The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-07-10

dound to His honor and glory. L love
the teachings he has put forth, because
they reach the bedrock of reason and of
common sense. They teach US the
nobility of labor; that the occupation
OF our first parents, Adam and Eve, was
not disgrace. I read in such teachings,
such principles, the death-doom of folly.
l believe in the rearing of boys and
girls to look at life soberly and
earnestly; for it is a solemn and an
awful truth. 1t is not joke. tbs not
d. cam.
On the Fourth of July, in Liberty
Park, listened to a very eloquent
Grafton delivered by Judge Benson, a
gentleman who has lately come into our
midst. Among other things which he
said was this: That when the American
boy became ashamed to soil his hands
with honest labor. or to have his
brow believed with honest sweat under
Gods sunlight, then the days of the
Republic were numbered. l believe
that the Almighty intended that the
principles Ut derlying this great govern
ment should be perpetuated; for He
will not undo that VIII CHI He has done,
and having revealed those principles
upon which this COY eminent rests. he
designs that hey shall be maintained,
telleve the Almighty in
tends that al that is good
and true and Just and right, that has
ever been placed upon the earth, in this
government or any other shall re-
man; that all good principles have
come here TO stay. And for this reason he
has raised up men at different times
to sound note of alarm; to institute
reforms and establish new orders of
things when neeCed in every depart
ment of human effort and intelligence.
From the beginning of time down to
the present, these have been the deal
ings Of the Almighty.
L can do little more than endorse
the principles which have been enun-
ciated this day. Perhaps L may say
few words, however. from a Mormon
standpoint in regard to education. We
regard all mankind as the children of
God, spiritually ard temporarily. and We
believe that We are begotten in his like
ness. We take the view that God and
man are of the same species. Yes,
Gods, angels end men are OF
different degrees of development
or education. When a man has de-
veloped within him to their tulness,
those attributes which are divine, he is
worthy of the society of God, his
Heavenly Father; and this is the lad
der we must climb to heaven. Like
cleayes to like, in heaven as on earth.
If we are to go where Gods and angels
and the just dwell, it stands to reason
that we must become like them, God
like, angelic, Just, true and righteous in
our natures, educated or developed to
| the fulness of the measure of the stat
ure of man or woman in Christ Jesus.
| This is what 1t is to be saved, exalted,
redeemed glOrified, and prepared for the
pure, the refined, the educated society
of the eternal worlds. This, in brief, is
a Mormon view of perfect education.
Now, do not advocate, under exist
ing conditions, the Introduction OF re-
liglOn into our universities and district
schools. Where great differences of re-
ligious belief exist. and in a free
republic like this. where each
man has the right to his
own religion, and no man has
the right to cram down his
neighbor's throat his own peculiar
views, We cannot advocate the intro
duction of religion into schools that are
supported by public taxation. We may
favor, and we do favor, the establish
uenb vi SClOOIS WueI6 GAS IelISlOu OI
Jesus Christ is taught. along with sci
ence, srt and manual training; and
we have such schools in our midst.
We have secular schools, denomina-
tioual schools, a university, and
we have contemplated a school in
conf ection with the university of
the character you have heard described
But | hope to see the time when the
people of the world will be drawn to-
gether in the bonds of union and
brotherhood, when all men will see eye
to eye, when all will believe in the same
God and practice the same religion.
Then l expect to see true religion
taught in all our schools. Man is o
dual being, spiritual and temporal, both
parts must be educs ted or he will not be
evenly balanced. To use the professors
words, would not trust the Judgment
of man who was only half educated.
whose spiritual development has been
neglected. We are fastening towards
eternity, future life, and ii
a course training be neCes-
sary here to prepare men and
women to be successful In this life, is
it not also necessary to enable them
to grapple with the great issues of the
hereafterP This can only be done by
the study and practice of the prinei-
pies of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the
great Teacher and Master who laid
down his life to introduce the knowl-
edge and power of salvation, and that
all men might have an opportunity of
climbing this ladder OF intelligence
that leads to the glory of the Gods.
The choir sang the anthem, 1.-The
Earth is the Lord s." The benediction,
pronounced by Apostle Heber j. Grant,
brought the services to close.