Weber State University - Acorn Yearbook (Ogden, UT)

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The Acorn- Page $ The golden rule is for one and all Who dwell upon God’s green earth; And when you have answered Deaths’ loud call You’ll 1)« judged for your honest worth. Each kindly deed has its recompense, We are placed here to make or mar; And e’re we take our departure lienee, Lets all he what we are. Nobility is the sum of all the goodness of the world; it constitutes every- thing that is honorable and virt uous Tennyson says: “Better not he at all, than not he noble.” A person that is not- noble in some degree, is a great injury to the world; for if he can not do anything to help the world, he must injure it: a person cannot lie in- different; every living being has an influence of some kind upon his associates. There are few people, however, upon the earth who do not possess nobil- ity in some degree, fn the meanest, lowest character some spark of honor or nobility is almost certain to show itself. Shakespeare says. “As the sun breaks through the darkest clouds, so honor peereth in the meanest habit. Nature has framed the human mind so that it seeks after the higher things of the world, unless marred by deep sin and crime. The natural in clination of the mind is to become better. Environment has a great influence and therefore. “It is meet that noble minds keep ever with their likes; for who so linn that cannot be seducedV” Noble people should seek the com- pany of noble people, so that they may be elevated, and become more noble, and at the same time assist to raise the character of their associates. Walter Emmett. NOBILITY. % Resell a Fcrrin. '07. 1 know no disease of the soul but ignorance.” “A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.”

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HUMANITY. The Acorn—Page 4 The simplest words the voice can raise, May cut with deepest pain; ’Tis the hearty “Yeas” and the honest “Nays'5 Give strength to friendship’s charm ’Tisn’t wholly the word-painted bookish boquets That bring to the speaker renown; ’Tis the sincere ring in each homely phrase That gives him the victor’s crown. The sweetest flowers that scent the breeze Are not from hothouse lair; The man whose trousers are worn at the knees, May not utter the deepest prayer; It isn’t the furniture’s costly hue, That endears to the heart the home: It isn't the depths of the ocean blue That betoken the frothing foam. The man at the head of the Sunday School Perhaps would be best in jail: It isn’t always the greatest fool Whose tests at the college fail. We cannot judge from the doleful moan Whose grief is the greatest here? For the saddest tears may be shed alone Where no one is listening near. Don’t scoff or point with the hand of scorn At the man with the lagged coat: The billionaire isn't an angel born. Nor such does his dress denote: Don’t laugh at the girl who is “out of style,’’ Though her dress be threadbare and old; Perhaps there’s a jewel beneath that gown That in the billionaire’s wealth can't be told.

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THE, BEST THING IN THE WORLD. The Acorn—Page 6 The best thin in the world is love Christ said, in answer to the Phar- isee lawyer, who asked Him which was the greatest commandment, “Thou shaltlovethe Lord, thy God, with all thy heart and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.’ Christ also told him that the next greatest commandment was, “Love thy neighbor as thyself.” We find that this answer silenced the Pharisees and they asked no more questions; nor could they find fault with His answer; for they could see for themselves what that one commandment in- cluded. “For this is the love of God. that we keep his commandments.” Then if we love God we will keep his commandments; and in keeping his commandments we would “love our neighbor as ourselves.” So what Christ called the second greatest commandment could be included in the first. Just before His betrayal, when Christ is trying to comfort His Apostles, He tells them to love one another, and to love their Father in Heaven, and also to continue in His love; for in that mutual love they would find consolat- ion and always live up to God’s laws. Love is really the source of all goodness It was for the love of man- kind that Jesus suffered death. The result of love may also be seen in our every day lives. If a child love his parents, he will obey them; and on the other hand, if the parents love their children, they will teach them to do right, and by doing that they are teaching them to love their God. Anyone who will say an unpleasant word or do anything unkind to a friend does not love that friend, or, if a play- mate or friend deliberately introduce to another anything that is wrong, he does not love th it friend or that playmate. If we truly love one another we shall all be united in gaining salvation. We should all feel as brothers and sisters, but too often we lack that brother- ly love. Do we love that fellowman whom we would not help up and encour age after he had fallen by letting his weakness get the better of him? In- stead of shunning him and ietting him become more and more discouraged as he tries in vain to rise against the force of some who are pushing him down. Love would help him to rise by encouraging him and making him feel as though some one would like to see him again on his r pd upward. By dropping a smile, a word of encouragement to one in distress, we may make the world brighter and happier, and the more that feeling of love exists towards one another, the more beautiful will seem the things of this life. Florence Woolley. '07.