The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-15

SCI IS safe; that the engineer sacrific
ills own life, If necessary, for the safet,
VI ms passengers; that the physical
remain in the panic-stricken CITY mt
the last victim has ben cared for. an,
that the mother forget slecplessness
pam and death itself when the life O
her child trembles in the balance.
lou VOW that you will be faithful t.
your friend; but what does that sig
nlIy II you do not draw the closer t,
her as others forsake her; chant hel
virtues the more as others criticise O.
ueIdine her; and trust her the NOR
implicitly as others suspect and shll,
her! We say that we love the flag O
our country and when we see its proud
loius uD1urled against a summer SIX,
from the mast of some stately shin OF
the dome of some magnificent capitol
our hearts beat high with pride, the
piood mounts to our cheeks, and tears
spring 10 our eyes, but what boots such
lerVld sentiments unless in the hoIr1
when its honor is furnished or it's sDot-
Tess folds are trailed in the dust bv q
nostlle band we leap to its defense tc
! ole for its beauty and its honor? You
stand at the altar and vow that SO
long as you both shall live. in sickness
and IN health, you will love, honor,
ana keep the man who clasps your hand
ana pllghts with you his sacred honor:
AOCS his amount 10 III YOU
! Withdraw your sympathy when enc
mics assail his fair name, or if you chile
emil, and rebuke him in the hour of
nhanclal calamity, or if you forget and
neglect him when accident has robbed
MN of his strength or sickness has
confined him for his life to a bed OF
suffering? Life is all traced through
with dark lines of suffering, so it must
likewise be all shot through with blood
red. radiant harc Of
Fidelity, sooner or later, implies re-
ward 1t is not the least attractive
thing in this narrative that Ruth was
welded to the man whom she loved
and honored; and that this man. rich.
gentle, generous, and true, was worthy
of so rare a bride. But her reward did
not end with human love and temporal
riches: She became the great-grand-
mother of David, one of the kingliest
men of earth. and through him became
the ancestress of Jesus, born in Beth
lehem, Lord of Lords and King of
Kings"
To every faithful and noble heart
reward is sure to come in Gods own
good time. It is by no means certain
that it will come in the glittering coin
OF this world. Too often in this life
the hero's only crown is a crown of
thorns, his only scepter broken reed,
his only monument the bloody cross on
which he died. Too often genius is
condemned to poverty, neglect, and
persecution. Some of the most en-
rapturing visions that have ever
dawned upon the human intellect. some
OF the most enhancing strains of mu-
sic that have ever fioated from angel
cho1rs TO be appropriated by human
genius, some of the most startling
bursts of eloquence that ever electri-
fed and charmed the minds of men,
and some of the most enduring statues
ever carved from monumental marble
have been conceived, wrought out. and
elaborated in the gloom and loneli-
ness of wretched garrets. mountain
caves and dungeon cells. But whether
or not genius, worth. and character are
crowned with the substantial comforts
so dear to the heart of the world, GER
tain it is that a, higher and more de-
sirable reward than this comes in the
form of approval from the pure and
noble men and women about us. A
single word of appreciation from one
whose knee has never bowed to mann |
mon, whose eye has never quailed be-
fore the ferocious gaze of lust. avarice |
and passion. and whose soul reflects |
the spotless purity of its maker. is bet
ter than blood-bought crown, or a |
nations servile acclaim. And higher
even than the approval of the chosen |
few who walk with God, is the con- |
seriousness of worth and unsullied
honor that one bears within her own |
heart when she has responded to the |
highest that is within her. 1t is here |
that you must seek your final and per-
feet reward, for it would be impossible
Tor God himself to bestow honor and
happiness upon the being who in her
nmost soul loathes herself, and yet
,herishes within her bosom the viper
hat poisons her. Happiness GENES not
rom without: it springs eternal from
within. God has so created the human
heart that virtue and bliss go hand in
land, and are to proceed thus with
oyous song throughout eternity. In |
he final event it is impossible that
virtue should have any other reward
han happiness: sin, any more fright
III penalty than to have committed it.
Just as in times Of old every road
ed to Rome, so all lines of religious
bought center in Christ. Thus he of
III persons is most worthy of fidelity:
nd perfect fidelity to him implies in
is highest sense personal sacrifice.
moose Christ and then remember that
his present world is not so constituted
IS to make it easy to follow him. The
-oices of this world, with their noisy
lamor, are all too likely to drown the
music of heaven. You will not proceed
ar upon your way in pursuit of the
Christ life before the fair form of
,leasure, with gauZy robes and decked
With agrant garlands, will accost you
nd invite you to linger in her scented
roves and tread with her the prim-
ose path of dalliance." She will throw
oft arms about you and charm your
enses into wild delight with her siren
ong of love. AS you proceed upon
our pathway, noiselessly, upon your
ight hand and upon your left, the
olden gates of wealth will swing wide
D receive you, and you will see visions
f ease and opulence that will dazzle
nd all but seduce you. From the pur
le-hued mountain tops that tower be-
ore you and around you will come the
of fame, inviting you to
scend, and assuring you that if you
o so all power and authority and do
Union shall be yours. But heed not
1ese voices that charm and delude.
ee to it thst no cloud, howsoever
ark it may be, shall be able to come :
etween you and Christ; that no radi-
Mt scene of enjoyment, however en-
-ancing, intervene to pale the splen-
Or of Christ, your prince and your re-
eemer. Only be thou faithful unto I
cath. and thou shalt receive a crown !
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