| Show its B TO TIm Nov No 16 1900 1100 Editor Nw News There Thre ar are undoubtedly mallY Lat S Saints lnla who likE hike the writer ara re Interested In learning what Is the thereal thereal real attitude o of the Church all as such luch relative to members ot of lh same who see sea lit fit to choose ChooM as a one of tM the 1 learned professions SA say law There seems to ho be among tile the memo bers o of tile the Church a and cost antipathy toward layers lawyers and doctors Why such lIuch an aver aversion Ion for theIr profession should exist or why those learned In them should be de d or be made mad objects ot of contempt Is Ie n t ver very clear That their service are needed In the present political so ao or physical condition ot of mankInd i will certainly not be b by any thinking person that the they lire are In post poel I t to do a great deal o of rood good In t their is III evident Ident Y t tj j I there are man who seem to 10 be pos pOI I o of such a prejudice f against the lawyer and the 1 graduates graduato from rom colleges of law or med 4 J I mean not nol so O much i i those who have hae taken up studies as a slik Issue at It seem Hem L Is I It a matter malter of doubt In their minds whether hether It can be possible for or such Buch professIonal to be sIncere In hll hi religion or that he CAn enjoy enlo as 88 great 4 II a degree ot of the ot of God as AI he hel l would WI were his calling In lIt liCe another nother I The writer Iru hiu heard hearl on man many O ocea a e alone remarks mark made mad 1 In meetings I ot of worship derogatory t p the Interest of the class of referred to toTo toI I To one who vho all his hilt life lIe hat has striven to 10 hearts unit to do the will or of Clod and who has proven hi Integrity tor or tilt the tau of truth by always yielding obe f f silence to properly constituted I t ty who has hall labored diligently In the i mIssionary fold nehl or an any other position I n th the hutch which tie ht has bu been called calif califI I to 51 flu fill who wishing to use his talents talent i for Ih the greatest good Is II contemplating 1 to o take up the study 0 of HI say medicine I but wishing to start aright t seeks the advIce o of one of r the First Presidency and Is 19 assured tt the o of his step Is 18 set and as a mi mis for or this purpose who In InIC IC hool Is 18 bent over his hili tuk early an and hate lale laboring earnestly assiduously anti and observing the Word or of Wisdom endeavoring to do all In hi hiI I to obtain the blessings pro pronounced flounced UPOn ullon him by the servants of J 00 lod 1 anti amt who Verily realizes nil all this him It appears highly In Inconsistent consistent on the thEl Part lart of his hie best I friends to lampoon him or rather tb the life lite calling he hn thus ft ci S I In view Ie of the fact act that man consid W v er It Improper to employ lawyers or assuming that faithful Saints I y would be p above this n necessity lt ot of so 10 do doti tJ ti Ing allow mp me to uk ask respectfully I j what authority warrant such an iss issi t i an fl It lit be lo logically nl r ell eu that r ot of this legal and I II cal professions Ire are a menAce u as It ItI I i 1 were re to Ih the true Church of oC Christ ChristI I how many ca cases at law Iw are allowed tl to be p conducted through the courts court by bythe the la hay IndivIduals an and how man many of oft I II t i the tho laity are capable of nf thus thu conducting it n a case 4 e were It permitted by law Is h Ii l nn an a less consistent Ji member o of the Church for or being a law lawI yet er Luke the beloved was perhaps fUll fully as servant I of Christ a as he would have hav been without b n a knowledge ot of the healing art arti I I The writer holds that Ii a more noble nohl I p Be secular ular callIng ot of the honest conscientious physician can scarcely ti 10 I found that th the physicIan who In h hii I before ODd goes to h hi I ease al with 11 II his hurt heart lifted up In to the Al AI Almighty mighty for tor III Ills blessings in inthe n I the Lord the Great Physician not on his hIli own skill kIlI tar ur Is 18 not a curie to any In view w ot of the facts that the ot of th the I physician hI have been and Ind IU are boo bo boIng Ing called for or b by suffering In every en Ita station lion ot of lit life front rom the worldly ruler to tb beggar from rom tb the Prophet to tAl the lay Iy member that heading men In the tbt Church unhesitatingly tn en dote dorM the proposition that mern bets Iera o of our own Church hurch ought to b educated as aM physicians ftC etc and that o of the Church lire set lIt apart der tb the hands band I ot of mn men holding thA bel holy at as missionarIes t ti study medicine It seem c em to be exceed ridiculous to teach direct or bt b implication that to call one tn In every I way war properly qualified individual to all as lilt 1st in III tilt the physical sager lag of a member o of t would be to defy the II law Jf God antS and bt be con Uary to hurch discipline If It II b Iron wrong to study mt to medicine or to consult a phy In i te lee of sickness lIn lilt let the Let lat know It through th Church organ It If not let Itt them It Ita Itse se a that all II thin things be don decently ant and anda III a order hut by all 1 mean let u tit tie consistent HARLES lA L OUtE M I D We give tv place lee to the tbt tolt lq letter ft a believe ther ii Ia seine cause tot foT the complaint It ut ed be Saul 1 it ii Proper that an any made by tam galit tift en tile the nit ab iset may mar be w We think Mew i ever EIff that thit tile the WiltS like some IOme other t