Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-07

Tor youfpeivta that this IL Gods WORK.
you viii know that all yeur wisdom,
the wisdom 81 men, Of th0sr Standing
nj your head, IL not alone sufficient Ia
guide this Church. We mny marx out
paths for travelling, but the Lord III.
reefs our ways, and VIZ cannot walk
safely without. We may have our
Ideas a. to how this work Il going TO be
built up and established, hut the Lord
viii show ~, M has teen quoted IN our
hearing 10y Brother Franklin u. Rich.
ards, that "As the heavens are higher
than the earth, 10 are Gods ways
higher than mans ways" We would
never have reached these valleys had
not the Lord guided ~; and W. can
look back andlsee how wonderfully Ills
promises have been fulfilled Ia our he.
half Scarcely step could have been
taken Of our own choice II we had not
been upheld by God aud had lie not
sustained IA In NIL our dolng-. So Il
VIII bc Ia the end. and We will be
obliged 10 confess that his wisdom has
done " all.
There IL another subject that would
Ike 10 mention before we adjourn this
Conference. Remarks have been made
10 us concerning home industries and
their Importance. Talk about revela.
ton! You go aud rcad the sermons Of
President Young, and II you do not lie.
lleve now that he was n prophet,
think after you have read them you
VIII be sure he was, because he talked
IA prophet to this people
concerning their future, and his
words were full Of godllke wisdom, and
he poured them out In n constant
stream during his lifetime. One u his
great themes was that we should be-
come q solf.sustalnlng people. Our
minds have diverted ff6m this 10 n
great extent. believe, however, that
circumstances will be 70 arranged that
We shall he compelled 10 pay attention
10 these matters. IL should DO the aim
OF every man to try aud become self.
sustaining, and 10 have his family self.
sustaining. II ia my deislrc TO ral,c
everything that Il eaten and drunk by
myself aud my family. have s,riven
for this. | would like 10 have II 20
that could have everything We wear
produced here also. Hut what wish
10 refer TO now il this;
We are allowing our young men
throughout these valleys, hy hundreds,
10 grow up IN ignorance " skilled In.
dustrius. was recently at conference
Ia one of our Slakea-a large stake,
noted for the thrift OF it, people-anu
upon Inquiry found that there were
only two boys Ia the settlement In
which the conference WIS held learn.
Ing trades, nnd very few anywhere else
In the Stake. This 10 me l. ominous
Of trouble, omlnous OF povurty--Our
young men growing up destitute Of
knowledge concerning skilled branches
OF business. ! am In favor Of education.
! think no one who knows me will dis
credit me when | shy that. Hut nm
not In favor Of book education at the
expense OF education IN skin ut
manual labor. | have a number OF
sons, and would rather they should
be destitute OF book learning, much M
| value II, than bc destitute Of q know
ledge VI using their hands and their
bodies In earning their living. | be.
llevc they would be- better citizens n
they would learn how TO work than
they would be, with all the learning
that they could get, II they did mol
posscs- these other qualities. but there
u no Necessity that our children should
be taught one branch alone. They can
be given n good education, and nj the
same time be taught some skilled
branch OF labor. | think Il 10 MI errnr
for Us 10 send our young mcn 10 school
Till they are eighteen, or nineteen, OF
twenty years OF age without teaching
them some Industrial occupation, BE-.
cause II II from fifleen Ia twenty thu,
boys learn ~ usc their muscles aud how
10 toll without II being burdensome tc
thom. But you take a young man after
then, II he has learned nothing but
what ~ In In books, and put him e
hard manual labor, and he shrink,
from II. Very few men can stand IT,
They want TO get easy employment
While do not thlnK II necessary that
all should follow manual labor, II /,
necessary that all should he taught
theae branches, 80 that they can be use
full. Then n they can make their liv.
ing by following some lighter occupa
ton that will he more congenial u
them, they can do 40. But II seems e
me, brethren and sisters, TINT this In Q
subject that ought 70 receive our ntten
ton. We ARE Importing skilled labor
en- from abrOad-carpenters, brick.
mlsons, etc., 10 supply the demand In
this city aud Territory. 10 think this
Is ieplorablc. We should bo In DIFF.
foreit condition.
Pardon me II | allude to my own
ease In this matter, Ms happen TO b,
familiar with II. have several sons
and have offered each OF them fol
one year 10 any OF our brethren who
would teach them mechanism. have
done this with all the sons that hay,
grown up, because thought an educs.
ton OF this kind was very valuable
I.wouid like my boys 10 learn every
kind Of trade. would like them TO be
skiiful. would like them 10 use
these glorious hands that God has given
US, and this glorious brain, In q skilled
manner. The man who eau do this
lisa much more useful citizen. II IA
bad to see 10 many learning 10 drive
a team and following tanning as m
occupation. Almost anybody can
learn to drive a team. A girl can
learn II. | have seen girls that did Il
excellently. There IN very little skill
about that. OF course, a good telmstel
lisa rare article; am aware NJ that.
Then we hive men following farming
who do not study farming and make /
business 0f IL. IL you are going d
make your children farmers, give them
that knowledge that willqualify them;
give them knowledge OF agricultural
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