Show ESSAY OM ON MUTUAL improvement nead read before beare young xu tuat improvement association or sevier county cb V T Z k BY WM MORRISON the nord mord yord word mutual mut fial ilal as defined denn deff ned nea by bi webster menns means interchange of the thing spoken of bf from the LUA word mord butare mu tare to change a reci probity of interest in this cave case case it IC ia is the adjective which qualifies tle tb a noun improvement improvements the thing spoken of and is the word here bere given to represent sent sont progress 3 in a knowledge of the arts and sciences i common to all au and end made more ac r ces sible by mutual effort to give and appreciate individually what is kno known vu by tho the whole ebi ibl collectively agreeing to observe such rules and regulations as may be b adopted to tp accomplish the desired end improvement pro alsola arso A well defined by the bame same lexicographer as a the acu act a ck of making profitable use of anything also a 2 practical application of the thi doctrines and principles of or a discourse progress toward what is better bette metie members of a mutual improvement men association the thea n bre are to be the subjects of improvement ampi rf en such fac tac facilities litdia of interco intercom intercourse urae as will operate e favorably to ga en 1 hance bance their usefulness borall are are aro alike mutually obligated iq elve give glye give and receive and id all equally as assume um the responsibility a p cherished van vau cement in knowledge of common common things every member there therefore fa re should aini aim to secure knowis knowledge d for himself of wh at is known in 14 the association by a strict attention to the rules thereof insider in order onder to ii a begin ning diesto to acquire diio fledge of firt nr t principles in as many branches of the arts as time circumstances and the necessities of the case will admit can we read if not let us Vs begin at once and at the bej hek beginning of that important and fundamental mental branch of education a make some progress every day and a assure asure sure ourselves that we a are aru t learning to eald read just so much a and nd that much well can we write writt if not let us practice tho the art of ariti writing ng and for that purpose avail ourselves of the valuable though cheap copies published P b containing elementary or first principles and altho aitho although ugh ne vie mie may progress but lutle lutfe dally daliy viet rIet let leo that progress be effectual ef in ra connection with the above let us learn to spell and institute such eke exe exercises raises in the art of spelling as would be while very profitable really enten enter i pastimes in the family or social circles generally at all suitable times all ef of which departments harmonize to promote usefulness and attainment in any degree of excellence and efficiency in the further immediate pursuit of mental culture and gradual development comes eola coia aeb aes among the fols fois most it nol noc indeed the first grammar m a r which is 13 the art of speaking and writing with ety oty or as rendered tendered by same grammarians the art sart of speaking and writing correctly others again have it as the art of speaking anu and writing according to established usage to which might be added among the best beat speakers and writers in the same conn coun connection action comes cornea arithmetic or the art of at com uta uth tion by figures the ability to count from one or unity to an ap endless in A a never neven ending source of progress annd arid research until like ilke the great supreme we count the stars their thein relative magnitudes and distances or the infinitesimal bands upon the fea fes ea shore with mathematics and algebra to td know and understand the signs and symbols which with without but close application and research aie are to us ah all a mystery and a myth also geography chemistry the analyses cfall of ali all these or the science of reducing every organized theory or device into its component parts or elementary principles and if we hareno have no source of access to these attainments than through a mutual improvement as let iet letus us prosecute our studies the best books make careful ut use lb of our spare moments 9 and avail ourselves of every facility for improvement that we the sons of zion may climb tho tree of knowledge the very leaves or of which are aru for the healing of the nations and with eager grasp pluck plue k the fruit which m hangs haug s invitingly forth on ba every branch fellow students i to accomplish ace Or this we mus must t press forward in id the constant exercise of those mental qualities with which we are every une one of us endowed in a greater or less jess degree we may indeed pause and wh while we pause reflect upon the limits of bf the little steps by which we can reach the giddy heights of skill honor hodor glory and renown reno wd which appear in view and realize that it is only by slow degrees step by step little by little hut but in the lapse of ages these become the mighty whole and thus thua the most endur enduring ng monuments of antiquity still appear appear a a triumphs of immortal sk skill if to become familiar with which we are led intuitively to the threshold of history another department for the eager eagen student a add and dd there cull from the re coads of ages the words which have immortalized the mish ty tv dead dea ld of forner former agea bolo solo i i r A r U n mon man said get geb get got wisdom get know lege but with all thy getting get understanding 11 we have fai fal thin the up of boundless bound lesa leaa immensity na to treasures of knowledge by the revelations of god 1 and robetter no better ruie rule rule tule can I 1 urge upon the attention of these classes than that thab of paul the earnest apostle alejo ato the tha gentiles himself aducat i ed brought up at the gama liel and which whick brings inton inter full development the tho latent inspiration at 0 all trueland enduring progress M on the march of improvement thus dhus he be addressed the earnest followers of christ seeking ater 1 ili iii to your alth latib aith virtue virtue knowledge t tc knowl knowledge edge edgo temper to tempera temperance nep fo these brotherly gsg an d to aall all ali of thes these charity hichi I 1 indeed the greatest gift gif ofal of ali ail all 1 may tk the blessing of the almighty eighty efforts and labaran mutual ny wah h ab abend und a an u t eue euc success cess eess is the earnest prayer of your fellow in the gos P pi el i r rin ua at I 1 I 1 I 1 WM |