The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-31
IA. JAS. {. TALMAGE
TALKS TO STUDENTS
Delivers BaccaIaureate Sermon
i'm Fortieth Annual Com
mencement Exercises.
ASSEMBLY HALL HOLDS
INTERESTED AUDIENCE
DR.. Talmage Has for His Sub
iect Failure and Success"
The Programme.

Inc torOeth annual commencement
exercises Of the University of Utah
were held at tho assembly hall Sunday
evening, The exercises were opened
with the hymn, GLOW Lovely Are the
Messengers by the University choir,
after which Professor George Nj, Mar
shall offered the invocation. Or. James
Edward Talmage preached tho bacca-
laureate sermon. Other numbers on the
programme were the vocal solo, "Thou
Light OF My Soul by Miss Hazel
Barnes, and the national air, Amer
ica," by the congregation. The bene-
dlction was pronounced by Professor
William G. Ebaugh.
The exercises were well attended, the
assembly hall being comfortably filed
with the students of the university and
their friends. The subject of DR. Tai
images sermon was Failure and Sue
cess lie said in part:
We are met here as friends on this.
The inauguration of the commencement
season OF your career. ! confess IN spite
OF the objection offered BY many, ilke
the term given 10 these exercises, II
tells OF days to come. of hope. OF de-
terrlinat ton OF energy in the days before,
OF days in which you viii have 20 con-
tent yourself with the thought; haNe
ever went out 10 battle with more open
avowed intention to seek opportunity 1or
success than you who leave the uuiVer-
sity equipped with the advantages OF Il
college education.
Trophy Is Success.
The trophy for which you strive is
success: hut In measuring success arc
we sure OF our standard: sure that what
We have called success Is Indeed so, TINS
Is n time Of imitation, a time OF raise
prctcnscS. Too often we judge success
by improper standards, too often We
strive after ideals that are far from
The best: consequently VIC form wrong
opinions of the lives OF our neignborS-
Growth Is too often mistaken for devcl-
opmcnt. and greatness for bigncss. There
Is n great difference. Growth is an IN
crease of stuff: development Is the true
growth of power. THIS country Is prolific
iu the production Of big men; great men
are not nearly so comnon 49,.
In the achievement OF success tnere
arc many factors. In the first place,
develop in your souls irustfullness: one
of the sins of the day is the lack OF trust
proved otherwise. They belong 10 the
same family as YOU: they are striving
after the same great ideals. Judge them
mercifulIy charitaNly. If you hope 10 be
so Judged by them. Trust the world and
the world VIII trust you. BE true 70
the ideals YOU have conceived, honor
them respect them and nod TO ihe,ns
have more respect for the heathen who
is true to his idol than for the ciVinzeu
hypocrite. processing 20 be Christian.
commend unto You an an ,.o,ltsUi;5tE atrulstic
day by day. BE honest because II Is
right to be honest. The adase. Honesty
is the best policy has. done more harm
than good Honesty is no matter OF
policy. I donbt if the man who said that
really were honest The man who is
honest on policy will turn to dishonesg f ;,Ig
whenever he considers II best Tor the
subscrvicnce OF his purpose.
What Success Depends Upon.
Our success consists in the service We
can offer 20 the community OF which
we form q part, on the good we can
develop III others. But we cannot be
we must have health and strength; we
must develop the physical, the intellec-
tual. and the spiritual man, ior tncse
three constitute the soul. the real man.
In measuring success, are we sure our
standards OF success are the true ones.
] am fu!l OF sympathy for the man who
failS. ] pity the man who mas never
;ailcd: he knows not the taste Of tile
sweet fruits OF success. For him VINO
tries and fails / have the great honor:
for Il is better thousand fold TO fan
in q worthy cause than TO succeeded III
DO not lose faith in your fellows, for
if YOU do, you will lose the faith in your
self We may become friends or enc
mics 10 oursclvrs and aid our success OF
failure. as the case may ne. Respect the
sanctity Of solitude. What kind OF com
paDions are Eou lpr AourScil- " llal
kind OF preparation have you made Tor
tho reception OF your own soul. in which
"a portion OF your time must he passed.
II you do not succeed YOU VIII have
no one Ia blame but yourselves, because
YOU are entering ppon your work under
most plea sing circumstances. Strive 10
increase the standard OF greatness,
which is the standard Of goodness, Strive
To make yourself valuable TO the inst-
tuition that has done so much for You-
And | give unto you this admonition:
'.Now, therefore. he MP and doing and
the Lord i.i.l nc with thcc.