| Show 14 afi shi a DISCOURSE n ill 1 dex der john tailor bowery dowery t ten ter noon september 20 s I 1 i 0 t i t ti fr REPORTED dro iro ED cy BY J V LONG I 1 listened with very gre to the tite remarks rn i made tills morril norril bobil betl bv by pr president 5 edep I 1 young and president pres eun Kun balt ball bwl awl it always affords me pleasure fo to listen to that ii H associated willi tha the kingdom dom of f god arld arid its in teresta te rests and on tile tiie other hand I 1 feri ferl as rei ret ready ly and aud willing to ami tunicate anything that thai the lord may have A unto unto ilip trip cashed a blang op th the blead J in relation to lh he gospel of 0 jesus Cl chrish christ rist itji it is something som eom ething that is f full fuli till pf af tance taice and t sinfori lian i an ia I 1 is associated with our prese arese present 11 I 1 arld and eternal relf reif welfare arii arli Jt a into all tile the ramifications of life where whre we yd can an understand it it Iti is snot suot ac a sing song sort of a I 1 thine thiner sile site such as a we hr hru taught amoun among ilip sectarians seca sect arians but there is some thing tang tangible ihle ibie alou it ilk jt it consists b 0 eternal principles unfolding bavand liht and indell pence gence ald aid is isi hlll ettl adapted apted to the nature af r mail as a in mortal elal and ii immortal being I 1 that effect ni in it in time andin and in eternity eter pity ir it ilfe ilife life in n halli halll i lit ili lickness sickness in death tind ard which led leadmo imd to life everlasting everi everl isling IV we heard some demarb made this morning crimin I 1 1 upon education about wo words da and language aa and so forth in lit relation to t the education of tile llie world a 1 I great amount of it tt is of very little value more of words than ideal ibeal 60 and whilst men inen are verbose in their speaking or writing haye baye to hunt hant for it ideas leasor or nuth buth I 1 liap g p fir a grain of wb wheat at among piles pis 0 of i chaff or rubbish sli 14 it is true that a great ainola amount rit tit of it is really valuable and a ad it is for us to select we the goodar good from 0 m tile the thelah lad laj lad the education of f menou jit dif to be adapted to their the ir po positions irions both as temporal and eternal bin I 1 it is I 1 elg erg well weil fo to under understand aland thed the tho a arts ts and sciences jt i t Is well weli to understand and his history pory fory I tig we ilg understand agriculture to be acquainted ted t with mechanics wi aej i fobe tobe instructed in everything that i is C calculated jid td promote pom ot e the he hap happiness pane pj ne the tho avell well weli belli belll and th the tha comfort of the human timily ts mily that ducai ducal ion inn which but amounts to alit ailt alithe a litie fe outward appearance and applies only to a few conveniences of thi his life ilfe is very far short of that hat education and kelli intelligence gence which immortal beings ought to be in in possession of the education it of the tho present day is generally 1 indeed nae men it have misapplied the education which they have eave received received for tor mi and ani generations the gyle priests i in egypt hd had mysteries rielly assoil associated abed with wilh 1 themselves and ohp calcai I 1 stion was to ke hep kep kepp p their people ignorant Zu orant of those things which they knewt knew that hey abey ight govern them the more readily and that they might ren and ana tyrannize over them thel among amona t lie various na nations lions in diff different rent reut ages dge their sages and wise naca vaca held beld their intelligence as a secret mystery to be divulged almost or altogether er toalei 0 o r disciples disc ples pies who generally conveyed it in symbols or hieroglyphics the tha egyptians had their the As syrians their magl magi and astrab gitle 1 greeks their philosophers ani and the fews jews their dylse 11 men and arid all m moie mote or less mysterious ious ions or cabalistic 1 this thi wasa was a misapplication of 61 information or that which hey might possess posses s although in joany a ny instances 1646 ricas rices the information amounted amoun ted to nothing jn I 1 tiie ame la is applicable n a great meas measure ure to our lawyer doctors aid a ald id priests they make ilse rise use nse of terms can understand but the in iti ciliated llla ilia itel ted if you study medicine law or botany and anti many of the sciences yon you must study latin first because the doctors and professors mase make make use ure of that lang language liage to convey their idea ideas in and the elc calculation ula uia t io a is fon bor tor for all except men of science or lin linguists fists to be and lind bevill bewildered redl redi yes ye all exi ext pt initiated few lyslo who have been able to bestow bei bes the tho samp amount of time as ii they have in learning some of tiie tile dea dead I 1 languages who does the their i le learning atam benefit certainly not the mule multitude irude I 1 will fell you ou my idea of true and irue true eloquence it is no not t aa ansome some people do to lake a v very vory ry small idea and use a great many ganv grandiloquent words without meaning re jiing something to befog and mystify it with something to tickle tick lethe ille