Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-01-02

tUIlNl llhu given ~ JUN lllN NGllNukt
ground of a new view point
1T Is not necessary to deny that the
less enlightened writer caught ghmpses
OF truth from his view point We cam
not deny the pertinenoe of his Illus
tration drawn from the observed uni
formity of the laws OF nature. The
sun rlseth and the sun goeth down
and hasteneth to his place where he
arose, All the rivers run 10 the sea
yet the sea IL not full and the place
from whence the rivers come thither
they return again SO as no suggests,
we may expect the recurrence OF former
things IN the course Of human life as
suredly There are many things quite
as certain as sunrise and ssnset. Other
wise what would experience be good
for.
AS a matter OF fact, much OF our
faith and hope Is based on the uniform
ity Of law. 1t is a comfort to know
that there Is something we can count
on IN nature and human nature. Not
to be able TO count on the fidelity OF
ones friends would be almost as bad
az inability TO count on the dependa-
bility Of the sun or the seasons il o.
one Of our greatest human comfor
that we know men lud women who's
honesty truthf"'rest, goodness and
love we can trL as we trust and rely
on the constancy Of the law OF graW-
tatlon.
yet there is n difference between the
workings, the laws Of nature and those
OF human nature. Some, | know, would
have us believe that both are without
variableness Of shadow OF turning. This
is not true of either, unless you make
the possibility Of varlableness one OF
The nriD1nTN laws 1fhorVsiua thopa
would be no progress The higher the
order Of life the greater the proba-
bility Of variation. the greater the
probability that something new win
break forth
Tho base and the faithless being
thus, men like Solomon, stated but not
satisfied, jaded with Voluptuous de-
lights and without the assurance Of
faith commonly looked out on the
world with haggard eyes They think
1t Is old and worn out They see, feel
ana do nothing new and 80 try to per-
suade themselves that there is Moth
ing new to be seen, felt or done
WHAT OF THE YEAR?
Rev. p A. simpklr. preached in the
Phillips Congregational church yeBter-
day morning, on what Shall | Make
VI . NO 9NtA anu ~ Nil' 'bhA oi VI lAlb
remarks, the speaker said THE most
importont thing for a man, the most
important view for him TO have I'm
mind, is not the details. hut the pur-
pose of life. At New Years time this
subject is paramount, for It is n time
when many people choose TO make
changes which they may have been
contemplating for a long while And
when we make those changes, high
purpose should be our chief consldera-
tiou.
1T should not be with us a question
Of circumstance, but OF life itself We
should have In view the end Of the road.
or course II IL perfectly legitimate for
young men and women starting out 10
try and make as much Of themselves
as possible, II Is even necessary for
them to study, to make the best use OF
their advantages and opportunities 10
train their minds and bodies But the
question, What does he make 1t into?
fixes the value of what Il man IL doing
1t Is quite legitimate, as ! have said,
10 mako the best of ourselves, II that Is
the means TO the end and not the end
itself 1t is well and laudable for every
one TO seek Improvement. II the inn
proVement initiates toward a high life.
Education culture and refinement
should always be sought after for
none OF us can have too much OF any
ot these things. but behind all that we
should have high ideals"
Mr. Simpldn made a special point
In comparing the lives OF Carnegie and
Rev DR. David Livingston, the great
African explorer and missionary, say
ing; THE real value Of mans work
shows In what he leaves 10 the world.
A man who devotes his life, his tai
ents aud his energies, as David Living
stOn did, has left a monument behind
him which VIII last forever. The gift
that he left was the opening up of n
new continent, large contributions To
the knowledge and wisdom OF tho
world, and giving man a field Of which
he never dreamed before Such work
Is worth more than all the Carnegles.
the RoCkefellers or any others who
have managed by some means or other
To amass vast fortunes, even If they
scatter Libraries from Alaska to Pata-
Ronia and nom Maine to California.
The name of David Livingston will be
remembered and honored when Car
negie VIII not even be Il myth. The
man who forwards tho advancement
of the world and has high end I'm
view, has wealth which the man OF
millions can never look at"
In closing Mr.. Simpkin said:
AT this season many people are
seeking to put something into the life
OF some one else that will give them
JOY. Those who carry out that prin-
oiplo throughout the year, and do not
koept It ms "A luxury for New Years
and Christmas time, are those who
meet the demands Of God. IL we try to
put something into the world that
win lit 1t up higher, I've work toward
the true clarifying Of God. The truest
way to glorify him is 10 work for the
betterment OF Others to make them
happy and In the elimination of selfish