Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-06-23
THE CLOSING LECTURE,
delivered by Dr. HaessT In tho AS
sembly Hall, June 1870,
rypER THE AUSPICES OF THE
pEsERET :. :. UNION.
IN, Subject Treated In a Mastery
Manner.-it Was Highly
Instructive Series.

My brethren aud sisters, II at any
ame during the course Of my ministry
have hsd cause 20 be thankful for the
manifest assistance Of the . pirit Of the
I,orI in my ondeavors, II hiss been In
,his present course Of lectures In this
bulldiug, during the week that IA now
drawing TO close. | must confess
entered upon the duty with much
fear and trepidstlon-fear lest the In
terest 10 this work would not he made
,nflicien,ly strong TO enable the young
and those Interested In the Sunday
school cause to hold out 10 thu end.
But instead Of my feara being real.
i,,d. have reason to be thankful for
the Increase Il interest among our PEG.
nile. This IL tho occas ion Of my Joy
and my gratitude.
II IL no small credit to Sunday
school workers aud frlonds Of this great
movement In the midst of Zion, In this
city and ncighborhooj, that they have
been able 10 devote xix successive
evenings to this series Of lectures, ami
not become ,lrei. The lectures them.
,slyss are Of such character ~ not
TO admit Of any flights Of oratory, nor
remarks Of an entertaining nature
merely; but rather 1t Is the duty Of the
lecturer 10 bring out n bold relief aud
make clear every point and devote his
earnest purpose for the benefit Of all
before him, In order 10 establish some.
thing, OF inviting ideas, endcsvors and
understanding Of those concerned In
the work TO he treated upon, | will
row proceed TO the subjccts for this
evening which will conclude my series
Of lectures.
The main features Of tho organiza.
ton OF n Sunday school and of the
work 10 be- performed having beon
dwell upon In tue previous lectures,
there remains for me now only &C.
cofding 20 tho programme these sub
jecis-reviews, festivals, and the gene.
raj board Of the Union.
In regard TO the lint Of these,
would remind my felIow.wOfkrrr In
the sunday school cause Of the au.
Client educational motto "Rtpctki0
mater at S,udiortmi," which means;
"RepetitioL IL the mother OF studies"
The importance Of frequent reviews
cannoll q over-estima,el. The process
Of learning any kind OF truth, thee.
Tcilcally as well as practically, re-.
stmhles very much the process Of
making chfomOs. When tho artist
proceeds to do this, the first impres sion
made upon the paper as II goes
through the rollers Ia scarcely perccp-
tible; the second time II goes through
1t becomes n little palmer; here and
there ilne outlines may be seen; the
third time the outlines become more
Observable, and No on, until Sometimes
they pass through the rollers thirty TO
forty times before the finishing touch
l. given or the chrome completed.
Now, somewhat upon the SAME process
does the human mind operate. We
may advance princlnl. for the irst
time. II passes over the mind aud
leaves it, impression. IL II said 10y
chemists that by taking Il key or any
metallic substance and putting II for but
moment on white sheet " paper,
then Immediately remove It, there re-
mains upon that paper an impression
for the time being which can through
certain means be seen, though with
the natural eye 1t cannot; 10 there are
latent lines, according Ia the laws OF
optics, that leave their impressions
upon substances without being dis
covered by the naked eye. So II Il
with the mental operations throughout
all nature. Any Kind Of teaching once
told IL liable to fade away. Ii must be
given over and over again, frequently
repeated, and tne more II Ia repeated
the stronger the impression upon the
mind becomes. Hence n teacher
among the children should remember
this, and II no uses pictures also II
brings the second sense OF sigh
into play, creating tho SAINT
picture upon the mind through
another means, making tho truth, OF
picture, stronger and more lasting. II
also, we cause the children to max,
that picture with blocks, sticks or draw
vari0us object lessons, the sense o.
touch and feeling gives another i'm
PRESTON of the same pictur. through
the third sense. And 70 on; the NOR
Of the senses the teacher calls int
opetRtlon the stronger that picture be
comes. So II In with reviews. Th'
Ideas and principles should be repeated
over and over sgain, until the teacher
becomes satisfied that the pupils full
understand and will remember thu
same. Our teachers should not he de
ceived by memoriztd answers OF tn
pupils, for sometimes these are decep
tive aud do not represent the know
ledge and understanding Of the pup
rtgardlng that truth or idea. Tn,
testimony, the expression OF the chil'
In its own language-theso becom
stronger and palmer upon the Guild
mind. A child may have { vague an,
crude conception OF an Idea
Let II express II ma beet II ca
sud behold that once vague ide
IL now plain, substantial and lastine
These sre benefits OF frequent review
There are two kinds OF Teviews, In
eidentsl or special, and general. Tn
former IN conducted by their respectiv
class teachers rs often ~ they deem
accessory IN his class. For instanc,
a, the close OF a certain section Of
text book, every three or four week.
or when certain principles or subject
have been passed over, or at the on
OF every principle. After tho Lord
Prayer has been taken up an
thoroughly handled, or tho Ten Con
mAndments, or certain ~ the Article
OF Faith, tho Life Of Christ or All
great prophet or certain period {
church history, whenever II IL deeme
necessary by the teacher IN lc COZ
WINGED that his children uultr-tan
thoroughly that which tho huy
passed over, he should never Civ
mem more than they can digest.
10 like taking stock. The merchal
goes over the whole OF his goo,