The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1908-05-02
MANS MISSION ON EARTH.


has been a subject of sharp discus
sion among scintists. Some say he is
here to accumulate all that he can.
Others say he is simply to be a law.
sbiding citizen. Some say he is here
I to hold up the high standard of social
life. There are others that say he is
here to keep the species from dying
cut. However, should we look deeply
into the matter, and decide from a
scientific knowledge and after a thor
cugh analytical process had been en-
ployed, we would find that mans mis-
sion on earth is to benefit his fellow
man and further to the best of his
ability the science through which men
are benefited.
l will discuss briefly ths above In
order TO show that the first state
ments are not wholly optomistic and
do not give a satisfactory answer to
analytical people of the question OF
mans real mission on earth.
II man is here to Accumulate, he
would become pessemistic in his
views, misery in his accumulations,
unaffected by the miseries of others
until they butcher him. His love of
accumulation would draw him to get
wealth by unfair means. Finally he
would care for no one but himself. II
the man is simply a law abiding
citizen. he starts out in youth with
brilliant ideals, but when he becomes
matured he settles down, perhaps
marries. is honest, obeys the law and
provides for his family. Such a mis-
sion is like unto a star that comes
forth brilliant and with shining light
then fades away before the morning
sun.
We will next discuss the social man.
Probably he starts out il life with
brilliant ideals, perhaps wins a place
in society through the fortune maze
in the manifestation of his abilities.
However, his love for work and
science soon wanes when he falls in
line with the social set. His life is
taken up with entertainments, parties
and dinners like the brain of a dying
patient suck the juices of the poppy
and seeks ease rather than struggle
for their life.
The idea that mans mission is to
keep the species from dying out is al
most absurd, is animal reason. 1t is
true that this is a subdivision of
mans mission, but not the real one
Mans true mission is TO aid his feI- I
low man and advance the science that (
will benefit his brother most. By so \
doing he becomes optomistic in his I
views, he has that instinct to be hon. !
orable, to labor for sciences sake, to (
have a certain amount OF love for his .
brother combined with a benevolent (
spirit. His whole soul and pleasure !
rests in his ability to help his fellow
MAJ. Some ask, why should man
spend his life iii toll for his brother;
why spend his life in work when
pleasure and enjoyment are present
IN every hand? We answer, who is
our model, was not Christ in the
height of pleasure when doing for his
brother man; has he not told us, TO
owe thy brother as myself" is not
yhrist our model and leader? Then in
10 live a life which is
we must labor for our
,rothers' benefit.
Let the social man wake from his
ream; let the miser aid the needy;
ultivate the seed of knowledge in !
he law abiding citizen, and then let {
he man who has grasped fame from
is ability be not corrupted with
anne, but still seek the hidden mys- :
cries of his work. Let the man whom
cience has blessed not deliver of his
rother to the monster decay, but I
ather with his sword of ability I
escue. his weaker brother from the !
Monsters grasp.
Webster d Marine.