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Show OUR BISHOP'S GOOD WILL TOWARD TO-WARD FELLOW-MEN. Rt. Rev. L. Scanlan, in a statement , 'published in the Xew Year's edition of the Salt Lake Herald, wishes all mankind man-kind good will, as follows: "Which is the best way to promote Utah's weil fa re in 1000?" Persons will differ in their answers to this question, just as they disagree about the meaning mean-ing they attach to the word "welfare." While I do not deny that material prosperity pros-perity the popular idea of welfare and the one implied in the question if properly appreciated and administered, administer-ed, is productive of a certain kind of welfare, yet I hold that the tine idea of welfare and of its source, not only, for the people of Utah, but for all peoples always and everywhere, is to be found in the few words uttered by the angels over the .-tables of Bethlehem on the night of the Savior's birth "Glory be to God in the highest, and peace on. earth, to men good will." Te?, there it is, the answer to the above question, a id also the divine solution of the problem of human life, civilization civili-zation and happiness "good will to men" is the only condition of peace and without peace there is no happine, and no happiness, no welfare worthy cf the name. Now, .as a good will on the part of man means' a will according to God's will the standard and measure of all good it follows that we should have for our fellow men the same will and broad love which God has tor them and which He manifested So clearly in the earthly life of his only son, Jesu.3 Christ. Each human being, therefore, possesses posses-ses the means simple and easy cf promoting the real welfare of his fellow beings. He has only to contribute) the nute of his good will! And why not make this little contribution? In r.ine cases out of ten it cost3 him nothing but a kind, encouraging or sympathetic word! And when the ex?na-.tge of gocd will is mutual and universal he gets .in return a h lndrerl, yea, a thousand fold the good w;:l and love of his fellow fel-low men. Beside.?, whj ever got fruiti a bad will towa-ds his f:liow beings anything except torture of mind and vexation of spirit. Moreover, do we not in gratitude, if not fn justice, owe t!rs "good will" to our fallow mortals? Our individualism, our r-lfv:-hness and for-getfulness for-getfulness of our dependence on o'jr fellow beingsi is one of the -no:?: fruitful fruit-ful sources of disorder and unhappiness of our age and country? A moment's reflection will show us that we are indebted in-debted to them, if not ertirely, at least to a very great extent, for all we are and have for our fiod, our clothing, cloth-ing, education, health and even our very lives. No poorer and more wretched wretch-ed being can be imagined than the sole owner, yet, the sol? inhabitant of all this earth. If we are rieli and enjoving the comforts and: luxuries of iife, jue we not such because of our fellow men of their labor, co-operation and society? How mauy there aie who owe their good luck and fortune to the ill luck, misfortune, imprudence, follies, fol-lies, weaknesses ami even vice? of their fellow men. and who are rich and happy hap-py simply because others are poor and. miserable. This good wilL however, in order to attain its grand, object, must not be a mere profession or preter.ee, but must manifest itself in word and action of every day life. It must begin in high places. The ministers, teaclhers and professed followers of Him who spent His life in showmg good will and in doing do-ing good to men musat set the example. ' Then, we must harve just and impartial impar-tial laws and these, administered justly and impartially, without distinction of persons. Our cits" fathers should be fathers, not merefy in. name, but also in reality, and' consequently should show their good will and paternal care and 6olicitude for all. and, especially for the poor, the sick and the afflicted. Let us all conscientiously respect and obey the law, and thus show our "good will" for our fellow men whose rights and interests the law represents, and is designed to protect. Let us all resolve re-solve on enftering upon the new century cen-tury to prtkctially show this good will to men and to live in love and harmony together, and then, peace and happiness will come to Utah and its people as surely as day follows night. Let us seek for the kingdom of God and his justice and all other things shall be given us. L. SCANLAN. |