The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-02
10 s. P EE R Y
ON OBJECT
OF LIFE
HE ADDRESSES THE PEOPLE OF
OGDEN VALLEY.
Things to he Condemned Which Do
Not Aid In the ExaItation
to Come.


Last evening conference of the
Mutual improvement Assns. OF Hunts
Vile was held Middleton ward adjOun1-
ed TO attend the Huntsville meeting.
The speaker was Joseph S. Peery. His
subject was the Object OF Life" and
he treated IT from a standpoint Of pre-
pairing for the future life He said
that most of humanity seem to be
missing the real object Of life Some
make 1t their especial purpose TO
worship the golden calf and to lay
up for themselves treasures on Garth.
They might attain their object. but
when they 80 to the other side the
realization of what they mad missed
in life would come to them with great
force. Others i've 10 win the ap-
plause OF men, The might attain
popularity, might attain great heights
in public Office but that fact would
not bring them contentment of the
spirit The public Is whimsical and
changeable. The office holders best
efforts must be better stlll He draws
attention to himself and this fact pro-
yokes envy and jealousy, His great
desire for reelection ends I'm disap-
pointment and oftentimes he becomes
a bUoken-heacted man
Then others I'm great number seem
to think that the main thing In life
is to have good time and they waste
years Of precious time in the pursuit
of pleasure
To live a life for the rewards and
pleasures of this life alone does not
bring the abiding and eternal JOY of
the spirit that we ell would like to
receive How shall we obtain this
everlasting peace that passeth all
understanding
The way is plainly pointed out I'm
the scriptures-to work the works OF
God while it is day"
This life is soon over II is of vast
importance in the plan of eternal pro-
gress, but it is n short link connecting
the pre-eXstent life with the future
life, Everything We do and say and
think and act In this life determines
our future existence This life Is a
school to prepare us for the future.
The Prophet Alma says. This life is
a probationary time to prepare us TO
meet our maker" Then how shall We
prepare in amassing this worlds goods
and living for the rewards and pleas
ures of this world? Or to do the will
of our Heavenly Father. to assist In
His work and to live for His glory?
The Mormon belief is that man
cannot be saved in ignorance, that he
Is saved just as fast as he gets intel
ligence but no faster. We cannot get
intelligence by forever killing time
in pleasure Intelligence does not
come without labor. To obtain II, like
obtaining anything worth having, we
must exert effort. We must study
the books and a good plan IS to make
IL a practice TO read a chapter of the
Bible every day, Make IL a habit to
study the gospel every day. Our poor
souls certainly need this daily food
and will delight IN receiving IT, Phil
lips Brooks. the Boston divine, tells
this need
Give us this day our daily bread
we pray,
And give us likewise, Lord, our daily
thought,
That our poor souls may strengthen
as they ought.
And starve not on the huskS OF
yesterday.
Read the StriptuTes every morning
and YOU viii find a help for that day
You viii find message that will COM
fort or correct you when needed and
lead and guide You through the temp
tations Of the day. These temptations
come TO all and will continue to come
while VIC live Lucifer the son OF the
Morning. has his hosts of spirits ar
rayed IN battle against US. and this
battle of the bad against the good Is
continuously being waged within and
around us Which influences will we
follow. the good Influences that lead
to eternal peace or the evil influences
that lead TO woe and misery and ruin?
I believe we would all like TO follow
and be led by the good influences.
How shall we do so? The question
is answered in the Book of Mormon
by Alma to his son Shiblon:
Humble thyself before the Lord
and call on His holy name and watch
and pray continually that we may not
be tempted above that which We can
bear. and thus be led by the Holy
Spirit, becoming humble. meek, sub
missive. patient. full of love and all
long-sUfferinG.'
We certainly do need the strength
and guidance Of the spirit. We are
all weak. all prone to do evil. ,l-ucifer
is much more intelligent than we He
has the intelligence of the pre-eXistent
life. which is now withheld from us,
while we are In this short probation
airy life of flesh We are privileged
to come here. TO take up our bodies
of flesh or temples of our spirits and
Lucifer is permitted TO try us and to
test the mettle in us TO see if we are
true or false to covenants we entered
into with our Father In Heaven be-
fore we came to this earth.
"Oh. how sad it VIII be II We are
found false 10 our better selves, How
sad II is TO fight the spiritual battle
and lose, AS Henri Van DYKE says.
The expression. Would that | had
done differently Is the confession
that the baltic has been lost which
might have been won"
We are told in the New Testament
that. The spirit will not always strive
with US" The saddest thing In the