Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-07-28

spheres " life besides that Of the artist.
! There b. n strange pleasure fox and
catered IN Ia things evil, in sickening
details " vice and criup. In horrible
accounts VI agony aud mutilaton. IN
3 the minute description Of poverty and
ruin, Of cruelty and r,ge, OF ain and
I suffering IN all their shocking anI
pitlnhlp phases. The taste OF thesr
| hinge ufoduces the demand, and he
demand II speedily followed ny the
SUNNY. a certain case Of novel;,
ma a1inus, Newspaper W lures. pTints,
plays, feoitals, aud Tho voice OF slan. .
der, calumuy and Islander, MI unite b
miuistef o. this degrading desire, aud
In thus minis,ennR 10 II they foster
ami Increase IT,
IL Il claimed that these are only
rci fetcutatione Of what is true ia HE
ald IN chnincicr, and, being true, are
justfiablc; And this plausible excuse "
Often accepted ns suilici.ut uv'unic.
But the truth VI anything ucpcudA
lnieely upOE ita relation 10 other
ihlugs. a sentence or phnsu, quoted
without it, context, may 20 sly mis-.
represent the meaning ~ tue writer.
A Lnre fact, related without the ndjg-
cent circumstances, may convey totally
hhu inpfnsons. An acton or
rJurla pi act On may he 40 described no
entirely % vilinto rs chAfaeter, hy
leaving out the cnutes or deficiencies
IN man, dwclt upuu without ANY 10
his oEC,llcnciUr, viii give wholly
erroneous view Of hia character. ln.
durd. nothing ~ more fatal e. thr
cause OF truth itself than mere literal
vOragily clacufning some OF iis parts,
and silence concerning others, 0y
which the real meaning and splfit Of
the whole are sacfificcd.
Now sin ami suil,ring aud error and
calamity Of every kind, when nut ~
BY Themselves, never convey ttulh a.
u really l.. They never nse Ihus alone
In humanity or In life. Theru h always
s1molhing To temper the m, ~ soften
the hardness, 90 relieve the palm, 10
Rssuags tho sorrow, 30 uX'tuuats the
wrong, TO account for the error. 10
dilato upon the one without consider.
ing the other II no allegiance to truth,
but an Olcnsu against II. We all know
something Of the beneficial effects VI
what We call evils In nature. The
storm, the whirlwind, the volcano, the
Hood, painful and devastating though
they BE- IN their immediate effects, arc
not without their use-. Neither 10
what We call evil In human character
without it, brighter eide. phupassi1us
Of man, however fearful when uu.
restrained, are rlghtiu and needful
when controlled and held In proper
relation 10 the rest " bis being aud
10 his fellow men. So, when
we repaTato what IN 10 Us evil from Ia
context, when we court the fury Of
the elements, or the Unbalanced pas.
sious u man, when we crave The un.
Wholesome excitement caused by read
ing, or hearing, or thinking or talk.
ing OF the worst that II In the w9rld,
exclusive of the better and the best,
We are gaining and giving, not Il true,
hut u false conception Of life and Of
men. In basket OF rich, ripe fruit,
we arc not offended by the rlnds or the
seeds, though bitter TO the taste; hut
II these snma rinda or seeds were re-
moved and givel 10 IA As sample Of
the fruit, how utterly should we fail ~
appreciate ~! Yot this Is what we do,
when We pick out the faults anu
frallt'es and eufierings In the world,
and offer them rs fample Of life,
without abiding 10 the virtues anu
strength, the faith and hope, the
generosity and affection that brighten
and gladden. and ennOble II.