The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-31
Good Will Toward Fellow Men Will
Promote States Welfare.

which is the best way to promote
Utah's welfare in 1902" Persons will
differ in their answers to this question,
just as they disagree about the mean
ing they attach to the word welfare"
While do not deny that material pros
perity-the popular idea Of welfare
and the one implied in tine question
if properly appreciated and administer
ed, is productive of q certain kind of
welfare, yet i hold THAT the true idea of
welfare and Of its source, not only. for
the people of Utah, but for all peoples
always and everywhere, is to be found
in the few words uttered by the angels
over the stables of Bethlehem on the
night of the Savior's birth-"Glory be.
TO God in the highes., and peace on
earth, to men good Will Yes.
there il is, the answer to the above
question, and also the divine solution
of the problem of human life, and the
only source of all real welfare, civili-
cation and happineSs-"good VIII to
men" is the only condition of peace and
without peace there is no happiness,
and no happiness, no welfare worthy of
the name
Now, as a good will on the part of
man means a viii according to~God's
will-the standard and measure Of all
good-it follows that we should have
for our fellow men the same will and
broad love which God has for them and
which he manifested so clearly in the
earthly life of his only son, Jesus
Christ.
Each human being. therefore, possess
ses the means-simple and easy-of
promoting the real welfare of his fellow
beings. He has only TO contribute the
mite of his good will! And why not
make this little contribution? In nine
cases out of ten it costs him nothing
Int
wo,-d, And when the exchange of good
will is mutual and universal he gets
in return a hundred, yea, a thousand
folo--the good will and love of his fell
low men. Besides, who ever got from
a bad will towards his fellow beings
anything except torture of mind and
vexation of spirit? Moreover, do we not
i'll gratitude, if not in justice. owe this
good will to our fellow mortals? Our
individualisIn, our selfishness and for
geEfulneoS of our dependence on our
fellow beings is one OF the most fruit
fui sources of disorder and unhappiness
of oCr age and country. A moment s
reflection viii show us that We are in
debted to them, if not entirely, at
least to a very great extent, for all we
are and have-for our food, our cloth
ing, education. health and even our
very lives. No poorer and more wretch
ed being can be imagined than The sole
y
this earth. If we are rich and enjoying
the comforts and luXuries of life, are
we not such, because of our fellow
men-of their labor, cooperation and
society? How many there are wlio
owe their good luck and fortune to the
i'll luck, misfortune, imprudence, fol-
lies. weaknesses and even vices OF their
fellow men, and who are rich and happy
simply because others are poor and
miserable.
This good will, however. in order TO
attain its grand object. musr not be
mere profession or pretense. but must
manifest itself in word and action of
every day life 1t must begin in high
places. The ministers, teachers and
profeSsad followers of him who spenE
his life in showing good will and in do
ing good to men must set the example.
Then, we must have jus& and impair
tiaI laws and these administered justly
and imparTially, without distinction of
persons. Our city fathers should be
fathers, not merely in name, but also
in reality, and consequently should
show their good will and paternal care
and solicitule for all, and, especially,
for the poor, the sick and the afflicted
Let us all conscientiously respect and
obey the law, and thus show our. good
WIFI for our fellow men whose rights
and interests the law represents, and
is designed so protect Let us all re-
solve on entering upon the new CEN
fury to practically show this good Svill
10 men and TO live in love and harmony
rogether, and then, peace and happiness
will come to Utah and its people as
surely as day follows night. Let us
seek for the kingdom CT God and his
justice and all other things shall be
given US.