The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-10
DERELlcrs AND MEN.


The sIothful man saith. There is Lion
I'm the way. a lion Is In the streets.
NOT LONG AGO the government
" o~ufser Cincinnati was dispatched
from, Nevport with a cargo Of dyna-
mite Her mission is to clear the At
1srtic If derelicts. These poor remind
ers of better days, buffeted by the
changing winds OF the ocean. obstruct
+ba pathways OF commerce. Time was
whom they rode the waves as proudly
.s amy liner. when flags huttered from
their Deaks and gallant sailors rod
rhai- decks or manned their yards.
storms buffeted them. but they went
o,uantr, about their work, spreading
through an the world the tidings of
mans advance in civilization. Now
their day is done. To each there came
storm mighder than all the other
storms. q storm that could not be re-
sisted and SO. dismantled, disabled,
mere helpless. Ioggy hulks, they stagger
along the highways where once they
walked erect. There is something al
most human In the way these wrecks
cling TO their one-time paths. And 1t
is this quality that makes them dan
cerous To other craft: that makes Ii
necessary for them 10 be destroyed
in the i~ert masses Of wood aid
iron men may read lesson. This busy
world has no room for wreekage. The
man who has made q reputation can
not afford to sit idly down and live on
it, He must be ever alert to find other
fields o. usefulness or the universe has
no need for thin. True. the day comes
10 all men when natural energy is
spent. when the doors shall be shut
I'm the streets. when he sound Of the
grinding is low" but until then he
must run with patience the race that
is set before him.
In all this world there is nothing so
thoroughly despicabIe as the siothful
man. Useless to himself and TO his
community. he passes through life in
indolent idleness and sinks. with a
tired yawn. into his welcoming grave.
Ask him why he doesn't better him
self anC he tells you there is a lion in
the way. It never occurs to him that
he can strange the lion with his two
hands. He never brings himself TO
believe that if he approaches the lion
with manly determination the animal
win vanish to the wilderness of doubt
and despair from whence it came
Every man has a lion in his path.
The Iior Of iDEemperance, the lion OF
lust, the lion of Incidence. the lion OF
selfshness. the lion Of encouragement
and of doubt Only the slothful man
refuses to meet the lion. only the
brave conquer him. Once a traveller
pIoddng by night over a rugged road
saw i'm the gloom ahead a ghostly fig
IRE. Its TWO arms were appraised
threateningly and he shrank back in
terror But plucking up his courage
he went on and found-a friendly sigr
post that pointed 10 him the way he
should so.
SO it is with most of us. We see q
lion in the way and from a distance he
looks fierce and Crowls thunderously
But 10. when we approach with cour
oSeoUS iI'At lile loii - bul d iaInD
Tt Is I'LL in taking The first step and
taking il rightly. If we do not wan
To- become derelicts before our tim,
let us so valiantly TO the battle. TIL
odds may seem all against US. tn
hope of victory dim; again and agai
we may be- defeated, bUt in the en-,
the reward is sure
THE hand OF the diligent maketl
rich