The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-09-18

ponderables and heaved the lead in the abys-
small depths OF The human spirit-this science
Is none other than the fruit of association
humboldt works together with Livingston,
Herschel labors side by side with Agassiz Kant
Tolls bond slave with Hamilton, Darwin is
yoked with Dana. Stuart Mill cheers on Her
bert Spencer; association is their law.
ana liberty is fruit of the same great force.
Ii men today are freer than they ever were if
larger numbers Of men are freer than they ever
were. why is this so. Not by one brave hero'S
toll, or trials or triumphs. hath this been won.
EssayiSfs wrote to win this, poet sang to win
tnls sage propounded 10 win this, artist painted
10 WIN this patriot fought and bed 10 win this,
martyr rotted in dungeons and climbed the
scafold to win this. historian penned his glow
ING paragraph to win this Hampton and Sidney,
oaVonarola and Luther. Washington and Lafay-
cite. Lincoln and Garibald yielding their
sweat OF brain and sweat of heart to water the
immortal seeds OF that tree of liberty beneath
whose ample and grateful shadows we ind
nome tonight Cur freedom is the fruit OF aSSo-
CATION. And indeed, so convinced are tyrants
OF the power 70 upheave their throne, lurking in
ana ready 10 leap forth from associations. that
they bend their utmost efforts and energies to
the purpose Of breaking up all such bands of
conspirators against their dynaSties of despot
Ism. IL is one OF the sure and certain evidences
OF the reign of freedom when associations null.
nply unchecked for the defense and propaga.
ton OF opinion they are the terror of tyrants,
they are the favorite offspring of liberty. And
lnasmuch as all associations make their mem
DerS very much purer and nobler and drawer
men than they would otherwise be. or else very
much baSer ana fOuler and falser no one can
hear of a new association with Indifference or
without some measure of interest. Such is the
strength OF association that even the anarch OF
pandemonium recognzesit. He has kingdom.
He Is not so foolish as to be divided against
himself. Distinct as the pillows. yet one as
the sea, his forces rally round his dusky ban
ner, catch his will and hasten forth TO further
his behests by strewing the earth with havoc
spolls- So also one man "chases q thousand"
but, such is the power of union two shall put
fhOugn01
vent of Christianity testifies TO the same princi-
pie, for there the disciples were all with one
accord in one place. y Associatlon-it is a con
huence of many streams; IL Is gathering OF
many forces; IL is q combination of many tai
ents; ii is a concentration OF diversified expert
ences. And if in union there is strength for
good or evil. how solemn the state OF mind in
which we ought to contemplate an addition to
the associations of the age such as this. for
Second, it IS an association of young men.
What magic in the words young menu Who
would not be a young mani What snowy-head-
ed sage would not again be young man What
halo OF romance encircles a young man What
hopes cluster around him What hearts beat
deep and high by reason of his possibilities
What forces Turk, what founts OF poetry lie I'M
sealed within his breast What perils haunt
his pathway What gins and traps are spread
and laid for his unwary feet What bats are
held forth TO lure him. What seductive voices
float in upon his ear, What mesetricious Wis
ions swim in upon his imaginationl What
passions thrill and throb his being To what q
utiBub Ildy ne H6W HIS way w Itu WHdJ u role
OF honor may he fold his spirit From what a
throne of moral kingship may he not dispread,
and through what ages may he not transmit his
influence He touches chords that shall vibrate
throughout eternity. He is beginning to form
character. Whose? His own prominently as
we'll as others. All things wait upon him TO
serve him to ennoble to enfranchise to adorn
his character What will he do with himself?
How does he propose using himself? To what
depths shall he descendy With what foulness
shall he clothe himself How far from God
shall he drift. drift. drift driven by the demon
lac passions of fasehood and foulness? How
soon shall all tenderness pass away. all beauty
vanish all truth give up the ghost and all man.
hood be pawned for pleasure the most sensual;
and his very soul. like CleopatraS jewel. be
dissolved in the swine trough of debauchery.
until only the Omniscent God shall be able to
detect amid the utter spoliation evidence the
most filny that such monster was once MANI
Transcendently important the query: What
will the young man do; what will he be?