The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-11-11
SELF-CONTROL.

However .dItnculC Cno lash WoJ oo
if is duty which none should evade.
From the most Strifing and IN
obtrusiye faults grow those which
ultimately make US slaves Where
we should be masters. How weak
and pueriIe man becomes when ne
allows one or more Of those baser
mowers of the. mind to WELD an
influence over him, to direct his &C.
tons. for moment only it may be,
vet in that time he has gained
nothing and has lost that prestige
which would have made him more
fully the master of himself. OBJ
serve the man of hasty temper;
almost without provocation he be-
canes enraged and no one
escapes his anger. He fails to treat
with common ctvility those who
were in no manner associated with
that which robbed him of bis gentle
ness. When he stops to consider
| the trivial nature of the cause he is
heartily ashamed of the effect
Es5w deserving of pity and Gems
sure is that man who so easily gives
| way to every desire, evil in its ef-
fects upon himself and others For
could the wrong which arises from
such acts be confined to the perpe-
| traitor we would be slow to pity and
ever ready to reprimsnd. But where
the stigma, with its Shiny arms
reaches out and grasps those VINO
are innocent of any desire to DO
harm. we can but listen to our bet
| ter nature that we do not add to the
! burden which is already too great
| to bear. II may be said,
WHY did not the cause OF the
sorrow and shame think before COM
hitting the act. Now, few OF us
do think until too late, when the
!, thought itself adds a pang to the
e,ready sore and tender conscience
With few exceptions there are none
, devoid of the consciousness OF nav
s ing committed a wrong
{ laTo man who hasHkilled his fei'
low. when he walks forth and en-
lows natures sunshine and to al
outward appearance is the same az
!. formerly does not the fact OF his
o having brought the most grievou'
It sorrow to many a heart give Dirtf
. to the wish that he might bear i
a ali? A recent occurrence in thi
Il city, for example. Two forme
q friends quarrel over trifing sum
e one party is killed, his children
;. made fatherless, his wife prostrate'
by a deluge of grief and sorroW
"a the perpetrator Of this crime is des
# spised and loathed, and all who ar
y acquainted with the case deplore tn
Il fact that he is allowed his freedom
g. His only excuse is that he coul
!. not control himself. In an ins.an
d he brought anguish to one house
j. hold, shame and fear to another
e Life, name, hope-all were lost t
ia crafty a whim of the basest of ma
k lures. How easy to coz ,rol, whe
n compared with the impossibility
If restoration. How great would I
,e the effort to govern self could "
a but glance into the future. We ca
M trace a vast similarity between Il
=, past and future. There can be I
w doubt that, when the mean
.es ph ases of the character have bet
a.. allowed to gain the ascendenc
us utter ruin is the result. So it W
I'm be hereafter. Great credit shou
ill be given the man who struggl
ict bravely against the evil which
,is inherent within him, even If
he measurably fails. He has be
,h- man enough to enter the Ii
ant against overbearing self aid "
nor vanuuished. We should give gr'
oo. honor to him who does battle Wi
IN and conquers that which is igno
lido in himself. Selishnes5 may prom
10 him to action, but the influence
mar such a man does so much good
rlv teaching others how to gain
fore mastery over self that
az. readily lose sight Of the lesser
IRON tive in genuine admiration of
CON. nobility and strength of chara
hen which has prompted and email
uere him to teach so sublime a lesl
tici. Each can win for himself this no
psnn It is worth the effort for the p
New sure it brings not to oneself a
, the but to those with whom We are