| Show A SUCCESS line LIFE the word success implies the idea of an end an objective point or an a achievement it also implies effort an endeavor to accomplish son thing the effort may be a single ti pulse or it may extend over a I 1 lo 10 period of time it may even coli consume sums i the years of a mans life we W 0 speak of a mans success in biographers dilate upon this and obituary writers do delight ight to make use of it but it to a ra rare re thing 0 deed to see it correctly benned denned dell n eal or ii to if true significance aptly I 1 illustrated Hus trued in taw career of any individual the re record I 1 of a i whose life is placed within reach of tb general public the most famous men and are not the ones whose success in life has been greatest on the contrary UM the most perfect o examples of true bucce following a life of effort are fabo among the ranks of the humble and obscure the discussion of this object it if it is to be either logical or c comprehensive A involves a succinct awe ment of the object of life the 0 1 l set et out to be achieved by an immortal I 1 soul oui when it makes its entry th sphere of action embraced within alfa world until the object of life is in known success in life cannot be measured the highest object of an existence here is in to fit at the soul for an exulted state to be enjoyed hereafter process involves the tion of love tor for all that is in good ad and true and for our fellow beings aaa such such an elimination of selfishness selfish Pew as will cause the individual to re rejoice ca JA the blessings received by others as q does in those he himself receive ip i involves a discipline that causes th the individual to choose spiritual above carnal pleasures and trea treasures surel and wengi him away from that which is in grow gross or perishable causing him to place affections upon that which is aurea pure aaa eternal the news of yesterday thursday contained an obituary a 4 perusal peru aalf vt which has suggested these the subject was born in a country but when a boy of eight Y ceaf his parents removed to america settling in illinois not far f from shortly before the church located there the family embraced the gospel mid were among the saints that we were kr polled from nauvoo the boy offa to enlist in the mormon battalion was rejected because he was young he came on to utah where I 1 was a pioneer repeatedly at the of authority he sacrificed his ho hort T go forth into the wilA wilderness erness aw and h a new one that the desert 0 people of god od might be red redeemed rood j transformed he always a aw and I 1 honest tithing and ata thousands and 8 of dollars to charl charlt aTMe ra e proposes he was honest and upright b in n his bin dealings and passed away owing no man a dollar the career of goudy hogan for he to la here referred to to is typical of the success in life which many members of the church of jesus christ of lat ter day saints achieve in that sphere in which god has placed them to act tor for themselves they display unalterable devotion to true and eternal principles rather than to the things which perish with the using and the discipline to subject themselves places at length beyond the reach of the troubles and temptations that afflict and destroy the children of men who reject the higher law of life in these days when so many men are deluded into the belief that the amassing of wealth or the acquisition of political prestige and power axe are synonymous with success in life it cannot but be useful and encouraging to cite the record of a typical latter day saint and by a wise use of its lessons correct the strong delusions delusio nd that are perverting the minds judgments and consciences of men in our day impelling them to choose and pursue that which ww destroy rather than save their souls in eternity that man who has succeeded during his earthly career in placing his spirit and his body and these comprise hiis hia soul in most perfect accord with the laws and principles taught by jesus christ is the man who has achieved the highest success in life the political c offices be may or may not have held beld the political power and prestige he may or may not have possessed the amount of this worlds goods he may or may not have amassed will not be taken into consideration in fixing his future status for any other purpose than to de determine Aermine what opportunities he has had hadin in this world and the use made of them |
