Show for FOT ahe deseret newe news E EDUCATION D U 0 A T 10 by sirius i i no 1 education ia is a subject which has frequently engaged my thoughts particularly with reference to the early years of youth those d irin 4 hl cj h J the disposition and character which W in influence lence tence and control the future destin destiny of the man maneor or the woman are formed and an I 1 pitr purpose pose with your permission to express a few of my ideas in connection with it in a as plain and interesting a manner as I 1 am able not presuming that I 1 have anything particularly new to advance but hoping that the few suggestions I 1 may throw out may he be the maans means of awakening the attention of 0 afew a few rew to the importance of the subject and when once their minds are aroused to it their own good sense bense and judgment will do doi the rest education isso is so vast and comprehensive a theme wem it W will lil ill be at once evident to the most casual observer that it will be impossible to domora than merely touch upon a few of its pran apal branches in an pai article of this kind taken in its widest range and most co comprehensive pre e seni sense it includes all that is orwill or will he be necessary for men and women to know it reaches far beyond this transi transient tnt lifland life ilfe and embraces eternity in allita thrilling and momentous developments jn in reality we are all hut but children and mormonism or the church is the Me school in which our our father has placed us in order that we ive may gain that experience and intelli intelligence ence necessary to enable us to fill with honor to ourselves and to him the positions in a higher sphere which which he ho destines deskines de stines us to occupy provided we wd prove ourselves worthy of them tham education is 13 a work which if ever completed will be atso at so remote a period that w need not fear learning too tog much now indeed the wisest and most learn learned edof of the human family have always asserted that after a life tome time assiduously spent in the pursuit of knowledge P they found they had scarcely entered TH on the confines of the eternity of 06 truth that lay before them viewing it in this light we might well be overwhelmed at the vastness of the subject and shrink from the responsibility connected with it but we are not required re ulra nira to learn everything ina in lna a day the architect who transfers fr from fin his brain to paper his hia designs for the erection orsome splendid monument of human skill and intelligence might well be discouraged were he expected like ilke the ibe mythical possessor of the fabled Al addina lamp to accomplish in one night and present to an astonished world in the morning the practical tangible completion of his cherished and elaborate design but he is not discouraged discourage ed though it take years or a life time ere he see the image of his fancy an actual existing fact and in some instances men have only lived to see the foundation of their cherished work commenced the foundation of education ia is about all that we can lay in this life but we can and should make it our s special care to see that such foundation is fi firm rm and correct there are principles principles simple and easy to be understood stood la 11 ich for form as it were the germ of all correct education the ground bound work of every pure and noble character which should be implanted in the breast of every child we me of 0 all people on the face of the earth earthy ought to appreciate and prize this science of sciences aad yet I 1 trust you will pardon me and not deem me pedantic and eggli egotistical when I 1 say that but comparatively few jew among ug us appear to realize its importance aia ala many pare parents t enkich rs seem sein to forget the responsibilities 11 which rest t upon them that thab on them depends the future zon gon c character and usefulness of their children that they have immortal spirits committed ed to their charge and that the im impression made upon their plastic minds canne verbe effaced that the influence they pot novy wield over them must be felt powerfully for good or evil probably I 1 throughout hout eternity how low many thou F fanda sanda daily dally throng the avenue to the r ial temple and madly rush to the a tar far tar far who neither realize nor think of the t tremendous emen dous responsibilities they are taking v u on son themselves it ia is generally the case t of at oe 01 e least qualified to sustain bastain the 0 a aps lipa of husband and father are tb the e moat e g fy r to enter into them while those who rei ret a most and ana realize more fully tally the dut a a 3 nd ad response res responsibilities of such a relatiOn relationship shily al aou awo at st tremble to enter the portals of t the e tp imle tm mille le lf li f us then firmi in ure ura ure in what does edu ci n c 1 I it in spending a certain number of years at dehol ir ho il or college in aci u r ig a knowl knowledge e age ige of anglish r frenoy french lat G e pHeb revo all a i y or all other modern a BA us oh