Show I 1 vonis wonis OF FICTION THEIR EFFECT EFFECTS 8 THE taste which is so 30 prevalent in the world at t the prasert t time for reading works of fiction is also partaken partaker par taken of by many of the latter day saints is productive of very great injury this generation possesses advantages for the dissemination of thought I 1 and intelli gence yence superior to those thos of any preceding generation aeration of which we have hive any alty account but bat ba they h have ave b been e en s sadly ad ay abu abused ved qed the ile press mans great auxiliary instead of oi being used to td aid him in making in know known a nand and establishing truth f 1 I 1 billeen has kas been prostituted prostitutes ia in too many instances to the propagation of f falsehood als ais eboyd and error works ai bavi bave e been ont s ent fort rort forth hIlke bilke ilke like an over flowing flood and the public taste has become so 0 o vitiated thereby that everything virtuous truthful or f heaven beaven heavenly I 1 djs is unpalatable and is I 1 is rejected I 1 i w with 1 ith dis disgust gus t with the masses of the the present resent d day ay scarcely anything 21 elsa but ut fiction I 1 asin is in the least ph popular pular pulan 9 so strong strone has this telle teste w heco beco become m hat aliat t sectarians sect arians compo compose selbe their ir religious tracts oa fictions and a any h d yi resort lort to the of their own imaginations or to B iles lles lie lle to enforce enforcer their dogmas on the minds of ibri T cp y tr I 1 a tl aliey ley ha have hava i 6 found i it to their advantage to coat with I 1 fiction what wha t little truth they may have in order orter that it may be swallowed nore easil easily 1 na nd wonder febi anahis be ring ling th 8 situate situa tn of ahi here ading abing portion of mankind that thai pi pure irean lind 4 unadulterated as re trae d f romr the heavens and proclaimed by th tb servants of G god oil finds ao so litte litt e favor with V A V eue uee the world and a X nd pre sf ants so sofe fei at attractions fractions to t t t 1 a literature th injury iha u ij is deneto done to both men roen ano ana theirs perusal of world of fiction 1 abtil th ir f aw is much great or thin abin lial ti many mapy probably vf of this his people alre acre are aware of the fascination ia is so strong the excitement which an indulgence in ibis this habu p r aall aull is BO so pie p as 11 rille rilie tilt that mani many entirely overlook the thi evits c consequent 1 on sequent thereupon ori orl and they think it an innocent harm harmless lessy yet very agreeable way I 1 oft off their leisure mo hoyel noyel rb mances romances and works of that eilar ellar r g atrice oner rt reflection fl of things as khey they ibe the y realey rea liy ily e Ts t tb thigh of fiction their perusal might not be bp ul but the this ij as all who have any ary by experienc esperi enc e jn the World wll pil kno knowable know wAbe the counterparts of their thein herbes arnd annd arid heroines are bond 0 nd ic cumptan teg tes e their authors place them in the incidents they depict as happening t to th them em are unnatural and grossly improbable exaggerations correct arid truthful impressions 1 to tore fore eji be ibe derived deni deri veti veil from them they mislead the tl inexperienced N e rignie g bk 9 lin incorrect views of the world and produced dissau bissau faction in their giai e circumstances i by they are surrounded wr rounded those who habitually indulge in their pe perusal ils lis al are ta p a certain degree unfitted to cope with the A is it they have no taste tor for the stern and a active chiv duties of life they become day ay dreamers and dwell in an imager ald a world that never llad bad an exist tuce race except apt in their own brain or the brain of eme some ome one similarly imil arly ariy affected such sueh books are not in inthia this but their perusal has ha a tendency also val sal to air the memory and weaken the th intel lutei io selic lac daler slit silt i a 1 baskot av no small magna T tude e toran foran 01 a habitual gul gui tul poye moye novel reader gabe jaae r 6 to tefle reflect ct pro t a f i ei f ridi 1 11 jy pr or upon 11 any a py subject 4 j quires thought 4 T the babit habit of novel reading is averse ayerbe to it it induces superficial anit anat and ana thinking hinkin feeds teed s the imagination t gi iiii I 1 nation mon pon e alvea lv a nit it undue stimulus and ana a j consequent activity while the larger portion of the thee i intellect not being called into play and having ase itself li lie lle lies lles dormant I 1 no oc occasion caslon to exercise s and gradually gra duall drall y loses its power amon among this people the reading of such work works have havi a tendency also aiso to strengthen foolish and injurious which came dire cUy I 1 in n contact t v jtb th the principle s of f truth the th p spirit they are dictated by is nottie spirit of trutha bi but 1 t is opposed thereto where they are ensti systematically m a read ead therefore thi t it ma may be expected that th the espirit spi rithey ahey bearr carry y with them will vi ill iii be imbibed to a greater or less extent it can not be otherwise it may be noticed hot iced and hud it will lii ill b be e found to ba b the case dase with but few exceptions that those thos who iove love iove to peruse perus these works have no taste for works of a solid truth i k ful tul character revelations of either elther ancient or modern prophets contained in the bibie bible the book of mormon or the book of doctrine and ana covenants have no attractions for hemn hern their spirit and style being I 1 antagonistic to fiction and untruth is unsuitable to a mind perverted arv arted I 1 by novel I 1 reading readi nj such amina agina can only oily be brought to bear upon the truths they contain by a painful effort in view of these facts ulen then it becomes the I 1 duty of this people to strive to check the inclination cli nation f cpr gr reading works of this character especially among hmong the young of both sexes where the habits of reading are being formed to inexperienced and imaginative minds works of this kind are very f fascinating L they will peruse them with avidity to the neglect of I 1 w works arks more heniff benefi gial giai cial clai and elevating 1 0 too much care therefore ore can nol not be exercised by ua us in selecting and placing proper books in the the hands bands of the young before beford they have access to works of fiction n their judgments a should b gaii d be 1 ito tto to sone some extent matu matured redl sua suf flUently sufficiently at any ny rate to discriminate between the gold and the dros droin which they may meet with w lih arf if the course 0 ot fabor their reading read ip ipg g the growth and nd spread of bf many of the evils which have attained so rank a luxuriance in the world we attribute to thie this s all prevalent and p pernicious habib habit but wj we arean are ara V in a secluded as position li ard adi ari dhave have a better I 1 opportunity to flieck their spread and anti counteract I 1 their influence in oun our midst and we js hould avail ourselves of it |