Show THE TEACHER IN AN eloit I 1 an T CIS I 1 I 1 I 1 0 q ON TH THE C 1 I 1 tl S ANI AM OP OF TI THE I 1 E till mcl kc if lEit E it Dellyer eil fly by pro prof f harag karl mattier in III the be fourteenth ward assembly booms salt sall lake city ity on monday evening june 31 21 isso irom froin the iho Daa oret diw 11 proffesor maeser said he ha lad bad chosen his subject tile the teacher ll 11 not for or the purpose or of delivering a e ulos gy on the vocation to which the teacher wits wh devoted but to place be fore ore his audience a picture ot of what ivban the teacher ought to bo be the light in which history presented him and what the destined him to be thu tho example the tha lecturer had in in view was wasat a teacher who directed his prior ener gioe and devoted III w s whole ife to the training of 0 tho the burnall mind in in the proper channel whon when the traveler in fit the tha south sem hem or th tha Uv grecian archipelago parson over the numer ons oils islands of those alio llio sa regions he be ansu ally rivea gives little thought to the fact that lie ho stands upon the labors labora of millio iia of little beings who have beer year after year century after century in the formation of those isles the labors of the teacher M might ight be compared to that of the coral insect almost imperceptible when singled out but w brhen combined the advancement or detoria tiou of civilization upon them the history of 0 civilization was the hist history cry of teaching itching ta this factor from a nation and that nation would quickly debond to barbarism barban siu in the vague history wo WB have of nations that iava h ava disappeared we have learned of their large cities their high degree 0 of f civi civilization I 1 zat oil of some of them it waft said there i scarcely a man their inhabit inhabitants auto who could not ivorite what an abou amount a t of teaching this groat great result fin must Us t have represented eat bat as we w do toot not know of the labors labora of each bachof of the lit tie nga who construct the islands neither do wa know anything of the great army of teachers among those cow unknown people we look on the ruins rains of nineveh of egypt arid and of other cities and nations of anti quily and realize that of the teachers of their builders that thara is no so ao count their histo history tells of thelah the he roes loes the lawmakers the statesmen but the labors of lie nations teachers are only seen in their results jonir what won would d alexander the great hive have been but bat for the teachings to chinga of aristotle I 1 what of all the great men of history had not been for the tutors who trained their minds few of these tutors oraa are known though oo 00 casio nally some of thomas confucius brahma and others shine oat in bold relief their teachings having been more lasting on the minds and history of their people than were the inscriptions n a iona on papyrus or stone the ty wonderful 0 and advanced civilization of athens was brought about by the labors of her teachers A socrates inscribed on the minds of the people the made thebes great and t the a home rule ruin followed throughout on t all hio history tory of greece were freeman free mau and the nation they raised to the 1 I cona composed posed of I 1 ireen re olt men I 1 1 but t great creat I 1 I 1 omehaw lionne t had no such teachers is 7 when greece was conquered by the roman boman hosts tier her educated ruen were reduced to otheron dallon of slave there wits was exhibited the pill ablo spectacle of the tuen men who were to ing mold the future of romo being bought anti and sold for money history records the result of having a nation educil educated ted by ti lavea when roman civilization went under tile the of tin an empire it was wag a golden rule that ft A teacher could nut not import impart what he did not possess the greek slave could a not lin lant in the hearts of hla s roman 0 an hupila up s the is principles r lie p ea 0 of freedom freedo and libert liberty when he did nathl not himself possess or enjoy them aud and through the Indu ence of cheso cincu circumstances stances iloma became tin nn ep pire of slaves slave when christianity lame came along with its ennobling and sanctifying sanctify ing influences a strength and power was waa exercised that pra a gentril e anted A sublime spectacle end and devotion IQ bight and ilbe liberty arty cut but when that spirit of christianity which followed lettered I 1 j the soul mankind in inon crelles archias archies and monkish the 8 teachers then inspired ther their pupils with no Ilo freedom of thought tio grand principles n and nd liberty was wai erus tied beneath aba i iron ron heel of despotism the ages of antiquity prodie produced ec I 1 great men geniuses in in literature in art and in war Thea emen ali might lit be couri compared pared to the gorgeous palaces of nineveh and on Babylon the erection of these great castles lowed apai it wa karethe wr ottis rethe lideh liven or of nill mil I 1 lions bin all around them were the 11 dueh abu of f wrote h bd u ess they tood stood out 1 I above nil III their surroundings a va