Arizona republican., 1910-05-30
ME- So DEPARTMENT
CHAS. r. Jo"E S
Manager

that class to carry on their ruinous
work with greater cunning and on
you who are to graduate win not bring
dish0nOr upon your alma mater, but
that your lives will be consecrated to
the service of mankind and the good of
the world in whatever pursuits you
may choose to follow.
William Jennings Bryan. the great
commenor we had the honor of enter
tanning, tells us that that education is
defective which so inflames ones van
ity or 50 shrivels ones heart as to Sc
parate him in sympathy from his fell
lows Education then should effect
the heart and make one unselfish, will
ing to DENY oneself for the good of
others An educated head should be
accompanied by an educated sympathe-
tic heart; otherwise the education is
faulty.
Says Swedenborg: 1T is Of no adj
vantage To man to know much unless
he lives according to what ne knows,
for knowledge has no other end than
goodness and he who is made good is
in possession of a far richer treasure
than he whose knowledge is the most
extensive and yet is destitute of good
ness; for what the latter is seeking
by his great requirements the former
already possesses
BY gaining a good education you
have your reward in the rich stores of
knowledge you have thus collected
mand. More valuable than earthly
treasure-while fleets may sink, store
houses consume, banks may totter and
riches flee, the intellectual investments
you have thus made will be permanent
and enduring. unfailing as the constant
flow of Niagara or the AmaZOn-a bank
whose dividends are perpetual, whose
wealth is undiminished, however fire.
quent the drafts upon it, which though
moth and rust may impair. yet thieves
can not break through nor steal
Nor can you be able to fill these
storehouses to their full. Pour into a
glass a stream of water and at last it
fills to the brim and viii not hold an
other drop, but you may pour into your
mind, through whole life time,
streams of knowledge from every con-
ceivable quarter. and not only shall it
never be full. but it will constantly
thirst for more, and welcome each
fresh supply with greater joy, nay
more to all around YOU may impart of
those gladdening streams. which have
SO fertilized your own mind, and yet,
like the candle from which a thousand
other candles may be lit without dimin-
ishing its flame. your supply shall not
be impaired. on the contrary your
knowledge. as you add to it will itself
attract still more as it widens your
field of thought. and thus will you
realize in your life the parable of the
talents. for to him that hath shall be
given
The beginning of wisdom Is to fear
God, but end of it is to love Him. says
Solomon. The highest learning is to be
wide. and the greatest wisdom is to be
good. The wise man looks forward
into futurity. and considers millions of
ages hence.
In all the walks of life we should
hold as sacred our honor. esteeminS
our word as of equal value with our
bend. dealing justly with one another.
anu MOI tAptNl SolHtliIiuS ltI lDtHlHS-
hat man who thinks the world owes
him living without his earning it is
grossly mistaken. One should expect
TO acquire only when an equivalent is
given. Most all of mans inhumanity
To man is traceable to the idea preva-
lent that reward should come with
out service being rendered therefor
We are told that if each one were so
perfectly under self-control and so at
tached to a high ideal as not 10 desire
more than just reward for his con-
tribution to the worlds welfare, socie-
ty would present a changed appear
ance.' The laborer would expect pay
for service rendered and would render
good service: the merchant would not
have a long list Of worthless accounts.
the purchaser would always get value
received and all would perform their
part in life's work. There would be no
poverty and extreme wealth would not
flaunt its millions throughout our fair
land. prosperity and happiness would
abound on every hand All could be
brought about merely by everyone
drawing from society i'm proportion as
he contributes to the welfare of socie-