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Show " ;'.V ;..' " :.: ';:v;;' r4 TOE DESERET NEWS, SATURDAY SEPTEMBER THE TEST : 1 I '" ! By Elder Nephi Jensen n RADIO ADDRESS A FROBFBCTOR spent several months in !.th bills patiently. end eagerly looking Into inviting crevices, end picking end digging tons of rock, Rio tin. eey tons endpiece of ore that look-enfly: found to him. He eurmived. that good there wao gold ln It But he was not certain, He determined to leant the. nb- solute truth! about his new found specimen. He (tit the dlgginge and earns to town. Upon hie arrival in the city, he iwent direct to the of. flee of ah expert assayer. Thera Is a basis reason why. he took the specimen to the sassy office. The prospector knew that .the astrtyer.. had the technical skill and equip-.ment to determine the actual nitn-or- al content! of the ore. The Expert s' This prospector, followed at very ot wisdom in the Asrule practical certainment jot truth. He went to determine by actuul experimentation the truth he Thai Assayer by accurate sought. tests - and tabulations determined ,( the exact gold content of the men. All our certainty concerning fact and truth ta obtained by resort .to infallible mcethoda of invpstlgatloh. All the factsl of .science, ail its uni ' assailable truths and all our tech- been sologlcal expertnese has baste rule by following this of common sene. Actual expert- -- . mentation. Investigation, and tab- elation ha (produced ail our scl- ' ; man-whoco- ( ed , " encea. X t.i - - Soane of Truth But man: has not always follow- ed this accurate method of finding .facts and discovering truth, t :s In the days, of the Intellectual glory of ancient j .Greece the scientific .method-o- f (learning things by actual experimentation waa hardly !' known. When Aristotle became in- -' tereoted ln the relative speed of . a matter which la falling bodies, susceptible - of . actual v physical demonstration, be did not resort to-. He was not a setexperimentation. entisr. He was a philosopher: He followed-Jilphilosophical bent. He went Intp bis study and meditated i i about ths problem. By a proeeas sf be- - reasonings he concluded thatthree cause a body that weighs heavy as .... pounds Is three times as a body shat: weighs one. pound. therefore the heavier weight will fall to' the ground three times " that as east as the one pound weight. This conclusion, although untrue. waa acccpted as truth for a (thousand yeawa-How- . ' could such an error nerslst for such lot; time? This fallacy lived be- -. cause there f came Into vogue a re- theory at arriving at certaintyeven gardiniffact And triith that Is less reliable than the phlloeopher method. The idea that what certain men ny is truth, not because they. but have made experiments. of , tfcrfr priestly alirr'y iieoatise .became fastened upon the eaU'rg; , wo- -. This Idea gave rive to the . auiiioHttfrtau ag which lasted for this dark period - centuries, During there s no science In the modern sense Af thy term, and very little philosophy. ; The cloistered priest was the' final arbltei1 of fact and truth. : ", . . : . . i- - MoUTirSo, Then came ths A'ofbius . nine of the age of out modern science., Galileo was: one of the great plo- In thg field of scientific sx- : neerjmentation. Hike Aristotle he berort In the . relative came Interested Instead speed ot railing bodies. But c of lust philosophizing - about thv a ho did matter very practicable : thing. He performed a simple experiment. The etory goes that ha dropped from the leaning tower of Pisa at -- thei asms Instant a thre poc s 'eight and a na pound weight; and that the two weights at rue - the ground at the name in- -. j Stunt, ' it Is a simple Incident: But It has mprvelous significance: It stir the beginning of ring of the modern scientific spirit the. spirit of Investigation that has flooded our modern world wits the glory of light and truth. .1 Since Galileo's tlms this simple modern process called experimentation has given 'us ools. devices and Instruments with which we are ' able to dissect analyse, measure, and weigh everything from the ' smallest microbe to the largest star . T - 1 1 tha any barrier at eternal beauty and trath and tba soul which ; would (Comprehend I i . tham," Makes Comment Commenting upon this experience of Dr. Hoylund, pr. Eddington remarks: "Here la an experience which tha observer as technically defined in scientific theory knowa nothing of. The measuring appliances which ho read declare that ths stars are Just as remote as they plwsys hav (Continued On Page Eight! ! . n By Preston Nibley At this conference, the last to be held great in Nauvoo, was the' presiding officer atBrigham all sessions. On the opening day he waa sustained bv the people as President of the Twelve, and given a vote of confidence. In his usual able manner. all .the affairs of the Church were properly handled. The gist of the sermons given was an expression of Joy and satisfaction that--thtemple waa so nearly completed, and working out of plans for the removal of ihe Saints westward in the following spring. Brigham, while