Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-09-14

more acceptable, no service az an, =,
| daughter more beautiful thar that y,
following their parents I'm the nsw
which the latter have tray rsed I'm ~
service of their Master, aud in the IA
tense OF right and truth. II IL hi.
alone which has given dignity and peacs
70 their lives and has beer
me suiiieient compensation for All
theri sorrows, the crown and blessin.
|, OF all their successes. A well kno,,,ss
portrait painter OF this city recall,
said to me that In no other communIt',
in the world and he had travsIs5
much, had he seen so many faces 80
! old men that bore upon them such
: look Of peace and wisdom, as no bst
found upon the faces Of the aged here
The Latter-day Saints, he thought
were peculiar In this respect. n II i,
true that this look OF chastened VIE
dom and spiritual peace upon the conn
tenances of the aged Is more notlceabio
here than elsewhere, may Il not he
due to the effect OF their religion unon
their lives? And, If so, must not tbeir
religion be with them. after all H.
prlnclpal thing-the one thing needn't,
And while many all around them NAV
pc wholly engrossed In the pursuit ~
the things that perish, most Of the La
ter-day Saints appear TO have a.
their gaze rather upon the eternal theu
upon the transient phases of exlstenoa
Like the village preacher In relation ~
his flock, "
TO them his hopes, his prayers. bls
tears were given, 40
But all his serious thoughts had rest
In heaven ''
80 these people appear to realize tb,,
1t Is their religion that gives worth art
beauty to their lives; and thew sensa
more fully than do other people thai
They only the victory win
Who have fought the good fight and
have conquered
The demon that tempts us within
Who have held to their faith unseduced
BY the prize which the world holds
on high,
Who have dared for high cause to
suffer,
Resist fight, IL need be to die"
II Is only here, in the region in which
the soul communes with God, that lie
spirit Of man can find peace. 1t Ia
only here that his soul Is lifted I'm be-
yond the strife and the turmoil OF the
everyday affairs of life. And lnstrtic.
ton that leads into this region Is prac.
tical in the highest and truest sehse.
II Is the purpose, Of course, to have
In the Church schools all that Is usual
iy considered practical. and in the I.at.
ter-day Saints University / trust that
both the mechanic and tho domestic
arts will presently be provided. but
even now the truly practical is em-
phasi2ed and the highest utility OF
study is the constant aim.
EFFECT OF RELIGIOUS IDEAS
No one can estimate the worth of re-
ligious conviction to the youthful mind.
Whenever ] have climbed to the ION
OF one Of our mountain SUBMITS, and
nave looked down upon the peaceful
valley below, | have seen the land
scape softened by the distance and
respondent in the calm light. In like
manner the Latter-day Saints often
testify that from the spiritual heights
TO Which they have attained through
falth, they calmly overlook the limlta-
tions Of the worldly landscape and be-
hold the valley of life made beautiful
by the glow OF the sunlight Of eternity.
They see as the German philosopher
Hegel expresses II, their own existence
IN a TRANSPORTED reflection, In which
all the divisions all the crude lights
and shadows of the world are softencd
into eternal peace under the beams of
spiritual sun, Religion to the Lat
ter-day Saints Is more than the tabled
stream to the goddess Psyche In the
ancient fable, at which she could drink
forgetfulness, and by partaking Of the
waters OF oblivion, dream away all
her sorrows. II Is to them the stream
~ life and whatsoever drinketh of If
shall never thirst thereafter
A MATTER OF CHOICE.
Now, 1t Is only a start In this way
mat can be given TO our youth In the
Church schools. Yet humbly suppose
mat this start Is amply worth all that
i may cost to receive Il. and that they
are mistaken who regard this matter
lightly On this subject, more per-
1aps than on other matters, | know
that, In the language Of one OF our
authors In psychology, ideas fight, and
emotions wage war, appetities and pas
lions clamor for qualification, Selfish
less contends for self love pleads for
)thers, conscience imperatively battles
'or the right. "Fiercer conflicts rage
N the human soul than on fields of
But self as choice Is soyer-
sign. Reason examines all the areu-
nents and weighs all the motives In
view Of all the considerations self. as
,hoce decides.
The choice rests with the people.
IS their affair. May their minds be
lear and their hearts right in making
heir decision; and happy may he be
Who chooses wisely j. II. PAUL.