Never Despair. A Poem

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are essential. The nomenclature of a science is often different in different lands, and is often changed as knowledge grows. It is hardly correct to say that he was in harmony with the law; the law as stated by the world of science was rather in har- mony with him. Be it observed that Joseph Smith enunciated the principle of the conservation of the energy, or intelligence as he called it, of the universe, in May, 1833, ten years before Dr. Joule published his famous papers on energy relations, and fifteen or twenty years before the doctrine was clearly understood and gener- ally accepted by the learned of the world. Let it also be remem- bered that the unlearned boy from the backwoods of New York state, taught with the conviction of absolute certainty that the doctrine was true, for God had revealed it to him. If God did not reveal it to him, where did he learn it, and whence came the courage to teach it as an eternal truth? (to be continued).

NEVER DESPAIR.

Behind the clouds the sky is blue, Tomorrow may be fair: Never despair! but, if you do, Work on in your despair.

The needle to the pole points true For dauntless men who dare: Never despair! but, if you do, Work on in your despair.

Though fate no roses flings, but rue, An'd a thorny crown you wear: Never despair! but, if you do, Work on in your despair. Selected.