Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-08-04

| AhN "a. ''aiANutF lttof lArltYs re-
using b,nhtliul truth through imngln-
alive nymbuls, gave W. a mar-l stud.
led il--With n country called Elhiopia
in the centre " Africa; / learned 10
"bound It," Thore Ia no such country,
| lie give the children absolute fnlse.
hood clothed IN tho classic dfapery OF
| knowledge with the forged seal of
| truth burned Into her brow.
Have you ever Contemplated the
awcot truths hidden In the parallels
which He gave u those not strong
enough TO hear NAKED tuthg In the
holy sympathies, the oxpectant, living
inquiry whhened Tor the smallest Of
God's creatures blythe fairy tale told the
little child? They help w 70 learn OF
/ the exquisite purpose In the most mi
mute OF GODS creations, 10 hate moth.
ing, 20 love all thinga.
The earth confronted savage man
aud said; "What am ~" And man
replied; "rhou art Godl" Hut the
stars confronted him with the same
question: "What arc wt?" And he
said, "Surcly thou art God, f." and wor.
shipped. But the sun with power aud
glory asked the question once again,
aud He ssldi "rhou art God" but
through his consciousness there stole
the thought Of power beyond all
this, and HE soul reached out through
boundless space, 10 commune with tne
Infinite.
Little children worship everything.
The stars are nail holes In the floor OF
heaven. he grandeur Of nature stirs
the divinity within the child which
HE tongue cannot express. The myth
zeal Ia 70 him the beginning Of religion.
Why save we become n race bound 90
the sJrdid and sOul.slaying realitlea OF
llfe2 IL DOES not matter what our lips
utter, our faces speak the spiritual
death, killed when the mythical was
destroyed IN the child lie.
This came condemned faculty IL the
beginning Of science; 1t gives "a the
treasures Of tho ages. The crystal rag
ments Of wisd0m left In Islands OF the
sea and upon continents come 10 US
this way. Germany has its folk lore
that every child knows. The child IL
n born naturalist. He loves flowers.
In Boston once, up n dark and dirty
street, saw neglected child, on an
equally neglected doorstep, but upon
that begrimed face was divine smile.
Curious to know what had stirred the
divinity within its little soul, ap.
preached, and found that II held In iis
hand n clover blossom. That smile l.
sometimes seen on the faces Of old men
who have led unsclileh, childlike lives.
Every child has o love for nature un.
lees some teacher kills II out. knew
a very ordinary boy, on little rocky
farm, who pursued the study OF geo.
graphy with burning zeal, and never
knew that lie was learning anything.
IL lsNIl II
ho explored and knew. He studied
botany. No tree, nor plant nor flower
but he knew ib time Of Opening, It's
habits Of leaf and bud, the situations It
loved beet; and when that boy became
a man, he taught school for twenty
years before he knew that the New
Hampshire farm had been a tutor Ia
these sciences, 10 far M the theory OF
books wandered from nature.
Hettudled bugs, and knew those that
skuIri,d away whom he lifted stone,
thosc TINT dew aud those that crepi,
and those that were good for fish TAFT.
lie know also the psiridgos and wood
chucks. Out OF many "a hole That his
dog Tim has dug he mas dragged the
wUodchuyk with hay hoe.
He studied physics. He could tell
what the weather would be- by natures
harOmetefs. No music was ever
eweetef than the pattcr OF rain on the
attic raftef- two Ieet above his mead
/, that he himself had predicted. IL
meant no work and long day fish.
lug, for II It rgiuej, OF course, be
could not work out dUOrs.
All this road Of natural studies enu.
ed In this little cross-r0ad school house,
where with half pail OF frozen dinner
he at prisoner among his fellow sui.
fugcts. II that teacher bad said to me:
"lou have been studying on the iatm
what some kind person has hero put Ia
books, yours ~ the true education,
come lot us see how near these book
are hight, II they have more or less
than we have already learned,n II
would have envelOped thlt old farm In
blaze Of glory and made that log
house the ante.chnuibor 10 heaven.
The starved faculties AMI repressed
activitlSa sought expression m draw.
lug, iorwhich the child had a decided
tAlouL Just ~ he was putting the
fiuishing touches TO "a lifeliku portrait
OF the teacher, the teacher drew some.
thing else. Whaeh whsuk! ami the
boy drew no more.
4 tell you that was q crime, sin,
In crushing out with cruel blows, aud
bitter hate IA God.glven talent that
pointed only 10 the good anu true,
through the brutal ignorance OF man
calling himself q scnOol teacher. Oh!
the undeveloped energy and Oppor.
tunity battling againat SIN aud sluking,
dying beneath the effort.
A boy looked out upon nh orchard that
lay In u deaih.iike Hlcep beneath the
wiutrr'a snow. lie knew that the 10.
suIroctiOn would come, and exulted
IN his little heart In the knowledge. All
nature speaks Of the resurrection. One
day he saw the tree bark shining with
the GLAD blood that mounted up be.
meath IT, He watched the swelling
buds, and saw the nrst pale tint OF
the green leaves. Tho final glory OF
their banks VI pink aud white bloom,
filed with delicate fragrance, stemed
to his unsullied soul like the voice OF
God speak ny Ia "a new creation. lie |
was 80 gfat,lui 10 God for doing IL
that he got sheet Of paper ana tried |
10 put his emotions into words. Win |
eyes glowing aud cheeks aiiame,
he took this story OF his soul not very |
well written--to the hOusekeeper, tor |
he had no mother) ana looked up into |
her eyes for u smile OF approval and |
response, She was good woman,
butshe saidi "lf could not write |
better than that ! would not write
at ALL"
That is the way that we crush the