The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-08-11
DIR. WHITES LECTURE.
The Noted Educator Talks to Large
Audience.
What Constitutes Uharacter--Some of the
Outer Signs of the Inner Life
An Eloquent Address.

A fair audience, composed mainly OF
teachers, assembled at the Odd Fellows
hall last evening, to hear DR.. Whites
lecture on s'Character. The speaker
was introduced by Prof. Andrews as one
of the,leading educators of the day.
DR.. White said in part: "All life is
dual. It has an inner being and an outer
manifestation. Nature is but an effect
the manifestation Of that Infinite One
who is its source and life."
This dual being is pre-eminently an at
tribute OF man. In the mortal life these
two existences are distinguished in part
by the terms character and conduct.
Character is the inner principle of the
moral life; conduct is that principle
in its outer, visible flow; character is the
fountain conduct, the outfowing stream.
Character is not only the inner principle
Of the moral lie, but it is also its result.
its creation. Every act of the soul leaves
as it's enduring result an increased power
to act, and a tendency to act again in like
manner. Power AID tendency are the re-
suits Of all soul action. The powers and
tendencies resulting from moral action
constitute moral character. Character is
the total resultant Of mans desires and
| intentions.
The human soul is not a mere can
vas on which Lie throws her images
of thought and desire only to van
ish again, to give place to sue
ceeding shadows. Every thought,
every purpose arising In the human
soul leaves it's impress there and becomes
part of it, The thought am now
| thinking, the feeling l am now cherish
\ ing, will live forever, an inseparable part
of my existence. The roots of what we
are today run back under the soil OF all
cur past life and touch every past emo
ton and experience. Within US are the
fruits of all our past life. There is in
every human soul an unerring memory
ont of which nothing ever absolutely
fades. Ny next point is that mans real
influence flows from his inner life, that
indwelling character is the source Of
mans power and success. Back OF all a
man says or does is the man himself. 1t is
the inner man that is so mighty
in influence, SO irresistible in action.
The very presence Of a truly good and
great man exercises mysterious in
1 fuence over us.
| A man. s inner life is wrapped in no in
scrutable secrecy. Character may be
yelled, but 1t cannot be concealed. It is
self luminous. Every desire, every
emotion, every purpose of the soul has its
outer expression We wear our lives as
we wear our garments and we are much
better known than we think. This outer
expression of the inner life is the explain
alton of the art of the detective-an art
that picks out rogue in a crowd, or
''spots" him as he alights from railroad
car at the station.'
The doctor then spoke of some of the
other signs of the inner life. He mem
toned the temper, the face, the voice, the
laugh, the manners aud the language as
soul revealers, citing instances in proof
of each.
Whatever may be the means by which
our inner life shines out, OF one thing we
may be assured; what ls in US will come
out in spite of all our shams and cover
ings. Genuine character tells.
A Judge in sentencing a young man
4 for murder said: Young man, you once
had wrong desire. You did not check
Fit. You let it lead you to an act. You
repeated that act aud it became a habit.
That habit once formed marred your
character. Your character has brought
you to an awful destiny. May that
| higher power have mercy on your soul.
All that has been said leads to the one
conclusion that character and influence
are not accidents of life. They neither
spring from the ground nor fall from the
sky. They are in the man.
| Reputation is what man thinks of us.
Character is what God knows of US.
Pitch not your tent on the plain oil
sensual indulgence. All higher life il
uphill. Right living is always climb
Live true to the noble and divine i'm
pulses OF your nature.
ssThe grandest result of human life is
manhood, and the regal fact of manhood
is character. noble character is al
once the Joy and victory OF life. -