Show from the times and seasons THE transformation OR OB THE TOOL AND thic THE GEM dedicated to the students of the me N nauvoo nauvoo university Uni under the tuition tian of elder orson pratt BY MISS C Z A SNOW I 1 saw a thug thing of rudest form from moun mountains taWs base brought forth A useless gem devoid of charm I 1 and wraps in cumbrous earth its rough exterior met the eye with a repulsive show abow for every charm was forced to lie in buried depths below the sculptor came I 1 wondered when his pliant tool was brought he passa it oper eer the gem and then I 1 I 1 marald the change it wrought each cumbrance from its surface clea cleared redl the gem exposed to view its nature and its worth appeared its form fonn expansive grew by gentle strokes it was set free by softer touch refined till beauty grace and majesty were in its nature joined L r its lustre JW jt led to a blaze 1 etwas awaa i lamp i begun and sow soon the splendor of its rays eclipsed the nonday non day sun i I 1 that gem was chained in cru crudeness denessy till the sculptor teat lent his ha aid I 1 wondered at the ready AS JEs his potent hand displayed i but the virtue of his hia tool of fine transforming edge which served for pencil mould and rule for polisher and sledge that tool fool requires a skilful hand that gem no charm should bind that tool is aducat Edu education cat and that gem the human mind the above is just as applicable to the students of I 1 awret now as to nauvoo fort formerly ELJ t |