The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-06-27

in the ornament, almost approat ning
the angels; those beings who ON ihe
rock of their own shipwreck bold iortn
the light TO future geuerations-baf
fed the divine splendor burning IN the
lamp OF their own brain with lears from
their eyes ana with blood from their
hearts" r-
thus there is always an abyss in the
depths of all genius A crown OF Stars
cannot be placed upon the brow uDiess
there rs ct the same time a crow oi
thorns around the heart. One cannot
enter the temple to in, cribe an minor
tai name. but AZ tie costof writing IL IN
the blood of ones veins
1hese. my hearers. are the words OF
c poei-a psi Who i famed as an ora
tor, and who utters his Thoughts. his
! poetry, IN prose. Take one more
raught from the same pellucid foun
tain:
Life is full Of compli atoms. and for
the same reason OF insuperable diff
cinties. And as, there are crest e6n-
irasis IN nature, there are also in society
opposed forces. BY thu side of the
prophet who announces the future,
arises the magistrate. who believes his
mission TO be the conservation of the
presr ut system, and who. IS a result Of
IN the vicinity OF every. new thinker
there exists an association winch be-
lieves itself infallibe; beside each re-
former IS placed the eternal cup of
henilock. IL appears that seeds cannot
fall upon tile cath unless the vase
which contains hem Is broEen. Every
I old prejudice feels itself wounded by a
new Idea. and hate IL accordingly. .
So, iety Is movement = but those who
moyelt fall under the weight of its
crushing wheel. Slciety is renovation,
but those VINO renew il are slain by its
old errors. We cannon aspire 10 be
blessed by pOsterity without being
cursed by nur cont mpOrar:es. Savage
beast do not disappear from a country
without having bern long and patienfly
CEASED. How many bright intrllieences
fall. how many fail. how many die and
depart like shadows in the struggle
which is necessary 10 rid the earth of
monsters. The greater numbrr of peo-
pie believe you are tearing their souls
from God II you endeayor 10 uprnot one
OF the pTeDndices or errors under whose
shadows their frthers lived for ages.
And you, poetic souls, you who
come from purer regions crowned with
flowers, beating your white wings.
clothed with ether with an Immortal
song upon your lips and a Tyre in our
hands, like the first angels who azed
upon chaos az { birth of the universe :;
you who bear imagination like star
upon your brows. and who live ave-
struck and ecstaiic III the contempla-
ton OF wOr d ideas. which 10 US
weak mOrtals whose vision cannot pen
citrate Il appears n world of shadows
) GU cannot enter this sphere of realities
with ut falling into an abyss. without
tearing your wings and wounding your
feet with thorn; you cannot descend
from the fire in which you Lave been
moulded TO Ire coldness OF our shades
unless the uew Of your tears IS frozen
IN their fall, ard the transparent vase
OF your hearts IS broken BY the hail
sGones' FU
This brings rs face to face with the
mission Of the poet among men. Says
Holland: Verify the poets of the
world are the prophets Of humanity.
They forever reach after and foresre
the ultimate good. They are eyeTmore
building the Paradise that Is 20 be,
painting the Millennium that is TO come.
restoring the lost image Of God in the
human soul. Wien the world shall
re5cn the poets ideal, it will arrive at
perfection and much rood VII il do
The world TO measure itself by this ideal
aud struggle to lift the real to is lofty
lam not prepared to admit-nor do ]
suppose DR.. Holland meant to say-that
the poets Of the world are It's only
prophets, or that they are prophets IN
The same sense and degree as the in
Splred oracles of sacred writ. But I do
believe mat the git of poesy and the
gift of prophecy are akin TO each 9th r;
hat hflrf q 4 kar
they generally 60 hand in hand. Proph-
cts are almost Invariably poets: and
pc Is, n many instances. have been re-
maTkabiy prophetic. OF the former
class attest the writings of David, !
lsalSh. Jeremieh. and others-veTitable |
prophets and veritabie poeis-who, IN
some II the grsndest poetry ever sung.
have indee'i ''br1t the Paradise that Is |
20 be, and "foretold the Millennium |
that Is 10 come" Re the parallels |
aud sayings OF the Savior, you who |
love poetry and desire 70 pluck from its
parterres some OF IFS sweetes.
and most fragrant flowers:
Consider the lilies OF the field, how
they grow; they toll not. neither do /
they spin, snd yet ! say unto you that
even solomon, IN all bis glory. was not
arrayed like one of these.
grass OF the field. which To-Day is and
TO morrow as cast IN the oven, shall |
be not much more clothe you, y We of
little fsiIh?"
Can our language boast anything
purer, tenderer. trusr. and more beau
tifnl1 Jesus. of Nazareth was a poet.
no less than prophet, OF prominent
genius.
Time and your patience would fail
me IN even glancing over the many con
spicuous beauties of Bible poetry. One
more selection-from Isaiah-and we 1
Whl pass on:
How beautiful upon the mountains
are the feeto him that bringeEh good
ndlngs. that publisheth peace; that
'oringeth good udings of good, that pub
rsheth salvation; that saith unto Zion.
Thy God reigneth.
Thy wstchDen shall lift M the
voice; with the voice together shsil
Iney sing: for they shsll see eve 70 eve.
"nen The Lord soall bring again Zion.
break forth into JOY. sing toge her. Il
re waste places OF jerusalem: for the I
LoIo hath eoiHforted his people, he hath
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