Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-20
NO SAFETY on EARTH.

An the reports from hood-swept
Galveston Indicate that lts citizens
have set about rebuilding their beauu-
ful city, and repairing the damage done
by the elements. That is the true
American spirit In this country cities
and towns visited by floods, fires, or
earthquakes are not abandoned. They
generally rise out Of the ruins, Ike the
Phoenix OF fabulous fame, with re-
newed youth and ylgor, In all prob
ability Galveston will be resurreoted
and once more take Its place among
the business centers Of the county
improved and beautlned.
Some advice has been given the grief
stricken citizens Of Galveston that they
abandon the site Of the city with Its
costly wharves and deep water har-
Dor II has been urged that such a
calamity may come any day and IN a
few hours obiterate the results OF the
labor OF generations, But It appolrs
the people are willing to take cnanies
as 20 that. They have dwelt so miny
years IN comparative safety In that To-
callty that they feel justified in trust
| ing to the future
And this is after all, a rational view
Were cities to be built only where there
is no danger Of their destruction. they
could not be placed anywhere on this
earth. The entire Atlantic sea board Is
sinking, scientists tell US. at the rate o.
two feet a century, Is there any guar
autee that this sinking may not a
some time become a sudden drop Int
the abyss below9 And II so, what woulC
he the fate Of New York, FOR instance
The coasts Of southern Sweden, Den
mark, and Holland are also said e
gradually 60 down beneath the waves
while the islands OF the Pacific anC
the west coast Of South America ar
rising The entire earth is in convul
slons, the contours Of It's oceans an'
continents gradually changing AM
there Is ample evidence that at certail
times floods and glaciers. and earth
quakes have interrupted the generall'
slow development, and rendered vas
areas Of the earth uninhabitable. VIVA
has happened before may happen again
In vain would II be to argue tina
there Is safety far away from tn
coasts. For in the valleys the might
rivers sometimes swell and carry deaf
and destruction TO the cities on thei
banks. on the vast plains cyclone
may arise at any moment and swee
away the handlwork OF man, as II
were but dust. And in the mountai
regions snowslides may occur
earthquakes may bring desolation; {
volcanoes may burst forth and bur
J human habitatlons under ashes an
glowing lava. Where on earth is ma
safe from destruction by the might
forces OF natureY
There was a time In the history
: mankind, when the philosophy pr,
b vailed, which ascrbed such visitation
! to the divine wrath incurred on az
. count OF sin. In our day there Is
, lamentable tendency to regard TIL
7 view az childish and supersutious.
B. is quite certain however that the mir
a which can IN nature see nothing b'
e chance. now propluous and now az
n verse has a much less solid foundatiC
3 for happiness than the man or womf
4 who acknowledges the hand Of CO
e in all things There Is more intlma
n connection between the moral status
e a people and outbursts OF the destruc
!. i've natural forces, than most people
modern times are willing to adm
When Righteousness prevails, even n
ture rests in peace. The prince who b
y power IN the air, cannot harm tho
= who dwell under the protection Of g