The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-15
REV. HENRY PROPHESIES
DECISION MUST REST WITH
YOUNG MEN OF TODAY.
Will Be Great Changes in All Phases
of Life-God and Education to
Play an Important Part = Heart
and Brain Power Will Be Motive
Forces.

HIS text was from LIST John, IA: L
have written unto you, young men, be-
cause We are strong.
In this practical age, he said, it
would not be unusual for one to ask,
Why should we look into the next
century?" He would likely quote such
veritable sentences as 1.-THE present
has problems enough" or Let the fu
ture take care of itself
And yet that is a narrow and unsat-
isfactory view to take of life. With
hopes of golden days in the future
shattered, or a life stripped of its out
look into the future, it would soon be-
come bare as Kansas oatfield which
has survived the surly blasts of No
vember
Our present days cannot be dis
united from those which are to come.
It is from the future that the present
life receives it's significance and inter-
est, or rather from its relationship to
the future. 1t would be a. dull, gray
life if it were not for the tomorrow"
and the aspirations which it fosters.
The merchant would not be at his desk,
the utensils of the farmer and artisan
would be left to rust. The minister
would fail to fill his customary place
in the pulpit; the hardest miner would
look askance at the terrors of Chilkoot
pass. Politicians would cease to ply
their crafty arts, and the great wheel
of the government would cease to turn.
The mother would not look with moist
and fond eyes at the babe at her
breast. The young man, full of vital
energies, would not look out upon the
green fields of life with the eagerness
of the champing racer about to try~fOr
the goal.
We believe there will be a "tomOr-
row. 1t is from this that life gains
its significance. There would be no adj
vancement for those who did not gaze
through the vista of the years that are
to be. The one who looks farthest
along the pathway he is about to tread
is the one who plans with the greatest
wisdom. Life is more like a game Of
player who is successful is the one
who is always several moves ahead of
the board.
II is necessary that a man should
look to the end Of life in order to COM
prehend it's meaning. Many hundred
years ago it was that the wise man
said, Better is the end of a thing than
the beginning When a man makes
an investment, his thought is not, How
much money shall 1 be able to spend"
but, What shall my profits be when
the books are balanced That is how
life should be viewed. There Will come
a time when the books of life will be
balanced, but that will not happen
until life is over. The question should
be considered, What will be the profits
as a result of the life 1 have led?"
The decision as to what shall be the
character of the goth century rests
largely with the young men. In this
land OF freedom. this is particularly
true, and nowhere is it more apparent
than in the west. Strength, ambition,
resources, energies, hope, are the
weapons with which young men enter
the arena of life. Today they are at
the head of mercantile and educational
institutions; they are the masters in
the arts; they occupy the high seats in
the professions. The qualities which
have put the young men in the leader
ship now must be carried into the goth
century, which, just now, is swinging
wide its pOnderOuS doors to receive US.
The great question is, what use shall
you make of these qualities? There are
many avenues you may enter. Before
you open the gaping doors of the sa-
loon. the den OF gambling, the house of
prostitution, these Institutions which
are eating the life and sapping the
strength from our civilization. On the
other side, the church of Christ, the
home, which is the most pleasing eta
del of life, and the school. What shall
the choice of the young men be? VIII
it be to tear down evil and build up
good, or to build up vice and undermine
virtue?
The coming century will be one of
transformation. Its changes viii be
greater than any that have occurred
il the past There will be wonderful
and sweeping material transitions. Con-
diticns Of living will be different; bust
ness methods will be revised. It is to
be hoped that among the other changes,
certain notices will be abolished.
Look out for No. l, y Every man for
himself and the devil take the hind
most" Competition is the life Of
trade" 1 hope that these aphorisms
will be substituted by business honor,
that in their place the guiding signs
will be integrity and unSelfshneSS. Men
who resort to sharp practice for sue
cess will not always be able to pur
chase with their ill-gotten gains the
high place in society which they hold
at present.
A vital question is: What change will
the coming century bring to the work.
ing men? I think the time must come
when brute force will no longer
be operative in dealing with them, and
when delicacy of touch will be re-
CURED They must have shorter hours
to furnish opportunity for self-develop
ment When that time comes, their
fate will be more or less in their own
hands and those who fail to make use
Of their opportunities will be supplant-
ed by the man of energy and ambition.
In the field of science changes will be
wrought. Surgery and medicine will
come to be numbered among the exact
sciences. and the Improvement will be
attended with wonderful blessings to
the race. The telescope will bring mar
wells unknown before to our vision; the
will break down our present
limitations. Already the horizons are
widening and new truths are being re-
vealed. The tone of dogmatism is pass
ing away from the voice of science.
Greatest of all will be the sociologi- |
cal changes of the goth century Ever
since the gospel Of the sermon on the !
mount was sounded in the world, man
kind has been progressing towards the |
idea of the brotherhood of man. Be !
fore Christ there was no such words as
mankind" Yet since the days when |
one man held power over millions of |
human lives there has come a wonder |
full change, and every day widens the |
limitations of the past. Some day the |
common tie of brotherhood will be |
by all the race Before |
you resign the control of affairs to |
those who come after, you may count |
on tremendous changes.
Are you preparing for these? If so, |
you are working for a broader culture, |
for more receptive minds, and a better |
equipment in education, integrity and |
faith. The educated man is going to |
play more and more important part |