The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-04-23
THE LECTURE STAND.
Mr.. ChaS. W. Stayner Before the
Delta Phi Society.
MRS. LIyERMORES LATE LECTURE
The Assembly Hall CrOwded-Ar. Ellis in the
Temple of Honor Hall on
Sunday.

BY special invitation, last evening in the
university building, Charles w. Stayner,
Esq, delivered a most interesting and in
structive address to an intelligent audience
composed largely of the members of the
Delta Phi society and their friends. His
subject was "The Education Of Exper-
ience." and proved in the hands of the
speaker fruitful theme for thought and
reflection.
Mr.. Stayner commenced his lecture in the fol
lowing language: Experience may be appro
priatey designated the golden band that binds
together the sum Of existence. And whether we
consider those fascinating features and lncidents
of our lives, which appear like gems OF JOY
worked upon the silSen thread of life of pleas
ure, or look upou those experiences which as
sumo the dark form Of dlSappointmentS and
shadows upon our pathway, we are forced to the
conclusion that experience of every kind, is not
only advantageous to US, but most Of 1t posi-
lively essential and necessary TO our advance
ment.
1t is the ladder of light by which we climb from
ignorance TO knowledge; from weakness TO
power; from failure to success; from defeat TO
victory, and the more we realize that experience
is the marble stairway in the mansion OF mortal
ity by which most heroes have assembled from
the lower halls of comparative insigniticance,
10 the upper chambers of glory and renown."
The speaker then showed that our experience
was made up up Of what we do, what we suffer
and what we enjoy In this connection he said:
1T is not what we see or what we hear or even
what we enjoy that makes up the record of our
lives, but what we endure
He stated that difficulties, failures and sorrows
PLAYED prominent part in the drama OF eXper-
fence That difficulties were but dams in the
stream OF life, which might restrain the current
temporarily, but il would gain impetus and
power by being checked, and at last would not
only sweep away the present obstruction but
by being held back II would gain sutnclent
strength to surmOunt other and greater Obstacles,
As il rolled onward with increased velocity TO It's
destination That difficulties which appear as
stumbling blocks to some, were but Stepping
lines to success in the pathway OF others more
valiant.
He showed how the dangerous cragS and lofty
mountain peaks, while they might deter the
beasts of prey, and be impossible TO them, were
the safest places for the eagles to build their
nests. He drew some poetic pictures to illus
trate how failure and sorrow helped to bring
mankind to greater perfection ana to make
them more useful in the world. He cited Burns,
Scott and others to show how the fire of genius
was kindled into its brightest flame by hardship
and misfortune, and related some thrilling Incl
dents in the career of Cyrus, Alexander and
CrCpsus to illustrate how their hard experiences
made them what they were in history. Wash
ington and others in modern times, were also re
ferred to as illuStriOuS examples of herOlSm IN
the midst of difficulty, and the speaker thrilled
his audience with quotations from poetic writer's
illustrative of the subject and calculated TO in
spire courage in ali who were tempted TO despair
by reason of difficulty ana threatened disaster.
The lecture was replete with good and original
suggestions, and was listened to with the great
est attention and interest from the commence
ment TO the close. 1t is probably the best OF TINS
gentleman'S eloquent productions.