finlly 41 ly d different I 1 eferen t scone to that thai prein 0 1 l lit in alir own country today to day where through the influence of the teacher ther comparatively ni nil great palaces 0 of miserable hovels but bu more e eq distribution cf property I 1 rope ft and a n d As these castled boomed roin their low so toe the great roon men of antiquity tower above tho llie barbarian barb bar irlan barlan hordes around them theto there was a cyrus and alexander a kroat man hero or a sublime liero hero there but all around was tho the carteng dar tenG 01 or lenor facer once ance we admire the ihu ten or twenty whom bli blistery tery records as an having pent their heroism before the row few ait individuals in tho the fiyut of llie lituri i knowing noth goth ilig othe the ilia misses abes behind tit or 11 but 1 il i bililc tuition it ja different lairy glory Is more equally distri distribute but v I ilip result ot of muro equal teaching opual ailt 1 I 1 iz the orld IH ia not no indebted ade ed to n ne insect crone drop of water tor lord w hat it hsi hii f but it 11 tabes millions of insects to prod tire Island many crupi of water to biake a stream or of healthful h fluid bo it the leai their names nam estony toay not bo be I 1 inscribed singly in III 1 the he I 1 temple eti irald e of fitiris fit irie their graves may ay I 1 he e trodden d en ution upon unobserved but hie results of it labors will not cot parish perl sli but will casid blizil graver fo rover the work of the me charlie and tho the architect will pass pasa away but the work of tire the teacher never it was Im bedded fur for all time lii ili the lie minds and lives licca of their pit plis it was eternal find their culling whether tn ili the past or t alte lie future 11 telli gence woo waa the result of if their labors thero thera were teal hers boilore ahe he world was va sand and would jav il wh when L t there hero was a now new heaven andl a diew n W fact was gaono ono that iott brought frit consolation tu to lie teachers teil chers atio grow apary with htiu aud and barnest study necessary to quality them lor for their important calamir cl CAll mIr nr thra were inasy who come to fo b lea bleachers chers who never ichii I 1 such the true babora the talent inest anul be in hint him no flu cau can no more help hell being beine a teacher than a poet call help producing jueary ju Jo etry a inus lelan bringing brinKl ng forth beautiful melodies or it r cresting till the grund grand works wons of ills art 44 be whit lie ha Is ia ills ilia heart responds to the call lor knowledge find and lie he edit chili not refuse but he must have more than itina tile calling he must have the capacity I 1 X here are ahrea essential qualities the physical intellectual thy the moral of which can be omitted tha leacher may have in 1 IL telle elect ct and be ha desirous kofl training iho he human mind to the gedat ideal I 1 fore hint him but without all the nece e attry lo be 10 cannot be 0 o successful with all lavso tie lie hai ills ideal of what should be but ut which he lie never roaches reaches there ure tire liri ivy efficient leali hers ili ID all pages pai 8 history like moses arid aid many oth others 0 rs but 0 f alt all these with their great endowment si not onu deadina the ideal presented presenter tn in that greatest of 11 all it jesus or of nazareth T the 1 e more we study llin ills labors the more we wa find colre 1116 to 11 hla I 1 t 1 s teaching no 0 m A t te r r what w I 1 I 1 a t w wo 0 d do 0 e or what idea adea or i p principle r I 1 n c I 1 p 1 e we evolve abr the be benella nellt or of man kind we find that jesus has j oa 61 that before us und and presen prevented led ted far r ob hiir r guidance and I 1 ha t some principle of 1 livery very I 1 teacher eacher has haa his ideal toward www he struggles but which tia lie never flever reaches rB aches the poet feels us fig if he bad wings lie he strives for ulli and does utter but never to lei ills his ion tire musician music imi ho he be ba a beethoven a mozart or a wagner pours ills soul into ilia hie melody but never reaches ills idea of it Is so with the I 1 tie a it 13 ever pressing forward ward 1 ap pro preaching achIng buts but never reaching tho his teaching 1 la a goolo not lot a mero mere rhetorical figure an in feat orn ora action 11 Is a labor of the he heart and tha whole nervous system la Is at its dis dosal tio aal and in this there Is danger the tha marinor mar lnor skilled ledin jn the tha science of navigation if he goes it aisea sea in en an strip ship and li ii struck by the storm sinks and all ills knowl skill will po noi save him how flow many bright among the teachers of mankind aro arn rv in that are beset by dl senie their vessels are not mot sea worthy and when the gala gain cornea comes they shiver and founder III tho the great deep how flow many weak cou sump five tin and dy whose bodies will not hold out and how great reat he necessity for the teacher to see early where ills bis vessel is leaking and it many times no be must stand before tilts this class with n smil lug lea face while within therea there la a a gnawing calef