Using your time, attention, and energy, you can become a one-person humanitarian organization. By Sharon L. Art by Brian T. Roberts AB He grew up in Provo and, as a youth, drifted aimlessly with the wrong kind of friends. And then something remarkable happened. Of this experience he wrote:. Several years ago. I had nothing to do so I. I thought I might find some of my gang, or at least some of the girls that I was interested in.
Upon entering, I ran across three or four of [my] fellows and we placed ourselves under the gallery where there was a crowd of young ladies, who seemed to promise [some] entertainment. We were not interested in what came from the pulpit.
We knew that the people on [the] rostrum were all old fogies. So we settled down to have a good time. Right in the midst of our disturbance there thundered from [the] pulpit the following [statement] :. Watch him when his work is over. See where he goes. Note the companions he seeks, and the things he does when he may do as he pleases. Then you can tell his true character.
I looked up towards the rostrum because I was struck with this powerful statement. He went on to make a comparison. He said:. This bird works as hard and as efficiently as any other animal in doing its daily work. It flies to the highest realms of heaven, spreads its wings, and bathes in the upper air, for it loves the pure, clean atmosphere, and the lofty heights.
This animal grunts and grubs and provides for its young just as well as the eagle; but, when its working hours are over and it has [some] recreational moments, observe where it goes and what it does. The hog will seek out the muddiest hole in the pasture and will roll and soak itself in filth, for this is the thing it loves. People are either hogs or eagles in their leisure time. What was my surprise to find everyone of the gang with his attention fixed upon the speaker. I thought of that speech all the way home.
