Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-13
This Governor 5 Club
Wants to Help all Men

I titude to the mediocre, and below. To
| the man busy with the days duties
! and sometimes harassed, suddenly
| come the spirits of liquor and tobacco
| with promise of temporary relief. Then
| oftimes follow humiliation. loss OF pow
| er, weakness, and back to the SOIL.
| There is widespread belief that these
clements have a we'll defined purpose In
| the human economy. il there be q f1Neu
law of moderation and absolute limit.
But man ordinarily has no fixed rule
| OF procedure and so. many times day
| a wireless whisper suggests drink ana
| a cigar. Perhaps congcnial friends re-
| count happy days of old and mellow up
| with n drink every now and then
with no control by the governor Hurt
| follows because the little devils found
| the governor asleep and stung. not the
| governor" (you can't sting him), but
| his physical machine, the human body.
The purpose of the Governor club"
is to equip its members to dominate
and rule instead of being ruled. Only
by ruling can man gradually grow into
the god his Creator and friends planned
for him. Any man can do better work,
retain his won position, enjoy health.
assure prosperity, generally live to
good old age and build the character he
aspires to by becoming the absolute
ruler and subjecting the opposing
forces to his government. In order to
establish. and maintain. self govern
ment by the members OF this cluD, IL
is necessary to define maximum to be
fixed entirely by the member himself.
with IL penalty for taking the alterna-
tive, and yet leave the member free to
follow his bent, until experience sately
lights the pathway"
1t will be observed that in drafting
the agreement, care has been exercis-
ed to avoid a fixed cast-iron pledge
as to the limit of use. having In mind
the spots OF human weakness, which
appear from time to, time. The agree
ment does fix rnle of practice With
an alternative. 1t is thus drawn to
avoid possibility of that soaring. as
from the fires of hell. which is the
penalty for breaking a covenant with
ones higher self.
1t is important that some humilia-
tion follows the act of weakness shown
by neglecting the rule and descending
to the alternative.
The earnest governor VIII not per-
nit this to occur often, and hence the
contributions to charity are not likely
to be large. Nevertheless, SO long as
men are human, it is difficult to live
constantly quite up to ones ideal.
Liberty, restricted by we'll balanced
intelligence and in control of ones
ONh RONCihOt, oiSio tuS pcSt SOlutlOu.
The man who becomes a member of
the Governors club takes a position
as Governor" first of self and natur-
ally of environment and things. He
must abide by the agreement with his
fellows and himself and cannot prosti-
tute the higher self by any deviation
from his agreement for he comes to
know that his own lord, ruler, ac-
cusor and executioner resides within
himself-a friend who Furnishes and
who rewards. whom he cannot avoid
or deceive. If he cares for comfort,
peace. health, and happiness, he will
keep faith with his higher self. It
pays to be a consistent member of
the Governors club. A report of the
managers and an accurate state
ment of disposition of funds Will be
sent each member annually.