent are the pow
ers of the pulling, complaining IN
Ganti How like a mockery are any
forecasting of honor and dlstlnc-
tion. Fragile, almost as OF glass,
the greatest care has to be taken IN
handling; the best of judgment has
20 be eXerted to cultivate that germ
of strength and intelligence. to pro-
long life and lead it onward. Within
that infant, however, are all the
necessary ingredients, or rather,
qualiic4 lions, to foster and form in
to an intelligence inferior only to
hat of the immOrtals. 1t needs
feeding, strengthening, developing,
for it lies there dormant and in a
manner unknown, and the locker on
who can not, in imagination. see
down the ever flowing stream Of
time. cannot realize the emerging OF
that ability and Of that power from
beneath the cloud Of weakness that
envelopes it. Such an one cannot
realize that at a future day, thous-
andS NAV listen, enraptured, to the
elegant, burning words spoken by
those now infantile lipS-to touch
ing Renaissance and sublime ap-
peal sufficient to fire the heart, make
it brave in danger, or valiant, self
fOrgetful in the cause of down.
trodden humanity. That weakling
may have i'll its organization a wis
dom, an elUquence, or Il virtue such
AS is seldom seen upon the earth;
such as raises its possessor into
the proud position Of
hero and in the estimation
of his fellow men, a demi-gcd. But
now its impotence is q mOckery-
the foretplling of future greatness
would be but occasion for deriSiOn
and cOntumeiy. But such may be
the result, for silent causes may be
unseen; undreamt agen-
cies he at work, that when the time
comes, the instrument is ready to
the hand of the Great Architect OF
existence.
This same impotence we see dis
played throughout universal na-
ture, at different epOchs, in different
degrees of organization and pro
gress. Where the beginning was no
man can tell, and where tie end
will be no intelligence or science of
ours can point out. In all Things we
see change. yet change in order
continuous in progress and decay,
and the taking on of higher c0ndi-
tions and Il higher, OF more perfect
being. We see this change eXempli-
fed around us on the earth. among
the circling planets above the earth,
| throughout the entire universe OF
God. What science calls primitive
formations, may, for aught We know
to the contrary. have undergone
many transformations before APP
pearing to us in the shape we now
see them. Various combinations of
powers produce varied results, and
Only by properly and perfectly I'M
Outstanding the physical laws which
govern un0rganiZed as well as or
gaaiZed matter, and the proper
mingling of intelligence and soul
with it, can we know or expect
TO know, the results to be obtained.
Science and religion have done much
but he problem has not yet been
perfectly resolved in all its bearings
and in its applicability to the carnal
nature and the position Of man.
| There is force existent in matter,
though it may not be openly shown
there is spirit that we see not,
neither do we comprehend its work
ingS upon our own organisms. The
philosophical inquirer INFO the mys-
teries Of nature, by experiment and
study can, at times, Tell the means
necessary to impart force and mo-
ton to that matter. The humbly
religious man may feel the work
| ings of the spirit and accept it on
faith, willing that it should have I'M
impeded flow, yet uniformed as to
I its origin or workings And here
the wisdom of physical science is at
| fault-there is no resolving it into
Its component parts, it eludes the
grasp and will not bear scrutiny;
and every thinking man must con-
clude, there are some things we
must deny altogether, or accept on
faith, for his learning cannot prove
them true Or false.
Study leads to knowledge, but
sometimes what we call accident
reveals truths to men, and we see
them spring at once to the proud
position Of original discoverel s.
We call certain things, incidents
and happenings, accidents, though
kindred investigations lead to them
Investigating ne truth leading to
the discovery Of anOiher-such as
Newton from seeing the falling APP
pie reasoning from that simple fact,
which thousands had seen before
him, upwards and EDWARDS to the
sublime laws of gravitation. From
an apple to . universe, a vast syS-
TEN of spheres and worlds, how
great the leapl Coster, playfully
cutting letters out Of bark. for the
amusement Of his grandchildren,
discovering the art of printing,
brought to greater perfection by
Gutenberg. Watts. from the riS-
ing and falling of his mothers tea