The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-09-19
PROTECT as EM FROM EVIL.

| 6A'Oo ubICA ohNO " oOLnS SOunQ ADVICE 10
mothers in relation to caring for their
daughters; advice that would be well
Tor parents to consider in our city, and
Tor that matter, out in the country, toe.
La ;hls Territory the young people have
grown up together from:childhood, and
tnere has been that free, unconstrained
social intercourse that we look for
among brothers and sisters in the same
family, rather than that which charac-
terizes the social intercourse of mere
nelghbors in other communities. The
popularity OF innocence is that it is I'M
suspecting, Conscious of no evil design
Itselt, 1t suspects none in others. Itl'
ever credulous. 1t wears no guards
ABOUT its heart; and for that reason OF
ten falls victim to designing Williams
who prey upon it. The circumstances
IN our communities are changing.
Hitherto the village maidens IN our
numerous settlements, and young girls
IN orr cities, too. could attend the
public party, or lecture, or. othe
gILnerihg either for instruction or
amusement, and depend upon some
Of their male associates to escort them
1 safety TO their home. So with picnicS
and all other gatherings. The cases
where girls have come to shame
| through improper associations with the
opposite sex have been, when compared
with other communities, so few, that
there has scarcely been any anxiety Eel.
on the part Of parents for the safety OF
their daughters. But circumstances
are changing. Strangers are finding
their way into our midst, and among
them are some that are maliciously de-
PRAYED characters, who will delight to
raviSh purity of its innocence. Our
lake shore is becoming lined with pleas
ure resorts. We may expect that the
increased prosperity that these I'M
provements shall bring. will also bring
with them new temptations to our
young people. Perhaps these things
from a Mormon standpoint are to be |
deplored, but we cannot avoid them. |
1t may be too bad in our estimation |
that those who are pure should |
be under the necessity of breath
ng the same air with the vicious,
but it has to be endured. Evil
IS in the world and in our midst, and We
come in contact with it. 1t is beyond
our power to avoid it altogether. So
likewise are there poisonous plants
among our vegetation. So are there
ierce winds as well as gentle breezes;
floods as well as refreshing
aims; the biting, freezing cold of win
er, as well as the congenial warmth of
spring. Yet, IN these things we avoid
hat which is poisonous. We shun the
ierce winds and destructive floods, and
where we cannot altogether escape con-
act with that which is unpleasant or
harmful we fortify ourselves against it
y preparing for our protection and
omfori. Let US in like manner con-
uct ourselves in dealing with moral
vii that may surround Us. Let US
axe note that the vicious are increas- L
lg in our midst; that the depraved [
tranger has dou vtlesS corrupted many a
{ the young men who have grown up a
j these communities, and that under e
lese altered circumstance it becomes q
to surround our daughters, a
specially, with new safeguards. 1t is
OF proper to permit them to walk the D
5reets after night fall, either in country 0
r city, with giddy companions where t.
ley by their thoughtless frolics often a
tract the attention of tie libertre
or should they be permitted to at Ii
md public gatherings without proper Il
;corts. In short, every care should be t.
ken to fortifv them against the loath- d
)me approach of the vicious. And tI
Dove all, let the influences of home life n
; such that they will draw around y
lem such high regard for virtue and Il
that it will prove an effect fl
Il bulwark against the assaults of the CT
,praved; and even in a world where Il
ii is rife, enable them to love virtue Of
tier than vice and practice it. p'
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