The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-23
SOUND ADVICE
TO YOUNG MEN
Rev. Benjamin Young Points
Out Some Dangers.
GREED CAUSES DISHONESTY
EVIL TENDENCIES OF THE
STREETS OF THE CITY.

Rev. Benjamin Young preached last
night in the First Methodist church
the hrst of series of sermons to young
1nen- His topic was. Wanted. a Man. -
j. ON the text, Run We to and fro
through the streets of Jerusal lem and
see now if you can find a man.'-Jer.
v, l. He said, in part:
We live in an on-rushing age Some
o. the leaders in commercial enter
pTises do not profess complete sancti-
Tcation. There are temptations to be
oNer-rea ching; to take undue advan-
faSe of another; to stretch "A fact if il
viii sell the goods. There is too much
HdulteratiOn in life. Short weights and
cut rates and adulterated foods just
now are helping to create n very lively
question at Washington. So there is a
cry FOR plain everyday honesty. 1t is
not honest 10 cheat. It is not honest
To miSreDTesent. II is not honest to be
GIN a new business with closing out
sale. Honesty is the best policy The
universe is built that way To believe
any other way viii be fatal TO success.
There is likewise a call for purity.
This is power That was an in1Dor-
tant charge to Timothy. Keep thyself
pure In this consciousness of purity
there is strength. There is a demand
Tor men, who are clean in thought and
81 word. Men have become SO reck-
II IS that walking along the streets it
Is necessary to have ear-stoppers On
prominent street corners of this city
in the presence of children and where
ladies could Overhear them / have
feard men utter the most frightful
o&ths. This is one of the crying evils
o. the streets of this city. Does an
oath add any emphasis to speech2 Is
the character of a man enhanced there
BY Is a citizen on the street adver-
Using the merits of this CITY hv the
use of foul language? Underneath the
sisn. Do not spit on the sidewalks
Iisere ought to be printed. Don't swear
On the streets. If physical we'll being
demands the enforcement of one. moral
Well being demands the enforcement
e the other. This discussion reaches
out into the varied realms of life. There
j. a demand as never before for up-
Iight. incorruptible manhood
There is a demand for thinking men.
we are apt to take too much for
granted. We are too ready to accept
things on authority. This is an era
OF the demagogue and the special
pieader- 1 do not deny that we must
10 a large degree depend upon the in
Ncstlgations of others. There can be
10 system of education without this.
however. we ought to cultivate indie
pendent thinking. Such exercise bring
Clscernment and sound wisdom and
sometimes gives one the power Of pre-
d'ction- Do not be simply a machine.
81 autOmatOn. but use the brains with
which God has equipped you and know
things and solve problems for yourself
Men acknowledging the sovereignty
o. conscience are wanted. Men brave
enough to stand always and every
were by the right are wanted. There
Is A demand for hearty 1len: for men
With broad sympathies who are quick
- respond to the appeal of the unfor-
tunate and the distressed. There are
too many ready for a trifie to push men
over the brink into the pit. We talk
about the brotherhood but talk is
cfeap- We get some compliments for
excellent remarks on the topic, but this
world needs less talk and more work
! GU ought not to talk it unless you
work it"