The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-29

the great future. And if this universal
law of nature is carried out man Will
reap in eternity what he sows here,
which is character, whether good or
bad. It could hardly be expected that
man sowing a character for eternity
that n character Of evil deeds, a char
acter Of dissipation-tha he would
reap JOY and peace and happiness. No,
hardly,
Single nets may he destroyed or root
ed mp before they do much damage or
get 4 fast hold upon the child or older
individual. And even habits may be
changed or reformed by firm hand
and a resolute Will. This we see every
day. II is vastly better not to sow bad
seed, but if the bad seeds are sown they
ought to be plucked up as soon as
sproutcd, or oven before they sprout.
if it can be found where they lie buried,
This gives parents and teachers a great
responsibility, For these have to do
with the child life; the time when acts
are being sown and habits formed. Nor
may parents and teachers seek to eS
cape responsibility in this matter, for
they are the ones TO guide the child life
and arc the ones, too. TO detect the first
signs of the evil sowing. In n wider
sense it becomes the duty Of every one
to check the evil which they see crop
ping out in others by kindly word or
forceful example, or both. For whatso-
ever one sows that shall he reap. If n
man passing along the road should see
a Canada thistle growing by the way
side it would be his duty TO at once
destroy it, lest it be permitted to ripep
and scatter its seeds broadcast TO the
injury of thousands Of acres of land.
How much more important to uproot the
evil that is about US while it is yet in
It's first form than to let it go on until
the whole community is polluted and
corrupted by it, 1t is the duty Of peace
officers to hold every one TO strict
observance of the laws and ordinances,
for whore there is laxity in the enforce
ment of the law people become embold
ened IN violation of the laws. and by
and-by come TO ignore the law de-
mands entirely. This may be seen in
Salt Lake City every day. We need
not specify. The violations are, many
of them, open and flagrant. Parents
are often too tenderhearted and friends
too timid to reprove, chide or reprimand,
But Officers OF the law are supposed
TO be sufficiently loyal to duty to en-
force the law without fear or favor,
and without a timid heart Not brutal
ly nor cruelty, but with firmness. The
destiny of nations has been, and is to-
day. determined by the laxity or firm.
ness Of the law s enforcement For
NOllluluHitItS anu udIlpnS reap WQ1lSO-
ever they sow. Many nations have been
preserved, cleansed aud purified from
the erossness of their characters only
by the bloody sacrifice of their noblest
sons. IT is always the best who offer
themselves upon the altar of their
country.
Man may reform his habits, but
character is something that Cod alone
can change Character is what man
is in his relation to God, and man is
helpless to change that relation except
as God may provide for the change. If
we would have destiny wherein we
may be at peace with God and our own
hearts the evil that hinders us must
be blotted out. God has provided for
inns through ms son ana II is up to
But what a man soweth that shall he