The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-01-09
Prof: ]. W. Guthrie Talks
Gives Interesting Address at the
New Grand Sunday Evening

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New Grand Sunday Evening
Supt. Guthrie of the Sisseton
Public Schools was greeted with
a large audience at the Grand
theatre Sunday evening. The
topic on which Mr.. Guthrie ad.
dressed the Mems Christian
and Civic Association was "The
Value of Decision" After cit
ing three instances where mems
decisions greatly changed the
future courses, not only of their
own lives but that of countless
others, namely Caesars crossing
the Rubicon, Pres. w. G. Brown
of the New York Central Rail
road while young in railroad
service sacrificing himself to
protect railroad property, and
Billy Sundays decision to de-
sert the baseball field and give
himself to the service of Christ,
Mr.. Guthrie explained psyche
logically the different processes
which take place in the mental
state before decision is reached.
We all consist of two beings,
mental and physical, and are
affected through the avenue of
the senses by the conditions ex-
isting in the outside world. Some
of the attributes of the mind are
attention, memory, emotion;
the actions of the mind are
thinking, feeling and willing to
do and the will follows as a re-
suit of the first two actions.
There are five kinds of action,
sub-conscious reflex action, con-
scious reflex action, impuisive
action, instructive action and de.
Lucrative action. Preceding
an act of the will there is
usually desire, consciousness
of choice and deliberation.
Decision completes deliber.
alton and is the hardest
part Of the voluntary process.
There is an old saying that the
road to here is paved with good
intentions. The saddest failures
in life are those which come
from not putting forth the will
to do after voluntary decision
has been made. Due delibera.
tion ought to proceed all import.
ant decisions, and then decision
must transform itself into action.
The men who have left their
mark in the world have been
men of prompt decision. The
stranded wrecks of men of bril-
liant ability but who have wanted
faith, courage and decision are
to be found everywhere. The
business world has no patience
with indecision but it listens to
the man who makes a decision
and follows it with definitenes of
aim and with all his powers con-
centrated upon that aim.
At this time when New Years
resolutions occupy the attention
of most people. Mr.. Guthrie
urged the men and women of
Sisseton to decide for more up
right lives, for a cleaner and
better community, for consid-
Grafton of the Father and Son.
movement which aims to bring
about a closer, relationship be-
tween parents and children re-
sulting in the moral uplift of
both, and last of all to consider
the words of Joshua And if it
seem evil unto you to serve the
Lord, choose you this day whom
ye will serve; but as for me and
my house, we will serve the
Lord"
J The music of the evening was
led by a double quartet, and the
special musical number was a
solo by Mrs. P. H. Brown which
was greatly enjoyed. Miss
Hannah Rask acted as accom-.
panist.
Next Sunday evening DR..
Geo. w. Nash of the Northern
Normal and Industrial school OF
Aberdeen will deliver the adj
dress at the New Grand theatre,