The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-11-26
lntern1euntain Symposium.
STOP AND THINK.

Editor 1nterm0urtan Cathoto:
we grow so accustomed childhood Of think
ing OF certain deeds as evil and of certain others us
good that most drift on through life even TO
the very edge OF grave ana never stop to cous..
for Il what sin really is Our mothers a.4
fathers in the wisdom their years tell us that
tnis we must do and this must refrain from doing
ana the greater part OF us are take then.
word TOR it and guided during our earthly
istence. Maybe. the other hand, i'm chtldhOols
early years some of bereft OF parent couu-a,
ana only lind OF guidance in the Bib"
laws of the land Few, indeed ever think out Phi.-
sopnicJliy the reasons tor their acts.
Why should deeds be wrong and others RICH
Why should not the red wine he mbibed? Why should
not the pretty girls loved? Why should not The
man heat of the conflict leave his post
duty his skin? Self preservation is LAW,
Of life Why should not the red be backed agatus-
the black? It is all in the excitement of life Time
and life best is short and fieeting. These
questions which confront every hour, and because
they rarely answered correctly is the
why our state penitentares today filed over
flowing and the reason why men in high places sock
not the public veal but their own selfish ends.
Let us see.-then. what sin really is.
in the animal kingdom we never find it. And Why
not? Animals surely 1--we up to the laws of the
land. NO you answer. but they i'm their bInduc-s
drift from another, thinking
ing further than the itself. and viewing
in it's relation to other acts and things And IS
also. in childhood. We may cali the boy the girl
naughty but never sinful They cannot see or com
prehcnd the great scheme and system of the
The order and law of things that be hidden from
their eyes.
But in the case of the full grown man and woman. t
is different. He she the system and order
Can and does know that while the satisfaction oc 10
passion appetite is not harmful in itself. it is
harmful when taken in conjunction with other acts
and duties. All, yes, it is because too clearly
the far off end at times and seek it that
The ardent youth Who with life scatters
ruthlesy flowers of purity knows well he but stop
10 think that somewhere in the years which are to
come, a bright fireside viii be saddened by his act
That poor mother VIII weep bitterly the fall of a
loving daughter strong husband will bemoan the
lost affection of true wife; a tender father
will bewail ruined child These are the pictures which
will confront his eye if he but stop think And So
with the other sins Tie good fellow who drinks
for company and pleasant evening Will see the
drunkards grave yawn hideousIy beyond; will SEE q
family left without means of support will see what
might have been noble Hfe's work wrecked and
ruined II he but stop to think, The coward who runs
away viii see q days battle lost to the enemy: 70
glorious victory TUNED gpominious defeat Will
see principle abrogated; cause lost
The thief will the heIpIessness OF the man
robbed Of his savings of years; will see the work Of
months and months swept away for his own mon1er-
tary qualification.
Sin is not altogether sin because acts are wrong i'm
themselves Good fellowship desire for wealth love e
element all these admirable and only become bad
when the great enduring good fellowship is lost for The
temporary convivality When the desire for wealth.
takes The form which Will forever prohibit the obtain
-s ~ VI wealth. When love is cheap
ed ana destroyed instead of enlarged and broadeed
Sin is the forgetting of the which we ever ought
20 keep IN sight and the substituting of mmediafa
mas OUT oil harmony with the plan creation and the
urest way to appeal to the sinner is not to saw bo,
malt not but to say to the young man or the youne-
oman Your desires are correct they square exactly
Win mes scheme have your pleasure but ALWAYS re-
eiloei the great pleasure OF life well spent yol1
mo rove TAR woman love them not less but more
.ou who desire. good fellowship seek il stiII r.tt
oe 'illa the gin mills Of the red light district how
YER but at home where good fellowship will ever
hdure. You who want wealth and power look NOT
VI II III petty schemes and devices. gain it hon
silly and squarely in the worlds great mar % go
ierce; there only can it be found In word seek NOT
'e Lesser ends but ever the greater
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