The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-02-05

ohadience and bensvoIence; moi
- IL the frmness to suffer, but ike
o9D s the energy to do and dare the
WEE WEI irving efforts of evil, in the dit
m .;on of truth and the spread OF
inuIotherhood and happiness among
O human family. Spiritual, pure.
w Sovs csrnal desire or bodily weak
az. or the vain throbbing and heart
p uaskinps of ambition. leading from
tso darkness of morality TO the light
.aTti,omortality and the endless wor-
.bip OF the Deity.
sD EI5dncation has varied in the differ.
-, ages of the worlds history, to
;tfbe different objects sought for,
- Tie end to be obtained. There
&c some who seem to regret the
nn,striarchial ages, talking grandly OF
ibe happiness that then existed
.roong men, but they scarcely go
10 the merits of the case and tell
"bsrsin that happiness consisted.
We're all men good and virtuous and
wsre such POWER in their hands there
rnipbt be peace and happiness, but
,.te men as we find them, it would
Int es:sblish a multiplicity Of petty
,vrsnipes UNDESIRABLE and repulslve.
Tbs'Autocrat of all the Russias, or the
aIand Turk himself, with all his
5ower and insoIence Of rank, can not
iniure and destroy the comforts of
mankind. to 30 great an extent, as
moh a system would if reintroduced
among men. BE can only notice.
m have direct intercourse, With
limited number, though society Is
more or less demorRlized throughout
ali its parts; in the family, the wife
and mother, in fact, all Its members.
in every household, however iRcik-
nifcent, would be under the imme-
date OF a Detty, uverbearing tyrant,
the well disposed alone governing in
justiee and reason.
Il is only when temporal. or ma
terisl wealth has rewarded the lsbors
OF people. that the refnements of
education and the elegancies OF life
are cultivated. And this refinement
and elegance is too often followed by
Incidence ard decay, at the expense
of manly self respect and persevering
industry. The most highly polished
nation OF antiquity, the Greek. had
a long Lease of power and prosperity,
won Dy years of sturdy effort and
patriotism; yet, when luxury and
wealth crept in. Incidence anu pride
vain principles OF sopbis-
try and self graduation. led to idle
dreams and vicious disputations, so
that the energies OF the peop.e were
wasted. They srrogsted to thsm-
selves the supremacy OF iote:iect aud
mind, yet coOporated their religious
iervor on a contemplate mythology
and impure theology and 80 divided.
fell an easy prey to the pressure OF
inside dissension and outward foes.
Yet even In their tall they imposed
critical laws and literature upon the
conquerors, ard every succeeding
lge has but added to their re-
noun.
It is in the purity of religion and
The intellectual superiority of their
children that notions triumph; me-
ohanicaI ingenuity and mental ac-
iiVity taking the place of brute force.
L ID related az the fact regarding the
FrAncO-German war. that the latter
because their soldiers had
bad a better training. Teligiously,
and physically in military
'actice and had intellectually batter
educstien than their opponents.
intelligence guided them in
their obedience to official authority,
ard while more capable of judging of
:he feasibility OF orders, they were
more reliable and prompt in carrying
Ihem out. Common soldiers have
often been ikened to parts of 3 ma.
chime; dieiointed and disintegrated OF
bat little power, bat reunited and in.
diligently directed of great force;
yet, it would seem Sc If, we're each
niut intelligent and filled with pstri-
otto love for fAtherlsnd, their united
power would be greater in aggregate,
and unless death supervened. be
wholly irresistible. So it is in all
national struggles; hardihood and
skill always overcome efeminaey and
Idleness.