The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-20
Interesting Services Held at the
First Congregational.
VAS ANNIVERSARY DAY
THE EVENING DISCOURSE UPON
"RUDDERS AND ROCKS"
Rev. A. L. Hudson's Discourse at
Unity Hall on "A Business Mans
ReIigion"-At the First Methodist
Services at the Tabernacle.

"Rudders and Rocks formed the
subject for an excellent sermon by DR..
! c. IT. Brown at the Congregational
j church last night. The discourse was
! of special interest and Importance to
young men and large representation
of the youth of both sexes were at
tentive listeners.
The doctor made use of the old
proverb, He who must be ruled by
the rudder must understand the rocks. -
A man. he said, who had beheld the
sea in all its grandeur, much more ne
who has been lulled and carried on its
expansive bosom, has in his magma
ton something the rest of the world
I knows nothing about. Nothing is quite
so supremely majestic and sublime as
the great deep, but it should not be Tor
gotten that the mariner who plies IT'S
/ billowy surface is constantly exposed
to danger. Danger is the price we pay
on the sea of life. 1t has been said
that there is something in sailing the
! boundless sea that even the angels
/ cannot comprehend There is danger
but there is an ineXplicable influence
! that charms and fascinates the men
/ before the mast.
/ He who formed the proverb knew
we'll the danger, and that he who neg
lects the rudder must take his chances
with the rocks. So upon the sea OF
life. He who does not mind the rocks
and steer clear of reefs will go down
as sure as the ship without compe-
| tent and reliable man at the helm. A
ship that had never been on the rocks
was a better craft than one whose hui
! has been in contact with the danger
gerouS reefs. A life never wrecked is
far better than the blemished. What
is true of ships, jewels and flowers il
this respect is infinitely so of human
I life. True it can be mended and the
/ pieces put together, but the scar viii
always remain.
1t has been said that a man must
first be a sinner to become a saint
Such a teaching, the pastor thought
was simply urging mankind on 20 ruin
The young were often thus led to SOW
their wild oats and to their sorrow IL
after years they would have to real
the whirlwind. Such a teaching wa:
contrary to nature. The ordinary ma
ture recofls from sin and only when the
imagination is touched does sin seel
a pure nature.
best teacher. Suppose then the sailor
should attempt to test the resistance
of that rock. Of course, the expert
ment would demonstrate the resist
ance, but what would be the conse-
quences?
There is a way that seemeth right
to man. but it leadeth on to death.
It is a ridiculous rule to lay down tc
our boys and girls that the best way
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to make them tough. There are many
things not to be learned by experience
and so there are many things that car
not be accomplished by education. By
the latter, however, the will could be
trained and this is of greatest import
ance 10 the voyager on the ocean Of
life. Train your children to resist
temptations. Better far to break g
child's neck than to break his will, fol
it is the only thing which stands be-
tween him and the enemies of his soul
The things necessary to a successful
voyage across the Atlantic is chart
compass and a trustworthy man at the
helm. AS the lines are cast off at the
pier the mariner has before him the
red line on the chart indicating the
course to reach the other shore. AS the
good ship progresses there is the rec
line ahead, while the foaming furrov
behind indicates the trail of the craft
and between the red line and the white
line that marks a successful voyage i!
the man at the rudder. 1t would no
do for a captain to start the ship OF
it's course and set the rudder for thu
objective point. The man at the helm
is essential.
Dr.. Brown then spoke on the practi
cal side of life. Rudders We're. neces
Sary. More men fail in business thar
are successful. There are ups anC
downs in life and the downs are by fal
the most numerous. To fail in bust
ness, however, is not the greatest mis-
fortune. A man may fail, out still b,
honest. The golden rule honesty il
the best policy" is good and far be i
better that a man loses his money thai
his manhood. There is something afte
all that cannot be bankrupted and tina
is manhood. Hold to it. It's the sol
den key to success. No man or woman
ever lived but what in their limos
consciousness they admire above al
the man who UphOlds principle abov
all things.
Another rudder is modesty. Youn,
men should not be ashamed of thei
capacity to blush, but rather of thei
incapacity.
Then there are the dangerous rocks
The most prominent among these
the rock of intemperance. The speake
would not say that man who take
1 an occasional nip was not as good a
total abstainer, but the saying 90
two possible ways take the safest wa
good and the safest guard against thi
: rock is the rudder of total abstenanc
, The ranks of the drunkards are file
from the ranks of the moderate drinl
ers. Take heed, therefore. that you +
not stumbling block to your brothe
Statistics show that fully 30 per Ger
, of pauperism is tracable to drunken
, ness and fully 40 per cent of lunac
/ can be traced to the same fountain
head of evil
A rudeer is made for service, not fl
display. Religion is made for servic
!, not for display. A religion which is
! mere appendage to life is just as u.s.
less as a rudder hanging on the sic
: of the ship. Therefore, young men an
: young women. rule your rudder so Z
to take you finally into that etern;
, haven of rest. A log may go driftin
without compass or chart. but a shi
! never. Study your chart. Parent
: teach your children the cha
. and show them the mornir
p star that their course {
life's ocean may be toward the land {
! peace and promise
f In the morning the thirty-first ann