The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-14

| the right way is In your hands. do not
say TO yourselves. what Is the harm, hut
rather. what js the best road now open
10 me, What is The best ideal l can work
for.
| Aim high and you will reach high You
may not reach the goal dreamed of. for
every man has his limitations; but high
purpose, ardently desired and constantly
worked for, Is sure To carry YOU TO some
Kind OF success, and perhaps to success
greater than the one aimed at Aim at
| the highest success which the world can
give, provided you Intend To deserve it
to be In 1 Your private life what You want
reach success not by crooked and un-
scrupu!ous means but by true worth of
character by ability by courage, energy
Yet there is success that must be
priced more highly than worldly success.
TO succeed before men is worthy of our
efforts, but to succeed before God tx far
more important. To deserve the esteem
OF mon by true worth of character and
BY real accomplishments is great indeed.
but II is greater TO deserve the esteem
OF our God and Master And how shall
We attain that success; how shall we
deserve the esteem OF God? BY fulfilling
purpose OF God; and II your life does not
whatever It may appear TO the eyes of
men Gods purpose In placing you here
on earth was that You should prepare
yourselves for the life To come. Your life
here below is an education for the life
beyond, In tho same way that your life
at the college has been an education for
the life In the world
Gods Expectation.
AS II was the aim OF your parents and
teachers while you were here to prepare
you for the career which you now
to enter. so. also. II is Gods expectation.
It Is the expectation of those who love
you and take interest in you, Il must
be your aim that the few years which
you have to spend on earth may be
training for the immortal life which you
shall soon enter. And how will you go
about this other and far more important
education? In the same way In which
you prepared yourselves for your earthly
fail YOU The care which now shall be
your lot. the vexatlons which you viii
have to stand even the tempta tIons which
VIII necessarily present themselves before
you, are the practice which God has APP
pointed for you. Let 1t do its work and
better men and better Christians,
And whatever may he your lot. what
ever the task that God may intrust TO
you. do II right, and do 1t with all your
might. II you can not do all you wish,
do all you can. IT Is In this manner that
will prepare yourselves for your endless
Then. never. forget the means which
our Lord set down the first condition
OF the really successful life. 'If thou
Wilt chter into life, keep the command
ments." While at college you had to
observe certain rules, certain regulations;
they were intended for your formation.
for your training. and their infraction
meant injury TO yourself and perhaps
God has imposed on YOU
TO observe them means
life and success to you. If you break them
you are not only falling short or Gods
expectations but injurins yourselves and
incurrinE the terrible penalty attached |
to sin. Life. then, is nothing but fall |
ure, and most disastrous failure.
Success and Happiness.
Cody life Will bring you success and
not only in the next life. but
here on earth. For Gods blessing will be
with you and on your work. Besides, the
world IS looking for men OF duty, men
true to their God. to their religion. TO
their fellow men. Characters of this |
stamp are rare and in demand; and the |
world itself. at least the better part of
IL. Is ready TO bcstow upon It's best re-
wards
In conclusion. ask yourselves the ques- |
tIon today. what is the ideal worth gy
Ing my life TO? Make up your minds you |
are going to fight for things worth the |
while. II YOU understand the value OF
II you have the right perspective OF mat
ters temporal and eternal. worldly pleas
ures and amusemeuts will sink into in
significance, wealth and worldly success |
VIII have their value. not as an end. but
as a means. You VIII aim higher-you
will aim at that success which contains |
all others, that success which alone
counts in the eyes OF God. that success
which Will bring you 10 the happiness
that shall never end. that success which
be a preparation. training. an educa- |
ion, for your immortal life in heaven.