Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-06-03
GRADUATES OF
GRANITE DISTRICT
commencement Exercises Held
TINS Rooning "a STAKE
tabernacle.
,oossss BY NspHI jENsoN
m worh and pc'crm'na'''n 'h'
p, ,',,cc Hiding factor I" career OF
uso--u,cs Of >d'cr'i'y'

m,1yetng exercises of the
III" ,.,ri,t schools were held IN
Granite stake tabernacle TO-DAY
p ar,ss to the graduates was de-
"a by Nephl Jcnson' AR Jensen
ai' ,,sust % 1901.
me congregational westinghouse
,oVn of Hanover \. H. Daniei
~ ~. - received his diploma Of grad
W.. which conferred upon him the
- ~ bachelor Of arts. AZ tho
,.o Of the commencement exercises
.,.r with some OF his class mates
~ an, onto the college green. UNI
-, Al, dlploma tore IL TO shreds ana
iolcv i ~, rs he scattered the pieces on
t ~. ,r1ss. INV industry may make me
Inc ,,,an Int this miserable parch-
great hal v"'
"ra,is Webster on that occasion ex-
DaS the true spirit of commence
P'nt.-a craving for growth, depend
- ON work, and determination.
shnse constitute the great TRINITY OF
saccess qualities. They nave hhdue
suaoe,s musicians, scholars, lawyers,
le , MN and soldiers. Desire coupled
..',S worry and determination has built
~, NV io"omotlyes the steam ships, made
uS.,,;clty the bearer of human
.'ansh, and written all the history OF
'Now abideth these three, desire.
.a,k and determination, but the
greatest Of the three Is desire. TEL
~ vrbat man desires and | VIII tell
,'oa what he is. II he Graves whisky
he will be a slave bound by chains
stronger than can be made OF either
nan or steel II he Graves cigarettes,
h. Will be q serf who confesses every
time he takes a smoke that drop
n nicotine Is his master II he loves
40 ali his WAYS will be ways of de-
csit and cunning, and his heart will
nal know the Joy Of beating true. If
he Graves the impure, his soul will be
rsnkered and his heart a loathsome
eesspool. But If he Graves culture.
honesty. truth and purity his lips will
rtter words that are like apples OF
.gold In pictures of silver his heart viii
neat time with the music of heaven,
and the peace that passeth all under
standing will hover about him all the
days Of his life.
POWER OF DESIRE.
Christ the greatest OF all teachers.
understood the power of desire and ex-
pressed II tersely in these words:
Blessed are those who hunger and
thirst after righteousness for they
shall be filed"
Notice that word thirst" 1t is the
Iame Of the strongest physical crav-
ing Real intense thirst makes you
forget absolutely all other desires.
When We shall have developed a crav-
ing within US for the good, the true and
me pure that amounts to a thirst"
We will follow the right course Just
Is surely as the magnetic needle points
70 The north star.
WORK BRINGS GREATNESS.
But Il Is not enough that we crave
ami desire things. II wishes were au-
tomobiles the auto factories would
have to work overtime. We must not
only prophecy a future for ourselves
but We must work to fulfll the pro-
pheoy. Dreaming is alright at night
hut IL is not very profitable in the
day time Air castles are beautiful
hlngs TO think about but houses with
cement foundations are best to live in
everything we see teaches the great
lesson Of work IL Is the lesson taught
y the dow drop that glIstens in the
lest OF the flower. by the tender bud
mat expands and grows. by the tiny
Dee rat gathers sweetness for you and
me- The life OF every great man was
made great by work Whether YOU
write a poem or dig a ditch. paint a
picture o. saw wood II is all the same.
u taxes work TO do il.
commencement implies work. II
means activity, movement. progress
! means to face the future with high
nope and determination that knows
no turning back. II means to do, and
WAY ~, VI the living present. Had Daniel
Wooster written final on the 26th
Jay Of August. 1901 instead Of COM
Ioencement' there would not have
come down 10 as as a priceless legacy.
inc greatest American grafton: and
anerlcan hearts would never have been
untitled by those matchless words
Liberty and union now and forever
one and inseparable."
Never say thus FAR and no farther"
nl' win heart and soul excIaim "on-
nhd and upward forever" BE not of
me class who say See what I have
zone but rather one OF those who say
can ana viii" The first are slug
snus me last are geniuscs. The first
sn 50 busy telling about what they
nave done that they don't have any
ulf 70 DO any thing; the last saw little
~ saw wood. Work while Il is today;
~. last counts for nothing. Deeds
''"s 1'e good and cannot be undone
USES OF ADVERSELY.
diversity Is the prosperity Of tho
s.sat Genius win struggle, rise and
o,Sne without opportunities. While
s'.sI french writer's were hunting FOR
- su m subject to write about. Vic
az hugo picked up galley slave with
~ ' i on MS limbs and the marks Of
tsr. ~, on MS back and made him the
v,a" oI Les Miserables. one Of the
S''"'s' novels ever written. So mas