The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-13
SHADOW IS CAST
BY EVERY LIFE
Every One Is Responsible tor
the Influence He Has
Over Others.

The Re-. Charles Curtis AIe1ntire, re-
Gently Installed as pastor of the West
minister Presbyterian church, preached
yesterday morning to a large congrega-
ton on THE Shadow Of Your Life" Mr..
MeIntire showed that every life casts
its shadow, whether II be for good or for
evil and that the nature of the shadow
is determined by the character of the in
dividual Mr. McIntire spoke from the
text.
THAT as Peter came by at the least
his shadow might overshadow some of
them" Acts V, 10. He said in part:
This was in the day of Peters great
est power. Multitudes thronged to hear
him. He was man who could look into
the hearts OF men and understand the
motives of life. By his keen insight he
falsehood, and at the accusation Of such
a man both fell. one after the other, and
were carried out dead. Peter'5 Influence
was so powerful that the sick were
pass by the shadow of this great man
might overshadow and heal them.
Every life casts its shadow The
shadow of life is the influence of that
life. The shadow is determined, not by
what a mans profession is nor by the
nature of his deeds, but by his character
What a man is is more powerfully elo-
quent than what he says or does. This
is the thought of Emerson:
What you are speaks so lOuI L can
not hear what YOU say
1.-THE soul, like the sun, has an atmOs-
phere in which move about the objects
which it's rays touch ard influence So
ciety is so constituted that the orbits of
other lives must pass within the circle
of the power of ourselves Society is Ike
the constitution of matter. Each person
other. and the whole social section will
be moved. This is why the world is ever
in feverish condition Every one of US
must readJust our relations because of
any change in the life and character OF
others. This 5 the power of shadow.
How 1t Is Effective.
How does it prove so effective? There
is no feat in electrical science more
iteresting than the study of induced cur
rents. Place two unchanged wires side
by side. Turn the current on in one and
there will be a weaker reproduction Of
the real current in the other. This is
why you hear in your phone other and
strange voices. The wires are not crossed.
There is an induced current in your
wire from another phone. The whole
question of moral influence IS that of
induced currents of human personality.
Stand in the presence of a man of evil
character and you will feel impulses of
selfishness and sin rising up ia your heart
from the shadow of his iniquitous soul.
calling you to struggle for Sur highest
self. The shadow is not only a blight;
it is blessing. Stand in the presence
of a great man, whose purposes are true,
whose life is pure. whose aspirations are
holy. and there will be moral current
OF his heart induced into yours. creating
the desire to attain TO the same lofty
reality OF Christian character. No life
is 81 pure but that it feels the shadow
of evil No life is SO evil but that il is
sensitive to the shadow Of purity.
Ever one is responsible for the char
acter of the shadow he casts. Your in
fluence is either an inspiration or a curse.
Parents are responsible for their shadow
over their children; teachers, over their
pupils; employers. over their employees;
leaders IN the affairs of the state are
responsible before God for their moral
impression upon the people Never was
the demand for Christian leadership so
great as today, and never was a Chris
tian in the humblest as well as in the
highest positions Of life, more respou-
sible foa his shadow than today.
'-Such is the opportunity in the shadow
of your life. You can best meet the
opportunity by keeping yourself under
the shadow of the great personality, be
coming more like him who was perfect
humanity and perfect deity by the Obedi-
enee to the will of his spirit