The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1921-10-20
RELIGIOUS TRAIN
ING AT B. Y. C.



valleys young men and women. l
say in a intimate manner, for a re-
ception of students and teachers at
the beginning of a promising school
year is always an occasion for that
frank, open, hearty good will which
rarely fails to give the observer an
insight to what is characteristic in
all who take part In this time hon
ored means of getting together, there
is the significant warmth of the
handshake, the vibrant tones of the
voice. the flash of the eye. the smile
and banter, and later the general
march and the dance-all so many
mirrors actively reflecting the soul
striving to exhibit it's better self.
What struck me especially was the
notable variety of fine family types
in this third generation since the
Pioneers. Everyone whose hand i
grasped and into whose eyes look
ed brief moment or two, was an
Individual distinct personality,
just as one should expect from the
strong traits of their grand parents.
Occasionally at such functions one
meets with heaviness, stolidity, or
surplus animalityI but here the OBJ
server was impressed rather with
that fluidity of movement and ges-
ture which betokens the bright,
quick mind and promising spiritual
endowment. II was in many ways a
| unique experience to- me. Surely
! tNorthern Utah may be proud of her
boys and girls.
Next came the thought How are
these young people to be handled,
so as to realize the splendid prom
Use shining from their eager faces?
The year belongs to them--the
school and all the power for good
that 1t can muster. Shall we sue
coed in winning over the majority
whole heart and soul--to the King
dom of God? Or shall we have to
pay heavy tolls to the social pull
the movie pull, and the always pres
ent pull toward ease and self-in-
diligence?
Man is that he may have Joy"
says our Father in Heaven. Man is
! that he may have pleasure" says
the God of this world Which shall
be supreme in the lives of these
young people during this school
year-joy or pleasure?
Joy is the invariable accompani-
ment of growth and achievement
the exultant surprise of climbing to
new vistas, the glow and warmth OF
truth-discovery the sensation of en-
larged power when self conquers
self; but especially does joy flood
the being when the student finds
himself--a greater discovery thar
that of Columbus, for 1t is one
which happens only when he Hai
found his Father in Heaven, "ThiI
is life eternal, to know thee, tn,
only true God, and Jesus Chris
whom thou hast sent"
III Pleasure. on the other hand. es
pecially when followed as an en-,
in life. is superficial and transitory
AS Burns tells us, Pleasures ar
like peoples spread; you seize til
flower-the bloom is shed" Fo
pleasure is the mere garnishing O
this adobe hotel, the gratifying 0
appetites and carnal desires, tn
III reckless spending of vital powers in
I GLIDING money, the fruit Of toll, an
time the gift of God. In short, a
pursuit or serious purpose-plea'
ure yields only diminishing return
Ill which end at last in safety and dii
III gust. Its brief civilizations ar,
M moreover, purchased at the expens
of unraveling or tearing down wht
better days have knitted togetht
or built up. A monument to its III
ter emptiness might be made fro
the life of the cowboy or sheel
herder who boards his $4,000
month for a whole year in order I
have a two weeks bust in the City
iii Thus we have with us today II
problem ever present during ii
mortal probation of eternal spirit
Paul was not the first teacher of r
ligion, nor the last, to feel anxiet
as to the outcome. Little children
he wrote affectionately to the Gal
tians, my spirit travaileth as
birth, till Christ be formed with yor
So also the teachers n the b.