he was an in- tensely serious man, was not without a fine element of humor, as this little extract from his sermon the closing day of conference shows: "When we first preached In the Grove. I charged the . brethren not to let their cattle. get into the gardens of the widows and the sick, and If the wldewe shot them, I would stand between them and harm, and someone, on the Friday, following, ehot my only cow. I would have given five half to brin he back eagle again. She-- was reared by my 'wife while I was on a mission, to England, and was so gentle that my children could sit under her and milk her, and piny betweenj her. horns without fear of being hurt. (C. H;. e a A Thought was these Very elementary, Ideas thht led the eminent naturalist Burroughs: who was also an John, .artist Is the field of literary to Say, "We do not craftsmanship know a work-o- f art in ths same we a work- of know that way ' science or a product of analytical reasoning; wo know It as we know .those we are In sympathy with; it Jdoes bot define itself to our lntel-lec- t; it melts into our soula." Knowing things "es we know wo are In sympathy with" Is thorn - one of ths deepest ways of -knowing things. Much of our- most cherished knowledge has come to us by coming Into aympathetlo rap-po- rt with things. A cherished bit of . landscape, an o!d picture, a noble poem, mothers lullaby. a lette; these precious from a friend all -things wo ksow as we know those . we are in sympathy rwith." Colonel Robert! G. Ingersoll In It - ' ;( his transcendently beautiful oration at the funeral ot bis brother, said ot the deceased. "In the presence of flowers ha was touched to tears." This Is a rare tribute to a rare soul. And the soul that Is, so fins and sensitive that it can bo moved to esthett delight "in the presence of flowera" has a valid. way of knowing things which can-- " not he measured with the instru- ments of physical science. Inadequate Measuring ? : The is Of; technology - equally, yardstick inadequate ;ln, the field of moral philosophy. Julian Huxley' is morally and "aptly ssys: "8clence emotionally neutral." Besides what " can the devices of phjr-sicmeasuring science do - with a piece of moral truth? Take for example Herbert Spencers crystslisatton ot s complete oede of human behavior Into one sentence; "Human life la ' the highest thing! we know; therefore anything that tends to degrade or destroy human life la bad; and conversely anything that tends to preserve and ennoble the life of : man is good. This Is a most splen- - did plecs of philosophy. But we cannot arrive at a Just appraisal of de- It by the use of the measuring vices of technology. Ws muse gauge sum to In the Its relationship it total ot truth, by our purified and enlarged thought and meditation. In the mechanistic and technoloand gical realm we learn the tacts principles of ths physical world by analysis, measurement, calculation, tabulation, and technical experl-we . mentation. In the moral realm learn the enduring ethical values through persistent profound meditation. In the field, of esthetics we learn the imperishable charm of. the things of beauty through - sympathetic appreciation.. .. Other Ways All three of these instances exemplify valid ways of learning. None known astronomer quotes Dr. T. . Hoy land as saying;., "There ta an hour of the Indian th first glimnight, a little before mer ot dawn: when the stars am (Close above, and elear unbelievably beyond our shining with a radiance The trees landbelief in this foggy stand silent, alive. Matching; eager. moment the veil beAt such a tween the things that are seen anA the things that are unseen becomes so thin as to Interposs scarcely BRIGHAM YOUNG The-Maand His Work jhe. i 4 of them would be called Into question by even the most strict and ' exacting phyvlclal scientist. - But sre there not still other ways of What ef acquiring knowledge? the mystics claimed intimate contact with reality? The mention of the mystic la apt to provoke a amile and the elevation ol the eyebrows of those who, insist rigorously upon seeing, handling, weighing and measuring all truth with strictly scientific Instruments. But even In the ranks of those who spend almost all their time with the measuring devices of physical, aclenca are found mas whose penetrating 'insight comps Is them torespert the mystic's source of knowledge. Dr. Arthur Stanley the Internationally Eddington, - ' : d. Church Department 1934. - in tbs fartherest depths of limitless spacs. The modern achlevs-- . meats in the field of technology are so astounding that many scientists now assume that they should be the final fudges of what la truth In avary department of life. Including religion: Discovers Danger Sir Oliver Dodge the great English physicist wag one of the first eminent scientists to discover ths danger In this tendency to measure all truth with the yardstick ot physiclal science. In hla most Inbook on Reason and Beteresting lief bo give ah apt Illustration of the errors that result from a purely critical appraleal of all human He quote the beauknowledge. tiful