fj fal or anc eni a and nd dead languages in a k ku cleoe wl eoe e of arx n h he matics astra geo I 1 lo 10 0 v or if it we poi possible ible ibie al al the tho 11 amly other er jau lau TO ro 9 lences lences i a lat at the present day II 11 a lil ill the r ot music t ic tc I 1 fi ing a and ad learning leer ier ler ning hing how to make wor woh i railed called a good appearance a i A i tf t noho na however wever desirable many of T c c max may be in themselves they c e 3 noi the solid essential part of e edic jac n an individual of either sex might eight po poa a a knowledge of all these and yet have ver really and properly commenced the i a 3 work of education these like the ornaments on the capital of a corinthian column column add to the beauty of the monument but tho tha parents who would seek to clothe their childrens childr child renn ain aln Jin these simply external graces and ac they had properly developed their characters and trained their minds and bodies to habits cohabits of virtue and energy would beas foolish as the sculptor who would woula polish his hia block of marble before he had developed eyen eren thes thel outlines of his bis statue or as the man spend all his means in the tile purchase of fine apparel for hig his back while lie be las was vas stara tn in 0 with wite hunger howa any way bouno youn gone through 1 their course of studies with great and a nd won for themselves the titles 0 of honor so flattering to students who have yet emerged from college totally unfitted to cope with the difficulties of life to buffet its waves and face its i storms to overcome the obstacles they are I 1 sure to meet with in their path and to rise triumphant over trials and misfortunes j on the other hand how often do we see men who have risen from the humblest walks j in life to the highest and proudest positions among their fellows who struggled upward I 1 against the current who fought their way through h the hosts 6 of opposition and tempha 1 tion bat that beset them and in spite of all obstacles won for themselves a name and fame which are imperishable and all this they r accomplished without the advant advantage agre if advantage 2 it may be called of a collegiate education true they could not have done this without knowledge and knowledge they could lotain without study observation and reflection but they principally studied men and their knowledg knowledge they gained by their own efforts after trey they had learned its full value such has been the history of the greatest greate a t men not only of our own age and country but of the world they were self made fought their own battles and carved out their own i fortunes and why did they succeed while so 00 many others failed because the proper foundation was laid in their infancy while others were nursed in iry the lap a of luxury until they became enervated anT and feminine e these thes e I 1 were wire taught or forced by circumstances to cultivate the virtues of self reliance energy and perseverance correct education according to my view consists in in imparting to individuals such knowledge as is necessary to enable them to discharge discharge faithfully the duties devolving upon them in their various positions and callings in life with honor to themselves and useful usefulness dess to the community were a man intending to devote his attention to the cultivation of the ground it would be foly folly for him to occupy his i time in the study of law or medicine to lo the I 1 neglect of his own particular department of knowledge and so with any other course he might decide upon it R may be asked would you have a man confine himself to one particular branch of knowledge and never have him step aside from his hig beaten narrow path to pluck the flowers and taste the fruits of science and knowledge that are everywhere blooming around him no but let me ask in return would you think it wisp for a man mai to busy himself in trying to learn the size climate and productions of some distant planet the appearance and character t bf its inhabitants their manners customs and laws while he was entirely ignorant I 1 on all these points pertaining to the one on which he lives let men women and children learn that first which most immediately inter ests cats them and effects their happiness t then nen hen as they bave cave have opportunities they can take ex excursions c u into the ocean of truth that sur bur surrounds roun them hem but it may be urged a mans sphere in ife life and consequently his duties often change he may fill one position today to day and be called I 1 to fill another tomorrow to morrow granted then he will find as I 1 before stated that his education is never comple compie completed ineil in this life and he must endeavor to td fit himself for the creditable discharge of his various duties as he passes along but there are principles truths virtues which are applicable nay necessary to success and usefulness useful ne sa in all circumstances c 1 re a ni stances and conditions of life it is to these I 1 mean to advert with your permission |