Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-01-23

scarcely be placed in a state where the
power OF divine help is more needed
and often called Tor
They are, indeed blessed who can
sing we have faith, though in this dread.
full night and on the dangerous sea,
'We'll always trust inprovidence where
ere we may be-" When old Neptune is
dashed to fury by the stormy. bowling;
tempestuous winds, and the heaving,
grooming and lurching ship is sorely
bufiiied In oceans mighty Jury The
creaking OF the masts, and the shIill
whistleiDg of the wind in notes Of the
highest treble playing dirge-like wall
around the ropy harp-strings.
The deepest bass notes are truly Knocked
in the force and power of the breaking
and mighty waves Such a storm in
some degree might form a subject for
the musical genius, but | am atfdid the
effort would Gully sound 10 the ear
symphony in harmony broken loose.
His art, at least. would fail in producing
the heartfelt lear and awe that the hu-
man soul is bound to feel and suffer dur
ing such scene. IT'S only God.given
laith that can give strength TO the mind
in order to bear the ordeal and over
come all she dangers OF the deep. Now
the overwhelming power OF the ocean is
gently breathed upon; the bowling
winds and tempes,uous waves begin to
sing; the storms dlrEe in a lower and
more agreeable key; joy now succeeds
dire and gloomy lear. The eager and
watching eye is pleased to behold that
the furious and raging storm oil the night
is nearly spent; and its sable cloak is
about to rent.
The horizon is now family discovered
and the welcome and glorious light OF
breaking day is beginning 10 chase the
cloudy night away; breathing and scat
tering the sable curtain OF night into
strange, wonderous, iantistic shapes and
forms. The golden and rosy tints of
morning now paints in rare beauty CIV
ing charm 10 the fleeing United clouds;
the orb OF coming day 10 silent voice is
saying. Ye clouds OF night and ye sea.
part asuuder and give room Tor me"
Soon the genial, welcome and smiling
face OF Sol bursts out from his
atmospherIcal cradle, breathes anew,
and throws his luminous light and
beauty, Illuminating the sill clouded
sky and sea In tints OF liquid FIRE,
Sailing toward an approaching haven
the ear is pleased to hear the dash, dash,
dash, on thy cold gray stones, . sea,
and the wild discordant sound OF the
sea-blrds cry and the thud, ihud, OF the
breaking waves and the sough Ct their
dying wall. The eye is also pleased to
see that the misty mantle OF morning
| only envelopes the heights OF the rock
bound coast and the seeming strange,
grotesque sculptured objects that adorn
The rocky cliffs. This graphic scene
displays many OF the stern realities that
are to be found in nature aud shows
pictured power of greatness, strength
and rare beauty; often to be viewed so
that the mind is terrorstricken in be-
holding the power displayed, when the
elemental forces in nature are master of
an awful and tremendous spell. His I'M
adorned creations are SO perfect and
complete that the pictured greatness OF
the painter-genius in comparison may
be likened to the feeble light of can
die. to the brilliant whelming light
OF the MONDAY sun.
We speedily leave the grand and great
old ocean behind IN oruer, perhaps, to
trudge on land our weary way, though
the knowledge and experience gained at
sea by long tempesluou5 voyage is CeI-
tain to be 10 those that has eyes to see
and heart 10 understand, lifelong
lesson.
Now another, altogether different
landscape greets the eye, and at first
appears strange to those who come
from other climes. In this cline at the
fall oil the year the foliage OF the trees
andI all the other accessories seen in
natures wide domain are much more
painted in gay colors than those in the
cline from which they came, so that the
mind of the stranger is impressed in
viewing the lovely and charming beauty
of fragrant flowers, before starting on
the long and tedious journey across the
praries, which to the vision appear as
vast and. boundless as the mighty ocean.
| and lingering among the adorned trees
to find that the gentle breeze OF wind is
now scattering the lovely, tinted leaves
from of their branches to fall on the
ground. 'Iis sad 10 learn that things
| of beauty are born to perish, but the
course OF nature is memorable and
every created thing is the subject of
change.
Go back to the same place at early
| spring.time and you find that the trees
| are still unclothed, but 20 back again
later on. Then you'll find that natures
| alchemy has Deen at work. The nature
or their spirit, after undergoing, no
doubt, some simple process inwardly,
now embraces and kisses the parent
stem and speedily mounts and climbs
up to the tiniest branches, which soon
again appear in their beauieous garb.
| Light, heat and atmospherical changes
| finishes that portion of natures ever.
4 recurring course. in observing the
several phases of natures decay or
change, we are led to see and know that
decay or death is as natural rs life, and
| when it is the time Tor the resurrection
| of mankind TO be fully known, no doubt,
| but the principles thereinto will be re-
vealed through him who created the
heavens, the earth, the sea, and all that
has been, or ever will be, therein.
| The characteristics OF acknowledged
| geniuses, according to my observation,
| has been that they are beings peculiarly
| seli-willei and almost untitled for the
1 thing that insure success in this life, and
indeed, their brilliant endowments are
often to them curse instead OF bless.
ing. As the poet Burns say:
That such oft arc creatures of prey. care and
sorrow,
When blest today they're unmindfll OF to-
morrow.
But in that respect, no doubt, there
must be many exceptions. They are
however, mostly OF a silent and way
ward disposition and prove to combine
speudihriit. Justice and honesty together
Their inventive and preceptive faculty
| ara Generally en acute thnf their iunafa