Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-26
ADDnrss on WELCOME.
Visitors Are Given Royal Directing b.
Their sistsr. OF TIA. Local clubs.

ADDisrss or WELCOME.
Visitors Are Gi,en Royai Greeting by
Their sisters OF TIA. Local clubs.
Madam prcsldent--Doar sisters from
away ana friends ut home. u b. again
the glad privilege NJ the club women or
SAT- Lake city, TO welcome tho visiting
friends 10 our homes and hearts II n
with the alncCreHt pleasure that I pres
sent their greetings ana express their
hope that your stay among uH viii
prove aa enjoyable 10 you as your pre-
Hcncc ~ to Us.
For n few days at the beginning OF
the new club year. We have come to-
gethcr 10 receive the words or cncour-
uEcmcnt aud enlightenment which shall
De spoken 20 ua during these ConVcn-
ton days. May they fulnll their pur-
posci May they animate and direct
our thoughts during the coming months
and give the cnerrizing Impetus to
bring thought TO resolution and to act
ION.
Most Of ~ have but lately resumed
club fellowship after u period OF re-
Election and rest from the active duties
OF club life. The vacations reflections
nearly always give rise to club uucH-
toning, club doubts l. lt worth whiiof
We survey the past years II club life
and work and wonder whether thcy
have pald ~. not financially OF course.
but have they helped ~ 20 grow. men
tally, spiritually. Does the club No
into the orderly scheme Of lie which
We hnte consciously conceived for our
selves or BY which we are Unconscious
~ CONTROLLER
"For even though we may not be-
aware Of lt. each life IN an unhfokcu
thread. spun In the loom 0f eternity by
the great law of cause and effect SOME
times ID ~ badly tangled indeed. and
UfNtHFi NtHuUFIHFH NaH fraH
perhaps only In Christ has the line been
kert In the perfect course.
In the past. the lives OF the great
majority Of the people OF every nation
have been horne along. an uulndiviiunl-
lied mass, by the great racial currents.
toward a common destiny. but ut the
present time, I believe that the rvolu-
tlunnry development OF a large number
Of The people Of the great nations OF the
earth, has proceeded TO the point who're
each man and woman uf The onllght-
cuUd class must out OF necessity lm-
posed hy an awakened Consciousness.
begin 90 assume active control pf his
own Individual NE and direct, not per
haps always or often, the events, the
environment which are the result of
past causes. but 10 begin 10 control
HE own mind. his own emotions. son-
Hationn and deflrCs. 90 that IN the future
az least, he may Indeed be- master of
himself
TO this large class Of men and wo-
men ~ awakening consciousness belong
the club women of the United States. II
is this awakening consciousness that
the club must foster ana nouriah. or
like everything else ln nature that IL no
longer useful, Il Will drop away and
perish.
80 In the long vacation We have
asked ourselycH- Does the club NJ into
my llfe7 Can be true 20 my own genius
lmINNlAmuNNNN mas lIFH
as l see 10, and remain club woman2
As IN the life OF the soul the silent
moments are the noycrfaillng sources ~
the thought streams that make our
pathways blossom as the rose 30 IN
club life. these vacation days are the
sources Of club strength and fruitful
ness. II il In these days of rest that We
come back 90 ourselves. as u were, out
of the whlr and rush " club work and
return again 20 the guiding thoughts
and ideals that have Tor time been
subjective IN tho mind. Then we sur
Ncy ln retrospect our whole range of life
and ambition with View of more near
~ adjusting our lives 10 our ideals. And
the club rs Included In this analysis.
Tho answer 10 the question whether
the club can help us to grow into an
instrument suited TO the purposes OF the
divine within u.s. can come TO each wo-
man from herself alone.
zone person can never know or Judge
for another So that In what I shall say
! can but speak for myself ana yet 20
true IN 10. ua Emerson said, that what
o. true Tor each IN hln private
heart is true Tor an and al.
so because one can know Of
another only through himself { feel
that what ! shall say has somewhat OF
generality In Il and applies not To my
SELF alone
Thought ana experience has con-
WINGED me that there rs one condition
Of the mind which ~ absolutely csscn-
tinl 90 the development OF the indlyld-
ual and It IN this: We must learn 10
hold ourselves SIN. we must find and
Keep cnlmnesa M heart. Tho soul cnn-
not ahlne forth through n mist ~ few
erifh excitement, uf furry md hurry
Tor though We may not have $50 named
u 10 ourselves, yet II we allow ourselves
20 become too greatly absorbed In club
activities we arc ludulglnr M a dis
guised form Of moutai excitement.
''ihc soul cannot commune with the
mind whom the mind allows itself TO
wander and scatter itself over a thou
sand things, Serenity OF mind must
become fNod habit n we wish 10 see
an things IN their natural and lust
relations, IN their proper proportions n
We wish 10 be able 10 discern and seize
that which ~ really valuable and let
80 that which rs minor unlmportnut.
Win as now, FAR from being "a hxod
habit serenity ~ mind iH seldom felt
DAY after ray. We rarely bring our
thoughts 20 dwell upon our real selves.
Indeed, there are many who cannot en-
dure To be alone with themseiyos. Wo-
men, especially, doubtless on account
Of their former too great seelusion Of