m In bl his prote llon I Is a little i too as to the opinions of 01 a f of at his hll I neighbors and that he souse whet bat the situation when It II or of a and t nal antipathy toward I lawyers atil do mis th the Lat hint i That ap appears flar to 0 be an asset r lion that I Is too Th Tb attitude of the Church as to It It who 1110 see It to law lawf i iI I f i or medicine has Mesa beta U I l marked and to 0 tWy tit to toU titI I U TIt The tau has never netI bat Mae ii I It OC ec Its HI young 4 4 t II Itu 1111 iiI 1101 t 0 OUI oUrs j II 1 I ul in thi Ih flit lilli l coll OIl ge geI I Ih Ii tintry th IV nIght boine prIti lent In the 11 arc Mormon and doctors In Inactive active l who MIle not t thal have hal ent I on S h hei lints of labor JAbor but for or situ till lOt if the leaden or th tb hIli hi I 11 I Phe word of If er I hn Ittis toen fin on record In the po In t I III Iii I of the Church almost from the begin sting His servants to toIk seek Ik out of tilt thO bt beet 1 ImI o Il orl ord 4 if wisdom to OI by I by study lad aad II by faith to be become come Om acquainted With aU all bod books and With Ith and peo pI pie The to be to tue Lewd was a to ite be s Jao tous uC o learning as well u a houle of Milk fait ot of 1111 aad of prayer yer The siere t taught tn in the or of th the II to become com sa In all to o obtain t a knowl knowledge edge of gad ad ot of kingdoms of la laws WI and ot of The Th lIu hu ft ever a f to In lb the sense OH It his employed ot of eminence and many ot if its Ita leaders have lb advice adf and aid of 01 physIcians anti and cur ur I and nd NV have advised ethers to do 0 the Church teaches the doe doc trine O of that tbt faith I is potent In III Inthe the healing of 01 Ute the sick lick and that the ordinance tI bf anointing wIth bol oU oil and tie Ibe laying ott em of Mends III Ii elca or receIved In faith It the ft fact which hl I also allO pointed out 11 by win I Ion that all have not Dot faith and mu therefore such euch persons are to be nourished wIth all wIth herbs and mUtt mild food tood and that dot ilot by the hand ot of an enemy Iut It is II also allO said Ild that those remedies are to be used 1111 with judgment anti and tic Ill That judgment and that fire are to be acquired by learning as aswell well III II as by faith alth therefore Ut the Church hu has never nver opposed tId but always wall aired aged those who ho had tb the desire anti the ability to 10 study tudy for or the profession ot of medicine and surgery a and nil to aim Im for the highest round on the Uti ladder ot of learning and profIcIency Ther are doubtless some IOme members ot of the Church hurell who are not deep think H em who ma may be somewhat fanatical and who 1110 may DIve to their notion In a rough and nd offensive mati ncr Mr to 10 sensitive minds nut lint the they are re not the Church nor do they rap represent sent the tbt sentiments o of the Church on these point Th The Deseret w hu has huon hason on several Ocoe occasions advised those who have need ot of a to employ competent reliable and reputable persons When help I ii required to get the beet help avaIlable and this h has been In accordance with the views ot of the ot of the Church Now th there is II ao ft side to 10 this I question The attitude ot of some of our towards professionals lOro na I ot of theIr own faith that Is II R a subject ot of complaint Is III oc DC caused b by lh the airs o of lu superiority assumed by II a few rew of 01 the latter Their instead or of opening their Ir to their own thur lt It Importance and uti leads to look lookdown lookdown down who ho J e enot not received t with a lofty sir air of Onti arro gince that is 18 quit a as AI the lie conduct complained ot of itt In their friends This naturally and nd occasions some ot of the lite lack Ik ot of lion tion exhibIted Particularly is II this the on case when young man Inn who hll In the tho community lit iii MIme ordinary tion antI and has Ott LI II level with Ut th reNt relt ot of the people goes east to lo a col college lege and aud In a year rear or two returns return with witha a dIploma and a style Itle and bearing which he cessna Ime to think so 0 overwhelm overwhelmingly imposing all a to strike till Mil hll hI for tor former mer associates with aWe and Ion When Vh n lie he finds find that this do doss not count hI he dubs the folks who fall to tf worship at the shrine or of hI his mat great ac a as and thins thul for lor their to his hili wonderful wisdom Ww We do not apply appl this by any to our correspondent dent In whom w we ha have never seen such luch sucha lucha a but It III baa It its bearing Its In some w directions The which directs th the acquire acquirement ment ot of general knowledge also thus thu warns warne the brethren Be admonished In all 1111 your our and I fur fr it Il a upon your IOU I ieee sa z The attitude of I a fw few individuals no II latter who lh they Ina may be must not be as the position of the tbt Church I a 1111 mitter maUer The Church of Jesus Jelu of Saints Saint stand tot tOl for Cor education for tor pro gre rea for tor true tru exalted art for tor It perfection In every IVery branch branchat of at knowlt knowledge r human and divine W We use thee terms UN of the division commonly made mad but as a matter ot of fact III all truth and lid all intelligence I divine and should be welcomed esteemed and valued wherever and by t 1111 are aro manifested 1 nemt uplifting Into all that III Ia od and lid noble obi sid lid great r are arc the aim olm olmI aimAR H AR o work of the Church and should be I II II I a nh It t ts members I |
