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

pbemy against all that makes the dig
nifty Of manhood when properly III
footed. Tue conviction was In hi
soul that nobody cared for him. IL,
eat Hullcn AID lowering IN corner
secured lshmhel, Gagged bu
defiant. lie had teacher, moi
] n Tailor. She determined TO save
him. She studied him, and learnci
/ that he loved birds. Ho knew every
! little feathered s1ngeter, their time Ol
/ nesting, their iavOfiie haunts, thcll
notes were familiar song, aud 81,
| found the gateway wheru love entered
/ his soul. She called nll the other chill.
drun around her, and got them to tell
/ ner all they knew shout birds. The
| Hullen scowl relaxed. Was this nboul
birds, kupwledgc7 He grew eager, foi
/ he knew more than they. "C0me,
john" said the teacher, "iell us what
you know about birds" Ho found
aympathy, cOmpaDlonship, his heart
dilalod, he felt himself man, he was
saved. Go bless such teachers. Il il
the whole end OF MI religion; save the
hundredth and you have saved the
world.
In the ffy.three years Of my life
the world has wonderfully changed.
/ There arc better times coming for all
/ humanity; but do not forget while
seated In this beautiful room, surround.
cd by all tho blessings that are yours,
that there are millions living still Ia
loathsOmc cellars, deharred from all
that makes life blessing. There arc
millions -till UNBORN doomed 10 like
fate. II Il IL ever bettefed u will be
through the discovery aud proper mp.
plication OF energies and forces. The
world Is bound together by iron bands
and Intelligence spceds,n aud II Il on the
wiDg- Of lightning, and progress
should lie equally rapid.
There are teachers who aver that
there Is no moral phase In those
three studies with which children nro
misunderstanding, writing, 'rithmo-
tic. tell you child may read him.
self 10 dnmnatlon, cipher himself to
Canada, refugee from his country,
and write the seal Of his own doom, un-
less IN all these studies he secs the
thoughts OF God expressed on tho uni.
verse. They are worse than nothing
unless intrinsically good. Every child
begins the studies OF the sciences; II is
Tor the teacher 20 continue II In the
same lines that God points out.
This child In born naturalist. There
II not one step OF that but Ia intfinsi-
cally moral, and II Ia the finger OF
God pointing the way TO true educa.
ton. Every child 10 born worker.
| ste you differ from me. You are
thinking OF the child u elk OF seven
years, whose mother has waited ON him
until he sinks down, educated into lag.
ness. Why viii mothers make slaves
OF themselves to their own injury and
the ruin NJ the child?
Just watch laby. How eager 10
touch, taste, tear; how much they
learn. Think OF learning n language
In one year. Hundreds OF words 10.
quiring ave or six different positions Of
the vocal organs. We who are TWEEN.
ty.two would cousidbr IL a terrible
taEk. Thank God no teacher has
discovered system for teaching
babies % talk. Sec how hard they
work while learning 10 walk; how
happy when they conquer. Have you
a family sand pilt2 IL II Indispensable
10 well regulated home. An day
these little ones will build anu dig AM
work. | would rot give tx for the
boy or girl who never made mud pies.
Their active energies are crying out for
an opportunity 10 work out their saliva.
lion, white teachers amt mothers sfe
continually telling them 10 "hold eth
while we pour something into your
The curse OF thu East and middle
West IL lazlness,an the prevailing elm,
wanting TO get something Tor nothing.
Look at tho children OF wealth AMI
idlcnuts; they have dcfiod Gods law
Of labor and there IA nothing Tor them
but death. War has saved many a
nOhlumnn's son; II was fashionable,
aud gave exercise 10 perishing farul.
tics. From the forge ana pillow, the field
ana workshop, have come the heroes
who have ruled the world. Our piesi.
ucnts, railtOad hinge, bankers, would
all te. you that from the schools OF
bard manual thinning they have brought
the stern endurance, tho brain md
Drawn with which they have achieved
success.
The farmer makes mistake who
says My boy shall not work as 1 have
done" aud sends him TO college, II he
gots the education lac works, II not be
II lost soul. There are those who
point 10 the fact that tue graduates OF
our Now England schools In former
days were mere giants, and think the
schools are 10 blame. Not ~. IL Is the
home life that differ, and tho athletic
sports introduced cannot supply the
place.
l plead that every child shall bo
trained To work with It's hands. 1
plead that every school house shallhave
It, workshop attached, and It's garden
also.
Muaic has marvellous powers to edu.
cate tho human being, yet come
trustees consider ID non.eslential. No
victorious army was ever led on 10
victory without II; no pilgrims ever
found through frosts aud flames Of
martyrd0m Zion unless led by the
songs Of Zion. when we VINO fought
for the dear old ilas felt all our bravery
and patriotism had Oozed out through
utter human weafiueas, and we were
looking for some fence 10 hide behind,
or wagon TO crawl into, some brave soul
began singing "Mine eyes have
seen the glory OF the coming OF the
Lord" anu ~ voice after voice caught
1t up and II svelled and rolled a
very battle anthem, by the force
Of It's inspiration We marched ON 10 vie
tory. That II the effect OF music.
My fellow teachers, I see n vision OF
Time when there viii be- no violence,
no hloodshed, no intemp, rance, no sin;
earth shall become paluce home, and
"a little child shall lead you. DO not
meet them with the spirit OF hate and
sellshness, but lead them TO "A
higher spiritual life, by developing
their spiritual power. When the