that tills the heart witha with a nigh olgh all this he must RO go and stan dIt the body must bear this heavy strain and to ta meet it the he laws lawa of health should receive earnest consideration the lady teachers especially could not stand bland through the course many were purs pursuing they could not follow the cushion of dreas as many of them ald and be teachers but betat at the cost coat of their alvea this fashion of dress dresa is the moloch that consumes consumed annually a many precious victims As one of experience the lecturer ad the ladles ladle to wear looser cloth ing to rive their bodies sufficient room they should also be careful of the food they file ale had and avoid that carge of teachers late into hours these tillet brief til let hints ho he hoped would Buff boffice ice As an for the young men they should also alao keep themselves pure their bodies hould be kept free from liquor tobacco nod from every vice their appearance their voices their action in public and private should give elya evidence or of health and solier vess MSS how offer tins has A child when tho the teacher has baa stooped over it been compelled to turn sway away because of 0 the fumes of tobacco or whiskey in such guch a case that teacher hits hai forfeited that childs affection ther should stand before their caplis pure anti beautiful 1 it wm not nolt ithe iio cut of tho the lips the shape of tile lie the color of ilia hair I 1 hut hat made beau ty the beauty that wm was wits by purity of ufa ilia intel capacity lit in 4 t teiichi wm an absolute abool ute necessity for hil could not impart what tiu he imd not H cyp mir 1 ierley crisy I 1 bould and no bac alti mm no bould always have ft a chagra lm of blin self lit view and when he railed la in any particular part icolar the deficiency dede loncy 1 should ie be remedied when he ha came caino to a point 0 that 1 3 1 iio wits was hot cot versant na li with ho 11 h 1 obe learn it biml no understand it end nat be always al nili scantling st before his class with text look in ills hand but should have bave it i thor ough knowledge of what he taught As to the moral of it teacher the lecturer would rather have 1 I Is ell ild exposed to typhus fever over cho cholera lern or other cou con tag rious dif caie ton ten holes over than to tile tho degrading influence aces s or of it a cot cor bupt te teacher achor the child might 1 r front from nn it tack odthe of the smallpox or fi oven v en hie ell cholera ulers but it took years ours to tho he exi existence tence cofino of moral ral corruption instilled lino into the young ouri mind perhaps by some un mi conscious net act on no part pare of the leacher liui lier it wai small oni unknown ut tit hrat but bilt all urn 11 I 1 burst firth fakan fak 1 1 ln abo ho child corrupt lecuru I 1 0 flie ila libil not felt chay alio melons alotti hla his own were llull aej aai not being in p of tire the aln er moro delicate i tr lint n or mo could not lm im them jn n ith hi pupil it ns its butler with an ignorant aint pure I 1 etier tt ier than with tile the grea leat philosopher who aus us impure aristotle wati u and inspired Ins plied hil hl pupil Alx Att Xander anderl witti with ho highest lado or morals blui h I 1 a f biow all that hoy trian could 1 16 l iut but seneca reared it nerod anerd lie ha haq u gretat philosopher but tits hla morality avdi wd or of thedra the whig ragin edorn class ll would nit cur car 11 tie de ahe mild mij wai atio 0 of louls XV V ile abb would tio not Bm iho 1 I lt do to like kid giuy lavt ea i 1 I fur r nw L arut ut alp ilp I 1 roar for e try arty pi iad lu I 1 avi V developed ili anio ji i q p L J y ra arie aana 11 t d not uart ii I 1 I 1 I 1 y 11 ich 1 hey hail had not to the it erato a cher r could nut not give to his hid pup 11 a 1 pury ore heitert tie ho sted on p 1 morality or lira it code coda if imori tilly hii d naught by b dl 1 I lit w A laachr should not be selected unless tio tie ilah hab the h pi 0 f within alth 0 o 4 ills hla onford ili li tile u of his 1113 teach inge to gud li 14 l i no truth that has noall li source I 1 in n the author of ull all truth thota jhb lier who would influenced if child 4 uy from this 1113 should be bb did eutin iway enan ced tile ilio delure r liu 00 chilled u or a 4 fiot lot lor bouc anch art tut but will what list ivas t ight he could botand not and dare are not do Aher wise the tec te teacher c hersh k that th the next ge deot ot would af ix better than the present woric to that liko like the coral reef when tild smiles ot otti heaven divon on covered it with beautiful verdure hla his pupil could have DIvIno ap and blessing I 1 it if ho did ili athla who a his I 1 list labors were done and ho h passed beyond be ond I 1 he vall vail to pie his rest not because the spirit was weary but I 1 tie the I 1 body wui worn out but tie he could look back w with itsjo joy y ii u on his labors labora and when the 0 po u its there of were made matifes e he w would on receive elhat welco welcome 8 plaudit plaud it well ell dono don 1 e go goodard 0 daina r chell I 1 vant 1 en ter tilou into tire tho jo joy y 0 thyi h y Lord hotd |