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Show EDUCATION. , ,,gj HH Tho lntcrcst nt Present being manl- HH fested In tho cause of education Is HH extremely gratifying nnd Is certain to H bo productlvo of much good. Tho com- HH lng Sabbath has been set apart, local- HH ly for a general discussion of this all- HH Important subject, and prominent HHJ speakers arranged for tho afternoon H meeting nt the tnbernaele nnd for HH each of tho ward meetings at night. HHj Needless to say such activity Is HH bound to act ns a stimulus to every HB man, woman nnd child in the com HR I munlty. The opportunities afforded HJ every industrious individual for so- IIHHi curing an education today are so nu- , merous nnd tho labor so pleasant withal, that tho wonder is that thcro f should bo any uneducated Individuals HHj In the land. HB Especially is this truo of Utah. HB. Utah now stands among tho states of HBr. ; the Union foremost in education. It is HH ever a matter ot surprise to tho un- HHl Informed when their attention Is di- HB rectcd to tho fact that in educational HB achievement, of nil the states In the HH Union, Utah stands THIRD! Tho or- HH der being, Massachusetts, New York, HH and Utah. HH This enviable condition, however, H 's tho natural expression of tho chnr- H ncter of tho peoplo ot tho state. H Wherovcr, and whenever tho people HH I of Utah have pioneered a now "set- HB tlemcnt" their first creative effort HBVj has been tho House ot God and the HH public school. Education and rollg- HH Ions devotion hnvo gono hand In hand H 'n fact, each hns been the compliment HH of the other. "Where, there is no HH vision tho people perish;" nnd in HHi Utah tho vls'on ot tho intellect has HH been cultivated and developed con- HH temporaneous with tho "vision ot tho HH The question is frequently nsked: HH "What is Education?' and invnrlably HH the answers to the query aro as va- HH rled and as widely divergent as tho HHl it temperaments of tho Individuals nt- HBVJ Ok tempting to answer the same. Briefly HBH jmL- anything that adds to tho sum total HHJ P - oT a person's knowledge Is in a sense HHJ , t educational. Nor is this definition HBH L conflitod to tho information glenned HHb ylthtn, tho cloistered walls ot tho HBH cChool room, Joseph Smith, tho Mor- HHJ t I rnon prophet, is accredited with the HBVT I aphorism that "A man is saved no HHj faster than ho gains knowledge," and HHJ ! I knowlcdgo is not confined to tho nnr- row: precincts of the school or col- HHV legoS Knowledge Is freo ns the air HHJ ' wo breathe. Wo havo but to reach HHg vout and partake and It Is ours, nnd HHJ no arbitrary laws, no ndverso condl- HBHJ "v tions, no combination ot clrcumstnnc- HBHJ 8 els can dopilvo tho Industrious seeker HH after knowledgo of his desired attain- HHJ y ment. All that a man or woman learns HHVJ I from tho rugged lessons ot life Is just HH 1 as essentially nnd ns truly a part ot HH I tho individual education as aro tho HH j accumulated facts deduced from tho HBHJ I school curriculum. Knowlcdgo Is HBHJ fy Power nnd tho Individual whoso les- HBHJ f son uns ucon wo11 learned whether HHfl in tho text book at school, or from HHfl tho harsher contact with some prob- HKVJ I lorn in more active life occupies n HH r 1, decided advantage over the brother HHVJ who hns yet bis lesson to learn. H ' Kjt TjueeducnUon. then, tho only ed- Hh --WrfljJIucation worth while, Is tho education H for service. If tho lessons learned H have not qualified tho student for bet- HHfl ter sorvlco to tho world and to h's HKH fellowmnn then It Is not education. HH i But If out of tho gist of his expert- HHb 'f enco he shall havo been taught fnlth HH r. in humanity nnd God; charity ar I HBH , toleration for the weaknesses jf m HKH ' W fellows, and above all lovo; lovo t HKVJ Wx tho good and tho uplifting In life. H C Iovo ,llch fli--s Its very choicest ex- HHb M' presslon in righteous labor In tho HH X. Joy of service, then it matters little HHb Htcwhother his lot be cast in pleasant HHb places beside tho still waters of tho Hg .schoolroom or whether It be out on HbwJ i?r'the frontlor of hurann endeavor, nor HHl , fi 7 ' whether ho bo garbed in tho broad- J ' cloth of the affluent or robed in tho BV scanty habllaments of tlio honest poor that man Is truly educated who - has learned early tho Joy of living nnd who sees In every human coun- HHV l tenancc the expressions of God, for HHB' Love. HH hH i-:ly: HHHL w-Lj2-c HHVM hwWhh- HJHflHJHJflpayga. -, |