ilie ear mr and please the I 1 imagination only that is not tine intelligence but hat it is true rue intelligence intelli gAnce nce acs fera for fena a man to take a subject that is is mysterious ond and great in in itself and to unfold and simplify it so that a child can understand it I 1 do not care what warda you make use of if you have the principles jiles and are enabled to convey those principles to the understandings of manit is true at the same ti time lie that a gan man man who has bas a good use of language J el can present lim ideas to better advantage than one one oae who has not in some som e instances and in sollie some lie he cannot for the lord gives some men a natural talent and powers of description hat others do not possess and can rot tot acquire buethe but the tho great principle that we have bave ta bho fco come to tois is the I 1 knowledge nov lede leda ieda of god of the re lm that th at w we e sustain n to each other of the vali vall ous duties we have to attend tain tiie tile various spheres sphere of eife in which we are called to act 1 as I and immortal I 1 mm ortal intelligent etel eternal nal nai beings in iti order odder that we may magnify 0 our r cailing calling and approve ourselves before etore god and arid the holy hold meis angels gels and it if we obtain knowledge of this kind hind we shall do well for tor tin title is the greatest good of ol s the whole it embreus everything that we want iri in relation to the principle piea plea of we Ws axa told these trea treasures kures we have in earthen ves gets sela were given ot of ihie the lord and retained ro in those debels our oar faitha til ness now then hen if men mm without much mugil of tile tha advantage catita e of wat w bat k is termed in this his world wore are arc fil ledwith the spirit of goethe God Godt the rev ela eions of the leuly and can comprehend the thi relationship of df maii nun to gods can know their heir duffel duties aud and gan can teach leach a peaple peael or a I 1 world how they may be saved and andol obtain tain thron ps priti cipal itic polders powers and da minions in the eternal if mea men c can an understand thee principles ay by 46 thrift N ift of cf the tile ilg holy ly ghost dhoest and the revelations most high fligh and ard are enable to hem be before gretl Greti iti ili ie e po nop pe 1 I iti lii ilat fiat t they hey can ca n cpin cyin d thern thein then 1 say chii ceal ai 0 ili nir me in i of if edu I 1 i the inen men of intellect ilie ille llie tiie bep men who are ire cal ti titi lutei lutea tn 11 0 bies bieg lilea bles anti and ennoble 6 ae hunan ta fa wy Q th lit III ii i i is ahe hind of faucal education cwi iwi that WB we want van pi ala aid I 1 dihe albe aibe ule uie moo mon impie I 1 thoe hilts hilis ean eau be cony eed med till the better I 1 thes they are ingre more aida arda adapted piel to the wants aid int hii bli i tel tei i lence ence of lle lie tee the human hijman family fain ly here is tile llie ba bit bithell vell veil lell eat ept i ug at ille file 13 elent time lime aud arid the raft a aud and ltd k awl uld ili ill tili i craft of thevan thevai ious ions 3 stems stenis among i IP na io 8 alwy hive tended to and lead tiia ilia irias irlas ge into ignorance but blit the ohe the gospel are calculated to expand the mind enlarge llie lite hear henr unfold the capacity cipa city aud and un make mke ali all men feel theirs relationship in lu god gol and to eich each older that we may all be lie partakers par takers irs its of the same sune s bleish g that we demny ady all t ty e garit tint that we may inay all be learned in the tile thing of OU the kingdom of god gud and all be prepared for fur he lite celestial inheritance iri in lle ile the tie eternal worlds tn tri s Is is between lle ile lie the system that we have embraced and tile the of the wold are of bf men till this is is of god among the tile gentiles iliev they tread upon on one eu nother another ai at d ride ridd aud influence on bit tiie llie ruin ol 01 others and they do not care who wiio they tiie tiiu kimp kin uin billj imp of god exalts tile good blesses all ail enlightens ul al expand s ahe minds of ill all and und pus pubs pu s wilhm within the tile reach of ull tiie tile blemings ble bie sings of eternity eten elen nty uty I 1 I 1 DI da you repudiate ed then theil no riot bolat at all but lit I 1 appreciate hil all irue intelligence wl getlir jet lar tar lir moral ecial acial sti political oi 01 philo philosophical optical but ut 1 dease tile the folly hilly that tilot atey bang hang omo onto it and ill lh folly that they call education what di 1 I any of f us know vs Ds rational eternal behlos be fihs antil we vie were educated in this chu church reil rell I 1 tt is true trap that we are eiert efert eternal jal ial brinos bins but lid did iid ild we know or understand anything about thel prin of eternal uta MIA nothing yet we have believed thue thae we were zvee going 10 0 o live hie for ever but did we know anything about where from or 01 what was our arizin or hirl hiji or hat A ilat lint haiwatha wai watha tho the object of 0 our creation leoid we did not know adv ay thing iliin about where we were goiriz coid eoin we haf had hai a dreamy idea of heaven hearen of a god wallo it body p parts arts passions a heaven beyond the tile bounds of lime