The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-07
YOUTHS GOLDEN AGE
Rev. George Bailey's Address to the
Young People.
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THE YOUNG AND THE OLD
WILL HAVE VISIONS AND
DREAMS IN THE LAST DAYS.
We Live In the Age of the Spirit
Increased Opportunities Bring In
creased Responsibilities - Great
Men Are Men of Visions-Widen-
ing Spheres For Youth.


the last days, saith God, / VIII pour out
of my spirit upon all flesh; and your
sons and your daughters shall proph-
esq, and your young men shall see Wis
ions. and your old men shall dream
dreams. Acts ii, II.
In part, he said as follows: In the
last days. saith God. The words are
startling in their solemnity. Who
knows but that we are now in that
period of human history described by
scripture Technology as the last
days?" Behind US are all the ages,
with their slow stages of development.
Human life in the past was not pre-
ciDitate. A man can live more in a
few years now than he could in a cen
fury OF the past. The benefactors of the
human race have endowed the youth
of today with unspeakable riches in OPP
portunity and equipment for noble
achievement. Life was never SO well
worth living as at the present time.
True. sorrows are rife, competition
keen, the struggle for existence in
MANY cases an overwhelming rush:
nevertheless, joys are sweeter. success
is more creditable, and life is a grander
and more inspiring thing that ever.
Tor:
I'VE are living, we are dwelling,
In a grand and awful time,
In an age on ages telling;
To be living is sublime.
''On! let all the soul within you,
For the truths sake go abroad;
Strike, let every nerve and sinew
Tell on ages, tell for Cod
We live in the "age of the spirit"
Cod, in the plentitude of his goodness.
has fulfilled his ancient promise, and
his spirit, like a benediction, has rested
upon all flesh. We see the Divine af-
1iatus breathing from Christian faces,
and emanating from Christian lives as
truly as in the days of Peter. The spir-
it is our guide in the uncertain paths
of youth, in the ripened career of man
hood. and in the feebleness of old age.
He is the Interpreter of the hidden
meaning of life, enabling our sons and
daughters to prophesy-tO preach by lip
and lie. advocates and eXemDlars Of
the blessed gospel. He gives visions of
the glorious future to our young men,
and soothes the tired soul of the old
man with dreams of the unutteraple
realities Of immortal bliss. I would
rather live in this age of the spirit
than at any other time in the worlds
history. Young people, / want you to
thank God that you were born, that
YOU are alive and gifted with reason,
and energy to press forward in the
grand march of progress Truly we are
the heirs of all the ages" The accu-
mulated wisdom, knowledge, power,
glory and inspiration Of the past are
handed down TO US. The present, then,
is emDhatcally youths golden age"
The wonderful opportunities of the
dawning twentieth century increase
our responsibilities hundred-fold, and
call upon US to use, and not abuse, our
4 day of privilege.
The righteous present is The promise
/of happy afterwards. The experiences
7 OF today will make the pleasant or bit
ter memories Of mature age. If you
would look back with delight upon the
formative period of life, then practice
benevolence and charity, form habits
of virtue, beauty and bravery, fill your
youth-time with deeds Of purity and
peace. The visions of the present viii
unalterably temper the beliefs and
habits and songs of your ripened man.
hood.
GREAT MEN, MEN OF VISIONS.
The practical is ever influenced by
the ideal. Pity the man who drag
through life without any inspiring
ideal No bright vision appears TO lure
him onward and refresh his weary SOU
with the elixir Of life. What this world
in its mad rush for the things of time
and sense, most needs today. is men OF
searching vision. men of insight-men
of foresight. Let me urge you, young
lTltnQS, TO SluQN -tdlleullN ana aSSlCl-
OuSlH to pierce the veil and see the in
wardness of things. Be not content to
take things for granted, or TO be salts
fed with things as they are. Aim al
advancement and Improvement. Strive
to know the makeup of things-theil
vital constitution. Human activity is
great study. The world cries out
for seers-men Of exalted vision.
Before the mountains were brought
nrth llgT oe
earth and the world. even from ever
lasting TO everlasting Thou art God.
This vision. we are instructed by the
great reVelator of the Fathers glory, is
reserved for the pure in heart, and fol
such alone.
PROMISE FULFILLED.
k-Ghe promise contained in these word.
81 Joel has had glorious fulfllment II
many noble examples.
st. Paul was a man Of far-seeing Wis
ion. He lived SO that he saw. He could
estimate things according to their tru,
relations and proportions. Hence ht
said: For Christ 1 count all thh.g:
but loss" Visions sup9liAd the motive
force OF his life. lie SAW Jesus. heas
his voice, learned his VII. That sigh
Of the risen and triumphant master re.
NAMED an abiding inspiration.
St. John was in the shirt
He lived il the region Of visions
as in a native atmosphere He "en
dured as seeing him who is invisible
to mortal eye. lie saw in panoramic
display the history of the church o
Christ to the end Of time Kingdom.
rise and fall; empires wax and svane
struggle, persecution, conflict martyr
dom and deiiverance are depicted il
lurid outline on the canvas of the fu
tUre. With wondering gaze the apOstl,
-f,e -fr-saa IL
pen transmits the staggering truth O
blood and flame to the page of a com
pleted revelation, for the inspiration
and admonition of coming generations
That was true life which dWelt il
the monk of Eisleben: the vision o.
that monk has transformed the reli
gious world OF modern times. join
Knox, and Wesley and Whitfield wer,
men of vision. They saw sin in all it,
horrid and loathsome foulness, the,
saw the power Of the grace of God a,
& renewed the hearts and lives o
guilty raultitudes; they saw masque
rade OF true Christianity dominant il
their day. as we do in ours, and witt
heroism born of the vision of God
they tore away the mask and preached
t5ne simple truth as 1t Is in Jesus.
1eeAll hail to those who have peered be
yond the veil of the present, who havi
dared 70 gaze into the world of eterna
realities, and revealed their glorie
unto us. Your young men shall SCI
visions. and your old men shall dream
dreams" Are you living so as t,
realize the promise in your own ex
perience? You may see if you will
you may be enraptured with the sigh
of angelic hosts who stand ready t
respond to the cry of human need, an,
act in response to human faith.
WIDENING SPHERES FOR YOUTH
There are objects within our reach