The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-09-02

immortality OF God. Ths aifnp of
such men were sll OF earth and their
faith. their hopes pRrt0ok OF selfish
ness and sin, nor had they but faint
conceptions, II any. OF the immortal
lty OF the soul and the necessity Of lay
ing deep here. the foundation for iu.
tufe excellence aud salvation.
Solomon With all his wisdom ami
power. which were great-wbich
should have taught him to use that
power and wealth, in 3 good AID
happifying manner for ais people
when tired OF his unlimited power,
satiated with enjoyment and luxury
said ali was vanity and VexAtion OF
spirit; more, think because he hal
set his heart and founded his hopes,
upon the things OF earth, than those
OF mind and intellect, and heaven
de had foraker the simplicity, the
purity of the religion OF his fathers
and to please his Egyptian, or E!hi-
opisn wife, had lApsed into idolatry.
He Worshipped strangs Gods and
when the 6res of youth had burnt
cut, when it's strength had departed,
when bis passions could be no longer
aroused, his pulse had become allow
and his blood was chilled, the super
animated, ill-tempered old man, pro-
nouncsd sll earthly things vanity
and vexation OF spirit. Perhaps any
other man Rho had had q similarly
exhAustinR experience might say and
do about the same. ! have heard
many grayheaded. experienced old
man. about the same in his talk
raving snd rRntiug about what the
young were doing and shortly afseEN
wards unthinkiDgly recount his OWE
escspades, and WlldneBs and pranks,
when young. he could give much and
really good counsel Abont what they
should do-threstening she retrac.
tory and disobedisnG, with all kinds
OF plaques and torments. As for bis
own youthful folIies, they had bean
forgiven him; for he had, iorsootb,
refoEmsd-his past pleasures had be-
come all vanity and ioolishness, in
his aged end WORKOUT eyes-more be-
eau! Q he-tJ use "a expressive slang
phrase-"Was played OUT" than
anything else. How much more
meritorious would it beEhad he never
done such things to repent ot-or il
be could have done them, that he
would Motor as Marx Twain has
humorously Eaid, be could tell 9 lie
but would not, consequently he de-
served more reward than George
Washington, who did not tell a lie
about the appletree, because he could
not.
Why not treat the young as though
they had minds 40 We have minds
that they want to do right and really
love the right. love virtue and would
emulate in integrity-but are led
astrsy, many times, BY All excess OF
spirits, OF wsTm-hesrtedness, mex
perience and good feeling. The young
are taught by kindness and example
to do rightly and virtuously, and un-
due severity on minor faults, may
unwittiDgly drive Ehem TO the com =
mission Of grester sins. More sin is
done By them in consequence OF for
getfulpess and exhaberance OF animal
spirit then through design and moral
depTavity. The boy who hAs no fight
in him, no power to resist oppression
and face opposition, will fare bat
badly in active lite; there are always
those who are ready to take Advan--
tsge Of weakness and ignorance and
the one who allows others 10 run over
and aouse him will seldom amount
to much in this world, ~hStever he
may become in the Hext-5ut it is
probable be will be beiow zero there
too. But, though to have com6aiiVe
ness eAough TO meet difficulty aud
trouble with bold trout, ia good, il
should never Lead to contention for
the love OF it. Fight only when you
cannot avoid it without showing the
white feather, or suffering iujustica
III forced TODD 90 go in TO- ell you're
worth and ii whipped, bear it With
ont whining and telling mA aud pa
about il. But it is far better not tt
fight ct all-ioP there need be nc
fighting at All il oil would do right
but % Satan would then bS without
an occupation, q certain amount OF il
has to be done, to keep him in count
enance, until he is finally laid away
and at rest on hih bed OF molten fire.
A aupersbunGanl vitality. il it can
not be worked offin profitable and
J honorable employment, will surely
be worked of ia mischief and sin,
Youth cannot be kept quiet and still
. unless enclosed in prison VALE. The
} yonng are intensely active and the
difficulty lies in properly guiding snC
controlling that activity. FOL
; quencbed, OF crushed out it oaDno
be, unless in isolated instances
, Therefore all systems OF education
that outrage nature by undue sever
isy, asceticism, or priestly threats o.
, the vengeance OF God, are false e
. past experience and to truth, and
are sure, sooner or later, to breaE
out in excuses OF soapticism and
cruel vindictiveness, such as cbarsc
tized the French revolution OF 1889
Keep both mind and strength EN-
ployed in some pure and useful man
ner, as then the young have less TIM
to be miserable-Iess time to be IN
happy and on the lookout for IN
healthy excitement.