| Show for th ate paper papal STRIVING AFTER excellence it la is many years since we listened to president Preel deni brighom young who while instructing the first awyer then going seat east tot folt Z C M 1 I used the fol lowing words when you begin work see that you buy a really first class claes article of each particular kind s for othi nir to is too good for the Latt erday saints of that to Is twenty five years yeara age and it if the great leader were till still living no do doubt he would be as decided now as aa then and there here to la yet a wonderful philosophy in the sentiment and its expression president kuung knew of the toll toil and suffering buffering and acri floe of his people he held that they had earned a right to blooming ewing bl and that the promises inspirationally pronounced were sure aure of realization but be also know knew that they bad been favored beyond the world in ID the of their religionist religion it was the she best beit an ideal yand only in cartoons pretended ended but it had value it was an efficient orders order it would all it woo war sent to do it had wearing nice would stand any tt toot and its original tow lowis tend hod chara character would suggest harmony in all other directions temporal as well sit as spiritual all its exactions of order cleanliness purity were to make humanity progressive gres sive stable and to lt make each believer exemplify in all his work those features of grandeur and perm bermi nence which were inseparable from his faith was not this the inspiration which prest young on bis bill mighty works in founding creating building did not solidity safety anu ana permanence exhibit itself wherever he hod had control temple tern pies tabernacles mm meeting eting houses bouses scho so hoila IQ mills settlements m canals railroads were meant to endure to be perpetuated every home made every tree planted plante d every stroke of toil or enterprise silently w whir h itt the sentiment in etheln dlan corat wort alabama here we rest 12 his example was an ever present benediction over and around albund his bis people and while restless spirits had bad dreams of goldana gol dand many hesitated as to build ing planting and expecting to return to jackson county missouri yet to the day of the southern move those whom he e worked on needed conveniences as though he and the whole people were but going out dut for a picnic pic nic nio and would speedily return just as had been done in nauvoo and elsewhere when the temple dWell iDUS and farms w re rushed to improvement and completion as 40 it if all unconscious of the he NO fact that strangers would occupy and dome dene orate crate their sacrificial toil then and ever after mens energies were thus called into play his associates felt feit the contagion and even who i exertion seemed beyond ability success always al way e justified the mancho man who ao eit ed counsel or was waa ted by example and oo on arriving in utah if it was waa only a broom or woolen ya yarn rio a place piece of leat leather ber lumber shoes forn bum fruit cotton or furniture furni ure prest preat young loved to have that of the best beat he bated aboudy the counterfeit nd bed so no for him bolde P work watt war an abomination in his hia eight and in the domain of moral good betta vior ton ten vernesse derne der nesse aw of spirit hla his claim ever was wae that the true latter day saint was waa all the time an honest conscientious workman and a gentleman or lady everywhere as eel BOX and opportunity might demand institutions like the university sod and B E Y system of schools shadowed aha dowed hla his ideas of culture cul turp slid and had bad he be lived a low few years yeara more each one would have rested upon a foundation ss BB impregnable as aa that of the stemple jT 11 emple and he be was waa no more tenacious about the removal of defects in projects pr or in ID character oer than he was waa when borne imperfection was waa claimed in that same temple base liae eif ft had aad to be 66 not only overhauled but remedied beyond failure or shrinking or overthrow so bo we need not be surprised at the counsel given in our first paragraph Z C U M 1 I was the financial child ol 01 hta his inspiration he meant it to be the friend of the people to stand in their affe ethoda by virtue of its if honesty and Int euril the rand craod and exact exacting inK of general business was wag to be eliminated from its ita anti ana practice and while not primarily intended tou tied aa a money making scheme ftc beme it vu iraa yet expected to pay Us ua way to preserve w groa and growing oommen ity from coguen and oppression to tuy buy at first hands handa and to distribute needed or desirable merchandise to Us its patrons at a simply remunerative price it was not to do this by buying cheap goods by flooding the markets with odds and ends or by dealing dealin bc I 1 iu D b gus gue adulterated or low grade pro ducts of any kind the