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Show Inurmcuntain Symposium. STOP AND THINK. I Hditor Intormur,u.hi c a tf.ot.c : J w c grow so acvtisomcd Hum childhood of l.:.:,. f ing or t.ertain deeds; as evil and of c-ituin oth-.rs ' goo'i, that i.ic-i of u dritt on thi ough life e.n ; , tne very edge of the grac and never stop to ....i ( . loi a moment what sin realty is?. Our mo! Ivrt, lathers, in the wis-iom vC tneir years, nil u- ;!.;, tuis we must do and this t e must refrain from ,!,,. .. ami the greater part of us are content to U'ko t n word tor it arid be so guided during our tart hly , iff nee. Mnyt e, on the other hanu. in c hil-ih i- . .s early years some of us- are bereft ot parent cu-.-aim only And oui words of guidance in the Hihi,- , law of the hind. Few, ind-od. ever think out j.i.s. -sophicu.'iy the reasons tor their acts. k . ' Why snould some deeds be wrong and oth-rs ri- J "Why seouid not the red wine he imbibed-.' Why no; trc: pretty gins be loved".' Why should ii-: i;, cautious man in the heat of the conflict leave hi of duty and save his skin-.' Self-preservation i .i ., . of life. Why should not the red be ba-.ked .-the .-the hinrk'." It is al! in the ex-Moment of a lift and life at best is short ami fe-eting. Thee ai- qtif aliens Which confront us every hour, and b"--.n:-they arc rarely ever answered correctly, is th reu.- ; why our stale jeniteutiarlt s are today fllU-d t- ....; -flowing and the teason why men in high pL.i es s- - u. not the pubiic wca! but their own selfish cn-!i. Let u-i ?e,-heii. what sin realty is. I,i the arimai kingdom we 'nver find i!. And -,:-not? Animals surely live -not up to the las of : land. Mi,, you answer, but they in their l,lip,,ir- ; drift on from one a, t to anoiln r; nevc-r thinking or r -ing further than the a-t itself, and neer viewing ; : in its relation to other acts and things. And ro h . also, in childhood. We nicy call the buy or t he s,rl naughty, but never sinful. Tii-y cannot pee m- e, reprehend re-prehend the great scheme and system of t!i-- univers- . The order and law of things that be are bidden fro .,; their eyes. N Hut in the case of the fu!i grown man and woman, f is different. He or alio can see tho system and ord--r. Can and does know that while tlie satisfaction of i passion or appetite is not harmful in its'-lf. it ; harmful when taken in conjunction with other a- -; and duties. Ah, yes, it is because we see too clearly the far off end at times anil r-eck it not. that we The ardent youth who. . hot with life, ?c;me:-a ruthlesly flowers of purify, knows well If he but stj, to think that somewhere In , the years which are l come, a bright fireside will be saddened by his a-:. That a pool .mother v,:ll we?p bitterly the fal! of ,t loving- daughter. A strong husband will bemoan the lo-t afftetion of a once true wife; tender fath-r' i will bewail a ruined child. These are the pictures which will confront his eye if he but stop to think. And s-with s-with the other sins. Tl.c; good fellow who drinks for company and a pleasant evening will d,c J J ' drunkard's grave yawn hideously beyoi.d: will ,, ' family left without means of support: win wh:)r miffht have been a noble life's- work wrecked an I ruined if be but .top to think. The coward who rue away wiii gee a day's battle lost to the enemy; -, i glorious victory turned to an ignominious defeat: will I see a principle abrogated: a cause lost. The thief will see the helplessness of the man ! robbed of his savings of years: v. ill .ee the work ,,f months and months swept away for his own momentary momen-tary gratification. Sin is not altogether sin because acts are wrong- in thenrselve. Onod fellowship, desire for wealth, love." ex- i eiterrrnt. all these are admirable, and only become bad ' when the great enduring good fellowship is lost for the temporary conviviality. When the desire for wealth takes the form which will forever prohibit the obtaining- of a lasting source of wealth. When love is cheapened cheap-ened and destroyed instead of enlarge,! aud broadene.j Sm is the forgetting 0f the enns w hich we ever oupht to keep in sight, and the substituting of immediate ends out of harmony with the plan of creation, and the surest way to appeal to the sinner i not to ay "Thmi shalt not," but to say to the young man or the vunn- '7PV ."VT def,i'PS are tom-t: lh''y exactly with life scheme; have your pleasure, but alwavs remember re-member the great pleasure of a life well -pent" Yni who love fair woman love thorn not !es hut mo-e You who de.ire.geOd fellowship, seek it still further' not amid the gin mills of the red light district however, how-ever, but at home, where good fellowship win ever endure. You who want wealth and power, look not for it in petty schema and device, but gain it honestly hon-estly and squarely in the world's great mart of commerce; com-merce; there only can it be found. ln ;l svrJ ' the lesser ends but ever the greater. h j Salt Lake, Xov, ir. |
