The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-01

ton 1t relieves a man from many
anxieties, which react upon his bodily
health; and the breadwinner, sure that
Wife and weans are provided for, goes
forth 10 his work in the morning as a
giant refreshed He is more likely TO
rise in the scale than his fellow
. harassed by anxious thoughts upon
that score.
One cannot think upon the lives OF
the masses of the Scottish people with
out finding an uHweIcome spectre in
neutrality-suspicious.. My experience
/ with wOrkingmen has been not incon-
siderable in America, and from what
1 see here l cannot blind myself to the
fact that In this respect my native
| land is sadly behind my adopted land.
| Inc native born American workman
/ is strictly temperate man. I am
aware that the climate is different and
much more favorable to temperance
: than this Scotch climate. This makes
the temptation to drink much less. Be
sides this. the American. as a rule.
: has better home. there is more room
| In 1t, and he is able from his higher
| wages 70 purchase more comforts. per-
haps we might say. in one sense,
IuXurieS than his fellow in Scotland.
The fact remains that he is temperate.
and that the Scottish workingman, not
/ earning much more than half the
American does, spends far more than
double in intoxicating liquors.
| The Scottish workman who re-
solves TO, and does, devote the amount
| or his former drink expenditure ito
| payments into a building society for a
/ home, Or for a life insurance policy.
| which comes next i'm Importance. will
| have cause each succeeding Christmas
| to celebrate with Increased enjoyment,
and remember with greater satisfac-
| ton, the Christmas of 1904. when he
entered upon the true path which leads
upward.
There is one subject, which, when
| mentioned, causes a Scot to hang his
head-intemperance. This should not
| be. Let us all resolve to free our be-
| loved Scotland from this stain that
causes her sons to blush.
We all have our trials and disap-
pointments in this life. Those who
| think that the king upon the throne
escapes. or the noble or millionaire IN
the palace, make very great mis-
| take indeed. The disa appointments,
| trials, anxieties and sorrows of life
| touch all men. One like myself. who
has known poverty and known wealth,
knows this. not only from observa-
| ton, but from experience.
There is in the world only one COM
mon source of true happiness worth
having for all men of every degree
| that is the consciousness OF acting ac-
cording to the light given them, feeling
that where much is given much is re-
| Quired. There is one never falling sat
isfaction in the knowledge that, amid
much that we would change it is n
cheering fact that man has steadily
improved, and that by law of his be-
ing he has developed from lower forms
up 10 his comparatively high estate. If
We consider only the present, much is
seen to cause US pain, much to dis
courage us.
IF we LOOK forward much is seen yet
to be accomplished ere the conditions
are as we should wish. But there re-
n tn VIII pF, CHI
turn this Christmas morning and at
| all seasons when our manifold bless
lngs come TO mind and arouse our
gratitude ana bring us happiness
that is, the look backward. Consider
| what mas been, and what has now
been reached, IN the path of improve
ment. READ of the Scotland of the not
even very distant past, and note the
| Geplorable conditions. Contrast these
with the numerous chances for the
| better, which the masses of the people
now enjoy, and the more than ma
| terial benefits which are now theirs.
Let not the things Of the spirit now
| enjoyed be overlooked. OF which our
predecessors knew nothing. Traces of
! the Vllidnage remained in the lifetime
Of men still living, and their fathers
saw the workers transferred with the
mines that were sold. Now the miners
and the owners arc at this moment ne
| SotatinS as fellow merchants for the
|
ing to buy. the other wishing to SELL
| upon terms of perfect equality. The
royalty of man. which Burns stood
for, is no longer merely an aspiration.
Rank is but the guinea stamp.
! probably one of the reStest
changes in our generation is the gen
eral access of workers to knowledge
through books, and to higher, especial
! iy technical, education. But there are
! too many points of contrast between
}
! | named. Truly the world seems to
move 90 improved conditions slowly
/ only to those who GO not lift
themselves out Of tOday's turmoil and
take a clear look backward. This sob
| erly done, we are amazed at the rapid
: -ty with which we are pushing onward
and upward, and filled with glorious
! visions of the days to come.
by a law of his being, man must
ever turn his face toward the sun; his
! course is upward; nor can any limit
be set to his march toward perfection
: This happy Christmas morning. there
fore. let us dwell Upon the enhancing
fact that human life for the humblesC
as for the highest. grows better and
; better with the progress of the suns.
2 rejoicing that life is well worth living
and resolving to live it well.
! There can be no true happiness in
the cottage, palace or castle, except
as we obey the judge within, and mis-
/ cry comes to all who go contrary to
! their conscience. If we be true to the
: Judge within. we have no other Judge
! to fear and If we be false. nothing
: good TO expect, either in this world or
the next.
"A merry Christmas, therefore to
one and ali my readers; and once more
let us keep this In mind to encourage
and make us joyously gratefuI-that
since all grows better all is well.
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