original program has been bean faith faithfully tully observed thousands know by years yeara of eapen once enoe that this characteristic la Is as noticeable today as la in the days daya and ana ears of long ago and even when to meet a blatant competition a few bucis goods were introduced as 61 object lee so bons eons ns 9 every patron of the trusted friend repudiated this an aa an intrusion and refused to buy but any way for we must not lose sight of our text it was wag not only that he be importation of goods should be regulated as to quality whether of food clot hinic or articles of use it intimated no doubt that there was economy service satisfaction enjoyment in all this but it was to work for and so the idea in the hearts and lives of his bis people that excellence the best beat was alone worthy of the ambition ot or the latter day saints that thai this spirit should permeate all their homes and that every appoint appointment meni thereof sod and surroundings surrounding should sun suit goat geat that here bore js is an earnest striving progressive household they dwell lu ju an atmosphere of peace and are seek ing to translate into life wee ld bustling running runn iniz band the alphabet and langua language ge of the heavens that busi bui ness nesb dealings trade responsibility confidence should be tb the spirit espirit of brotherhood not taking advantage not crowal crowding nor a mau man into the dust duat not making mm him an of lenJer for a word or a mitake mistake of the brain but bui to lor good below alp ship to extend the love of prom promptitude and to be business models of honor bonor ying higher anther a law than that 1 gain claiming as a truth that a reputable standing therein was one of abe be scrupulous Belone an accessory to comfort oom tort convenience and civilization that educational effort should be directed to the making of men amen repressing sad correcting hereditary leanings lean inge tailings failing weaknesses and olos thua building up the nobler attributes of manhood or womanhood it so that as aa members member of a religious body as ag citizens of a great areat republic the hignett biggest type possible of humanity might thus be made to les testily to the exalted ideas and methods met hda i of culture in the schools eo boole in fact that wherever duty leads leada or rot rotto recta to the development of all the finer boer traits and ecot of character should be the aim and intent in kle gle perchance in efort 00 oo do doubt in continuity as ae a matter of course but everywhere hepting kep ting in view the aspiration for improvement and the to excel to be somebody to achieve a destiny prognosticated ot of faith but reaching out to that rounded ideal idea nothing to Is too good for the latter day Sain tty I 1 lot let it not be supposed OBed however that president Pre aident young intended to 0 suggest UK extra vaga oca he believed in milk but not for improper or discordant uses and he believed in gathering Rat gat nering bering we kha even from the laments by the pro bows of mad ad ladustky ladu atry stry hla elk dreams waking or sleeping sleep lne were all of work work for others nir out the path to self support and independence and he was filled with prefects pr elects for the importation of sugar machinery woolen machinery tree seeds improved stock silk bilk culture cotton cattou raising linseed oil white while lead gunpowder iron fruit etc and aiming always for the best beat exulting even at trifling achievements while reaching after the colossal with all the ardor of his hie nature for the people of his choice and this feature is as prominent vday as it was in the pact leading men work for good things the temple embodies this idea and the grounds are being worked to harmonize therewith the sugar factory it t lehi tells the sume same story it is the beet beat of its class Salt skir as a place for recreation la Is an illustration original unique permanent and unexcelled xcell ed Z C M 1 I keeps on the same lines although many of its ita first associates have lost loaf their grip the college are pursuing the same idea mutual improvement are in the same game race schools and other organizations have all chught the siame oame spirit factories and mauu facture fac turere rs are trying to eclipse past eferts an each other even to agri alture has haa come an hi inspiration men man want better farms better stock better homes better surroundings surrounding sand and a better t d for their child chilgren ren turn wherever you will this spirit moves prevails preva ilc official and layman merchant and mec mechanic banic fa and Book aock meo men husbands sod and wives 1 oung men and women in religion and literature purity and refinement in schools and appliances in all that makes life and means progress aud and happ happiness ineis there to la no doubt a growth of 0 the philosophic and inspirational idea that bathing bo thing in too good for the Latt erday saints |
