Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-05-30
SUCCESS
IN LIFE
DR.. Markland Preached
Splendid Sermon to
Graduates
From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays daily.
Rain does not dampen the ardor of
sweet girl graduates even II 1t does
take the stiffness out OF pretty new
gowns. Hence the full class Of twenty
two girls and boys were In attend
ance at the baccalaureate sermon at
the Presbyterian church last evening.
And. again, rain failed to deter sew
eral hundred men, women and chill
dren from attending. the seating ca
pacity In both auditorium and lecture
room being occupied.
The graduates first met at the resi-
dence of Mr.. and Mrs. w. ]. Forsyth,
two doors from the church, and en-.
tered the church in body during
the professional, being given reserved
seats in the center row. Then came
singing by quartet composed of
Messrs. Armstrong. Lake, Buck and
Ayres, followed by Scripture reading
by Rev. Mr.. Grace of the Methodist
church, chorus by the choir OF young
ladies. prayer by Rev. Mr.. Morell of
the Presbyterian church, and solo
by Mrs. George Spangler. This part
OF the program was highly entertain
Ing. the singing by the male quartet,
the choir of young ladies' and Mrs,
Springler being specially charming.
Rev. w. L. MARYLAND was then in.
troduced and for an hour talked to
the class of 1907" bringing out much
that should be remembered through
life by not only the class but all
others present. Mr.. Markland took
for his subject Elements of Success
in Life" with the Introductory that
there were two very important events
In every mans life-birth and death.
In the first place the speaker illustrat.
ed and gave definitions from high au-
thorities Of what constitutes success.
Success. according to Webster, "is
a favorable termination of an effort"
Ruskin says He only is advancing
In life whose heart is growing softer.
whose brain quicker and whose spirit
is entering into living peace"
Longfellow puts it this way: at
IL doing whatever we can do well, and
doing we'll whatever we do, without
anne or reward
When have we reached the high
est point of success" asked Mr.. Mark
land. and then answered by Anyone
ia too low who is capable OF going
higher" The speaker referred to the
life Of great men--the success with
which they met-Moses, David, Steph-
en-. Washington. Lincoln. Grant, STAN
ley. Moody. Talmage. Webster and
others too numerous to mention. We
are not born successful, but in the
language Of the poet
Lives OF great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime
And departing leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time"
Then followed a few axioms which
we condense:
ndustry-improve the moments.
God never used lazy man.
Opportunity rings the doorbell and
Is gone around the corner before the
sluggard is out of bed.
Some people watch for things to
turn up and others go out and turn
things up.-Grant
Three things come not back-a
spoken word. a sped arrow, a lost op-
pcrtunity.-Hazellette.
The speaker illustrated Improving
the moments and made 1t clear how
our time should be occupied. Also
the lazy man." The lazy man com.
plains that luck is against him. In
dustry Is a safeguard against bad
luck. Good intentions will not win
any one thing. 1t is action. One
read:
Here lies a man OF good inten-
Ions" Had never accomplished any
hing, but his intentions were good.
What good was he to himself or
nankind7
Then digest the epitaph on James
/. Garheld's headstone:
'Life's race well run;
LIES work well done;
LIES victory won,
Then comes rest
Mr.. MARYLAND admonished the class
, do their best In small things and
aat will unlock the door into greater
,ings. God II always looking for a
stter place for man and woman. Life
epends largely on what we do with
ir spare moments.
We are but minutes use US well.
per hours We are used we must one
day Tell,
10 uses minutes has hours TO use,