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Show "BIG BLUNDERS." The Wold-Kenoviied De AVitt Talmagc Speaks on Them. A Feast of Good Thing's Enjoyed by a Fair Sized Audience Away From tha Hubbub Hub-bub of Election. Returns. Considering the night it was, with such iutense public excitement in the election i the day, a very fair attendance atten-dance indeed it was that congregated in the tabernacle last niglit to hear the Rev. Dr. T. DeWitt Talmage in his most interesting and instructive lecture on "Big Blunders." Tlie gallery was perhaps one-third filled and nearly halt the seats below were occupied. There was indeed a gcodly portion of the tone, beautv, intelligence and relinement of Provo there. Upon the entrance of the doctor he was greeted with applause. The taber-uacle taber-uacle choir rendered a very pretty opening open-ing piece. Prayer was offerred by Bishop Bish-op John E. Booth, and the choii again sang, aud the evening's entertainment, the address by the w rld-renowned Rev. Dr. T. DeWiti Talmage, Legan. He said in substance: Ladies aud Gentlemen: li we leave to the evolutionists to guess where we came from and tbe religionists to prove where we are going to, we still have the fact before us that we are here. This is the acme of the world's history. I am an optimist. The world began with a garden; it will end with a garden. I am rejoiced at the beauty I hce around me and compliment you on the evidence of your prosperity. 1 have traveled across the harvest fields of a great pari of the United States, and now 1 am crossing the harvest har-vest liebls of your valley aud I have to report it is the best 1 "have seen. 1 thank you for the good feeling in my soul and for all the courtesies extended. The man who never yet committed a blunder is not born. 1 will notice only big blunders. Tbe ordinary blunder does not interest me. I have changed my views considerably considera-bly of late as to what constitutes an interesting in-teresting lecture. I think now it is necessary to give a lecture that everybody every-body can understand one that kas some good advice in it. My subject is, as you know, "Big Blu n hers." However. I am eoinsr to ssy all the cheering things I can. whether it is in the line of my subject or not. Blcundek First. Multiplicity of Occupation. A man can do only one thing well. There are only two things to do. First, find your held. Second, keep it. Sonre times men get prepared for their work in the university of hard knocks. By the time, however, generally the age of tweniy-live years, is reached, a man's best field has been" found. Tbe difference between the conditions in life is not so much the difference of truitfulness of occupation, occupa-tion, but to the measure of stick-to-it iveness, a man possesses. Amus'ng incidents of men who are known as jacks of all trades, but who are master ot nothing, were here given. There are some men wiio tire grand men in some one occupation, but spread them out into many, and their strength is gone. Young man concentrate" concen-trate" your efforts. Make up your mind what you ought to do. Every man gets a call irom God w hat to do. All our happiness and prosperity depends de-pends upon doing that which God commands. God semis no man on a fools errand. I don't care what your education has been, elaborate or nothing, noth-ing, that man who concentrates his powers is a grand man. Look out ror him. Nothing can stop him. -ftJ-UNDER THE NEXT. Indulgence in ''"h""'or Tl'ore is no pkcumi for bui buivjrr in this country. This is a glo: rious country, seeking out for the welfare wel-fare of not only herself, but ?.U other countries. She is now courting fair and lovely Canada and soon Uncle Sam will join his hands in wedlock with her. She is thinking of those across the sea, but already is about to say "Ask mother." moth-er." The harvest now being reaped is the greatest the world ever saw. I hear toreign nations clamoring for their bread from us, and the gold that has gone to Europe will come back. We have plenty good wootl and coal to keepu3waru-. In our land we have everything man wants, climates to suit 11 temperaments. We have no excuse j for had humor. Good humor will sell most goods. Growl, Spitfire tfc Bros., is the most miserable linn in tbis country. The world is very much as we make it. God made tlie world at first, but every man makes it over again. Show me the color of a man's spectacles and I'll tell you what kind of a world he lives in. All we need is to have our heart and our liver right. The speaker in his own way here gave instances of pleasant lives and miserable lives all depending on the temper of the actors. Kindness, geniality, geni-ality, love. That is the slogan, Blunder tiie Nk.t Discouragement Discourage-ment under had treatment fram mothers. Some have carried the mistaken idea that woman's world is filled with gossip. gos-sip. Here the speaker scoied the male gossipers and showed wherein more than once gossip had not been light and feathery, but where it had ruined men and shook more than half a city. Oh! how many young men are going down under bad treatment in commercial commer-cial establishments. A false system of ethics is taught. The speaker" showed how a young man went to he city, honest, "gradually learned to fabricate as to quality of good, etc.; his morals were ruined, and finally ruined himself altogether. Young men, it is always safe to do right, and never safe to do wrong. Take a dishonest dollar arid plant it beneath the mountains. Do you think it will" stay there? No. it will rock until it topples the mountain and comes to the surface. Blunder the Next Excessive amusement. Now tlie world cannot get along without amusement. Here in a most interesting and amusing stylo the speaker described a number of sports. A man who can sing and won't sing, ought to be sent to Sing Sing. The world is full of music ana beauty beauty is only music asleep. Out upon a religion that is a system of "don'ts." There is just as much religion in a laugh as in a tear. Out upon a relig, ion that is measured by tlie yard upon a man's face, But show me a man whose sole occupation occu-pation irf to obtain pleasure or amusement, amuse-ment, and I'll show you a man going to ruin- There are battles in life that can not be fought with a Fporting gun. There are things you can't patch with fishing tackjo, Tb'e pleasures and amusements that do not interfere wich home duties are harmless. But when a man gets to liking ny place better than home, look out for him. Woe to the man who Hpoils his home. Betcer that he had never been born. Home is n charmed word. Through that word of one sylable sounds the prattle of children, the sound of well-known well-known footsteps and assurance of undying un-dying affection and love. When I see that word in book or newspaper, it glitters like a shield; it trills like a song; it leaps like a flame; it glows like a sunset ; it sings like an angel. If an attempt was made to cast that word from the language, kings would object, wealth would covor it with diamonds, pnvertv would plead, manhood would tight for it, and it would still be there. Blunders the next Attempting life without a spirit of enthusiasm. En thusiiism must be experienced in this age. It is a different age than any the world has seen before. People liv? faster. Incurable dievseg slink away for fear of enthusiasm. The speaker here showed some advancement advance-ment the world has made in the wrong way, that while it kept the audience. J roaring with laughter, taught a valuable valu-able lessou, by pointing out where enthusiasm en-thusiasm wrongly used leads to. He' next spoke of railroads, inventions and enthusiasm created by noble works. The world is blight, is awakening, the morning cometh. Young men now is thetirae to start. Put your trust in God and go ahead. Now is the time to live. The tide is rising. The waye recedes re-cedes but see, on its upward course it reeches a higher point. It recedes again, but again it reaches a still higher high-er point. |