and space and the lull itell we beli belf believed eved iu in wis was a bottomless pit we had a dreamy idea of 0 these things but wh t did we know was wis tit there ere any authority religion or philosophy that could thee these T mysteries stories no riot rot any i then of wha gha practical use is their philosophy or 0 religion re rellon lion llon tion to us its it iid ild did lid not riot unfold unto us ofir our posit on it didiot did not show us how flow to obtain ete etel nal life it could noldo not dot do it of what use was our ce as op aupied difed plied thour to our position po bilion how mally maily times have you list ned to preaching from a speaker vilo who was wag considered quilean eloquent nian plan ha he would study his sermons ser mois well nell and perhaps write them theno they were full ft of wards llie thi yas eloquent but after all it was mere verbosity empty sound and barren in ideas then their yo yoa you a would po go a away va allo and d say sas ay what lebal t an ari eloquent sermon 1 mr S so 0 a and hyso so preached preached lie preached the best today to toddy day I 1 ever even heard him lumi it was bich a treat so great and arid so deep what was i it about 0 it j was vias nd deep that I could not riot understand derst der stand and a word ord of if it as br saya says well what was it about 1 I 1 do not riot know but I 1 hard hurd h ard urd it and aud jt it was waa so deep and so profound that I 1 could not riot understand it ui but how was it that you f could ouid what lie was wag preaching in about ehen when then ha he wasso wab waa so eloquent so refined and made use ure or such elegant language shall 1 telly gut pu the thi man did not know what lie ha was ro aching reaching about himself and as lie could stand it himself ho be could not explain it la lo you how could he lead others to comprehend that which he be did not know himself these ahre are facts this is the education of the vr world orld orid if you examine tile phio philo ophy of france franca and ani germany german y and other parts of thel the i earth you will find them to be on a par with tile tiie religious world they are going to ameliorate ame the condition of in mankind hll hil to IQ perform wonders 1 I 1 according to their professions if you kempt to reason with gith them about their philosophy like the Paddy ii 1141 when nhen you ou 3 ou in t t em pt to put youn your finzer finger on them tb eyare not there 11 voice olce oice all the tile difference differ enca euca is there is nothing there all their philosophy is mere chimeras chimaras chi of the brain I 1 met with so much of it in those countries that I 1 was sickened with it A gentleman came to me in pad paris an englishman and pointing to arpp arpe a species cies cles of very light cake ke asked me what it was called it is a kind ou of bread that is so light thi blut tit zit a man can eat all the tiina and not pot fill himself and you could blow it away with a a puff of your breath I 1 told him I 1 did not know what they called it but I 1 would give it a name I 1 will wili call it fried froth or philosophy just which you please fried bubbles or the bub hub bubbles les ies of learned meila mella men for it reminded me of their philosophy I 1 believe belleve in tire the solid bread anbi andi do not care if i it it cones comes in big e chunks u aks for then it is better than when there is not enough to sati satisfy fy tha tile appetite truth and intelligence has a tendency to enlarge the capacity to expand the soul and to show ghow man inan his hibrea treat treal position relationship to himself and to ill lii liis 1119 god both in relation to the present und end the future that he may know amow how to live on the earth and bs e prepared to mingle with the gods in the e eternal t ernal now it if m men eu will t each teach me these principles I 1 do not care what words they thoy use lisp if truth comes tallor tail tall cr lead head for I 1 am not very particular it ii i the principles of truth which cement us together and roae roam icae act in un kunou tou lou and strength it is pi those principles that buoy up our feeling an i ato OK soula souls ami ani mke u 3 feel joyous and aud jubilant under it isi lit ait it is tru tra truth tit it ii intelligence lie tie it comes from und and end leads lio god exal tiu on and ani glory wo we feel ju jo oils ous because we hafi dho the principles of eternal life within us it we bave have tit at tile tiie fountain of ilfe life a kilow our relationship lo 10 the lord and und have a posit position ian lan iu in his hig church q add and id magdol jn i af pf lon ion of k liv iio li ele eie tle 0 M those bri i sciples I 1 I 1 i el i d 1 e I 1 q tho the 1 I 1 T r ve vel vei of G stint 10 mejias le ie g v en ell U duio at 0 the holy ic stored ts uld nid realto clr vel vei to s io give give rii rei lalon 1 l I 1 liia Is neo tin dve d ve m i fo 11 our G d aud dud oui out religion A fi ard avd ai d what is tot revelation revel level stion this order andt and th hs s D fol fi foi tiie tite varV I 1 to a to eul rg our in indis to tecil teach I 1 us lilloll rill s aso aio bitted ci cited vw our i pes pee defont tiit and eternal welfare ya 1 eyt evi mytirs tri irs tion liou ihie w or of gud gut 11 tile le eternal ciul g appel 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