Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-06

liam came from the chorus Of the uni.
verse; I have fallen into this Limbo of
confusion; I am come to bring harmony
out Of discord. concert out Of clash.
peace out OF strife: !. the Pcaccmaker.
To me this empire Of the nineteenth
century II strange one. II IL the day
Of the Ishmneiite In which every mans
hand IL against his brother. bring a
song OF peace to people OF strife. VIII
they listen?
Though the humanity OF this period
10 strange to me. yet II IL MOI new.
have seen such from the ancient times.
I. the Eternal OF Days. have come to
establish q new kingdom-onc which
shall be without end.
OF oidcn timc has this empire Of
Babel been. Men are still trying to
build a tower Of human accomplish
ncnt to the sky. WIN they prosper
Thcy viii not.
say YOU; I'VE have made this world
what II II; We have covered II with
cities; We have crossed the oceans.
foaled the mountains. conquered cont.
ncnts. We. wet have done Il alive.
the bonsferr OF the end OF the nine
zenith century, What can compare
with our civilization"
Yet, hundreds OF thousands are sur
fcring. yea, millions are pcrishlng, and
there n none to PITY n you have
reached the zenith Of your glory IL this
the best you have TO boast OFT IL this
state Of human society the best frul-
tiun of your cndcavorf L. oil your la
hor for greatness or for happinesa1
For greatness of whatf
In n little while YOU shall descend
into the dust and then your proud
boasts shall be riicnccd.
You have raised an empire Of dust.
You have bulldcd a tower OF clay. Shall
II cndurc7
of me II was forrtold that I should
come and I am here. ! am here to try
mankind. 10 test the works OF men.
let me tell you Of an ancient dream.
You are the dreamer. q Nebuchadncz-
ear u the present, And your dream IL
like that Of the great iiabyionlnn despot
81 old I viii tell you your dream and
I viii give you the Interpretation there
~.
ncforc you II beautiful nyrtcm-lt
l. the image which Ncbuchadnexxnr
saw-lt IL the image Of human society.
Its brightness II excellent. To excel
" the essential trait Of your charnc-
ter. You would rurpass all that has
been before you. you would glory In
your greatness. you would swell your
head with vain rehabilitation.
Your Image Of human society II n
beautiful one. Bcauty-clcgancc. polish.
hrirhtncrH-in lts one good character
irtic. II IN also a great system. The
Idea Of greatness II your chief lmpcll-
ing idea. Little know you that Trrat-
ness and goodness are always In In
verse ratio to each other.
I'm lHaI 4N n a
hard onc-hnrd and unyicidinR a. was
the Image % Nehuchadncxzar'H dream.
Your system Of civilization Il paftic-
ulariy a metallic ono.
You have your head Of gold and you
are proud of II, II weighs you down
with IT. dead weight but you like u 80.
You are ruled by your head of sold.
without brains. without scnre-a gov.
crnment that II blind and deaf ar any
head ~ sold would be- II thla not your
system Of government. o humanity Of
You have breast and arms Of silver.
This II your ortrnrib'e government
that system Of force which thriyes upon
the rhlilinRr of the poor; yea. tho taxes
wrung from the poori Your rcni Ruv-
crnment 10 the head ~ gold Of which
you are 90 proud. That II the money
power 81 the world. Your breast and
arms Of silver. O humanity ~ the
nineteenth century, ARE your political
forces which you call your govern.
mcnta Metallic ~ were the breast and
arms ~ Nebuchadnezzarr image. and,
likewise. without heart. without innplr-
alton. without feeling. Are not your
governments rof
And your belly and thighs arr o.
brnrr-brurn. q mnke.heiicvc for gold
This IA your commercial system. a
system 81 sham. II not your commcf-
ciai system one of brass. az hard as
brass ~ SNOWY M hrurHi "a sham NJ
brassY Has II bowels ~ mercy Has
~ Il II not impotcnt. Just a. was the
neither portion ~ the image Of the
dream 81 the boartful tyrant % oidf II
posFcrrea no real vlinir. not an organ
o. worth, hut Il looks human' All II
looks humnni
hut your legs nrc atrong-they are ~
Iron. How nightly you rum Across
continents from shore 20 shore Your
system 81 locomotion II marvellous. II
II your railroad Hyntem-i viii not say
powerful, nevertheless. u strong, che.
mcnt IN your modern NRunted clvillkn-
ton. Like the other portions ~ your
Image ~ modern human society. your
system ~ iocomotion II also metallic
plenty " Iron but no blooii
Alas for your feet Are they alrongG
Are they not partly strong and partly
weak They uphold Your imnge.
should they not then be- rtronR7 Yes.
hut you think more OF your head ~
rold than your feet % Iron ard clayi
Your feet stand next In the dcHpircd
soil cumhcrlnF the land which upbeara
you. They are the part OF you most
human, withnii They have clay at
least IN thvm-common ciay'
You cannot see or YOU would per-
celvc that your entire social structure
depends upon your feet, aud that your
ice, are they who iili the soil. or. ~
any rate. are next 20 the soil, Tho
clayey portion Of them n the weak por-
tion becauno unorfanized. Iron 4 sol
iily organized matter; clay u not. Are
the small farmers organlxcdy are there
not thousands Of tollefa who are not
orEanizedY They arc tho clay. And
the iron-what N ~ u II the organ.
Tied tolcrH Yes. your beautiful social
structure, human In form. metallic In
ita nature. stupid In IT. character.
senselesa, impatient, heartlcss, brain,
less, T. supported by this Organized and
unorganlFed labor next 20 tho anlll
said your image " the human So
clety ~ the nineteenth century had the
human form. That IL all II has ~ tho
human-oniy the forn' Ana shall u
endure1
No. II shall mott
come Ca destroy this imane ana 70
make a mountain grow In It's place.
come to fmte this Image and II
shall break In pieces together, ! come
Co set II at wnr with itself. !. Ierub-
babel, the Pcaccmnker, who am a
stranger TO this babylon Of today; ].
who hate strife and discord; !, who