Arizona republican., 1910-06-06
ADDRESS BY
 MIR. CEREAL baCCd|aureale Services Al
 Normal Auditorium SEARCH AFTER HAPPINESS" l. Subject of the Pastors In spring Address, Good the Natural and Neces- sary Object of Mans Pursuit
SEARCH AFTER HAPPINESS"

The baccalaureate services of the
 normal were held last evening at the
 normal auditorium and were largely
 attended. The order of services was as follows: Invocation. Rev Wilbur Fisk; chorus, Unfold, Ye Portals Gounod; scripture reading. Rev. John
 Harden; chorus, Gloria" Twelfth
 Mass. Mozart; address, Rev. R. l.
 Creal; benediction.
 ! Rev.sMr. Creal, taking for his sub
 ject, "The Search After Happiness, ''
 from Pl 34:9, delivered an eloquent
 and inspiring address. He spoke, in
 part. as follows:
 Good in one shape or another. either
 real or apparent, true or false is the
 natural and necessary object of mans
 pursuit. He can no more cease to persue it than suspend his vital re- spiration. But here his great misfor- ' tune is that whilst he is a short ] sighted fallible being, he must choose
 for himself among a great variety of
 deceitful object. all decorating them selves with the name and appearance of good. Observation of his fellow men only serve to bewilder and de-
 
 the high road of ambition, another
 into the by-pathS of literature. One abandons himself to giddy pleasure, another to the pursuit of sordid gain. Each trivial advantage of life is the object of admiration just as caprice or passion happens to rule the judg
 ment of the hour. Tn this uncertaini- ty and bewilderment his desires are constantly breaking forth into new and painful excursions.
 Therefore the interesting question arises: 'Is there such a thing as the first good?" The answer is in the af- frimative since we know that God has not given this appetite in vain. There is within the precints of human life a first and primary good which can supply every other and furnish quietuS for the restless ambitions of the human heart. Then let us search diligently for it, and thereby end all doubts and distractions about good, | and enter at last on that long sought l path which leads to our essential hap i piness. And to facilitate the discovery i of this good let us provide and carry with us a simple and adequate criter- l ion. This I think we will find in two i obvious qualities, qualities which such I a good must necessarily possess. It must be permanent: it must be, ade- quate. It must be permanent or else it can not hold first place in the mind and heart of a being who is by nature and forecasting; it must be adequate in that it is equal to his capacity since he can repose but in ..Tk k,s.. | Therefore let us put the test to the various advantages of life and see if we can find that primary good which can insure our complete happiness.
 First-One of the greatest blessings )f life is that of health. strength and all their attendant qualities. Are hese adequate? Do they satisfy the leart? The sick man, indeed, on his weary couch and the decrepit man Inder his load of years conceives that he return of health and vigOr is all { hat is necessary to secure felicity. $ But this is a mere delusion. He who las lost these advantages sighs for { hem, but he who possesses them feels s hem not They are mere prelimin { ries to the enjoyment of the other l blessings of life and are no longer g eld in probable security than they ( re overlooked and forgotten. As to heir permanency the answer is equal . 7 brief. They are precariOus almost ,- 9 proverb. The accident of II may convert the soundest III edith into an incurable disease, and III
 few days sickness may reduce iant health to the level of infant eakness. These advantages will not leasure up to our criterion There ,re we must pass to something else. Second-Many rush into light frivo- ties But are these permanent? ? HI othing is more durable than the M ibstance upon which it is founded. N nd l believe we are all agreed that III lis really is only momentary giddi- U ess and not real happiness. It lasts , longer than the momentayy charm. = either are they adequate. They have = magic influence which often leads IF to repeat the folly of our first par 1t who, seeing the fruit was beau- IN 'ul to the eye. did eat thereof and II 1t us to mourn the consequences of III 1T act. ilI The first impression is powerful. M 1t is proportionally evanescent II ence we soon learn to undervalve MI ose delights which vanish and die II
 their very birth and are purchased II
 the price of long hours of listless- H ss and langour. Hence let us give III IT attention to something of more II omising stability. III we not find this pri- .