The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-08-05

! H6 uO6el anu YET Dc CONSTANTLY
surprises one by setting prescribed
rules at defiance; his voice Is at times
harsh and strong, at other times clear
and full. and laden with the odor of
the idea be utters. In fact. 1t would
seem that Mr.. Taimage had pre-
meditated this course, aud followed it
out with scrupulous care; it certainly
has the effect of keeping alive the
interest OF his audience. Throughout
the delivery, which occupied about
an hour and half. the applause and
laughter we're frequent and spontsn-
eous. He said his was the religion
of sunshine. and if the lecture on
big Blunders" is characteristic of
the man, he practices his religion as
thoroughly as any man could.
After few predatory remarks he said:
The man who never made blunder
has never been borD; if he had bsen,
he would have died right away.
There were blunders of all characters,
but only big blunders would attract
his attention to night. He once
thought lecture should be very pro-
found, and he had several such lee
lures, but had not delivered them
for some time, because his audi
ences did not understand them
and he did not understand them
himself. He had different
view of religion from most men; his
religion was toe religion of sunshine.
The solemnest man he ever saw was
q minister whom be met and who had
not smiled for ten year,; this man
borrowed $25 from the lecturer, and
out of pure delicacy of feeling had
never referred to the subject since
that time.
The first blunder is a multiplicity
of occupations. The first thing was
to find your sphere and then to stick
to it; every man should stick to his
occupation. Sometimes a man is
capable of filling a numbers Of posi-
tions, but they are few. Some per-
cons have risen through great trouble,
and they finally secured their diplo
mas and occupied the places God has
prepared for them. You could col
through all the colleges in the world
but would neser be fit for a place
until you had gone through the college
OF hard knocks. The old poets
used to say man could get inepira-
ton by sleeping on Mount Parnassus;
that was long ego. Nc one ever got
inspiration by sleeping on q mouu-
tain; it was not the man on the
mountain, but the mou.ain on the
man, and be was successful only who
threw of the mountain. There are
some men who are great and grand
10 one profession, but let them take
two and three and the are dead fail
ures. Young man, stick to one thing;
do not be afraid of being called q
man OF one idea; better have one
great idea than 500 little bits of ones.
There isn't man but Is called by
God to do certain work. Do your
work and it is done for ever; fail TO
do it and it is never done; no man
can fill your place.
Blunder the next is indulgence in
bad temper. A good temper sells the
most goods, makes the fastest head
way. builds the biggest VALE, etc.
There is nothing puts man at such
disadvantage as a bad temper.
Merriment and Good Temper were
poor boys when they came in from
the country; they laughed and smiled,
and we're good to their employers.
Presently they owned q store of their
own on the corner; they rose in the
community until to-day they have the
best OF all things in the town. You
can take anything you like and read
it till it is light or till it is dark. Ny
friend, your happiness and Joy comes
more from yourself than from the
circumstances around you. In
Pennsy lvania I saw that every man
carried his Own lamp, and was not
dependent on the light above, and
l thought that every person should
carry his own lamp OF happiness and
have it with him that he may always
enjoy it. 1t is so with religion,
children should be brought up TO feel
that instead Of religion being dole
ful thing, they should look upon it as
the brightest OF all that life affords.
Blupder the next is encouragement
| f.om bad treatment by others. In
some places as soon IS a man starts
d WI everybody feels it his duty to
give him q kick. Some people cay
tina. women are the worst gossippers;
don't think go. You 90 down into
any OF the saloons and listen to the
talk OF the men in it, for one night.
on the character of any man. Talk
about there never being any harm in
gossip. Why more than once 1t has
raised an earthquake that has torn
down many & city. l don't know
how it is here, but where came from
thousands Of young men are going
down the hill from poor treatment.
Young man. never give away your
honor; put your trust in God, young
man, and do your level best.
and you will come out sill
right. You can't bury a dishonest
dollar; cover il in the bowels
of the earth, and that one dellar will
commence to hesYe up the earth. will
throw the rocks up and come to light
and damnatiop. You can't bury q
dishonest dollar.
The next blunder is excess o.
amusement. Mind you l don't say
!. anything against amusement; childreu
/ should sll smile; that tree bears nc
r fruit which does not blossom in the
spring. Next thing to enjoying my.
self, Ike to see others enjoy them
selves. In g land where Col lets biz
lambs play. bis brooks smile. and :hI
j flowers make loYe to each ether,
; know be intended that men shoulC
J laugh ard smile. Recreation i
| recreation; while sill this Is so, mani
: we'll know that too much -museDeLi
ia most ruinous. There are battles il