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Show NEW YEARS, things to be mastered, that it behooves the wise to select that which is adapted to his own especial needs, and confine himself to a somewhat limited sphere. If he has no gift for mechanics it would be a waste of time to spend his precious youth in a machine shop or in a course of study on civil engineering. This point is susceptible of enlarged what, therefore, is true of the individual is true of classes; what is true of classes is most emphatically true of the sexes. Too long bas the education of the world been devoted to the sole preparation of man for his fields and spheres of work. If woman received any educational advantages, she must glean from her brothers studies the grains that would serve to feed her own development, and half, nay, more than half of her time has been spent in learning things good enough in themselves, but unsuited to her as a class. If that time had been spent in acquiring knowledge which would enter into her field of labor, how much more would woman be developed than she is today. No true woman desires to encroach upon the sphere or labor of man, but intelligent women are claiming the right to enlarge and enrich their own sphere, with suitable studies, proper work and scientific laws with which to solve the problem of their own happiness. Outside the spiritual requirements of the Gospel, no study can have the importance to the future moth ers of this people than that which is embraced in the care and preservation of the body. Women as the mothers and nurses are the ones who prepare the food and arrange the daily life of the inmates of the home. What study is of more importance to woman than that of health, the preservation of life and the bearing and rearing of children? Such has been the central thought of those who have labored long and faithfully in the preparation of the Guide and considered these subjects in all their bearings, with a view to avoid a difficult and complicated plan of work. The members of the board have been assisted in this arduous labor by gifted minds and willing hands, and if the results are as great as the gratitude felt to all who have helped to make the Guide what it is, no one will have cause for aught but gratification and joy. The future of the associations is undoubtedly a bright one; not only are they a recognized power for good in our own Church, but also in the nation, having, by invitation, allied themselves to the Womans National Council of the United States. Aided by the spirit of prophecy the picture is an inspiring one, as we see Ward Associations better prepared, better equipped for work, gathering into their folds, one by one, the indifferent, the thoughtless and the erring. Love, law many 25 1893. and beauty form a nucleus for all the gifts and graces to cluster around, and the joy ot living and loving is made an art. A sphere for woman in which she can be left to evolve all the loveliness of her life, that her mission may deepen and sweeten all the individual characteristics. In the family circle a diploma or certificate of graduation in the Y. L. M. I. A. will mean a better, wiser, and, above all, happier daughter, wife and mother. Into society such a girl will go with a head for her own special lines of study, and a heart to refine and purify humanity. The community will receive into its bosom Martha H. Tingey, Second the flood of widening purity and over all Zion will beam the beneficent light of love. Colleges and academies, which now grant to women the prized privilege of a lew special lectures in a year, and at most two or three branches of sex studies, will yet offer courses in the varied fields of womans mission, acknowledging her individuality, different to mans, but as precious and as varied. Her life and work will not be a dim reflection of mans spiritual growth, with the added womanly cares of temporalities, but it will be a divine unfolding of the flowers of pure womanhood. Hand in hand with her brother, in his studies and duties in his own association, she will be prepared to accept his invitation to meet in conjoint session. He with his strong and deep offerings, to be complemented with her brighter, finer, sweeter labors, and all working together under one inspired, united head for mutual growth, mutual help and mutual improvement. M. L. F. Electricity, where unretarded by atmospheric influences, travels at the rate ol 288,000 miles a second. Along a wire it is, of course, vastly slower. Z Counselor Y. L. H. I. A. The Primary. ILL I throw a few rays of light upon the subject of our Pri-GfES' mary work for the holiday number of the News? Certainly; for, owing to a lack of understanding and its attendant lack of appreciation, the woik has not received from all quarters the support and encouragement due so worthy a cause. Many, through failure to investigate, its object, have looked upon the Primary" organization as the most insignificant instead of the mos1 3 k. jUf 1 |