The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-04
PICTURES WAGES
OF THE SPIRIT
MANS Life Can't Be Measured
in Earthly Possessions,
Says Mr.. Eddy.
SOME NOTABLE FAILURES
oeoMlNENT MiLtIoNAIRES MEN
foF SMALL cALIBRE.

nh, wages OF the Spirit" was the
home Of Rev. Frank Fay Eddy's address
..,,srdav al the Unitarian Hall. The
..r.ical program included the usual an
.s,m BY the Unity Quartet and solo
,r Mrs. Geo o. smith, contralto.
NJ. Eddy spoke from the text taken
,,om the parable Of the iaborers i'm the
,irsvard. Matthew XIII: Is. H. But ne
,oswered one OF them saying. Friend
ID thee no wrong: didst thou not agree
nth me for a penny Take that thine
Il ana 20 thy way: / viii give unto this
last even as unto thee.
According 90 all economic standards"
no said ''the plea OF the iaborer who had
horne the heat and burden Of the day and
-orked from the first 20 the last hour
,Vas lust and he was entitled 10 a larger
vsge than be who had only come i'm at
The eleventh hour Nor was IL a suffi-
sont reply OF the householder to ask
us Il not lawful for me to do what I
win with mine own The best thought
~ the modern world would answer that
question IN the negative for the best
minds OF the modern world are seriously
ruestioning whether there is any invioi-
sble right 20 property which stands i'm the
wav Of Justice In the shape Of an ade-
auate wage or any other form
But I apprehend II refers to wages Of
tho spirit II so IL is but stating a truth
and the proof is entirely a question as
IN the reality Of the fact in human ex-
perience Il is sufficient to say that this
hing Is not so, because the Lord of Life
40 ordained IL, and shall he not do what
no will with his own?
And il is true. In the matter of spirit
ua rewards IL is not a question Of how
l0ng one has served or how much work
has been accomplished. The rewards of
he spirit are not melted out to balance
against length Of service or quantity of
work but are logically related TO the
spiritual fitness Of the soul and the quail
lty rather than the quantity Of its
achievement.
Illustrates Hisi Theme.
MIR Eddy Illustrated i'm many WAYS this
theme showing that in the realization of
spiritual rewards the time and quantity
were factors weighing little i'm the scale.
Among other things he said:
Take the letters of William Jennings
Bryan as syndicated and published i'm
the Sunday papers of a continent and
compare them with Mark Twain's Fol
loving the Equator Bryan writes clear
Isl enough on economic subjects and
speaks better than he writes but he can
not make literature. Mark Twain can
and doe. Bryan writes as tourist who
never got within the rind Of foreign life.
or II be does cannot make ms understand.
Mark Twain with the sympathetic under
standing Of genius penetrates to the
neart OF things and so uses language as
70 make US see through his spectacles.
one Is fitted TO receive. His is the re
ward. Vision waits on understanding.
This law Of spiritual rewards holds
Just as true OF commonplace lives as those
Of the great It explains the lives Of
Jones the shoemaker. or Smith the drug
sist or Of Brown the teacher as complete
" as 10 does our Newtons or Franklins.
cur Cromwells or Washingtons. Spiritual
wages are the only kind we can really
save The only things that make our
lives worth while is the capacity TO love
and serve and understand noble ideals.
What Man Is Worth.
One Of the most common lies is to
as when man dies that he is worth
o much in money. In stocks or houses
nj lands. There is no way of measuring
mans life in terms of earthly possess
ons. Ask rather what he was worth
loving fidelity. in comradely friend
lip. in aspiration and faith. What a
ian succeeds in wrestling away from his
lmpctitOrs in making the struggle of
fe is OF little significance i'm making the
mel estimate, unless IL stands as an
bicct lesson and a symbol Of the sort
{ tinsel for which life may be wasted.
russell Sage left millions of money when
2 died, bat he died spiritual bankrupt.
What miserable failure is the life OF
ohm ID. Rockefeller. He sold his soul
or power and power in it's meanest form.
judged by a spiritual standard Of man
he wages of the spirit doled out to him.
wen Andrew Carnegie is q man of small
aliber. Compared with a man like Bur
'ank. whose experiments are assisted by
money from one Of the funds he estab-
lshed. he shrinks into unimpOrtance.
By giving some Of the money unjustly
pillased to public or charitable purposes,
men Of wealth may hasten just redis-
nOuuon OF such wealth. But il counts
or little as far as they are concerned.
The only thing that counts is the eN-
ent to which they can give themselves
ma that Is the only thing rewarded IN
ne economy Of God.
A Call to Work.
In conclusion would add that the
All TO work in the vineyard is really a
AL 10 work. IL is a call for labOrers.
ne idlers may stand without until the
sun sets red In the west and no reward
VIII be theirs. The man or woman who
i cniy playing at life. IS only killing
lme or pleasure seeking will only walk
m circle and make no advance. Be
ause untried and unfit. 20 such can come
10 wages Of the spirit. To find some
mng 20 do which calls for unselfisbness.
lat CaiiS Tor courage, that YOU beheVe
~ oe useIul IN any way. however humble.
nat II % become q laborer In the vineyard
'i me Eternal Husbandman.
ana slhe wages. why the wages VIII
at ~ Jne form OF increased understands
,lS. on greater strength for greater tasks,
~ Nision and aspiration. of faith and in-
ISM. And those rewards will some Just
- soon as we are ready TO use them
a. soon as we are spiritually fit. Some
In, tney viii come 20 US only after
.ous ana toilsome service. after the heat
...l,ni stress Of the day. Sometimes they
~ ~ come suddealy when we have en-
listed az the eleventh hour. But always
Ky y. come AID come only TO the spiritual
~ III lt IS the glory Of man that
M p capable Of receiving not only the
IinsS or the flesh. but also OF receiving