Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-26
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Visitors Are Given Royai Directing by
Their sister, OF the Local Globe

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visitors Are Gi,rn Hoysi Greeting by
Their si'tsrs OF the Lscs clubs
Madam prcsldent-Denr sisters from
away and friends at home, IL IN again
me glnd privilege Of the club women of
SAT- Like city. 90 welcome the visiting
friends 10 orr homcH and hearts II is
with The Hlnccrost pleasure that I pre-
sent their greetings and cNprcaH their
nope that your stay among us viii
prove az enjoyable TO you aa your pre-
nencc ia 90 u.s.
For a few days at the beginning OF
the new club year, we have come to-
Eethpr 20 receive the words uf encnur-
ugcmcnt aud enlightenment which shall
De spoken 10 Us during these conyen-
ton days. May they nulnl their pur-
posei May they animate and direct
our thoughts during the coming months
and Elve the cnorgialng Impetus to
bring thought TO resolution and to act
ION.
"MoHt Of ua have but lately resumed
club Fellowship after period OF re-
flection and rest from the active duties
Of club life. The vacations reflections
nearly always give rise TO club qucs-
tloning club doubts l. IL worth whllo7
We survey the past years Of club life
ana work and wonder whether they
have paid u, not financially OF course,
but have they helped uH to grow. mem
tally, spiritually. Does the club No
into the orderly scheme Of lie which
ne hnfc consciously conceived for our
selves or by which we are unconscious
~ controllrd3
"For even though We may not be
aware ~ Il. each life n an unbrokon
thread. spun In the loom ~ eternity by
the great law of cause and effect. Some
times Il 10 badly tangled Indeed. and
perhaps only In Christ has the line been
Kept In the perfect course.
In the past. the lives of the great
majority Of the people of every nation
have been borne along. an unlndlyiduul.
izcd mass, by the great racial currents.
toward n common destiny, but ut the
present time, ! believe that the cyolu-
tlonnry development % a large number
N the people vi the great nations OF tho
earth. has proceeded 90 the point whore
each man and woman ~ the eullght-
'h.d class must, out N necessity im-
posed by an awakened consciousness,
BEGIN Co assume aCtlN. control " his
own Individual life aud direct not per
hapa always or often, The events, the
environment which are the result Of
past causes. but 20 BEGIN 60 control
HE own mind hi own emotions. scn-
Hauons and dc Tres. 90 that IN the future
ni least he may Indeed be- master OF
himself
TO this large class OF men and wo-
men uf awakening consciousness belong
the club women ~ the Quilted States. Il
n this awakening consciousness that
the club must foster ana nourifh, or
like everything else In nature that II no
longer useful, II Will drop away and
perish
80 IN the long vacation we have
asked ourselves Does the club M into
my llfcl Can be true TO my own genius
and Individuality my own life purpose.
as ! see H. and rcmain u club woman
As In the life Of the soul. the silent
moments are the noverfalllng sources of
the thought streams that make our
pathways blossom ~ the rose 80 In
club life these vacation days are the
sources Of club strength and fruitful
ness. II IL In these days ~ rest that We
come back 10 ourselves. aa it were, out
NJ the whlr and rush OF club work and
return again 90 the guiding thoughts
and ideals that have for time been
subjective In the mind. Then we SUR
Ncy In retrospect our whole range OF life
and ambition with view NJ more near
~ adjusting our lives 10 our ideals. And
the club IN Included In this analysis.
'rho answer 20 the question whether
the club can help us 10 grow into an
instrument suited TO the purposes uf tho
divine within ne, can come 10 each Voc
man from herself alone.
"Ono person can never know or judge
for another So that IN what | shall say.
! can but speak Tor myself ana yet 80
true N %, ns Emerson rnll. that what
o. true for each IN hln private
heart rs true Tor al, and al
20 because one can know of
another only through himself. { feel
that what / shah say has somewhat Of
gencrnlity In It and applies not TO my
SELF alone.
Thought and experience has com
WINGED me that there W. one condition
Of the mind which ~ absolutely ossen-
tlul 20 the development Of the lndlvid-
unl ana II N this; We must learn to
hold ourselves still, we must find and
keen cnlmnesa Of heart, The soul can-
not shine forth through q mist OF few
orlsh excitement, Of furry and hurry
for though We may not have 80 named
Il 20 ourselves yet n We allow ourselves
10 become too greatly absorbed In club
activities We are indulginr In a dis
guiaed form Of mental excitement
The soul cannot commune with the
mind when the mind allows itself 20
wander and scatter itself over thou
sand things. Serenity Of mind must
become u fixed habit n we wish 10 see
nll things IN their natural and Just
relations, IN their proper proportions; "
we wish to be able 90 discern aud seize
that which r. really valuable and let
go that which Is minor unlmportnnt
With MS now, FAR from being "a fNed
habit serenity OF mind ~ seldom felt
day after ray. We rarely bring our
thoughts to dwell upon our real selves
Indeed, there nre many who cannot en-
dure 10 be alone with themselves. Wo-
mon especially. doubtless ON account
OF their former too great seciuslon OF