Arizona republican., 1910-05-30
AN ADDRESS
To STUDENTS
"A High School BaCca|auP-
cate Sermon
THE SUCCESSFUL LIFE
Mr.. James w. LeSeuer
Points Out to the Pupils
What is Success and How
1t is to Be Attained
THE SUCCESSFUL LIFE

James W. Lesueur last night at the
High School auditorium delivered the
following baccalaureate sermon on
! The Successful Life" to a large au-
! dience, all the churches of the city
J having dismissed their evening serv-
| ices
/ His sermon was as follows:
And unto one he gave five talents.
! to another two and to another one;
to every man, according to his several
ability. Matt. 25:15.
The Great Teacher, in giving in
| struction TO the world. uses the para
| bic of the talents to show us those
who are pursuing the successful way
! Of life. All are blessed with talents.
| some more than others. One class
uses their endowments to great adj
vantage. thus increasing their powers
to do good, Another does a little in
/ life. advancing little i'm ability. A
third class does nothing for fear of
losing that which they have. Their
talent is taken away from them and
! given to another.
That there will come a time when
all shall give an account before the
1 Great Tribunal above of the proper or
improper use of their talents no
Christian will deny. In our aspira-
tons we should bear that solemn fact
in mind.
"A young man came to a professor
of a distinguished continental univer-
city, with a smiling face. and informed
| him that the long and fondly cherished
desire of his heart was at length full
filled his parents mad given their
consent to his studying the profession
| of the law. For some time he contin-
ued. explaining how he would spare
no labor or expense i'm perfecting his
education. When lie paused, the old
man, who had been listening to him
with great patience and kindness, gen
tly said We'll, and when you have
finished your studies, what do you
mean to do them Then ] shall take my
degree answered the young man. And
them asked the venerable friend
And then continued the youth, L
shall have a number Of difficult cases
and shall attract notice and win a
great reputation And them repeated
the holy man. Why. then replied the
youth, I shall doubtless. be promoted
10 some high office in the state And
then? And then pursued the young
lawyer I shall live in honor and
wealth and look forward to a happy old
age And then? repeated the old man.
And then said the youth, and then
and then-aud then | shall die" Here
the venerable listener lifted up his
voice and again asked with solemnity
and emphasis. And them Whereupon
the aspiring student made no answer.
and cast down his head. and in
thoughtfulness retired The last And
them had pierced his heart like
sWOrd-had made an impression which
he could not dislodge
The student who aspires to go the
successful way of life should not be
needless of those Christian qualities of
noble man and womanhood exemplified
by the Redeemep of the world. He
should always remember that there Is
a day of reckoning and would follow
up his plans with the And them
There are milestones in the lives of
successful men and women which indi-
cate the progress they are making in
Iife's journey. There are none more i'm
portant than the day of ones gradua
ton from a temple of learning. To
some extent the future of the grad
yates can be foretold by the application
or the lack of effort in their school
days.
In this age of progress education
is undeDiably necessary for the sue
cessful life of usefulness. Learning
not only qualities in the field of bust
ness leading on to financial supremacy, 1
but it is a help TO the useful citizen in
the performance of those duties which
make him a benefactor to his race
Then, too. that man is happiest who can
have an active well-informed mind for
u companion.
Daniel Webster says: knowledge
does not comprise all that is contained
in the large term of education. The
feelings are to be disciplined. the
passions are to be restrained, true and
worthy motives are to be inspired; "A
profound religious feeling is to be in
stilled and pure morality inculcated
under all circumstances. All this is
comprised in education.
Success comes only to those who
have the right view of life. Many seem
ingly successful lives are no less than
huge failures Education only helps