The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-09-22

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#. Elder Henry ". Naisbits, on Sui
day evening last, in the TWentiet
'' Ward meeting house, delivered a di
T.. course upon a subject not ofte
treated by speakers 10 our day.
u was devoted, mainly, to woman an
her influence upon the rising genera
- ton, and was calculated TO impress
his hearers with thoughts and reAec
t. tons. which, if they had even beel
in .hslr minds heretofore, would bes
calling up again ana bordering over
: He commenced by saying tina, b,
hoped to enjoy the spirit of wisjO1
and utterance, while standing to
speak, that he might choose SON,
topic which would be of interest t
young and old, and that he and hi
-. audience nigh, be benefited. 1t was
not, he remarked. the purpose of the
. ministry to do all the thinking for 6
congregation, but to stir up the ioun-
tain OF thought, not only in the meet
ing, but at home and while occupied
| in daily svocations. He believed il
to be well for speaker to have ideas
suited to his hearers, those who movein
the same sphere and who look to the
IselEsame iuture-oi real interest to
one and to the whole. He telt
touched to see so many young people
present, those who will, some time,
be the reflection OF the training We
give them. The interests OF the
youth in Israel constitute one OF the
features of Israel's leaders. and prayers
ara continually and fervently being
| offered up that the future of our
youth shall be honorable, and that they
shall honor their parents, who have
given them being and an education.
There are those who take very dis
coursging view Of our youth; they be-
lIeve there is good deal ofskepticism
IN our midst, and that there is lack
of that warmth and love and affection
which their fathers gave to the princi-
pies of the goapel. We hear of the
wave uf ignorance among our youth.
He had heard the pertinent query: is
1t possible for our youth to take the
position the elders OF early days had
taken2 and THE, he thought was not
surface feeling; it was felt in the
hearts of many of our prominent
men. When a young man is called
on q mission, he continued, the say
ing well, 1t will be good thing
for the boy; for he can learn and
grow in the knowledge OF the gospel"
Is heard. The responsibilities and
duties of mission are calculated to
ennoble and brighten them up. This
is.a false position. 1t is by the insti
tutions OF Zion they sheuld be brought
up. He held that it would be better
to teach our boys, and assure them,
and bring to bear on them an infu-
ence, to induce them 10 believe that
right here, in their fathers house, in
the Sunday school, in the sanctuary,
are all the facilities for the acquisi-
ton of that knowledge; and give
them books to read that they may
prepare themselves to 60 out into the
vineyard for further perfection. The
future glory, power and influence of
the kingdom OF God depends on the
knowledge acquired by our youth.
His mind was drawn toward the
education Of our wives and daughters,
and, go far as he had watched and
realized, he felt a greater need Of the
education OF our girls or daughters
than our sons. In the Jewish
economy, woman occupies a very
subordinate position. We ere in ed.
vance of them. In the synagogue of
the Jews the women sit in the gal
leries and no man intrudes; in the
body of the hall are the men and no
women intrude. The Lstter-dsy |
Saints are advanced. Years ago, We |
undertook to separate brothers from
sisters-meD from their families. In |
the enlarged experience OF time, be
expected to sit with his family sll
together. His family required his |
supervision, but when he was removed
from them there WAS not that order |
and decorum that should exist. In |
early times, when he was young, it |
wac customary to see family going |
to church With the parents in the lead |
and the children in pairs following |
after. The old Rabbis questioned il |
women had any souls at all, and
skeptics in our DAY have a good deal
to say concerning woman's duties.
Women always have been, are now.
and ever will be grand exemplsrs OF
purity. In a conversation, some |
time ago, with prominent person
age, the speaker was told that he
didn't care TO have a woman who |
knew more than he did. A woman |
exercises a great deal more influence |
in her position than a man can.
There are men who are away from |
home; they leave before the children |
are out of bed and return after they
have "cuddled doom" and here only
Sunday LETT to attend to them, and
even then they are probably too tired |
or have duties to perform in their &C
clesiastical ceilings to keep them |
from the family circle. q man may
go on q mission; it is then that the
influence of the wife and mother ia
seen to better advantage than under
ordinary circumstances. The man
?. home goes to bis work, and when
be returns at night is sccosted with
reminders that the -four bin Is empty,
more coal is wanted, or the wood is
all burned, and so on. He provides
and she is comparatively satisfied.
She relies on him; be is her god. He
is called to 90 on a mission, and then
she realizes that she has put her trust
in an arm of flesb. Der faith is en-
larged; friends are raised up, and she
comprehends that there Is God in
whom she can rely. She is led to ex
ercise her faith and place her depend
ence on God. Men have thousand
opportunities for growth snd culture,
while women have but few. What
commonplace life is a woman's;
always something to be done; SIS his
mother often remarked: "Woman's
gork is never done" When not en-
gsged, she is sbsorbed-absorbed in
her family; her life is in her home
in her children. There IL no chance
for her to 60 abroad and mingle with
friends and associates. How much
time has she to read7 TO become
acquainted with the writings and
publications of the church? In thou
sands OF families, the man, b reason
OF his chances, is ahead of his wife;
there Ia q confralk hatuaen him and