The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-07-15
ned. The study of mathematics is

to an understanding Of the subjec
itself, but because, as a study. il i.
calculated to develop and strengthen
the faculties generally; with every
other branch of knowledge it is the
same. No rational being would
maintain that any study, properly
pursued, will have a weakening eff
| feet on the intellect; then it must
strengthen, and while the results
may not be as marked as in the
study of mathematics, they none
the less surely have a similar eff ct.
Were it otherwise, the entire basis
of the grand educational struc-
ture would be like the build
Ing told of in the parable, the
foundation of which was in sand.
Therefore, the seeming paradox is
repeated, that by strengthening the
mind in one part, it is made frmer
in the remainder; and perfect
strength being secured only in a
perfect whole, the truism is again
deduced, knowledge is power"
Again, the greater the intellectual
attalnm6nts the more readily new
beauties become perceptible, and
the greater is the pleasure derived
from their perception. That the
requirement Of knowledge is a plea
sure is found in the reason given by
Dr.. Johnson: "We are sorrowful
when we forget, and pleased when
we learn. Beauty results
from the education of the
taste, and the development of
the perceptive faculties, and its test
IS found in nature. knowledge, or
Intelligence, is that which enables
Us to perceive loneliness in nature,
nobility in character, and The good
and beautiful in all life and in all
thought. Be the profession or bust
ness of man never so inviting, his
greater knowledge enables him to
discern its greater beauties; to per
ceiVe in it that which was never
perceived bCfCTe-in this we have
that which is termed invention, for
is also the result of
educatiOn-and its tendency is to re-
cOncile man 10 his chosen profess
sion because he, more than others,
has discerEed its usefulness to man
the beauty of that usefulness
and this discovery awakens in
him sensation Of pride
and a glory in the follow ng which
otherwise would be unknown. 1t,
therefore, robs labor of that slavish-
ness which is its curse, and which
is the portion of ignorance; it
makes labor delight and "the labor
we delight in is physics pain" Thus
we have contentment; and content
ment means life free and removed
from the distractions Of dIssatisfac-
ton; life devoted to a cherished
object, and such a life gives assur-
ance OF power-grand power.
Hence, we have the inevitable con-
knowledge is power"
While what has been said of
knowledge as a power also exhibits
its moral aspect, this latter phase
is susceptible of a much clearer
showing The glory of God is in
telligeDce." Nothing could be
more grand, nothing more true.
Who can appreciate the
sublime grandeur Of the Great
Fathers works like the intelligent
being? To him more than any Que
else sthe book of life opened; his
eyes behold the Omniscient in all
the works of nature; he sees how
everything struggles to bless man
kind; to his delighted vision is
shown the ever changing magnif-
once and unutterable splendOr of
me heavens, the infinite wisdom
underlying the changes in the sea-
sons and in the elements, the grace
and eleVating character of the
lowers, the purity and good
ness of the brook, and
the eternal fitness in ali things.
AS God is intelligent, so the more
Intelligence aman possessesthe more
he is like God. 1t does not follow
that because man commands vast
learning, or is intelligent, that he
Is good; such an assumption is en-
phatically contradicted as well in
sacred, as by distinguished charac-
ters in profane history: but it does
follow that the more knowledge a
man possesses, the greater is his
power for good; he the more read.
-iy distinguishes right from error,
and, according to the generally &C
cepted idea, is the more accountable
IS he does good or evil. There is no
worship so pleasing to the Almighty
lit is, perhaps, bold assertion, but
It can be substantiated-as that of
An intelligent man, whose heart is
with his worship. The greater the
Intelligence combined with SINGER
ty, the more pleasing it is to the
Almighty. 1t is true that the praise
If many who are looked upon as
oWly and ignorant in an educa-
.loDal point of view, is more acce pt-
able to God than that of some of
vide intellectual attachments; but
It Is so, not because God
refers Ignorance to intelligence,
but because the illiterate person
has soul in his worship, while the
earned has not. No one should COM
plain OF this, for all are the attri-
outes which insure intelligence
given; and it is the duty of all to
cultivate these attributes, that their |
worship may not only be the more
but also the more rational. |
True, intelligent men prostitute
heir power, but for this the man