The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-02

things, cannot possibly become clouded
and neutralized except through a per-
/ version OF the animal propensities-
never through the reason. This is a
! strong point to which l would draw
/ special attention With some people
the more they reason the more skep-
teal they become because there is no
foundation upon which to build. In
the present case. however, just as ''all
roads lead to Rome" so every fact
gathered either by reflection or obSer-
walton viii point in one direction and
will tend to confirm his belief and
strengthen his faith. Of course no
matter how superb the moral qualities
may be in ma2. their power for good
is measurably Gwarfed if the quality
of the individual is low or if the ap-
petites are allowed TO govern.
l think it was Elihu Barrett. the
learned blacksmith. who said that the
mind of man is prone TO evil as the
sparks fly upwards" As Mr.. Barrett
was blacksmith he ought to he an
authority on sparks but that all
men are naturally prone to evil is GER
talnly mistake. There are men so
constituted that it is as difficult for
them to sin as ii is difficult for other
poor mortals to do right. To be sure,
this former class may be scarce-good
things always aTe-but occasionally we
find men so finely organized. so deli
cately constructed and so little infiu-
enced by the world. the flesh and the
devil that they appear to glide through
life without sin-eNcept the original
one-and il they should start out in
the morning with a fax seed in each
corner of the mouth ii would remain
there until evening.
Mr.. Clayton has strong appetites
against which he viii have to battle
much easier from within than from
without. but to assist him in his self
government he has the constant adj
monitionS of a good conscience and the
best promptings of a sound moral
brain His first impulses ara always
reliable. Ills sense of justice or MS
conception of what is right and what
is wrong is keener and more accurate
than in most people. The whole of the
higher nature" is strongly marked
He has an open. frank countenance, a
generous, hrOtherly disposition and a
desire 10 be on agreeable terms.
He will be as honest as other men
that he deals with. is not much of a
tricl1ster in business, wants to do
things on the square. and in his finan-
cial matters viii adopt that quiet per-
sistent method that watches for OPP
portunities and that is not easily re-
pulsed With his small caution and
large hope he VIII be more inclined to
speculate than to scheme and invent.
Re has good business ability. is quick
to observe. and methodical in his plans. (
He will be punctual in keeping ap-
pointme3ts, strict in living UP to his
part of an agreement. and though he
is not q man Of many words he means !
what he saws and seldom talks simply /
TO air his views. He has no craving for I
hard work, is fond of ease, comfort and I.
luxury and viii not put up with any
Inconvenience if il is possible /
to avoid it. This desire for physical /
comfort is tax on the activity of the /
mind and is not in harmony with the |
organ alton as whole. There is am |
pie brain machinery and plenty of /
latent force. but there is a relative |
absence of steam to nut and keep the I
intellectual machinery in active mo- /
ton: hence he viii fail. from this cause
alone. to do full justice 10 his mental
powers.
He is, fortunately. well endowed with
irmness that will naturally assist him
n many ways and viii act as an an
chor to the whole character. 1t will
cot only impart fiXedness of purpose
and stability to the viii, but it will aid
him in the execution of all his plans,
viii hold reason rather than feeling re-
:pcnsibe for his conduct and it will
,ome to the rescue in case of severe
;ick iess-a very necessary provision in
his instance. because he breads a lin
;ering illness and especially has hcr-
or of the surgeons knife. Firmness
will nerve him up like powerful tonic
md very much of his success in life
will be due TO that untiinching will and