Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-12

levels. Ills love uf power and place
was meliowed BY the Eood be hoped 70
accomplish. The world Is better be-
ciuse NJ lived.
The second u the three men named
was one OF thc most forceful mor,ais
who ever dweit upon The earth. lhs
mental powers were vast quick anu
terrible as the lightning. HIS VIII was
what made him ,he Iron Chancellor.
But his ambition. though boundiess'
was never greater than dciermlna-
dion 10 make his own nati1n. his own
country. he oxn people all powerful.
TO him maniund was a mass ~ only
| 10 be controlled by n will that rec0s-
n.zcd nothing higher or better than me
| mlehiieHt political cancellation. ~
/ his prascncf hope for human rroEren
! srtmbiod. Before him IRE i1m cow
| cred. ifa rose on the wlnr1 of 81
| raufle s1ifahntas as high as mortal
| could ASCEND and he f0a1 alone. ne
hear: Of the world. that great thipn
bling humanity ever more buoyeh ~
hYnl of better, ala no. follow him. ana
brst quicker when hr fen. He was .
vfry areas man. a. she uuthlnklnE
world uses that adjective. But pc
cause he had never made humnniiy
ilfi ~ eyes IN hope. In crust. IN iil,h.
! BE- Will be remembered only ~ the
great German who threw state. 20
the forge % genius and welded q
mighty Empire that must some jay %.
hf1kln above the Hwciiing heart VI
humanity.
The third person wnam have
, named. and whom ! designate as "the
Christian man." p11sraged mo- an the
powcrs " mind that made the great
ness ~ the other two. lie probably
mover was conscious OK denre 60 De-
come great" man. There ls no evil
dence mat he ever hoped 70 etc9ina q
2 Statesman, q politician. or . leader ~
! man Ia any way or under any VIII OF
his own. Iie was born q mystic,
dreamer % she lives rac pow ", me
. conditions ~ the Invisible world. va
d h. never heard % Mormonllm h. might
have lived and ditd IN Conncciicui. ln
the church ~ HE f1ih1fh nut ~ W1ull
+ have made many a "blue-f'pcklnF
}. ac1vi nj Ms hffssien. To ntver could
have passed Mia NE believing that she
Infinite Father cook delight IN sending
u Infants a 0pin long" 20 burn W. hell
n forever. flls nature was TOO gentle Tor
such a theology. and h. would have
reasoned himself OUT of e. Deep IN hla
u mind was a conviction Of the Father
10 hlo1 Of God and the brotherhood Of
j. man It's desire was 90 harm %, sfu'
relation % these - each other ~
NNMMl ~ go MS NNNlI'HfHN MAHNNAAN HNNh ~
~ Norm lnlsm, and - ErlMly ili .n'
b, knowledge Impress him that upon hi
NE. h0ncffOrih. thttc was one unde'
~ Whiting. ufver-cnding DEERE. sud tina
BE- was 10 DO his duty IN carrying % hu
W. mainly the discovery that had hr0uEh
such Joy 90 himself.
~ The characteristics that prc.cmincntll
he marks the long life OF our dead frltn,
We a this sense u duty There Wa In vi
the p1mp and glitter Of the world moth
Ing that could swervc him from tina
~ ro him sacred duty. Was h. deceived
lie aolf-decelyedf To my mind, q woul
IL have made no difference IN the reEil
Nv II he had been. To his mind there cam
a conviction 20 clear and strong tia
in It gilded an his after NE with the gior
a., of an understood duty ever done. an
~" with no cloud Of rerrct hanging ovn
n stand. a. ON Of the most charming ~
"a, nmplra OF devotion 90 duty ~ he M
~ dcrrtood u. that the world has aeen.
M n was this sense 81 sacred duty tn
,th made him kind. gentle, tender 9
=. mothers love. to All. n was thi
which made his heart ache when PEI
red pie he loved for Gods sake and 4
ks iheir souls sake. a. he understood
hoe all. piled hatred upon thc cause
" represented and thu duty he was colin
ian ~ was this that haa made him SOM
ct thing OF a living martyr TO mensur,
inc less contumely hcaped upon him
10 people who were too narrow 20 unde
cen stand thmi he whether right or wrui
In his conception. was doing a du
that was Just 40 mcriioriotn, wh'
honestly and generously considered
IN iha whole world knew that h. "
right II II conscience that makes b
rus lief or n course % action right 10 =
Who actor. knew this man intimate
,uv IN Zines that brought 10 him the Hrvs
~ al trial ~ his lie. u was when
Tor realized that IL tenet OF his faith. ana
one the people whose head he waa mt
me either be- surrendered 10 the dcman
- OF the nation or the political rights
HE people mus be nacrincei I've !
ter ilcv5d God required of him dcyoli
was 10 that tenet lie know ina. devoii
meant present ruin. So ne struve a
wrestled. ~ u were, with the -
ith- a. ne sincerely believed, FOR dcllN
ikos ancn. lilo obtained what, 10 him, y
au- divine permission 90 surrender y
Iuch utrt ~ his faith % the viii q tfe
lTar ION. Frrm chat day until his dsati
I'M believe h. kept the new compact "
,liar dol iuat az faithfully a. he had VI
the me former. 10 him there was no qu
lion that his prayers for heln "
\" heard and answered Whht the We
-, believes In regard 20 II detrncia no
most ing from his action. He must be 1udi
aims from the atandpolut ~ his own conc
! n, lion OF right and duty
II win be- long before the quest
Of Mornnnifm ceases TO be rae
ami. ln rcllrloua controversy but
~. ySorid must admit that MnrmoniHm
'"u- shown, IN this mans life, that u
hout PRODUCED n man who,for nearly neN
a, wears az n Mormon. lived a ru
- lees ilfo devoted wholly 20 the hlgi
use tood 81 an mankind, M he undcrht
n. The iifa of this man alone, " N
ltt"pe we're no other fruit N equal quality
~ ~ unieicut 90 command az least
~ otiict respcct ~ the world for
i,'n ~ moral ronultn Of the system OF Il
ma. he represented.
-. II haa hoen said that he was
49, many years too old and feeble 20
~. ercieo q directing influence hut
h. a mistake. az I might show.
Was never TOO ola or too fcehle 20 q
ailne slider well every important movem
nva In his high office, and nothing
i,t,,, over done that did not meet his
rNactlona Quiet unnasumlng, "
out oatentntlon or prgtenre; always
49,. hunbloat " mon. h. nevertheless
'u''u aeaHod n will 90 nrm as granite u
} an- AN questions involving what 10
ilock WAS rlght and duty.
,uen Whatever. then, tho world may
.,a y, ~ hla religion II must admit that
having arrived nj q settled convle
"a ny ~ Gods relation 20 man and M
cord duty 90 God. involving not only mo
aa A. NE, hut laying the foundation for
90. highest ilfc In the endless ages q
" ~ ne 10 which this ~ only the uOrinI