| Show for the deseret news novel hovel reading beading mn nn editor in tn the course of my wanderings lately about this goodly city at of oms I 1 happened to drop dror into a ward meeting honse house where among th thi thy other things of sterett nt erest erett brought on the tapis was the subject of novel read DC mr the remarks made caused me to have bre some rejections which I 1 have taken the liberty of writing writings hoping that they may prove of interest to merit a perusal it Is argued by the advocates of novel reading that there ts 1 a sufficient amount of information n gathered fathered from them ta repay the reader for the time spent in their perusal and that as mormonism comprises all truth the time may be profitably nent pent ant in seeking it among the plies piles of light literature which has flooded the world foi for tor the last few years j now in my opinion Is but poor reasoning for as a far as my ray own per personal personal sonai concerned I 1 hail have found that the benefit derived Is 1 by po DO means an eluiro lent tent for be ume expended it troth Is the our people in reading novels I 1 should think it would be much more consi constant stant in them to thoroughly search for and glean all ail th the moths truths contained in our own works firsts first tor for or we have an abundance to occupy the most of ot our attention tent lon lop there are no truths either historical or fies ties 06 of any con coD qunce that we cannot find in far greater abundance in works on these subjects than we can in works of fiction and in these the judgment is 18 informed correct habits of reading established I 1 and the reason iriz tria powers are developed which li Is not apt art to be the case ease when novels are the works read another fact fatt Is that let a habit of ng novel once be formed it Is very verv distasteful distaste fril full to read anything else especially carls that do not appeal appear to the imagination the baoec of mormon nook boot of covenants bible at require too much the he exercise of the reaton teaton trig and thinking faculties to make them suitable to the taste of this class of tit reader thesle there works are arc ar of so very different a nature and there Is to such a difference in the spirit that laga it is a very rare thins thin to tee ee a person that Is to attached to reading one class of works that will feel feet much cinch or aur our inclination to read the other to any extent they are almost alTic itt eure enre to hold hotd bold to one and the other I 1 have bare heard it advanced I 1 as an argument la n lav lavoria favor orIf of novel reading readi nc that ly by perusing these works we become acquainted with the different styles of gov cov conveying eying ideas in our language languages and our own styleano sty leAnd lan lac am guage Is improved and that we be like lite beels bees collect the sweet from f rom every every emery thing and not rot ot confine ourselves to the sweet flowers alone but seek rock it where it 11 can be e found this yiew view of the case caw will do no 0 doubt doub very well veit to the orise upon but I 1 am bold to afert ap rt that wherever practiced and carried out tully it has a pernicious f effect an n I 1 the result Is 19 a deterioration on of intellect intellects because fag the powers v of the mind are ars not sufficiently exercised tind and therefore they necessarily power poirer of concentration I 1 am aware that there are many among nse use nsf nho probably will not agree with me roe in my views v of this but this I 1 cannot help I 1 am fus ful tully tulky dy convince that these views however roughly stated dated are borne out hy by facts and I 1 am earnestly desirous of fating feting allese thee taken into consideration novels noveis do twelve jve ive too much attention from our neove especially from the young and as there reems seems to be a spirit of improvement rite rife at ae present time let us lay aride aside the works of fiction which be 3 assured 9 only tend to feed the imagination and engender en ender false and ro mantie romantic ideas without informing the judgment judgments and substitute in their place plan the revelations of jesus christ as given through his prophets and sp abole ostlee ancient indent and modem modern together with histories of kingdoms and na tons lons works of a scientific nature and such each other truthful works as may be thrown in our way and my word for itt iti it if 1 this course Is pursued there will be an improvement that we may seek for in valt vain amona a novel reading oom eom impunity and instead of the hablas habit of reading gand and t ti inking superficially which are now BO so prevalent an and which I 1 attribute to the baneful habit of 0 reading now nok novels Is we bail bali shail hall have the habit formed of thinking deeply and tio on everk everz eveny every subject that me we may read ind and have algo aiso also aiso a corresponding increase in our stock of useful inform uon with desires defines f tor ton or the increase of correct torbert babbe and principles c among the zion alon of god r I 1 remain liro str your on 4 A cosmopolite lii ili iii in nil communications for tha news 1 the editor must bo be furnished with the name narrie of the writer or a good article may have to be rejected ed homa hone homa eoma correspondence PROVO CITY 1127 may 1 ISM or THE NEWS on ozi sunday the uit nil I 1 addressed the seventies at lake late city and ord ond ordained alneil reter 1 stubs and john shelly into the quorum of ol seventies and set them apart for their mission arrived at provo in the evening monday mondays called a meeting of the missionaries slon elon anies aries who had been from provo viz vm win B R lace sidney carter cllnton williams john clark clarks james A deano bean john mcewan james A we irley thomas G wll wil i 1 son bon john W turner william A rollet john joha L ivle lini binl loin i binl int A B nian ita ila cion olon CI cious Clon gli of 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