Show EDUCATION I 1 ill igl people I 1 iab territory haye have had adm many an y disadvantages to contend With with in giving their children the benefits of a scholastic education they have bleh kleh been so s unsettled J a both 1 previous evious to anesin and since vince ce act 1 arival arrival here that it lt has s been q quite difficult lt fo for i then them to pay the attention to yi tins is subject tiit tilt that they would haye have done had their circumstances been ilden M more ore favorable favor favorable atie atle but though deprived of man many y advantages es of this kind that thal the world enjoy of the p per er add and removals we have been compelled to submit to yet if we will Icare carefully full fuli y examine our position we will see eee that we are in a better situation to give our children an education buch such as a a will be of infinite benefit to molhem them here and hereafter than any other people now on oie pie tace face of the earth we as a people in our experience have proved to a demonstration that the standard stan etan dard ci cf e education d U fc ati au recognized ed by the w world 0 rid ria is r not a correct one one the Is is much that is a useless and in fact facto hurtful taught and which a man athe var world tid lid is ilot liot not considered educate educated a I 1 those thos who have been educated according eto uto i the prevalent ideas among among men at t the present time and afterwards joined this church have j found they have labored and spent lauch much i time they must unlearn j and aud lb confide rabie rable of op what passes pass 3 current ll 11 in th the I 1 dorid world iii as useful and correct I 1 when measured by the light of truth troth proves to 10 be bogus and is neither beneficial nor reliable our elder eider who have gone rone forth rth ill lit anth thip world a ab I 1 abid arid beeh brought in contact evih those who have be en popularly educated have also proved this thia 3 the cause of this thiais thi als ais idl apparent the wor world for centuries I 1 has completely shut out the pure cure pure ligh t of tru iru truth th byre by refusing fusi iusi fo to ac adano wedge ID that its great fountain had bad the disposition or power to communicate it lt linto unto man dp consequently nse tiiu they have nathad not had fhe iho S 8 sil sll sit it t of truth i dwelling within them and they no correct and infallible standard by which to measure mca every thing presented before them true the made great progress in the arts and scierz sciences eRZ outstripping the famous nations of antiquity who were wore similarly situated in respect to the spirit of or truth but how bow far short thien thier ier ler of if what it might have been had they been posses possessed setd ourt off ar ier aten them tae tad dx enbe ende this people eloie have gained ginet aves them great advantages in the proper rearing 9 of child childre r eq n th they ey have ea that agrest deal of the thel wisdom of the world is at bub but foolishness and an rathe rather than a benefetto benefi tto its possessor pos sessor seasor their minds minda keing enlightened e paig 14 ened by they have aebi q the defects oft of their beir own education and are prepared to ta prevent their children from fallin falling into similar errors but betit it ia is not in the school room alone that the children of the ibe latter day saints should be educated though the knowledge they acquire there is 13 useful and important in furnishing them with the necessary aids to obtain its more advanced stas 0 yet it H i at home 1 in the family circle by the explanation 94 oj principle aripe by contrasting truth with error correct with internet tree trec i ideal that the young art are ar properly and fend under those circumstance circumstances i lessons can lye lie taught that will ie bd forgotten A X love lore of ruth truth t can be implanted planted im in their bosoms that ii never vei vee will leave themi them and habits of discrimination be formed that will trill be bp invaluable in after years I 1 i there is rio no la latter ater day gay saint who weeo has haa ar rw rived at maturity y and i n d is in ahe the habit 1 reading inythe the popular works of the day but has f felt elt eit the 1 necessity af carefully ciri cAri fully analyzing amialy zing everything r eads eadi op on almost every subject there la so 0 much mu h written writ tent tont that b at ia is worthless and unreliable th at they must take this course or what PY read will ivill be of little orho who benedit benefit lo 10 them thim if this be the c case cabe s thep with tose whose judgments are matured and abd hii bli are aware thalis la bair how more mora difficult t it must be for the young dun bun b and anili inexperienced f and yet alere are ara re many wiio wilo who think that thai if they can an only prevail on their children to readi reads read whether they ther are prepared to discriminate between the wheat emeit and the chaff chaffy between truth and noi nol that they have ave accomplished a coi coz ed all thatis necessary cestary ne if they would confine them to the wailes written by inspiration 0 of f thial thi kad imd kind iad might result in good buchen children I 1 read any ank any thi thing ng b and inder every e ry thing g that m maybe ay be thrown in their way they imbibe ancor leab deaB and it ein eln can scarcely fail to result in w A weighty eighty responsibility rests upon this people in the education of their offspring and we would dowell do well weil to idovic jook to it undoubtedly it would be a great pleasure sure bure to every affect affectionate 1011 parent to see his children well adian advanced ced in dinall all ail that pertains to a school education but eyen even r this important though it be sinks into I 1 n t 9 comparative insignificance before the importance 0 of cultivating b and abd training them on other points A love for the truth should be en kindled and cultivated a correct knowledge of principle earnestly taught a desire for knowledge awakened and habits of implicit obedience formed these are points upon which every child should he be thoroughly educated ca t e dj and they rightly come johe come within both the father father and mothers province to attend to them it if children be cark cari carefully fully taught laught upon jhee thee these paints points at home homa ome they will viii not long lack the knowledge to be acquired within the walls of the schoolroom school room they will be free from the traditions that have fettered their parents an and retarded their progress they will be easily governed and they will be mighty instruments in the hands of the almighty in accomplishing Us fits purpose s |