The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-12-07
WORD AND ACTION
TUE HERALD, By GAsKELL.l

AaN19 Sir r. Holcard.
ro intellectual desires and sym
- Of an educated, thinking man,
Pa'- L. in advance Of his physical ca
ar 800 % do In the contemplation of
PaI-'i ;,,1es Of virtues and integrity, the
i P-,,t fnsensibly burns with generous
- - If emulation and an earnest de-
80 g compete with those who have
S-l e.IIsd in noble and daring deeds; and
III IGNORING the actors, yet the mind
.a,nizes still higher ideal principles
~ 7,obIer actions than any that have
90" hean done. When, however, it
e,,es 20 putting expression into action,
nj our thoughts into words and
tho.o words into corresponding deeds,
low trifing do the works sometimes
- - in COMPARISON 10 what we have
J-oamed. or planned; and, III such mo
Ut of self abasement, we readily
nav homage 10 superior talent and
Ia:!rited reverence to the great and
good. ~ 70 cr;4iso than 70 inn
-..fruT
l ,,ve ar practical philosophy. 1t is
l ni.or less laborious to pull down than to
Ill M less judgment and care are
paaIod in so doing and there IS less
I'm mon our attention. A fOunda-
s;an isIaid and block is raised on block
,,ntI tbp required height is attained, and
aiter certain lapse of time, the super
Strrcture is completed 1t may be
massive. grand and imposing in appear
ence seemingly able to defy the effects
81 time the encrOachments of the
elements and the vandaliZing hand of
the destroyer; yet the simple giving way
of the foundation may almost IN
simultaneously precipitate the whole edl-
foo info chaotic ruins. As with mater
ial substance. so with the moral nature
nj man. ThOughtleSs inadvertence,
careless Indifference, may destroy the
laborious building Of years; and good.
Well-meaning men and women, are
many times wrecked and ruined, by
what at first may have seemed, and
really were, but trihing causes-yet
causes, through neglect, ever growing
and expanding in their influence. warp
ing Judgment, deadening feeling and
eventually blighting every vlrtuous
aspiration of the soul.
The difference OF our powers OF
thinking and acting, is often source OF
encouragement and gloom, and serves !
as an auxiliary to increase our Incidence. !
Incidence always Weakens-thatis, indo- |
lence without rest; without rest there Is !
no recuperation, but a meaningless I'M
String.ng of all the energies OF body and
mind. 4 Lawrence Sterne may cause
Us to weep by the sentimental intensity
of his writings, but how cold his actions |
seem TO have been in comparison with |
his words. He may have felt what he |
wrote at the time, yet when the fervOr /
of composition had passed away, how |
cold and forgetful and selfish his &C !
tons. He could shed tears over the /
carcass of Il dead donkey yet could |
leave his wife and daughter to neglect /
and want. The brilliant, incisive sar- |
casm Of Dean Swift sounded the depths /
of human frailty and passion, yet no |
sarcasm he ever peRned could be more I
scathing and penetrating to a delin
quent than the mere recital ofthis own
cOld-blOoded indifference to the Suf-
feTings and sacrifices of those who
loved him, would be to himself. Yet
who can say that his brilliant powers
and capaciOus intellect were entirely
wasted or that his desires, though
ending IN Disappointment and gloom and
seml-madnesS, were entirely bad? 1t
would take more than the powers OF the
finite mind to estimate the strange
struggles and trials of that powerful
intellect, that even In the midst of its
craze and disappointment could do so
much and could do it so well.
We often hear mention of this diff
terence between the words of an in
GlVdual and his actions. The latter
GO not correspond with the former, and
become 10 him, in the estimation of
otuers' cause for reprOach, and some
Ilhes give seeming truthfulness to the {
charge OF hypocrisy. But is not such
sweeping Judgment unjust and would {
We IKE to be judged with an equal ]
tIsGr ana tlllberality? Is it not beneficial
- human character to think great '
o ot-l5ss, OF allow the flow of kind feelings ;
nau seneTonS impulse, although we NAV /
o 49,! aGt them, and, is not the soul
cl oI,to,l ana strengthened by the mere
TY ~ plauon OF virtue and right?
-, - o.t''teSt OF men have had their ]
IPl o.al OF folly and Impotence and
- ~ s vas aL0retimeS, filed with fear
ii itu TouGI ana uttered words in denial of {
wards. "ePV lot aIter-
IAN An Alexander. when at the summit Of
6u ut'an power and influence and. couId / /
st tI d ~ zoe ape to withstand his arms. |
OH I uo%n ana wept that there were no | !
0s s,-cI worlds to conquer. with the '
ebiI5 ''''oe ana !mpatience of a spoiled I
o I'll irresistible in contending viii Y
T, e1-e1s IN the tented field. he became {
P 5H where his own passions were J
baTcS eu 20 play, and he became de '
fr isotIe'l, incorporate and deadly to.his {
g o,,o,3uS VINO dare offer counsel for his ,
81 0fS o,i et Alexander was great man I
o n, ouPerlor intellect, uneouaied in con |
Ses;n r,us ana governing mes. and far Z
sseIlg IN the ways OF law of coT,T1er ,ee .. +
t1 .o t4bieAanoer IN Egypt, for more than {
me7, Insane years, has worthilv com /
mdno- .aIeu ms name and justified his {
Of 5ffVSenient An Antony lost the con+rol ,
SmiIo mo5Io lot a wanton Cleopatra z
NJ ~; ana his folly has poinrad The |
t thIofal Of many tale Vet S,,+o Sne ,
and 81; Az ana spoke manfullv and Welt, :
Iesorai G u many a good and brave deed '
ham,. 'hS CREAM cup of pleasure de, 7
y,,lcL his manhood and ma5o sb;n !
'iScK OF MS fortunes. emp
fo..: refer denies his Lord vet 90, 10 !
deE9c,es e oaj ana no taken again into conf t
the J So %lii iaYor; if Paul can persecnte I
NO. oal9ts, can hold the garments Of ;
al n "no stone Stephen. can he for,r;,-a,, c