The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-01
SALT LAKE AND
STATE NEWS
GRADUATES HEAR
DR.. j. e. TALMAoE

: The fourteenth annual commence
\ ment exercises OF the University be
ray, last evening with the baccAau
reate sermon at the assembly hall, by
4, DR.. James E. Talmage. The program
I, Of the evening was as follows:
Hyi,n, How Lovely Are the Mos.
/ seneers" .. Mendlessonn
University Choir.
Invocation Prof. Geo NJ. Marshall
Solo, Thou Light Of My Sour ~;
Miss Hazel Barnes. 1t
DR.. Talmage's address was on the
theme OF Success and Failure" he
said in part:
| Tho trophy for which you are str1v-
| ing is success But In measuring sue
cess we must be sure OF our standard.
Too often we Judge success by improp-
er standards; too often we strive for
/ ideals far from the best This is a
day of imitation and false pretenses.
Growth is too often mistaken for de-
yelopment. Growth is only an in
crease OF stun while development is
the real growth of power. Our great
| country is full OF big men; but great
men are not so plentiful.
In tho accomplishment or success
there are many factors that govern
our progress. You must in the frst
place. develop within your souls truth
fulness and honesty Consider men
good till you find them otherwise;
fudge with charity. Your fellows be-
long to the same family as you do, and
are striving after the same ideals.
Nd W
ed. Be true 10 the ideals you have
received, respect them and stick TO
them. | have much more respect for
the heather who Is true to his wood
en- idol, than have for the professed
civilized Christian who is none other
rnap a hypocrite.
We are individuals In our commu-
nifty, and our success is by the good
we can do the community. by the good
We can develop in others. Wet must
be developed evenly IL we succeed;
the real man Is developed in the ply
eical, the intellectual, and the spirit
ual. We have the man VINO knows
himself. the man as he is known by
is known by his God. Man has the
power to shape his own environment,
and make circumstances a minister
in his development Though have
sympathy for the man who fails. i
am sorry for the man who knows not
failure; he has never tasted the sweet
fruit OF success. For him who tries
and falls, I have the greatest honor,
for 1t Is better thousand fold to fail
In noble cause than to succeed in an
unworthy one. THE man VINO falls
and still fights on Is a twin born broth
er of mine" But do not fail in the
same way many times. Let your fall
ures be stepping stones TO a greater
and grander success. w
Many of go through life lamenting
the passing Of the good old days.
while others sit and wait for the good
times to come. Put those thoughts
aside, by friends, the good time, the
best time is here aud now. You have
no time to weep over what is lost in
the past. no time to dream over what
Is to come. o.
Do not lose faith in your fellows,
for In so doing you lose faith in your
selves. We may become friends or
enemies of ourselves. and thus help
our success or failure, as the case
may be, Have. respect for the sanctity
OF your own solitude. What sort Of
companion are you to yourself? What
preparation have you made for the re,
cepuon of your own SOUL In which
a portion of your time must be spent?
The world today needs men of re-
ligion. Religion not church; conduct
In life, not creed II wants men who
carry their religion into their business
and politics; men whose religion is
part Of their being. Religion Is neces.
sary TO world development, and we
can't get along without it.