The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-11-15

days OF thy life; but teach them thy sons,
and thy sons sons"
We know there is much doubt in the land
question his existence, and if at times the
evidence of that fact becomes almost over
wnelmlng, a glance at the wretchedness
and lll-fortune, the squalor, the poverty,
the heart-aches; the good often vanquished
in the struggle for existence; truth crushed
and bleeding beneath the feet of error; the
gentle and kind at the mercy of the rapa-
clous; honesty in the light Of day, and not
infrequently in our open courts, overpow
cred by leprous fraud; virtue in rags while
vlllainy and vice are clothed in silks and
furred gowns, outshining SOLOMON in
all his glory-a glance at all this
makes men dash aside sweet budding
faith and in an agony OF spirit they cry out
There is no GoD." If there were and
He was all-powerful, surely He would cor
rect these evils. Surely innocent childhood
would excite his compassion, and would
not be found shiverine on the streets,
pinched with hunger and seeking precar-
lous resting place in dark alleys and filthy
corners. The weak would not be the prey
OF the strong, nor would fraud triumph
over honesty, nor tyranny prevail, nor
error crush truth. But stay.
Let us not forget that from the very ma
ture of human experience we get but par
tIal view of things, and that looking on the
evils that may be found in the earth is not
all that we may see even in that partial
view permitted to mortals. Look over more
OF the landscape within our horizon, and
limited as it is we shall find that the good
far exceeds the evil. Through plot and
counter-plot; through gain and loss;
through glory and defeat; along the
plains whera discord rears eternal
babel-the holy stream of human
happiness glides on And even
in the lives of those we esteem most desc
late, come CLEANS of sunshine amid renew
ing storms which make ife-wretohed
howsoever it may be TO other eyes-dear to
them, and they are grateful for existence.
Then it is yet to be learned which is the
more favored Of heaven, those constantly
living in what we short-sighted mortals
esteem prosperous circumstances, or those
who meet the Bullets Of ill-natured for
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sorrows are our greatest blessings; and
men may learn that
IT'S sorrow builds the shining ladder up,
| Whose golden rounds are our calamities.
at Is vain," said one of old, "to serve
GOD; and what profit is it that we have
kept his ordinance, and that we have
walked mournfully before The LORD of
hostsa We call the proud happy
yea, they that work wickedness are Sc,
up; yea they that tempt COP are even de.
livered. Then they that feared the LORD
spake often one to another, and
the LORD hearkened and heard
it, and book of remem-
brance was written before him, for them
that feared the LORD, and that thought
upon his name. And they shall be mine
saith the LORD in the day when 1 make VI
my Jewels; and will spare them as man
spareth his own son that serveth him
Then shall ye return, and discern between
the righteous and the wicked, between hin
that serveth COP, and him that servetf
him not" All of which teaches US that il
this mortal state and with our partial view
of things we are not competent Judge.
neither of the works nor purposes of an in,
finite GOD.
In this conclusion we shall be safe; Their,
is much to be grateful for in this oul
country, even though there is much to de
plore. Let US accept the existence of tina
evil as something necessary to our expert
ence and development; as something to cal
forth our compassion and exercise ou
charity. And some day when the mist
and clouds shall clear away we may b,
able to see that there is zone above VIII,
rules the harmonious destinies of thi
world" not only better than prime min
listers, but better than we can Judge of BY
mere human conception.
Yes, let US honor Thanksgiving day AM
make it sacred. Let the high official issu
ing the proclamation be honored in hi
: place by all speaking of and acting respect
fully towards that which he has ordered b,
his proclamation. For one day at least lie
US forget that we are partisans to remem
Der that we are Americans and Christians