Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-12-14

and OF the earth are the same now A.
In all the ages past, suns and systems re.
volve In the Infinite ether, ~ ia the
times OF Job and Seth and Abraham;
their sublime magnincence, their uB.
changing order, their noissless move.
msnts, their lndnite sweep, have ar.
rested the attention OF thinkers and
soefn, and even u the common man
they have been objects Of wonder.
marvels Of grandeur, And 40 frAught
with suggestive influences by their
stability and glory, as 10 compel su.
prone attention, and draw primitive
man, at least, to the border line OF will
Ing alteration.
"When 1 consider tho heaven,
tho workmanship OF Thine hands,
the sun and moon and stafs which
Thou hast created, what IL man that
Thou art mind vi OF him, aud the
son OF man that Thou visitesl him2"
In closer communion with mao
because OF his noArness aud assooia.
tion herewith, lie this (lrom IN ssirou-
omical slandpoint) little rolling orb OF
earth. with lite astounding phsnomo.
non, lie wonderful oonfigurAtion, it.
changing seasons, its marvellous
oeauty, It's potent life; every day Is a
msrvel, each night poem, each season
a miracle; lite rolling seas, its pstennial
rivers, It's hoary mountains, its fruitful
valleys; the teeminR life Of its waters,
the myriads OF animal, bird and Insect
life; the cattle upon thousand
hills, the fruits Of every zone, tie
flowers Of all lands and hills anu val .;
the glorious sunsets, the break OF day,
the spanglod night-ln all these phases
and features Of this our home, thors IL
abundance to awaken curiosity, to com.
pol observation, to charm and cap
tivAio the thought OF Its unnumbered
millions. II they have but "oyes to
zee, ears 10 hear. or hearts TO under.
stan0ln
But after all, those are but tho nd.
luncts, the preparatory or suggestive
elements from which tho higher
dignity ana greater glory OF lie
tenant man, may be inferred;
these were all creAted-mAde for him;
for him this beauty, glory, mag
nincence and indwSlling Increase;
testimony rs to his nature, needs and
destiny IL written on every blade Of
grass, on every flower, and on that pro.
Vision OF feoundity possessed by earth,
which, half spontaneously. still more by
culture, ministers 10 lite, health and
reproduction, through traits, grains
and iOodl, whether for man or beast.
To man alone, the undlsputed hslr Of
this created and ever surprising wsalih,
Ia given the power OF progress, the de.
yslupmeatof mimi. tho publication Of
soul, the innate prophecy OF iilimitRbls
increase OF mental and spiritual power;
which lie fofslold In effort, in all asplrs-
ton, In trial ana triumph, in limo.
Genes aud experience, In life and
death; for these, however little nppreei.
aiod or understood In the season there.
Of arc yet indispulably all working out
that eestlny so graphically expressed
OF eldon tins, "Now are we the sons
OF God, ANA II doth not yet appear
what We GhRll be, but We know that
when he tJsAus ChTisl) wAo 10 our
head, shall ApPear, we .hsll be Ike
Him aud VT shall rec Hin as He i'll"
He was undoubtedly the grand |
pattern, the revealed ideal, tho pers5p-
ification Of moral and spiritual excel |
lenee; "to Him gave all the Prophets
wlIne1g, and in the fullnsss Of time he |
became 'dod manifest In the flash;"
In Him Divine purpose was fully ex.
hibltsd, humanity was presented with
It's crown, It's original dignity found I
expTelsion, and all its weakness anu
way wariness It's Savior and Redeem.
OF; love for His fallen brethren, sym.
paIhy for their situation, and intense
Interest in their deliveTAnce, marked,
colored, glorified, every art Of His un.
selfish and devoted life; every word
was meant 10 rouse, 10 encourage, to
M up the necesslious among His
breihren;il was only the hypoorite, the
Gelilsh, tho rebelllous, VINO had His
ohastisomeut. His soul was surcharged
with His mission OF mercy and sacrl-
fcei His heart with aflec,iln and HIS
lie with toll, that He might win man
10 a better, holier and grander M!
His submission to tue will OF the
Father was perfect, His seli.AbHegs.
ton was perfect, His love Tor His
brethren was perfect; "greater love
hath no man than this, that man lay
down his life for his lrlenls," hut lie
demonstrated the uniathomablo ohag-
acter OF His love, by doing this Tor His
enemie; He 1t was who gave the an.
aver to The frat query propounded In
tho morning dawn OF history, that
which forms the caption OF this article.
nrst spoken OF sellishnees by the ~.
spirauJu Of evil, and REPEATED in every
age, la all conditions OF society, AID
y mlfiaia Of qusrists in our enIIght-