The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-01

consuming passion; and whenever we
touch man at any of these points
we may be we'll assured that our
progress will be difficult and unpleas-
ant 1t may require a year to perfect
an organization or to create a condi-
ton of public sentiment that Will re-
suit in single advance for the forces
of righteousness; but suppose it does.
We had better wear out than rot out
with sloth and sin.
Nor must it be forgotten in the fu-
ture, when at last good citizenship
seems to have prevailed, that Eternal
vigilance is the price of liberty" Sin
in this life will never be wholly de-
throned or completely eradicated. In
! iquity is hydra-h headed: it is not to be
slain by merely cutting off its head.
Let no good citizen ever for a moment
! think that his work is accomplished
and that he can now rest upon his
arms and enjoy in unmolested peace
the reward of his labors. Tenacity of
grip, steadfastness of purpose, hatred
against all that mars or defles your
civic life-let this idea never fade from
your mind. Robert the Bruce vowed
that he would make a pilgrimage to
the holy sepulcher, but he died before
he was able to fulfill his VOW. On his
deathbed, however, he pledged his
friend Douglas to remove his heart
Christ. In Spain, the brave Douglas,
on his way to. the Holy Land, fell in
with the Moors and was overpowered
by numbers. Fighting on to the last he
finally received fatal wound, but be-
fore he yielded his life he rallied for a
last effort, hurting the casket that
contained the heart of his friend into
same time shouting: Forward heart
of Rr11CHf Thou npVar did f11rr ba q
in life; thou shalt not in DEATH Shall
not we who are the representatives of
Christ's kingdom say: March on, spirit
of Christi Thou hast known no defeat
in the past; thy cause shall not suffer
dishonor today
A PICTURE.
Young men as stand here tonight
and let my thought travel out % years
into the future, see a bright and in
spring picture-a picture which in a
quarter of a century l believe will be a
reality. l see this favored city domed
as ever by its blue and cloudless sky
and girt about by it's stately mountains
Gods SentiEels from age to age to
guard US against low and vicious ideals
improved by miles of shaded, paved
and brilliantly lighted streets, adorned
with extensive parks, beautified by
every grace of nature and skilful art
of man, dignified with a magnificent
capitc building, public Libraries. in
situations of charity, and halls of learn
ing. and governed by public spirited
citizens whose ambition it shall be to
bring within the reach of the poorest,
the humblest, and the most unfortunate
individual the blessings and the COM
forts which our advancing civilization
is able to confer upon all mankind. Not
only do / think of it then as a stately
and majestic city that shall assure to
all who reside within its walls the
comforts and conveniences that
modern life affords, but 1 think, with
a thrill of pride. that from this center,
refinement, enlightening and ennobling
influences shall radiate for hundreds of
miles III every direction. We lift up our
eyes and gaze to the north, to the
south, to the east, and to the west, and
we find that within a radius of 700
miles we have absolutely no rival The
next quarter of a century will see this
vast territory peopled with millions of
to whom it shall be our
lot, through the telegraph, the tele-
phone, the railroad, and the newspa-
fieet-footed and marvellous
of the modern era-to wills
per courage, comfort and truth. Be it
too. that we who stand
here now only al the threshold of life,
III TIC l4uSll anu lS4 NOI Ol
hood and young WomanhoOd, will then
be in the full prime and splendor of our
mature powers. Influence, honor
wealth and temporal comforts shall in
due course be added to US, for these in
evitably follow in the wake of merit
and industry-and the closing years of
our lives shall be crowned with peace,
and plenty.
Realizing, then, that Christianity is
only synonym for redeemed and SYM
metrical manhood and womanhood:
convinced that we are in a true and ,
noble sense our brothers keeper, that I
his blood cries to US from the dust.
and that if we are recreant to our trust
he will rise up against us in the judg- 1
nent, and inspired by the thought of
our vantage ground, our splendid OBJ /
oortunities and our sure reward, let us :
go forth bravely to do battle for
and humanity.