The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-27
E X E R CI s E S
AT WEBER
ACADEMY
TWELVE HUNDRED WITNESS
COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM.
Address Is Delivered by Apostle Ly-
man and Apostle Mckay Pre-
eents Diplomas.

the commencement exercises at the
Weber Stake academy last night
President David o. Mckay presented
the diplomas to the twenty-siN gradu-
ates, and Apostle Francis Nj. Lyman
delivered the commencement address.
The attendance last night was the
largest ever recorded in the history OF
the academy.
Apostle Lyman's speech in part fol
lows,
You will notice that ! have chosen
as the subject Of my address to you,
The Treasures of the Future This
does not mean exactly what is meant
when we speak of successes in life or
of individual achievements.
Perhaps. In the beginning | ought to
tell you just what | mean by The
Treasures of the Future Treasure
is always associated in our minds
with something valuable. the thing we
most esteem, and upon which we be-
stow our affections. The real treas
ures OF the future are those things
which have an abiding value, which
multiply as years go on, and add to
that growing wealth which enTicheS
our lives and makes us better men
and women in the world.
Il ought to tell YOU first, however
| what Is a treasure 10 one man is very
often of little or no value TO another.
What one esteems highly and labors
asslduously to obtain. others regard ae
worthy of little or no effort. You Will
see, therefore, that after all the treas
ures Of life are peculiar TO the individ-
ual who seeks them. No two of YOU
today are looking forward to the same
life; your expectations. your hopes.
and your ambitions all differ accord
ing TO the peculiar natures with which
God has endowed you and the talents
He has given you to multiply, In one
respect our treasures are enjoyed by
all alike, They are valuable 10
us just in proportion to our powers of
appreciation. Those who are full OF
gratitude. whose thankfulness Is al
WAYS heartfelt Will have deeper ap-
probation than those who are un-
grateful Indifferent, and slothful.
This day will bring To the lives of
most Of you a complete change, You
are really beginning a life unlike that
which you have heretofore eSperienc-
I'd You may well call 1t the Com
nencement Day" From now on 1t
will be your duty to do for yourselves;
o help yourselves on in the world.
I will furthermore be your duty, II
OH are In the future to enjoy the full
ness of life. to help others. You have,
ho doubt, been looking forward with
lieh aims and great hopes: YOU have
cen in your Imagination many things
which YOU esteem the treasures or
fe. You want to do good. you have 1t
your heart TO do good, to be bless
ng to mankind. 1t Is the mission OF
he church schools to educate the
cart and 10 make education mean
more than ones own individual gains
nd prosperity.
There are some rules Of life which
have found throughout years OF ex-
,erience very helpful to me ] would
ike to give you some OF these rules
which | have here formulated In writ
hg
IL would like now to enumerate to
ou some OF those rules by which the
roblems OF life are solved. The best
ules are those which God has given
His children, and one of the first
eads. Honor thy father and thy
bother that thy days may be long
pon the land which the Lord thy
iod hath given thee You must
now, in some measure, that your
arents have made a great sacrifice
give YOU the opportunities which
on have so abundantly enjoyed, T,
lore than that, you know that they
ave watched you step by step with
ceilings Of admiration and love; they
ave In some measure left their own
yes, forgotten their own loves that
hey might enter more perfectly into
our joys and into your ambitions.
Fou will not know what that means.
erhaps. until some day when the
anne duty your parents have so cheer"
llly performed devolves upon you.
here are different ways In which
ou may honor your parents, butt tthere
only one sincere and. acceptable
ay and that Is to speak and act out
the fulnesS Of the heart Assumed
eference to parents. formal devotion
hich simply meets social demands
an never take the place of an abid-
he affection which every young man
nd every young lady should have for
leir parents. The young man and
oung woman who cannot truly appre
late father and mother can never
ppreciate other blessings of this
orld. Appreciation counts for sc
,uch, that when we lose II, wha'
hight be a treasure with 1t becomes
therwise valueleSs. =.
I'VE should carry our own troubles
a manly and womanly manner @her
|e are young and&pot throw then
pom our parents tocarry In thelr Ole
ge. We should not becloud then
yes by complaints. discomfort, envy
nd disappointment, We should Drlnt
their lives all the sunshine tha
outh can give, You should not &c
ut from this school room feeling ina
ecause your parents have carried yo'
bus far In life, have borne you
[oubles, and given you encourage
hent, that 1t is their duty to carr,
ou as long as they live. Some yonni
cople never cease to be burden U
heir parents Even when they ar
rec from financial want. they oltel
urden father and mother by theI
Isconteut, their murmurings, an
heir unhappy natures.
"There Is another rule In life
ey that opens the door to Cod ow
reasure house. To Adam and Eve ]
he Garden of Eden He said: g
orth. multiply and replenish IN
arth.' That divine command carrie
9TH 1t the obligation. the respons
ility hit of parentaee. You cannot e
ano that obligation and be trul
appy. Marriage is moro than th
ratification OF some fancy. 1t is
uty, and should be approached
he sense of an obligation which ever
oung man and every young woma
ives TO his Cod To the marriage
alton there come some of the be-
nd most enobllng thoughts that ey'
i'll the souls of men. There are mar
hings you cannot do well until att