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Show COL, PARKER'S LECTURE Oa "Tlio Child At the Tatcroacl. Last M0ht, Befori 7000 People. MG(.L-,TIm W TO TltVlMMI. JIr. rarlerloUeloritlnTlili Illy on "Ilrcai ltcforr.1" Wllhln tho cxt Tvrii trcki. An audience of n ot lets than 700Opeoplo awerabled ot the Tabernacle Taber-nacle lat nltht lo listen to Colonel I'rsncla l'arkcr, of the Cook county school of Chlcago,leclure upon tho tub Ject of "Tho Child." He waa llateutd to with the profoundeatatteotlon from flrctto latt. There were pretenl on the aland l'realdent Angus M. Cannon, Ccunielor Charles W. l'enroie, Trofeators Mseier and Talmage, Ill.liop W. II. 1'rttton, lll.roj. i:ilas Morrla, K'drrs II II, ItoUrts and V. II. Djugall. The ladles o. tho aland wcrrt Mra. Colonel Parker, illna D. Young, barali . Kimball, I.mmellno II. Weill, M. I.sUlla Home, Dr. It. II. l'ratl, Mrs. W. II. Dougall aud Mrs. lalmage. Tho muling wsa prtaldtd over by 1'mldcnt Angus M. Cannon. The choir sang "Light and truth, the werld la wsklug." Prayer was nllcied by Dr. Karl 0. Maeacr, alter wbkh the clulr tantlie anthenr "Uod of larael, tho I-ord Is our ItoJecmer." Colooel Parker, who waa Introduced ly 1'rreldent Angus M. Cannon, raid the child was the sunshine of the world. This generation owed the lit Ho one an everlasting debt of gratitude. grati-tude. Tint debt could only bo liquidated liqui-dated by rorerly educating these little lit-tle lum of l!eli who m ere constantly I reathlng llleand alns-lng ImrujrlalUr. They wore the fruit of tlio pait aud the tied of the future. l'hlliolieraofall ages had atki d the rputlon "What la the child?" The query had never yet been auavcml and hit woul 1 not more than arllally ntlempt d'i so now. Hllirice It to say Ihecblld was n nMuial tiorn savage not a rigular barbarian, tut a aavage, becauie It loved what the lavage lovtd. As soon as It was old enough It wanted a bow and arrow; It !onhed for tenia and wigwams aud would dig cavia Into the earth. When a child he had done an hlmaelf on lite bankaof the pl.luriiiue Mtrrltnac.and with his toy weajous bu dellod the II eds of the world to lombard the crude cattle where lie reigned us king. Uno of the greatest stories for children was Itobloson Crusoe. Tho tarrrtllvo of the deeert Island and Iho savsge life lu youthful cars was alwajs uleaiant. Again, lite the savage, the child loved the myth and the fairy lair, lluw cftjn Infancy It had icoplej thu lu viilble world with Inhabitant! that rover eiltted. Boioe pvoplo aay that ohlldreu ahould li told nothing but f .its. This was n mistake. They should beglvtnprujr food tor fancy and lu aquation. My the were not Ilea bit Uaullful truths, llyineaasof niytha the savago when ho looked at the stars, moon and auu learned more of Uod, Myths had over been Ihn shining shin-ing jalhway that lead from this earth to heaven The child ahould not bo robbed of the fairy tales of youth. II very child loved nature; overr child loveu llowirs. A good farm wns the lest ipflmary school over Invented. Knjwledgo waa power. The chill should not bu denied thn strength It cau ao lulre from knowledge. When we would come to kuow children bet-Icr bet-Icr we would treat tht ui better. Light, honesty aud truth wereeerbesmliiit Irom Ihelrlnsililiigaud glowing countenances, coun-tenances, V should not crush their natural aspirations rhesaker hs I a theory that there were ho really bad boys. There were bad men and they frequently spoiled good bos. Heai ceted the arable of Hie lost sheep as being all truth. lMiioty-tilno boys out ol a hundred were all rlRhU It waa theoueliuu dreth that ahould bo savod. This done all the world would be well. The mis take waa too otten made In attempting to aavo the child Willi the dry huika of knowledge which found nonepome ln tho soul and that whou the world was full of love. Hit universe was the expression of (lod'sthought,and when a child turned to nature he asked Ood for a kuow ledge of Ills laws that he might obey them. What waa nature: Those ol us who had lived the last lllty years little knew whst It had done for matt, More had been accomplished for humanity during that erlodthan In all the centuries I recoiling It, When a child turned his eyes upon tho flowers or ui-on tho moon ho was atk lug tho Tather for knowledge that was Ills by heritage. ISo one could study Ihosegreat valleys set like emerslds lu the tops of the mounlalus without bowing In slucerest admiration for the one who sculptured them from nature. Theru was no such thing as a natural born Isry child. It only became In delent as the liarents would tcrelst 111 doing for It what It should do for Itself. 1. very child was a born worker, one of tho gnattst sins of the day was laziness. Thodeslroof getting something some-thing for nothing was si reading with alarming raldlly. The erstwhile i urru Uion man, "Uy the sweat of thy brow thou shalt earn ttiy bresd," wua his grtatett blessing. Tho colli go bred student was too oflin a uislcsa ornament, orna-ment, good for nothing but to have clothes ou. A I tactlial education was theuulyonool great vntueand benefit. bene-fit. The thinking and working scholars of thu dsy almost Invariably camo from tho farm and workshop. The elosksr then ald n gliwlng trllutetu thoslncirlty aul Intelligent e of the teachers and studtnts ho had met at Ihelate luitllutuat .'rovo. He taldi Latt winter msel( aud Uo aud auntlier tursou were Invited to conie to Utah and hold an Institute at I'rovo. We camo aud I am glad of It, Let mo say right here that w u met live huudrtd of thu sharpest sharp-est thinkers, most oarntat ami Intelligent Intelli-gent teachvra and students thst 1 have overseen lu the United Htates and I have held a great many iLstltutes lu my da). We wire astonished beonl miasure. What la thu cause of Ibla Intensity ol i urpoae ai.d concert of action? 1 will toll you. It Is because tho peo le who camo to this Tirrltory had a terrible struggle for talstence and surmounting nil trials they turns d this t leak waste Into n verltablu ;ara dl.e aud transmitted the Ioe or Industry In-dustry to tho prtyvnt gem ration. From Isuch nn expeilencu aud school w 111 come tbo ititstetl meulal glauta on lartti. Don't in gleet manual trslnlnu. 2i o teonle cau Uuouio great without It. l.ducallon costs money but It will till tho bsoks of eternsl life with Imperishable Im-perishable treasures. The lKt book on earth from whlcl lite mother can Uech hsrclilld Is the New lesUiment. The choir sang ' Zioii Wipers, all la well." , Mrs. Porker was to have followed her husband on a limitation on "Dress l.eftirm,"buti,wlutf lo tho Menus of tho hour she announced that she lial decide) to isntrmne her Irclure for a future tlatf, and If satisfactory arrange meiits coul I le ma le she woul I nroba by deliver It wllhln tho next two weeks. , . . The choir sang "lly Itabylon's Wave," aud Ihe meeting was brought to a close by l.ldrr II. II. ltoberts ro nounclng the benediction. |
