Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-28

1 Apparently the lie is me thing for
! worldly success. The Quakers were
| sWeut On the earth by liars The
! Quakers were gentle, kind and honest
| Through a lc The Jews have been
| driven aud scattered 20 the four cor
negs of the earth. because they were
accused OF the qualification OF Christ
and because Shakespeare wrote
! dramatic character and placed it ON
jew and called O. ShylOck And thus
falsehood apparently trlumphs.
I salute France Tor rightlng the ar-
iul wrong done by "a he TO Dreyfus
Bot II not Tor that faithful wife oi bis
and his two friends, Mai PiQuart and
Emile lola Dreyius would today be on
Devils island on In his grave
Grover Cleveland had one OF the
worst doses OF lies that has ever been
handed 20 man. bu, be lived through
H. I'm glad of g.
We have citizen in Utah who Is
the most abused man iu America
Everybody IL clumoring. st the same
time IN his own state whore they are
thoroughly cognIzant OF the be. one
political party aud probably two NOW
under consideration expect 20 win
success by heapiug more abuse upon
bis already burdened shoulders 10
Is simply testing the rights Of liberty Of
conscience for American manhood.
We are waiting the results uf lies.
II IS understood Ia the eastern states
that the word Mormon stands for
everything that Is vile and beastal
This lle has been told and told until 90
Il power IN the land this Islander
Is now seventy-fye years 0ld-it Is not
a passing cloud either. The wrong nj
ready done 20 Utah and her people can
not be repaired IN a short time
The sad part OF II is: The Utah peo-
pie dou't realize their position nor do
thoy battle against the wrong and for
the right
Many people seem 10 think that right
VIII come t0 the top Tor principles
sake unaided but Il won't 4 lie
may loose out IN the hereafter but II
seldom does IN the eternal now.
Error dresses IN fascinating garb
and is always a welcome guest
There i strong suggestion Of an
affinity between error and the human
mind, aud when Il once attaches itself
TO its object IL fights hard for the eX-
clusion Of anything else.
The work Of righting a wrong after
50 many years Of jouneying Is no
small task.
My ideals are those and ! hold them
up Co my sons. were crucIhed. hung,
pulled 10 pieces on the rack and burned
at the stake for mental liberty and
truths sake | am a friend to the man
who Is blackguarded and abused.
lie rs my man whether dead or alive
and he VIII always have my vote. my
admiration. Ninety-nine times IN a hun
dred the abused is right. let me ask
which Il nearer the Master. the abused
or the abuser. Or. Jekyl or Mr.. HYDE"
A lie Is the deadliest Zoe 10 happiness.
20 knowledge and 10 truth.
Al! Nickedness springs from iguor-
ance This IL is. that makes men sin.
Wisdom doesn't allow a..
The whole world Is seeking happiness
and few there BE- that md II. because |
they don't know how.
True happiness comes from within. |
not from without II comes hy soul |
growth--deyelopment Of heart and 1
brain.
Schools should be established % teach 1
he principles Of honesty Of brother 1
hood. Of the Golden Rule. over the /
irchway shall be Inscribed How TO live .
and act on earth"
Yours for a nobler manhood.
JOHN p. MEAKIN.