Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-04

ence OF the stage remalnsl n IL neither
destroys nor lessons the sum of vices
has It not made us acquainted with
them"
And II seems that all the genius OF
man can surely accomplish ~ to let
US know what human vices are hut
as to supplantlng these vices with hab-
its Of well doing these merely human
agencies, however impressive, have not
been found very effective.
On the other hand man whose
heart has been warmed and whose COM
science has been auickened by faith
has llttle difficulty In rising above his
troubles and IN laying aside HIS besei-
| ting sins. AS far az has yet been shown,
we think that Il liz mainly tho infiu-
ence OF religious faith that accounts
FOR such positive goodness as most men
really manifest. and that such teachers
as the stage, the morailsts and the his
torians powerful as they are In sup
plementing religious teaching ana
mans inherent tendencies towards
faith IN what has been revealed. are OF
themselves not really sufficient 10 ac-
complish much for the permanent up |
lifilng OF man. study, intellectual at
ialnment service IN good cause. |
good environment personal ambition |
etc. may inspire Il man to many bril- /
liant achievements and to various
pralseworthy habits and resolves. But
II is only the belief thai his work is. In
some sense. part Of Gods work and
that Il Will not perish with the man
or fail II he falls-only this belief
we think. can fnally nerve a man to
do his best ~ defeat As well AS IN VIC
tory. Without this faith men work
only as long as victory and success
seem probable but with this religious
assurance, hey often work Just as
Wei in the face OF defeat as under the
stimulus of expected triumph. Ambi-
ton may nerve a man to labor on 10.
sac ends as long as it seems possible
20 realizc them but no longer. Bu
faith in the final triumph OF the right
and OF the things for which he is strlv-
ing, with the conviction that he win
yet realize his desire sometime, some
,vhere'-this thought assures his best
Mort no matter what the result may
be. It is by this faith alone that we
ascend as TO one OF our Hottest noun ,
ain tops: and we view therefrom all
he landscape below softened by lack
II detail into one smooth radiance OF
,enuty beneath the rays of the sinking
un, So do we behold our own lives,
id OF all the annoyances and the pet =
y strfes, softened and idealized from !,
his loftier standpoint, as the light of :.
ternity falls in upon them and trans !
cures their commonplaces into Wis ;.
On of loveliness and eternal peace. 1t
this view of life which enables men :.
nj women to declare: ;,
| may not reach the heights I seek; eI
~ untried strength may fail me: n
N half way up the mountain peak
1erce tempests may assail me: g
tut though my goal / never gain, II
IereiE Is comfort for my pain n
will be worthy of it." 4,
A lifelong effort and zeal that wavers Ct
OF, undhr any disappointment. re- al
uire belief IN moral order. world NJ
wn and assuring the final triumph Of SC
oodness. These are the conclusions to Ii
'hich we come when we think this m
roblem through. And apart from these IN
onclusions very few. II any. can be al
atsfed to labor ON. 81