The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-18

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pious hands of priests. though they
spake not, told Of the religion OF faith
! hope and charity and marked the dedi-
cation of American soil 10 progress and
to civilization
We must concede to our Catholic
friends. sincerity OF purpose. undyins
/ fidelity to their principles and a most
courageous and progressive nature
AS early as June, in the historic year
l776. two Catholic priests explored
/ Utah. They looked upon the river
Jordan and christened it Santa Ana
They passed along the PsSvo river and
said this shall be the San Antonio.
They went south and crossing the
waters of the Sewer said. this is the
Santa Isabel. The feet of Father Esca-
lante and his associate were among the
very first of those of the white race TO
cross our mountains and to traverse
our fertile valleys. And il was so
throughout the Union. Father Pierre
Marquette and his co-workers. blazed
the trails throughout the wilderness.
and here and there the quaint old
buildings where they preached and
prayed more than century ago, stand
as monuments TO their self-sacrifice
and devotion.
The era of the missions has passed
Savagery has made way for civiliza-
ton. Schools and colleges and cathe-
drals swing wide their doors for our
ever growing population. The republic
has grown to a mighty nation, bring
ing with its increased strength new
and knotty problems to be solved and
changing issues to be met. l am sure
that from cur Catholic schools will
emerge, with each succeeding year.
men and women thoroughly loyal to
all our institutions. and while firm in
their own religious faith will be imbued
with the spirit of patriotism and
freedom which will make them safe
and conservative citizens.
Those who have graduated tonight.
for commercial life. While the moral
and aesthetic side of their natures have
not been neglected. they have been
trained and fitted for that battle of
brains, that contest of human faculties
constantly engaging the business world.
They leave a safe haven, and their
barks are now launched upon the
tempestous sea OF life. They must
henceforth sail seas crossed by millions
before them but which are still I'M
known. 1t is one of the peculiarities of
this life. that one generation learns but
little from the one which precedeS it,
The experience of our fathers is not
much aid. We start out full of hope
and we exDend our capital in the pur-
chase of experience for ourselves. 1t |
has been truly said, that one must live
and learn. The most that we can do for
our children is to equip them with a |
good education; train them physically !
so they may Withstand the heat and |
toll of the day. and send them forth |
with our prayers and blessings.
One of our leading citizens said to me /
the other day. that he did not think
that young man could have too much
He thought that it was
we'll that a youth should think pretty
well of himself when he starts out into
the world, for the sharp corners and
the rought knocks, the sudden awaken
ngs to the fact that there are other
people in the world brings one down to
hard pan after while and ruffies I'D
he feathers of the best of men.
I would also have our young men
aim high. One is far more likely TO hit |
he moon if he shoots at it than he is
f he fires into the earth. If boy is
going to run a corner grocery, let him
determine to make it the best corner
grocery in town. If he starts out to be
/ lawyer let him try to outstrip all the
,ther lawyers. If he prints a news
)aper he should try and put more news
nto each square inch than any other
PAPER. He should strive to excel He
hould endeavor to climb higher and
ligher up the ladder. There is always
,lenty Of room on top, but things are
erribly crowded down stairs. And with
-rit, and push and a strict adherence to
BUSINESS one can manage TO climb up
Yard pretty well. Our young men
hould understand that there is truth :
n the saying that there is no royal .
cad to success. One reason why the /.
oys from the country and from the i.
arms become leading men in business
tart out with Will and where there
a win. there is a way. The city boys
DO often want to begin where their
athers leave off, and while they are ]
-aiting to begin. some other fellow,
-ho did not have one-half so good an r
pportunsty, gets to the front.
And. of course, a young man should I
ave ideas of his own. Not that he
Mould force them upon other people at
lopportune times, but he should be
elf-reIiant and do his own thinking.
-e should have fixed religious opinions
nd fixed political ideas. Your half y
nd half man is never a complete man.
ThoeVer tries to please everybody .
leases nobody and winds up in a state :
disgust with himself. l do not mean \
say that men should be radical ex-
Ideal. We should all be liberal and
e should be conservative. but that j
)es not preclude us from having ideas
our own. 1t is quite necessary that T
e should have them in this country of
lrs, and the necessity increases as we
)serve the malign forces that are j
osing the avenues to individual effort
scoming holder and holder in America.
Every young man should also appre-
ate. that he should take a part in
lblic affairs and aid in the admins 81
alton Of our government. That Is one e
the penalties of living in free re-
lblic. By this I do not mean that he
euld be an office seeker. There is Ia
,thing unbecoming in submitting ones Y
tine to his constituents for a public pl
'sitio1. but it is in awfully bad taste
let the habit grow on you. The man
no cannot earn his living except by
king aims in the shape of votes. has =,
L made a success of life. Public Of "a
e never added anything 70 the
ature of any man. 1t is the man 70
ter all that the people see and not al
g official I have known men TO so p
snify the somewhat Dlebian office in
is country of justice of the peace,
at one instinctively took off his hat
len he approached the court. l have a
lown men who were judges of courts -
general jurisdiction to be so lacking III
the qualities needed for the place III
at the spectators did not hesitate to -
81 their weary feet upon the tables.
is the man after all and not the Of A
e. and it is the doing of all things '
IL, in private or in public life. which q