The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-12-07


wlckedneSS are often made use of. bu;
more frequently as mere figures OF
speech, than as an actual state of being
This is a critical age of the worlds his
tory, an age when almost every one has
a certain portion of learning and is apt
IN consequence to set up for Judge,
both IN moral and manners. in action
and III expression. 1t is always easier
to lind fault with the conduct of others
than to improve it, TO topple down an
edlnce than to labOriously uprear il.
No one can err on the side of too much
mercy, nor be too kind, and cOnsiderate
IN his Intercourse with others. and
often the bread cast upon the waters re
turns to hun again after many days, his
enemies having become more inst and
his friends more valiant and Jealous in
his behalf. For conduct to permanently
benefit US we must be worthy and
and deserving-nOt entirely with
out .olbles and faults and sins
! -for human nature never attains
/ to that perfection-but being emuIous
/ OF good. with hearts warm and full OF
/ sympathy for others trials and suffer
mgS, with magnaminity above deceit.
! with magnetism, or love, of human
/ kind that attracts like magnetism, or
love IN others in return. 1t is genuine
/ feeling that animateS the statue and
/ puts its life and vigOr into existence and
/ gives enjoyment to human intercourse.
In friend we want a truthful utter
ance and kindly intercourse; in a wife
we want a breathing, blushing, pulsat-
ing, sympathiZing and loving heart-in
fact woman, not a fashion plate of
precision and elegance and gay colors-
not mlnclng, gated being of pin backs
fnThpInVVS i,l-
switheS, who with lisping tongue dis
courses on the inanitieS of aesthetic lore,
yet fOrgets, or neglects the duties of a
wife and mother.
So, IN estimating word and action we
should not forget what constitutes a
mana being of infinite variety. of
good and evil, of strength and weakness,
but whose sympathies and desires are
generally for the right, whose judgment
may at times be able to estimate and
point out the wants of others and of
himself, yet be unable to act up to his
thoughts or control himself. Who dare
denOunce folly and sin, be it in high or
In low places, yet advances naught in
mallce-cOmpaSsiOna for error and
suffering, valiant III the cause OF liberty
and right, and never fearful of speaking
and acting the truth. They are by far
the most effective preachers who most
fully understand human nature and its
complexities, its weaknesses and its
possibilities of resistance to evil; and by
exploring the depths and heights of
their own humanity, can point out the
way of wisdom and life. In their every
thought there is a sympathetic yearn-
ing TO benefit. TO strengthen and to up
hold, to bind up the broken-hearted.
cheer the downcast and respondent,
and ease the burthens of the weary.
There is no false Stoicism and affected
contempt of bodily pain or pleasure.
but a calm frmness of resolution to
meet becOmingly the inevitable evils of
earthly life, and resignedly az the will
Of heaven if human judgment cannot
avert them. Yet such men are not
above the commission of error, for i'm
pulse sometimes Overrides judgment
and ObscureS reason, yet repentance
fOllows-a repentance that Oftentimes
leads to great and lasting advancement. |
' | have heard -the-drunkard preach |
preach religion, and their words !
were good, their sentiments pure !
and their conclusions sound, such /
as would benefit whoever believed in
and practiSed them; and | believe those /
who spoke them were at the time sim /
cere and earnest, vet Mr.. PrOpriety |
would say it was too much like the devil /
preaching godlineSs, and the idea of be-
lieving anything such castaways said
was prepOSterouS indeed. ItWas to him /!
too much like the old rhyme
The devil was sick, the devil monk would |
The devil got well, the devil a monk was
he;''
And consequently the wisdom of their /
tached to their character.
But is not truth the same wherev er |
found, or by whoever uttered? Is the /
any the less a diamond be- /
cause it lies buried in the dunghill; and |
is il any the less precious when brought |
10 the light of day from that ignoble |
resting place. than if it came direct |
from the mines of GolcOnda. Words of |
wisdom coming from the lips of ignor /
ANGER teachings of virtue from the suf |
'erings of vice, appeal more strikingly /
TO the Imagination, than the melifiuous /
flow af turgid eloquence from the /
luxurious retirement of the rich /
mans study; just as Hne enforced |
drunkenness of the Helot slaves, taught /
the free-born youth of Sparta to show
the folly or Such pracuceS BY the rl0l-
,ule their unseemly antics and beastly
caused them.
But after all we can, or may, say,
there is a great difference and variation
talk and practice; nor, while
human nature remains as it is can it
we'll be otherwise. The moment of
rial finds Us unprepdred, finds US
vanting-we can preach the valiant
light OF faith, and at times, like the
militia captain, we.will run away. 1t z
was during the war of 1912. The cap
ain was out on duty with his men-he
vas a valiant talking and patriotic
nan. but he had the misfortune to be
anne OF one leg. He talked good deal
md loudly of what he would do had he
he opportunity by meeting the enemy,
md his men became fired up and anI-
Gus for the fray. He led them TO the
op of the hill beyond which lay the foe,
when he formed them into line and
addressed them. There. my brave boys,
les the enemy-be brave and bold and
bitch into them-whip them if you can
fight as long as you can fight and
when you can fight no longer be sure to
'etreat in good order-as for me, IN
title lame. and III be going now
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