description, of dawn which Shakespeare puts! Into tbs mouth of Borneo. Night's candles Are burned out and Jocund day. Stands tip too on the misty mountain tops. . ! Dr. observes that this Is a rareLodge bit of pbctle truth. And then he very pointedly says that as a "scientific statement it la nonsense." And so it is. Night has no candles that can burn out. The moon and stars that give light by bight are Inextinguishable. Moreover, Jocund day, baa no feet or toes. Consequently it cannot stand tip toe on the misty mountain tops And yet notwithstanding the fact that this scrap of poetic from the Immortal bard, is fancy scientific nonsense, it is nevertheless profoundly true as a piece of art. By his unparalelled genius Bhukes-rar- s has made the mere abstraction day fairly live, move, and T Sunday. august m, tts 4 T . . . , Vol. :. -- T, p. , During the latter part of October and all of November - the aints In Nauvoo were constantly lng harassed by their enemies Hemes were burned on the farms Jn the outlying districts and the inhabitants were forced to flee to On more than Nauvoo- for safety. one occasion Brigham went' into . his Mfe was be-l'hiding ns he knewmob. Meantime, sought Jay the with unceasing energy the brethren continued their efforts for the con- . temple and prepar-struction of themove westward. Hera atlona tor the from Brigham extract tew are a History under date of November j0, 1845: 16 A.m. I went to th I "At attic story of the tempi . . . I requeated William' Clayton to keep minutes. I then offered tha up prayer andth dedicated templeXand attic story of ourselves to God, and prayed that . God would sustain add deliver us hla servants from, th hands of our enemies, un- til n'i have accomplished his will In tht house." "Hans C. Hanson, the doorkeeper, reported that there .were two officers waiting at Jit foot of th stairs for me. I ould told ths brethren that bear to tarry her where It ' a warm as was they . lang In the cold waltin- - forliar C. H. Vol. 7.! , me." And again this Item regarding the exodus, which 'gives a tins, and picture of what was golnx ohfaith: expresses Brighams abiding "Every hundred have established one or mors wagon. whoelrlght. earpen-shops; ters and cabinetmakers are maknearly all forer. n war." ers. and many not mechanics are at work: in every part of the town preparing timber for making wtfgons. The timber is cut and brought into the city ! al- : nn-fiden- for a reason." C. II. Vol. peace 535.) During the winter m&iths of cember and January Brigham spent his time, almost day and night, la the temple, assisting the people In receiving their endowments. During this tlqve hla life v In danger, One of ths elders. William Miller Who .bor resemblance to Brig ha;. striking was mistaken for Brigham, arrest-i, ed and taken to Carthago by the officers, on the trumped up charge of manufacturing bogus money. Mlfler had nrewence ot mind enough not to reveal his identity until h was In Carthage and the officers wera much chagrined to find that they had tha wrong man. On Dec. SL ins. (the last day Of this momentous reyear) Brigham ; cords: . "Elder Heber C. Kit" XU) and I superintended the operation in the iemnle, examined: maps With reference to selecting a location for ths Saints, west of ths Rockjt Mountains: and read various Works written hy travelers In those regions," C. H. 7- -- ' , J ' . i unof-fendi- ! : , mob-leader- ng ' green: hub; spoke, and ft::watimber boiled in salt end ter, and other parts k".. drltd; shops are 'established at tb Nauvoo House. Maspnte Hall, and Arsenal, nearly every shop in town Is 4uip!o ed In making ; wagons. "Teams 4P rent ! i parts of the county to purchase iron; blacksmithii are at Work night e and day. and all hands y busily engaged getting .. for our departure westward as soon as possible.' "Very few sales : j property are being ihade. the citizens of ths country around instead of aiding us tt sell our; property, are using ijheir influenc to discourage sales and the auhaunt us thorities constantly with vexatious writs, efforts are making to bring Us into collision with the authorities of the United States .by means of vexatious writs from the federal courts. Tha brothrea . are doing their utmost to prepare amidst all the diacour- - ' agemente that surround us for a general Cxodus in the spring: ' but from the manner that our neighbors , have kept their faith. It Is very apparent that as soon as the strength of Israel Is gone, that the remainder will be In danger of Violence, from our Cruel 1 the promisee of governors. generals. Judges, conoif ventions cltlxens, (and and their hounds to the contrary notwithstanding; but we trust It Uod, we prated him-thawe Save .been thud far able to prepare hla temple for the ordinances of the priesthood. andtw feet full of thjat he will, hear our prayers add deliver 'hi from he power ot their people enemies, and lead us to a land where we pan enjoy . ? SIS.); The evacuation Af Nauvoo was now only a matter ofedays. Brigham and the other Charch leaders were ready to seek their new hem in the west. (Continued Next tYee):) |
