Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-18
GOODNESS BASIS
OF REAL SUCCESS
Rev. Elmer L. Bess, Addressing
Broadway Mems Club, Tells
of Needed Qualities.
SACRIFICE is ESSENTIAL
Women Attend Supper and l.. ;. Nc
Cabe Is Elected President for
the Year.

The best meeting OF the entire year
for the Broadway Mems club was the
one held last night in the Sunday
school rooms of the Broadway Pres
byterian church The women were
guests of members of the club. II was
the annual meeting of the organiza-
ton. Only az this meeting are the wo-
men present Two hundred were sery-
ed at the supper at Z O'Clock.
At the program which followed the
supper hour A. D Sperry. president OF
the club for the past year. was toast
master Delightful musical selections
were rendered by the Friestat trio. con
sistfng of Mrs. Florence Friestat-Lee,
Miss Friestat. and Frank Friestat.
Rev. Elmer L. Bess, pastor of n"
First Presbyterian church al Clinton.
Iowa, was the speaker of the evening
His subject was Success" The quar-
tiles" said Rev. Bess, necessary for
success are. first, goodness; second
sacrifice. and third heart qualities.
There are few of us who are not attei
success. few of US who 40 not wish TO
attain fame and place our name high
in the rank, but there is a commenda-
bic way TO this success. and then again
there is a way which is not COmmenda-
BILE. but despicable, because of the man
ner of achievement. Napoleon was sue
cessfuI in making a name for himself
which will live down through the ages.
He had the desire for making a name
for himself and did il. but the way
which he used was despicable and
crafty.
POLITICIAN UNTRUTHFUL.
Many a politician says that he is
working TO serve for patriotism. He is
not telling the truth. for if he is modest
he viii say that he is working for am
bitfcu. II is impossible to disassociate
ambition from the real motive. But the
politician who is sincere and modest
aud patriotic will be successful, and
this kind is the one whose reward is
immortal
1T is an easy thing TO make name
that will be remembered. Nero, Ar
mold. Booth and other apostles of muir
der will be remembered but not IN
the right way. This is a different sort
of success. The anarChistiC sort of
success viii live, but not because of
good, which is the fundamental quality
for success. Goodness is a quality Of
success. The kind of goodness that
you can see in man when you look al
him-goodness, ordinary. common good
ness. that fills a man body and soul
that breates out from him in every &C
ton. and is a power: iI-- goodness will
bring Immortality Thy men have
been successful. bur ~ have attain
ed success through rotJenness and
undertaking. and this is not the kind
of success worth while. Sacrifice IS
the second quality necessary for sue
cess. Sacrifice that breathes out good
ness, but not the kind that overdoes or
the vicious kind.
Heart qualities make the third quail
fly requisite for success. knowledge
Is power but not as much of a power
as that which comes from the heart.
There is more success in the power of
faith and in love from the heart than
all other kinds Uur .uger her"
MIR. M'CABE -W PRESIDENT.
l. g. McCabe - asst night elected
president of the club. to serve during
the year bile ". : Parks. who
has since the organization of the broth
erhood been secretary and treasurer
and has served faithfully and well, was
nominated for the Office of president.
but after he had been elected he begged
that he be excused because of i'll