The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-08-22

: the materialist be he ever 80 clev,
and intellectual, Il Is somethin
that must be felt to be understood
1t is the breath Of life to the huma
soul. Suppose this breath and tn
; soul will die; yes, even die Will
the human part shall live oil
breathe on. In some the animal lif
is greatest; I'd some death is not 8
perceptible, and the animal live
on, aud thrives, even after tina
spiritual essence has for tim
taken its flight. In other
the spiritual man reigns owe
the animal. Should ihe become
convert to he death of his God, hi
own Individual shirt. life dies, ant
altwardly apparent is the death
within! Take from me wealth, hus
band, children. all, that the human
hearts longs for and clings to, bu
spare to me my trust IN Gods provi
dence; my faith i'll His unchanglne
| bat merclfdl DEGREES. WiGh be-
lief that He is intelligence, ruling
over inanrnate matter, and il |
C tmprehend His form or not
II Is OF little consequence, so
that [ feel His inspiration, and can
live n he n9arneSS of II s love.
Fh9 part culac forms and leremo-
MS of religious ereeds are fast
lGoslng their nUlA upon me. I do
not feel the need, as others may, Of
h. support OF an organization ;
Stll, for Lhe masses, it may ne well
10 organ re IN some religious society,
and the great variety gives ample
opportunity for all to select for
themselves. The grandeur Of a
creed that is unciTcumscrlbed, that
has for lis name the fatherhood OF
Cod and brotherhood of Man. ap-
pears 30 me as the highest creed Of
al, and as the best IN uS Is ever
reaching out for the highest good, l
Would have my ideal form OF reli>
gi0n universal one and do nv
work where God has cast my lines,
freed from all prejudice and bigOtry,
for | cannot see nay God la narrow
light. He rules the universe, and
~ earnest souls looking for his
light shall Fee it, be the glass dark
ened by whatever creed 1t may.
To return tO>Mr. Conway. He is
a gentleman for whom | feel respect.
believing him 70 Oe thoroughly con
scientiOus in his views, and
cOldly scientific. l met him
some years ago while on u visit to
London and wa. Interested In hear
ing him talk there, more so th IN
now, as / had just commenced nv
Investigations of the religions of the
dav-and dTeary days Of anxious
doubt they were to me. He then
drew his sermons from various
texts. From the Koran ha delivered
an interesting discourse. | was
to hear him say-in con-
Yersati0n with him here, afteri
years of research: II am still a
l thought his research
" ould have led him to a different
He said: al am nowl
pom a journey around the world |
10 Write up the religions of the day. |
and want to know something Of |
With all due respect to Mr.. Com
way and his opinions, [ most sim
cerely hope that converts to the |
la ter may be few, for cannot sec
10 them a worldwide decrease of
when the divine spark is
although his ideas of a
broader love of humanity are beauti-
full, the r.ch bearing to some extent
the necessities of the poor. But
where do yOu fad the rich man
wiling to share with the poorP
One here and there, perhaps, scat
5ered in the wide world, but often
when the poor man becomes
'ich, if generous by nature,
le becomes more rigid inl
economy, and feels poor, and this
class are the poorest set of men, for
hey make others feel poor, and, as
none are so poor az those who feel
ooor," we ought not to wish SO much
or men to become rich as to wish
hat men may be led by the ins2ira.
ion of true and living God to
)est0w portion of His gifts to
hem upon suffering humanity.
Respectfully, Gig.