Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-07-10
WANTED-A BOY,
1hmo Of An lu,orestIng Sermon by
Rev. Aclm,ck Last Might

Row. y, NJ, ncmlck preached In the
nm NJ y church hfl evening, on
Wanted 4 Boy his lhcme including
two Kinds Of boy one that everybody
wants and HE one that everybody does
not want I'm the course of hH sermon
the preacher Fnid5
"1hH IG no bUncomc nd, ! moan
what ! say ana ann / utho competition
10 Win " possible,
"rho knd OF boy am aftcT
y want the boy who ut 10 S
years of age can mako more noiso with
hls horn and drum and hls heavy foot
than a regiment Of cavalry \ boy
from 4 lo ~, who can take more stops
chasing butterfly than Ms father can
take doing an his work. ana tear more
clothes climbing trees than his mother
can mend I'M "a fornlght n boy from
~ to ~ Who ~ smarter than father
and mother his unclcp ana aunts and
his teacher who can stand AT the head
~ his class both In his studies and
mischief n boy from 10 TO n who can
run fuslrr lump farther dive deeper
and STRIKE harder than any Of the attn.
lollCN Of the olympic games
but ! want tho boy from 10 :
~ be- good enough 10 stop hir noise at
tho time ana place that u judlGIouS
parent or friend may suggest, want
The boy from s to ~ 10 be Just ~ Will,
INK and SWIFT to run crran1e for his
mother and a8 ready 10 tear his clothes
climbing u chorry tree for her Ms 10
climb u maple tree for rum ! want "A
boy from ~ 10 10 10 DO smart enough
10 know thnt hiH adolcsCcnt passions
mn Nt A AL 81.
rolRn NJ loving parents and teacher
and the Kindly counsel Of frlcndp,
whose mischief win not bo malicious
nor harmful ana whose studies arc
provided m the course NJ school, n
boy from ~ 10 q who viii not run In
crooked paths nor jump NJ conclusions
nor dive into polluted waters nor strike
AZ his own manhood
~ want this boy 10 have Ms clothes
neat hs shoes shnod, hlH hands ana
face clean, his hair combed and ho
oblo to look any ono IN tho oye with
a clear conscience,
"1horo is the boy whom nobody
wants lie doesn't stop hiR racket when
told, nor MIS- chnac Gov the butterfly un.
m that innocent creature is Impalled
ON "a PIN nor como down from tho
tree until ho has destroyed every
birds nest there, and leaves the cher.
rIcg Tor some other 20 pick and the
ruands Tor others to run Tho re-
Nrainls ol homo are too great ana his
oOr " stopped 10 the counRels N ALL
Ito IN running faster a. destruction,
lcnpIng over tho grief ana love Of his
mother dylug deer into Tho abyss Of
Woe and striking his best friends IN
the futo Nobody wants this boy
There ia no competition tor him NJ all
only BY me down Eyon tho saloon
makes no bid for him longer II knows
hlr days urr fcw ana worthless, and
hia presence would disgrace his place
of business driving away the other boy
who has some promise " life and
money Win u degree OF rospectNblllty
"NovortholcgG I represent an lnsttu,
ton witch wants this boy ! am
aware That II rs hard proposition
but tho doyll shall not have him n II
can 100 hclncd II the boy VIII give his
consent The church " our Lord Jesus
christ viii take the boy nt whatever
stage he IL, ana present him ~ tho
master who BY the graco " God tast,
cd death for every man. and who VIII
PIT Ills spirit I'm me hoy ana take
away the old stony ladon heart ana
give him n heart Of love ana obedience
ana mike eff him boy That every.
body will want
AS lhoro urc hut two bidders surely
I ouRhl 10 stand q fair chance, Here
N the dcyil'a bid Pain, misery guilty
conscience, degrcdRtIon the pleasures
some Of thcm.aof this world which
perish with tho using, a say time SOW.
INK Wild oats and n hot lno roapInR
thatg and finally dfnth
Here IA the bid which I nm author.
lsod 10 make, A clean heart, the abld.
ing comforts Of mn approving con,
Rcioncc, pleasures that are lasting lIfo
eternal and the fellowship Of the good
ana blessed forever