The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-06-05
May Meeting Papers.
HOW TO SUCCEED IN LIFE.*
BY S. W. ALLERTON.

Rev. DR.. CANFIELD, My Dear Bro
ther You desire that Ishould express
my ideas of how men and women can
be elevated to higher manhood and
womanhood. l have attended many
discussions on this subject, generally
based on theories, but give me the
practical facts. The teachings of love,
and charity, forgiveness and hope,
should better every man and woman.
Let us all put them in practice. Now,
my idea is, let every man and woman
who loves Gcd and humanity do
their duty to everyone they come in
personal contact with, to elevate them
to higher manhood and woman
hood. How can they do it? Teach
them to save portion of their earn
ings. Every man and woman who
can save one hundred dollars is 81
lent teacher of economy, morality and
temperance.
The greater number of our people
do not seem to know how to invest
their savings and they make bad in
vestments and loose courage. Every
intelligent man and woman should
try to help and show them how to in
vest those earnings. God made man
ambitious from knowledge and gain.
and gave him spirit of charity and
good will to counterbalance too much
selfshness, but that ambition for gain
and knowledge we would degener-
ate.
We all know there has not been
boy born in this country in one hun
dred years, if blessed with good
health, but that could have had
a competency and all that is neces-
sary for human comfort, if he started
out right in life. In our country
nearly every successful man started
with nothing except courage, pluck,
industry, economy, morality, temper
ance and self-denial. You may ask,
how would a young man, whose father
was railroad man, ever succeed who
had to be brakesman. Resolve to
save a portion of his earnings, not
spend his time in saloons and billiard
halls, but read good books and news
papers. If he love some noble young
woman, tell her how truly he loves
her, but have the courage.to say, we
must save and get a home first. These
few years of self denial and true de-
votion would give them greater hap
piness than the king on his throne
and nothing could stop them from
having competency.
From your standpoint you think
men are too ambitious for gain, and
their wealth is used for purely ac-
cumulation. That may be so, but if
used in developing industries to pro-
mote the welfare of mankind, the man
who saves his money and accumu-
lates is public benefactor.
Let me give you an example of a
successful man, George F. Swift, the
packer. He started with nothing but
courage, pluck, self-denial, industry,
economy, temperance, love of right
and justice. He is one of the great
est business men in the nation.
Has he done goods Every man
he employs can be partner. His
success is a benefit to every man. His
failure would be loss to the nation,
to labor and to all our industries. 1
claim that he is a public benefactor.
The world is benefited by George F.
Swift's ambition for gain.
Love to God and good will
to man charity and hope, should ele-
vate every man and woman. Kind
words, how they reach the heart of
every man! How we'll l remember
when | first started out in life at
twelve years of age. commenced to
drive sheep and lambs from Armenia
to Poughkeepsie, which took two
days. l used to go by an old Quak-
er's house by the name of Rowland.
He had English cherry trees. To a
hungry boy, what temptation.
used to run up on his steps, break off
the limbs and steal his cherries.