The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-18
COIN Of CHARACTER
THEME OF DISCOURSE
Study of Spiritual Values
Which Must Be Reduced to
Terms of Character.

In the services OF the First Unitarian
Society yesterday in Unitarian hall,
Mrs. Browning and Mr.. Poll gave Il
duet which was greatly enjoyed. Unity
! qulrtetto also sang an anthem.
The sermon-thcme OF the pastor, Rev.
Frank Fay Eddy, was 1.-The Com of
Character: IL was study of spiritual
values which, according TO the argn-
ment of the discourse, must always be
reduced TO terms Of character. Mr.
Eddy said, in part;
Jesus concluded his dlscourses by say
ing, Those that have ears, let them
hear" There is n pathos In the fact
that this splendid whlte-souled man was
constrained to cast his pearls before
swine. that so few In the multitudes who
came looking for a miracle worker, the
supposed messiah, or teacher of a new
and strange doctrine, could receive the
state OF affairs was pathetic from the
side OF Jesus IT was no less pathetic
from the side OF those crowds which
heard heard him. which stand Typical OF the
lived In Judea In the days OF Jesus
Judged themselves, inasmuch as they
preferred darkness when son of light
had come into the world SO men are
ever prone 10 do. This is because we
can only receive that which we are spir-
itually capable of understanding. When
number who can pay for his goods in
the coin of character are always pitiably
few. Such thinkers and doers always
say or do something quite shocking and
unconventional. They cannot repeat the
smooth old passwords They refuse to
say 'shibooleth" even ii they know
can understand n prophet, Only occa-
sionally is there one who can give value
received in character. and these possl-
BILE disciples so few and far between,
are almost sure to be oranks of one
kind or another and not quite respect
able. Hence about Jesus gathered mot
ley group. composed of such as the ire
sponslble Peter. the mystical John. Mary
the Magdalene. or Matthew the taxgath-
erer,, giving way al last to the ideal
crushed In his heart all too long. 1t is
to follow In even a f-comprehendlng
way the Nazarene But mus 1t ever Is
The The. messages OF prophets are only for
the hearts TO understand
All this is illustrative, I come now
10 my real text which Is a quotation
Emerson IiTls6;;! introduces into his Essay on
What What they do pobler souls with what
S.Is eTson used this thought 1t is most OBJ
TALLY tneXplicable. Their achievements
are never 10 be measured by coutning
the days work expended in the doing
OF them, as we might calculate the GU
bic feet of wall mason can construct
in week of time. They pay with what
they IN are: You cannot explain the, gift
Vi lhe young artlSt. VINO was lovingly
laid at rest In this city during the week
just past by computing the number OF
drawing lessons he executed or the hours
OF practice gave as a student. Explain
a Napoleon or an Alexander In war, a
Beethoven or Wagner In music
Gladstone or a Lincoln in stateoraft an
Emerson or a Tennyson IN literature by
labuiating their days works If you can.
They pay the price OF their great
achievements by what they are.
Mr.. Eddy then made more extended
illustration Of this thought, using Walt
Whitman as type of one who wrote
great democratic themes because he
personlfed them in himself